All right, let's try this a different way.

Incinages constantly calling for Ben Charington's firing.

Let's call for it today.

Like, let's call for it to occur today. and for a reason. Good morning to you. Good.

Monday morning, I'm Dan Kovachievich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. This is Daily Shot of Pirates. It comes your way bright and early every weekday.

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this. White Sox 7 Pirates 2. That's a sweep for Chicago, a team that hadn't had a sweep all season.

Last team in the majors without one. That hadn't had a road sweep since 2022,

that sent a starter with a 5.3 ERA to the mound.

None of it mattered.

None of it mattered.

The pirates just keep losing and losing and losing.

That's 11 losses in the past 12 games. That's 39 and 61 at the 100 game mark.

That's a pace for 99 losses. There was Charrington on his team-produced radio program yesterday, saying, and I quote, our goal is to win in

26, and we're looking to improve the team. We need to find ways over the next several days to

July 31 to put ourselves in a better situation going forward to increase the chances of the

pirates being a winning team in 2026 and beyond.

That's our only focus.

End quote.

I don't mean to do that to you so early in the morning.

I'm sorry.

I take it back.

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