Roughly 20,000 fans attended the Pirates home season finale yesterday afternoon. And about the only thing worth noting of that game was the fact that Jack Wilson played in what is most likely his final game as a Pirate, knocking a pinch hit single to left in his only plate appearance. His plate appearance raised up what had been a relatively silent crowd into an uproar as he approached the plate and got his single. After that, the place was practically dead, as have been most Pirates home games this season.
It was stated in an article by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that the Pirates average attendance was just a hair over 20k perr date this season, the lowest it's been in the 8 year existance of PNC Park. If the Pirates want to put butts in the seats, than they have to give us more than this.
More than 1 Pitcher (Paul Maholm) with 9 wins, more than 2 players (McClouth and Adam LaRoche) with 70 runs batted in, and more than 1 player with an average above .300 (Doumit). In a word, the Pirates need to spend. Spend money on free agents, spend money on homegrown talent, and spend money to come up with a better slogan than year's past. However, if the Pirates choose to continue their path of not spending money and allowing a rebuilding phase to take the better part of the past 20 years, than I have a new slogan for the team.
Come to PNC Park to enjoy the silence.
