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By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
August 9, 2011
PITTSBURGH — As the botched plays and bad losses and loud boos at PNC Park mounted in recent days, Clint Hurdle and the Pittsburgh Pirates stood firm in reciting a familiar refrain.
Over the course of a 162-game season, they rationalized, every club eventually endures a slump, a stretch of poor....
