Hold on, let me check my watch. And by watch I mean the home screen on my phone because who wears a watch anymore?
As of 10:43 PM ET on July 15, Year of Our Lord or Roberto Clemente 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates are sitting alone in first place. Wait, let me put that on its own line:
The Pittsburgh Pirates are sitting alone in first place
And another one that is equally important to me:
Baseball sure is fun again in Pittsburgh!
It’s not that I’m intentionally striking while the iron is hot, hoping to catch a fleeting moment. I’m not in a hurry to get this down on paper because I feel this isn’t going to last very long. I’m sure every columnist in Pittsburgh and every Pirates blogger who knows way more about this team and baseball has already wrote that single, emphatic line above to lead their own story.