2007

I know last year I did a big blog review of everything that happened during the year, but the honest truth is that I think the 2007 review would read kind of like the 2006 one. There were some high points, but they were actually only relatively high when compared to the depths the Pirates typically plunge to during the season (a .500 record in April!!! WOOHOO!!!). When the seasonal highlights contain the firing of most of the people charged with making your team a good team, it's probably an indication that the actual year itself was no good.

All in all, 2007 will blend right in with 2006, 2005, and the other years that have made up this abysmal streak. In 2012, you'll be browsing Baseball Reference and you'll say to yourself, "Who was Brian Rogers? Cesar Izturis played for us? Remember when we thought Zach Duke was going to be good?" and those names aren't any different than Don Wengert or Lou Collier or Kris Benson when you really get down to it. When you really think about it, it's probably too much to ask for 2008 to be a good year for the Pirates, but I'd definitely settle for different.