Opening Gay

It's 36 degrees, windy and snowy in Saint Louis...what better way to kick off what looks to be the 17th consecutive losing season for your Pittsburgh Pirates! Normally when a professional sports team knows going into a season it's in for a long year, the team does its best PR job to drum up interest in their respective team. After 16 years of futility at Three Rivers and PNC Park, there's absolutely nothing the Pirates' brass can do to get anyone excited about this team. Not even a "clever" marketing slogan can get you pumped for this season (think along the lines of the "Let's go to Work" and "We Will..." garbage force-fed to you during Pirate broadcasts over the years.)

Genius courtesy of Mondesishouse

While fans in Boston, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are full of hope and optimism, looking forward to who they'd like to face in October, the few die-hards here are looking forward to good first half starts for Freddy Sanchez and Adam LaRoche, that way the Bucs can pick up more "prospects" at the deadline in July. Kill me now.