First, Jim Tracy:
Tracy said before the game that these Pirates were making strides.
"We have to not involve ourselves with our won-lost record but with staying with the process," Tracy said.
Now, Dave Littlefield:
"I wouldn't say [John VanBenschoten's problems are] discouraging at all," general manager Dave Littlefield said. "It's part of the common process of coming back from surgeries. We're seeing that with Sean Burnett right now. Not everything goes the way you want it to go. It's a process."
Silly fans. All this losing, all these disappointments - they're a process. A process of what, we cannot say.