Privateers were honored for being audacious and for their courage. Why? Because they carried letters of marque by which the king or queen bestowed on them the right to attack treasure ships. Others, equally audacious and more courageous were villains.
Yo-ho-ho…let’s consider the Pittsburgh Pirates. Arrr, until I see their letters of marque, I say there be more villains than privateers.
In April, Chris Archer climbed the main mast.
He was suspended for 5 games and fined for pitching behind Derek Dietrick. It looked like retaliation for 2 innings earlier when Dietrick broke an unwritten rule of baseball when he failed to immediately and quickly run the bases after hitting a 436 foot homer.