Game 7: Rockies 7 Pirates

If you asked me this morning to describe the worst possible outcome for the home opener, I would've said "The Pirates playing a game indistinguishable from the 2010 Pirates." An awful first inning error, a squandered opportunity in the bottom of the first, and a slow bleed from close game to blowout while a mostly unknown pitcher dominates the Pirates is pretty much the 2010 Pirates to a "T." Knowing that it's the home opener and that there are plenty of people on a one-day bandwagon and that there are plenty of people waiting to dismiss this team as "Same Old Pirates" at the first opportunity, well, it's hard to watch or listen or follow along with a game like this one. 

This is the sort of game I was talking about when