Dejan Kovacevic had a lot of time to do some research in the PNC Park press box last night:
Perhaps the one good thing about the Pirates’ many miseries in recent years is that they have resurrected the classic names of Crazy Schmit, Phenomenal Smith and Peek-A-Boo Veach.
Those were just a few of the farmers and mill workers who comprised the 1890 Pittsburg Alleghenies, the infamous worst team in franchise history and the one invariably cited anytime a futility record is challenged . . . That 3-21 stretch now is the second-worst in such a span over the franchise’s 123-year history, with the 1890 team’s... um, phenomenal 3-35 finish to that 23-113 season still standing alone.
