Kovacevic: Think Pirates will stink? They’re unmoved

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Back home, Pittsburgh's still abuzz over the NHL trade deadline, one in which the Penguins once again made clear they're gunning for nothing less than another Stanley Cup.

Also back home, the city's abuzz about Ben Roethlisberger throwing a single toss in a six-second clip, one which has a whole lot of of Steelers Nation, fairly if way early, fantasizing about another Super Bowl.

And then ... there's that other team.

Bring up baseball back home, in pretty much any context, and prepare to be buried. Bob Nutting. Payroll. Hundred losses. More Nutting. More payroll. Maybe 110 losses.

I'm not here to dispute or even debate any of that, much less get defiant about it. Not today.…