The request we're sending to bloggers of all 30 teams this spring is a simple one: What are the 10 best things about being a fan of your favorite team? What features of the franchise have you excited for opening day and what keeps you coming back year after year? We're about halfway through our little experiment and we're glad to hear that so many of you are enjoying the ride. Up next is a BLS series regular, Tom Smith of Rum Bunter , to tell us why he's still a Pirates fan after all of these playoff-less years. 1. It has to end soon: There are Pittsburgh Pirates fans all over this country. And yes, we are well aware our baseball team has lost 1,713 games over the past 19 years. The last 19 years of our lives have been wrapped up in waiting for a winning season from the Bucs. Nineteen years of shaking our heads. Nineteen years of screaming into our hands at the top of our lungs as another first round draft pick gets the news that he will be heading to see Dr. Andrews. You're right. It has been a long time, with plenty of people calling the team a laughingstock along the way, but there is no way we can give up on 'em now. We have too much invested. So before we leave for the opening day tailgate on April 5, we will take our familar spot in front of the bathroom mirror and say 'this will be the year.'
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