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Overbay Looking To Turn Around The Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates' newest acquisition, Lyle Overbay, joined Vinnie & Cook to talk about the signing. Overbay said he's excited to be on the team and sees a lot of signs that the Pirates might be turning their losing streak around.

Overbay said the signing of Clint Hurdle as the Pirates manager was one of the biggest reasons he signed. He also noted the pool of young talent within the Pirates organization as a key to turning the team around.

Overbay has been on several teams with multiple-season losing streaks that eventually turned it around. He tells Vinnie that Pittsburgh has to sign good veteran players as their nucleus, then build around those veterans with younger players.

He said this team has talent and ability; but in order to win, they'll have to work harder to not make the small mistakes.

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