Your correspondent failed to update after the family's initial predictions last year. The Pirates won 76 games for the second year in a row. That yielded a first for us: a three-way tie on prediction accuracy. My pessimistic call of 73 wins and Paige's and Teddy's more optimistic 79 win prognostication were just 3 wins off the actual result. Charlie's 90 fell charmingly over.
This year, two family members predict consistency at 76 wins again. Charlie again believes this is the Pirates year. I have seen nothing from the off season or spring training to get me excited. (Except Jack Suwinski's return to hitting form. We shall see how that lasts into the regular season.)
If Tommy Pham is still with the team on Father's Day, I will revise my prediction down to 48 wins.
