There is no excuse for the poor baserunning decisions the Pirates made in their 3-0 loss to the Brewers on Monday night. The best-case scenario is that Elias Diaz and Gregory Polanco simply didn’t care about a late-September game. Then at least there’s hope they’d choose more wisely in a meaningful situation. Then there’s less of the creeping feeling this organization can’t corral its players on the basepaths.

But there’s no reason for a baseball player to not know the...

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