Every winter, the Pittsburgh Pirates find a way to make the fanbase feel like Charlie Brown sprinting toward Lucy and that doomed football. This year’s football? “Interest” in Kyle Schwarber.
Let’s all take a deep breath before we pass out from laughing too hard.
You know the cycle. MLB insider tweets that the Pirates have “checked in on” a player who actually costs real money, local fans perk up for two seconds, and Bob Nutting immediately calls IT to make sure the Pirate Parrot hasn’t hacked the payroll servers.
Schwarber is not a “check in” target.