In Case You Missed It: Why we’re fans

Last week SB Nation asked for your stories about why you’re fans. You didn’t disappoint. So, thanks to Chiburgh, Steve D., kruegerfalls, HebnersGhost, sammykhalifa, The Tony87, MarteAnimal, IAPiratesFan, geremaniac, steve_z, BattlingBucs and 2010 will be the year. Their posts are worth your time.

• Willie Stargell (and another Pirates World Series “hero,” Roger Peckinpaugh) make this list of the worst award winners.
• Grant Brisbee, poet laureate of SBN, says the Bucs are baseball’s saddest team.
• A dig into the Pirates’ BABIP issues
• Allow me to opine Tyler Glasnow actually needs a more prominent Ol’ Dirty Bastard tattoo. Most truly do.
• Another stab at Andrew McCutchen’s struggles
• Adam Bittner says the Pirates should not (and probably won’t) trade Gerrit Cole.
• A look back at a triple play during which Carlos Garcia got ejected as manager of the Bradenton Marauders
• Josh Bell got the Onion treatment. (That’s satire, for those of you not hip to the site.) He noticed, and enjoyed it, too.

Elsewhere

• Joe Maddon isn’t looking to shake up the struggling Cubs’ lineup.
• The Cardinals have demoted Randal Grichuk all the way to high A.
• What does a team’s record mean at 50 games?
• Chris Archer is practicing mindfulness.