The month of April was certainly an eventful one for the Pittsburgh Pirates as we opened up our new ballpark and said goodbye to a Pirate hero and friend Willie Stargell. After the dust settled, it was time to play baseball. We concluded the month of April with a 9-14 record which was disappointing, but not completely unexpected, due to the fact that we started the season without three of our top starting pitchers.
Baseball is a game that people love to analyze and is filled with many intricacies.
But you need to have pitching in order to win. We knew without Jason Schmidt, Francisco Cordova and Kris Benson it was going to be a challenge before we could get them back. During this time of diversity, I think the club learned some things about its makeup. We have many young pitchers who proved to be up to the task and will only get better as they gain more experience. During the month of April, the Pirates team earned run average was 4.66, which was ahead of such teams as the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks and others.