Horribly bad

Some counterpoints and conclusions:

1. All baseball players are not genetically predispositioned and environmentally adapted equally. Some have skills, and are good. Some have few skills, and are very, very bad. The probability of a baseball team playing .500 is a function of the collective skills of the team. For a team made up of mostly bad players, it is hard to play .500 baseball. For a team of mostly good players, it is not hard.

2. The Pirates do not have many good players. Thus, because of (1), their poor play is likely more a result of bad players, than of these bad players feigning injuries or slacking.

3. Because I believe (2), I put the burden of the blame for overall poor play on the front office, which has fielded said bad team.

4. For a bunch of mostly bad players to achieve a .217 winning percentage through 23 games is truly remarkable and almost unprecedented. For stooping to this abysmal nadir, the players, coaches, GM, and owners should all be held accountable. The owners, GM, and coaches should be mercilessly flogged in public.

5. The general conduct and decision-making of the owners and GM has been, overall, egregiously incompetent.

6. We could afford more good players if we canned three people and anointed Bob Walk as coach/pitching coach/GM.