Pirates fans have a skewed idea of a successful season. After 20 consecutive losing seasons, most of us would consider breaking the historically awful streak a success. For others, "success" may mean making the playoffs. Regardless, achieving either goal may come down to winning an extra game or two throughout the season. For that reason, the Pittsburgh Pirates are about to begin a 10 game home stand that they must dominate.
The Pirates are sitting comfortably at 21-16 and only 2 1/2 games out of first place as they prepare for 10 home games agasint the Brewers (15-20), Astros (10-28), and the Cubs (15-22). After this stretch, the schedule becomes signigicantly more difficult. The Buccos then head to Milwaukee for a 3 game series, a 4 game series with Detroit (2 away, 2 home), a home series against the Reds, and then a series in Atlanta.
It's not fair to say the next 10 games are must-win, but to account for the difficult upcoming schedule, the Pirates need to come away from this home stand with 7 wins. An opportunistic team needs to create as much space in the win/loss column as possible while the gettin'is good and right now...the gettin' is good.
OTHER NOTES
* Of the remaining games in May, 13 are home and 5 are away.
* The Cardinals next 13 games are against teams with losing records (Mets, Brewers, Padres, Dodgers)
* The Reds next 12 games are against teams with losing records (Marlins, Phillies, Mets, Cubs)
* John McDonald sucks
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