PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – It could be as simple as Little League as to how the Pirates improve upon their season. What new manager Don Kelly said about taking over a team 12-26 on the season?
It’s not like Kelly has been removed from it. The Mt. Lebanon native was Derek Shelton’s bench coach and now it’s about convincing the players there is a different way with him in charge. He went about it in his first talk to the team by challenging them.
“How do we show up every day?” Kelly said Friday. “How do we show up with that enthusiasm like we did when we were in Little League, high school and bring that enthusiasm out onto the field and show up every day to get better and show up every day to help the team win a ball game? That’s something that I’m looking forward to from these guys, is seeing every single day that intent to get better, the intent to win and playing with that enthusiasm every single day.”…