I am sick of watching Pirates games and watching the Pirates pitchers get screwed on balls and strikes calls. Meaning, if the same call was a ball for the Pirates pitcher, it would be a strike for the opposing pitcher when a Pirate was the batter. It is hard to get out of a 14 season losing streak when the umpires of MLB have an intentional vendetta against the Pirates! Just tonight in the 1st inning against the Dodgers, Tony Armas got screwed. Nomar Garciapara did a check like swing and missed what should have been a 3rd strike. Next pitch, a 2 run single. Just earlier this week on Tuesday the Pirates played against Milwaukee and twice were rung up on 3rd strikes for supposed non check swings. Both times the bat never came off the Pirate batter's shoulder, and the pitch was high and outside. Anybody who thinks this is crazy obviously has blinders on, and doesn't see the coruptness in the MLB.