Bill Neal: Your Pittsburgh Pirates…’We had them all the way!’

:10—I am not sure when the last time the Pirates started 9 and 2…and I don’t care. Actually, I do know when…1992…All I want is that for the first time in forever we look like a real baseball team with real hope and a lot less prayer. But hold up, wait a minute, we’ve had a touch of this pos­sibility before. Let’s keep hope alive! :09—By now most of us have given C. C. (we’re friends now, so I can call Caitlin Clark, C. C.) her props and there’s no doubting she is the real deal. Even though she could stay and play an­other year, it’s time to lock the memories down and go get that fame and glory. :08—And let’s not get it twisted. Caitlin Clark didn’t get beat by South Carolina. Iowa got beat by South Carolina. And to be sure, the best team won. And truth be told, if you have a 6’7″ player on one side of the hoop and a 6’4″ player on the other side, and they’re both future WNBA play­ers, and their tallest player is 6’4″, ya kinda should win that game!!! :07—South Carolina wins it in grand fash­ion, 87-75, in what was...