Strange as it sounds - this is the best Pirates board I can find right now. Going to migrate over here for a bit.
I moved to Pittsburgh a non-baseball kid in 1979. Got sick from the bad air - was in the hospital for the World Series, and fell madly in love with the sport.
Learned to hit rewinding Bill Madlock on the VCR for months. Used all his body movements - and dam if that didn't work out great.
Nowadays I follow the Bucs from a GM's perspective; like to deep dive into analytics, coaching, scouting, development, etc... The parent club often gets less than a third of my baseball time in recent years.
I am heavily influenced by Moneyball, RAPSIDO, and honestly Ben Cherrington - who I actually was a fan of when he was with Boston. So I bring a much more upbeat and positive perspective - as I believe strongly in BC's ability to scout and develop.
And please don't hate me - but the Redsox have always been my 2nd fav team for no reason I can even name. Well I do vividly remember Yaz & Rice from the early 80's...