Nothing good comes from drinking

PITTSBURGH — I am of the firm belief that nothing good comes from drinking.
Not that I’m a prude and I don’t push my beliefs or values on others. It is just drinking is just not for me, which is something I learned many years ago, and I don’t see any positives to it.
Furthermore, I lost a college friend — former Geneva quarterback Eddie Hartman — when his car was hit head on by a drunken driver traveling the wrong way on an off ramp. He was killed the night before his planned wedding.
Someone has to be awfully drunk to drive the wrong way on an off ramp.
So pardon me if I am incredulous that Pirates president Frank Coonelly will be hosting a charity wine and beer pairing event on Sunday night at PNC Park along with his wife and general manager Neal Huntington and his wife.
Coonelly was arrested for DUI in December, 2012.
Granted, everyone is entitled to a mistake, including Coonelly.
But it’s what did police see Coonelly doing that caused them to pull him over? He was driving the wrong way on an off ramp.
Enough said.
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Pedro Alvarez’s avoidance of dealing the media reached a comical level Friday night.
The major league-error leader took the first step in what could be a position switch by fielding ground balls at first base prior to the Pirates’ game with the San Diego Padres at PNC Park.
When approached by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review beat writer Rob Biertempfel after finishing his work, Alvarez went into a dead sprint so he could avoid talking about the workout.
That was a new one in 27 years of covering baseball. I’ve seen plenty of ballplayers blow off reporters — which is their right — but never one who actually ran away.
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Speaking of Alvarez, a perfect trade in the upcoming offseason would be for the Pirates to ship the Silent Slugger to the Kansas City Royals for third baseman Mike Moustakas.
Both were selected second overall in the amateur draft. Both have not lived up to their billing in the major leagues. Both are in dire need of a change of scenery.
It makes so much sense that one of Huntington’s first phone calls after the season should be to call Royals GM Dayton Moore.