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The Pittsburgh Pirates finished 2011 with 72 wins and 90 losses. That was enough to put them in fourth place in the weak NL Central Division behind Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Cincinnati and above the Chicago Cubs and Houston. Although they flirted with the top spot of the division in the middle of July, the season ultimately ended up as their 19th consecutive losing record in a row. In spite of the disappointing result, the Pirates had shown a noticeable improvement from the previous season. They ended up 15 wins better from 2010. Considering the Pirates projection at the start of the season, the 15 win improvement was significant. There was even an insinuation in the off season about whether they would lose 100 games.
The turning point came in the middle of the season when the Pittsburgh Pirates had a winning record. They were occupying the top spot in their division. They added Derrek Lee and Ryan Ludwick at the trading deadline which made them buyers for the first time in many years. The expectations were very high, but then the team suffered ten successive losses in the early part of August which they never recovered. Just like in the past where they had shown to bounce back from losing streaks, it nonetheless had not improved on their losing seasons. That is why, there are many people who believe that the current improvement meant nothing at all.
Charlie Morton was one of the players who had shown the most improvement in 2011. The Pirates possessed one of the worst rotation in the pitching position, but Charlie Morton and Jeff Karstens took big strides during the course of the season. James McDonald also showed a strong showing, while Brad Lincoln came up with a good performance of his own towards the end. Andrew McCutchen was the one who had the biggest improvement, but he disappeared after the All-Star break.
It turned out that the Pittsburgh Pirate’s offense was the biggest letdown. McCutchen played like a star player, but he tapered off in the last two months. Jose Tabata and Neil Walker had shown some solid hitting, but they did not possess the necessary consistency to average good numbers. Pedro Alvarez mightily struggled and he disappeared on offense. He was the main reason why the team did not finished as strong as they ought to be. But amidst all these shortcomings, Alex Presley emerged with better numbers of .298 average and an .804 OPS.
The Pittsburgh Pirate’s defense was their strong point throughout the season. Andrew McCutchen emerged with -12.5 UZR/150 which was 7th best among the qualified center fielders around the majors. Ronny Cedeno came up with 6.4 UZR/150, which could be enough for his $3 million option to be picked up in 2012. Michael McKenry, who was signed in the middle of the season, was particularly strong for his defense behind the plate. And Neil Walker, who played his first full season at second base, was very encouraging with -2.2 UZR/150. The Pirates should build on this aspect of their game. Good teams, contending teams at that, always have a good defense and the Pittsburgh Pirates already have players in defensive positions that are difficult to fill.
Clinton Merrick Hurdle, the new Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates is a person whose actions speak louder than words. For him, being second is not an option and he will be merciless on the players, his assistants and anyone else involved in the Pittsburgh Pirates, till they reach the pinnacle. Under his guidance, the Pittsburgh Pirates, long used to being ‘also rans’, will move only in one direction – upwards.
Clinton Merrick Hurdle was born on July 30th 1957 in Big Rapids, Michigan. In a career spanning ten years playing as an outfielder in Major League Baseball teams such as Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals he retired and then started his career as a Manager. His initial stint as manager was with the St. Lucie Mets, a Class ‘A’ team in 1988. He also served as Manager for the AA Jackson Mets and the AAA Tidewater/Norfolk Tides between 1990 and 1993. 1994 saw him as minor league hitting instructor of the Colorado Rockies and in 1997 he was promoted as their hitting coach. Clint Hurdle was promoted as Manager of the Rockies in 2002 and in 2006 he was given a two year extension of his contract. In 2007 he was instrumental in propelling the Colorado Rockies to their second best finish in the team’s 15 year history by being victorious in 14 out of 15 games and reached the playoffs only for the second time in Rockies history. After defeating many more fancied teams, the Rockies got the first pennant in their history and reached the 2007 World Series, but they lost to the Boston Red Sox. Due to player injuries and other factors, the Rockies did poorly in 2008 & 2009. He parted ways with the Rockies and joined MLB Network as a studio analyst till the end of 2009. Towards the end of 2009 he was hired as hitting coach for the Texas Rangers and Hurdle helped them to win their first American League pennant before losing to the San Francisco Giants in the 2010 World Series. Hurdle had the option of joining as Manager for both Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Mets, but he opted for the Pirates and joined as Manager in November 2010 on a three year contract.
He decided on the Pirates as he felt that they had the latent talent available and it only needed nurturing to make the Pirates a team to reckon with. He is sure, with the core of young talent such as Andrew McCutchen and second baseman Neil Walker, he will be able to build a formidable set of Pirates. Lots of work has to be done to hone the team to be winners. They had finished the last season with a dismal ERA of 5.00in the majors and the second lowest batting average of 0.242.
The Pirates, down in the dumps for close to two decades, has already had a resurgence under Hurdles stewardship. Hurdle lead the Pirates to a 47-43 record and was only one game out of first place in the NL Central. This was the first time the Pirates had an average of over 0.500 since 1992. Under Hurdle’s leadership, the outlook for the Pirates seems promising and the initial turnaround is a morale booster for the team.
The Pittsburgh Pirates is a team that plays in Major League Baseball (MLB). Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the club won the World Series Championship five times. It is currently grouped in the Central Division of the National League, which they first joined in 1887. The team actually adopted the name Pirates when it took away second baseman Louis Bierbauer from the Philadelphia Athletics (now known as the Phillies), after the latter missed out of including him on the reserve list. The incident triggered a strong protest from the Athletics, which went on to call the move as “piratical”. That led Pittsburgh to call its ball club as Pirates on 1891.
The pinnacle of the Pittsburgh Pirates participation in Major League Baseball (MLB) culminated in five World Series Championships. The first trophy was won on 1909 World Series against the Detroit Tigers. The Pirates did it in seven games, behind the dazzling performance of Honus Wagner who had the league leading .339 batting average and 100 RBI, and Hall Of Fame (HOF) player Fred Clarke.
The second pennant came sixteen years later in 1925 against the defending champions Washington Senators. The Pirates overcame tremendous odds resulting from a 1-3 deficit before winning the next three games in another seven game series. The seventh game earned the distinction as possibly the worst condition ever for a World Series game, because it was played under a heavy downpour. The team was led by HOF players such as Kiki Cuyler, Max Carey, and Pie Traynor.
The Pirates again won the title in seven games during the 1960 World Series behind 1960 Most Valuable Player Dick Groat and HOF players Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazeroski. The ball club was involved in yet another memorable seventh game of the World Series against the New York Yankees, when Bill Mazeroski hit a winning home run in the ninth inning that enabled Pittsburgh to capture their third trophy. Curiously, the Pirates were totally outplayed by the Yankees in almost all departments – score, hits, bats, home runs, and shutouts – in the entire series, but it still managed to emerge as the winner.
Their fourth trophy came in 1971 World Series when they were yet matched up against another defending champion in the Baltimore Orioles. As was always the case, the Pirates won in seven games with Game 4 at Pittsburgh becoming the first World Series game that was played during night time. The ball club was led by the pitching brilliance of Steve Blass, 1971 World Series MVP Roberto Clemente, and HOF players Bill Mazeroski and Willie Stargell.
The final and last pennant the Pirates had won happened eight years later in the 1979 World Series against the Baltimore Orioles once again. In yet another seven game series, Pittsburgh overcame a 1-3 won/lost deficit one more time. The team was led by 1979 World Series MVP Willie Stargell and HOF player Bert Blyleven. This time around, the Pirates earned the distinction of being the last team that win the seventh game of the World Series on the road. They were also became famous for adopting the hit song of Sister Sledge’s We Are Family as their theme song.
In its early years of existence, Pittsburgh adopted on a couple of nicknames before settling for the name of Pirates. As one of the founding members of the defunct American Association, the team was listed as Allegheny in the standings. Five years later, they changed it to Pittsburgh Alleghenys after they transferred to the National League in 1887. The incident with Philadelphia in 1891 inspired them to call the ball club as the Pirates. And the name stuck from that time on.
