The Pittsburgh Pirates’ ship began to sink shortly after the last recording of Pirate Revolution, a Titletahn podcast. Hosts Cory Humes and Alan Smodic return to their microphones today, and in doing so, hope to bail out a team that’s struggled through their early schedule in 2010.

There are reasons to be optimistic about the Pirates as currently constructed. Ron Cook, and other curmudgeons like him, just need to consider players in the proper perspective.

Ryan Doumit enters 2010 as the go-to guy behind the dish, but how long will he remain in black and gold? If Doumit does get dealt, Jason Jaramillo will presumably inherit the starting catcher’s job; will he be ready? Pittsburgh native Neil Walker is ready to don the tools of ignorance again, too.