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It was a blah and stormy night for Pirates

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Starling Marte wipes his brow with a towel-covered bat in the seventh inning. -- JARED WICKERHAM / GETTY

By Dejan Kovacevic
'Hey, how you feelin'?'

Fairly common question, I'd venture to say. And it's maybe my favorite to pose in a clubhouse setting, especially as it relates to baseball. Because it's such a grind. Because even days off really aren't days off, with all the real-life catching up that has to occur.

Still, the answers from the athletes and all involved, invariably, ranges somewhere between all right and awesome. Every day is a new day and all that.

Not so Friday.

For whatever reason, most everyone beforehand suggested feeling fatigued, and I was so struck by it that I took special note of it. Maybe it was from all that running of the bases in Detroit. Maybe it was the midseason blues or blahs. Maybe it was five extra-inning games in the past three weeks. Maybe it was the two-hour, eight-minute rain delay.

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