Written by C Gally | 08 September 2009

They did it! They did it!

Well well well. You said it couldn't be done, but here we are. Your Pittsburgh Pirates have attained the unattainable. They have done the undoable. They have touched the untouchable. They have reached the unreachable. 17 consecutive losing seasons. This, unfortunately, proves one of my favorite insults, "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in awhile", wrong. The Pirates have had no such luck finding nuts.

A few facts from this momentous event:

• It occurred at home.
• It was against the Cubs.
• The final score was 4-2.
• The winning pitcher was Ted Lilly.
• The losing pitcher was Daniel McCutcheon (it was also his first MLB decision as well).
• 14,673 (38.4%) fans watched the game in person.
• The game lasted 2 hours and 22 minutes.
• Derrek Lee put the nail in the coffin by hitting a two run home run in the 3rd to put the Cubs ahead for the rest of the game.

Hopefully next year the Pirates fans have something to look forward to, but as for this year, I have only this to say to all you Pittsburgh fans: Steelers kick off in a little over 48 hours. I'm sure they will have a significantly better season.

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