Yeah, OK. So not really.
My cruddy Pittsburgh Pirates are still a minor-league organization traipsing around in Daddy's big-boy clothes, and that's not going to change anytime soon. Right now they're in a submarine 34 fathoms below .500, and the only way they could be deeper in the NL Central is if the Cubs magically disappeared.
In case you missed it, the Lovables have lost 11 games in a row and now are only nine games ahead of the Cruds. This will happen when your owners have become that furniture store guy shouting "EVERYTHING MUST GO!" during "Law & Order: SVU" reruns.
So at least the Cruds have some company in their misery.
However.
However, in at least one area, the Cruds are not Cruddy. In fact, they're No. 1 in the entire world.
Roll out ol' T206, boys!
That would be the set of baseball cards printed between 1909 and 1911, of which Pirates immortal Honus Wagner is a part. In fact, as of this morning, the Wagner card is THE most valuable card in baseball card history, having just fetched a record $6.606 million to shatter the previous record by almost one-and-a-half mill.
Six-point-six million! Why, just think what the Cruds' current ownership could do with that.
No, not go out and get a marquee player, silly. Buy a ski lodge or something!
I mean, come on. Spending real money on your baseball team?
What a ridiculous idea.
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