<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: URedus waba nesikhathi sakhe esihle kakhulu sokuhlasela ngo-1989, futhi wasiza iPirates ukuthola iziqu ezintathu eziqondile zeNational League East division kusukela ngo-1990 kuya ku-1992, kodwa ukukhiqizwa kwakhe kwaphazanyiswa ukulimala; ngemuva kuka-1988, akakaze avele emidlalweni engaphezu kwama-98 kunoma yisiphi isizini ejwayelekile. URedus uhola bonke abashayi ngesilinganiso sika.438 7-for-16 emidlalweni eyisithupha yokuqala yeligi  <response>: Ngo-1992 National League Championship Series, waqala imidlalo emine esisekelweni sokuqala, futhi wavela njengomshayi we-pinch kanye. Umphathi wePirates uJim Leyland wakhetha ukungadlali noRedus emdlalweni wesikhombisa, ethanda abadlali abangakwesobunxele ngokumelene nomgadli ongakwesokudla uJohn Smoltz weAtlanta Braves. Emdlalweni wesikhombisa, iBraves yafaka amagoli amathathu ngasekupheleni komdlalo wesishiyagalolunye ukuze isuse ukuhola kwePirates ngo-2-0 futhi ithathe indondo yeNational League. URedus wakhetha ukuba ngumuntu okhululekile ekupheleni kuka-1992, wadlala izinkathi ezimbili ezihlushwa ukulimala neTexas Rangers ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ekupheleni komkhankaso ka-1994. 