In this 3 game weekend series, ten different times a batter was hit-by-a pitch.
Pirates pitchers hit 6 Reds batters.
Reds pitchers hit 4 Pirates batters.
They may have lost the series 2 games to 1 ... but that was a victory. You can't back down when someone tries to bully you.
Especially when you're a franchise that has had a losing record every season during both the Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama presidency.
The last time the Pirates had anything other than a losing season, George Herbert Walker Bush was president.
I love this team this year. The last two years, it felt like I was rooting for a handicapped child.
This years team is no handicapped child. They're much deeper, and way more talented in the bullpen. They've also showed a lot more of an edge this year.
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