In our political rhetoric, sports analogies are the analogies of choice. She hit a home run in that debate! That ad is a slam dunk! There’s two minutes to go in the Super Bowl and you’re down by four points, but $politician_name is Eli Manning. This sort of metaphor is par for the course.
But since when do we put political analogies in our sports writing?
Think of Maholm as the swing vote in an election. If Ian Snell and Tom Gorzelanny pitch as they did last season or even better, and Maholm joins them, the Pirates have a successful majority not just for the coming summer but for years. Anything Matt Morris or Zach Duke do would be a bonus after their down seasons.
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