Watching former Pirate Tom Gorzelanny pitch for the Chicago Cubs the other night against the New York Mets was heartbreaking. And that was in spite of the fact that he lost (two of the four runs scored against him in 5.2 innings were unearned).
Gorzelanny is a pitcher in the Ross Ohlendorf-mold: cerebral and skillful, but more prone than the average Pirate to injury. "Overwork" in 2007, his second year, clearly hurt him. So he has to be used judiciously and pitches fewer innings than his teammates.
But those are (mostly) quality innings, which is more than can be said for the members of the starters' "committee" filling the lower reaches of the Pirates rotation.
Pittsburghers like their men, generally, and ballplayers, particularly, to be "rough and ready." The Steelers' quarterback, Ben R ...
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