Sweeping Is A Luxury

Sweeps look cool on paper, they bring fans to the ballpark, they get you attention on Baseball Tonight but that's just about all they do. Sweeps don't win championship, pennant's or divisions, but just winning two out of three do and that's what the Pirates did tonight. If the Pirates win two out of three every series the rest of the season they will run away with the division, but they won't get the attention for winning six or seven straight but that doesn't matter because all that stuff's overrated.

Sweeps are like the three run home run, do they help? Yeah of course, but do you need them to win? Heck no. Obviously you want a sweep because they help there's no denying that but two of three is always the goal no matter who you're playing, any major leaguer would tell you that. People fall in love with the sweep they think you need them but you don't, the best teams can win without them.

Fortunelly for the Pirates they have a chance for a sweep tomorrow, which even I can agree is awesome but probably for a different reason then you do. When I look at the game tomorrow I look at it strictly as a bonus, no matter what happens we win. If the Pirates do end up winning tomorrow that's awesome, they exceeded expectations, but if they lose so what? The worst case scenario for tomorrow is that the Pirates lose but still gained a game on .500 over the last three games. Some people will look at the loss and say we lost a game on .500 which is technically true if you look at it on a one game scale, but if you look at the slightly bigger picture its still a huge win for the team.

Don't get me wrong a sweep tomorrow would be great but if it doesn't happen, the Pirates still took care of business. I will be sitting in the stands tomorrow waving my broom loud and proud just like everyone else, but just remember this a sweep is a luxury.