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It’s been said that we are our own harshest critics, and Max Moroff embodied that idiom at the Pittsburgh Pirates training camp Wednesday afternoon.
While reflecting on his season last year with the Class-A West Virginia Power, the 21-year-old was candid about his disappointing performance in 2013.