Sunday, January 21, 2007

Some we can all agree to dislike

We can argue for months with no end about trading away Brent Lillibridge, the worth of Chris Duffy, and Salomon Torres as a closer. Or we can all agree that this is a bad idea (from today's Hot Stove article in the PG):

The Pirates will unveil a new alternate jersey at PirateFest -- a three-day event that opens Friday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center -- that will re-introduce red to the color scheme. The team's colors were red and blue until 1948, and red made a comeback in 1997 before being removed two years ago.
Black. Gold. Pittsburgh. I remember reading in the fall in a Perrotto column that there would be a red uniform next year and hoping that it was typical Perrotto BS. Unfortunately, he apparently got one rumor right this winter. I'm already having nightmares. Let's hope it's red trim and not something like this...