Kovacevic: Don’t bury Ben based on boredom … there’s ample conviction there

"Just getting better."

I'd just opened a portal through which Ben Cherington, the Pirates' new GM, could have paved a more visible path for the franchise that maybe Pittsburghers would appreciate. My question on this Friday afternoon at PNC Park, upon the opening of the annual PiratesFest, was the same as it's been since the day he was broad aboard: Whether or not there's a hard rebuild in place, what's the plan?

And he came back by beginning with those three blah words up there.

Here's the full exchange:

"Every kind of resource you can imagine, whether it's time, energy or dollars, will go into getting better" he'd continue after those three words. "That's not always a straight line, as we…