On a day when the Pirates and their erstwhile #1 pick Pedro Alvarez are watching from the sidelines as others debate whether or not Pedro will eventually don professional black and gold (as opposed to the collegiate black and gold he wore at Vandy), the Bucs aren't letting the day pass without getting in on some national pub.
And you have to hand it to them, it took 16 years, but they have accomplished something that is extremely difficult and rare, one of the rarest feats in sports history.
Of course, we're talking about the years of consecutive losing and as the national media snaps to attention out of its Favre/Brady/NFL week 1 fog, they are beginning to acknowledge what the Bucs have done:
Pirates made the blueprint for consistency, history
And you have to hand it to them, it took 16 years, but they have accomplished something that is extremely difficult and rare, one of the rarest feats in sports history.
Of course, we're talking about the years of consecutive losing and as the national media snaps to attention out of its Favre/Brady/NFL week 1 fog, they are beginning to acknowledge what the Bucs have done:
Pirates made the blueprint for consistency, history
