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Did you even know? Did they even know? Does anyone in the media know? Good morning to you. Good. Wednesday morning, I'm Dan Kovachovich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. This is Daily Shot of Pirates. It comes your way right and early. Every weekday. If you're into football and or hockey,

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Remarkably, this morning, D.K. Pittsburgh Sports, our outlet is reporting exclusively that the pirates

have been eliminated from the playoffs.

Really, if you've seen that or heard that anywhere else, let me know.

But before coming on to do this show, I just poked around online and couldn't find a syllable about it anywhere.

It did happen, though. Cardinals three, Pirates won last

night at Bush Stadium. That combined with the Mets winning, put the Pirates 12 games behind New York,

the team that's currently holding the last wildcard birth, and with 11 games to go, that's the end.

That's five years of five playoff misses for Ben Charrington, Derek Shelton, and the rest of this administration.

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