But no team has been more cursed this spring than the Pirates. Cordova and Schmidt have started the last three season openers for this team. Benson was going to start on Opening Day this year. Now none of them will even be on the plane north. But we don't want their sympathy.
Sympathy is like junk food.
You can't feed off it. It will only drag you down. And unlike the proverbial cookie, he refuses to crumble. I told my players, 'Look around at each other. The eight players we'll put out there every day are pretty damn good.