Pirates flirting with .500 are always dangerous

The Pittsburgh Pirates are starting a 10 game homestand that begins tonight with the Philadelphia Phillies. The Pirates seem to be playing good baseball, in May the Pirates won 5 series in which they played against various teams.

The Pirates have been playing the role of spoiler for many years now. The team has had some good players, but they've been traded all away every season.

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Here's how the Pirates have done from now going back to 1997:

Rk	Year	W	L	Ties	W-L%	Finish	Managers
1	2011	26	29	0	.473	4th of 6	Clint Hurdle (26-29)
2	2010	57	105	0	.352	6th of 6	John Russell (57-105)
3	2009	62	99	0	.385	6th of 6	John Russell (62-99)
4	2008	67	95	0	.414	6th of 6	John Russell (67-95)
5	2007	68	94	0	.420	6th of 6	Jim Tracy (68-94)
6	2006	67	95	0	.414	5th of 6	Jim Tracy (67-95)
7	2005	67	95	0	.414	6th of 6	Lloyd McClendon (55-81) and Pete Mackanin (12-14)
8	2004	72	89	0	.447	5th of 6	Lloyd McClendon (72-89)
9	2003	75	87	0	.463	4th of 6	Lloyd McClendon (75-87)
10	2002	72	89	0	.447	4th of 6	Lloyd McClendon (72-89)
11	2001	62	100	0	.383	6th of 6	Lloyd McClendon (62-100)
12	2000	69	93	0	.426	5th of 6	Gene Lamont (69-93)
13	1999	78	83	0	.484	3rd of 6	Gene Lamont (78-83)
14	1998	69	93	1	.426	6th of 6	Gene Lamont (69-93)
15	1997	79	83	0	.488	2nd of 5	Gene Lamont (79-83)

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/3/2011.