Bucs lead the league in homers this month (didn't stop the Sacramento Bee from calling them "the toothpick factory.") That and other causes for rational and/or irrational exuberance in Dejan Kovacevic's recap of last night's game.
FWIW, last year the Bucs also started 15-18. And were in last place for the effort. I said it before, I'll say it again. If the team is under .500, it doesn't matter what "place" they are in, unless it is first place. Under .500 sucks.
And I may be wrong about this, but it remains my conviction or superstition that it's harder to win games when you are above .500 than it is when you are below .500. The Bucs tore through three opponents on one of those west-coast road trips that, historically, have been tough on them. If you wake this morning in San Francisco and read the paper, you don't read about how great those Bucs are playing. You read about how your team is in a terrible funk and lost to the Pirates. At some point your reputation precedes you and teams get up for their series with you. The Brewers know better. Otherwise the Bucs remain well below the radar for the rest of the league. Until they pull up over the .500 mark, no one will and no one should pay them much respect.
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