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The Pirates Give Up On the Pirates

Posted on June 4th, 2009 admin No comments

Pirate Management Thanks Pirate Fans For Support
It is a fool who wakes up this morning with anger at the Pirates, who dealt Nate McLouth to the Atlanta Braves yesterday for nothing of immediate value. Only a fool would follow this franchise with the hope that it would commit to winning, and only a fool would believe that the Pirates aren’t about making money and dumping the saleries of the few fan-favorites that actually produce and must therefore be compensated.

I’ve not heard anyone else say this, so I will:
The Pirates had it in mind to dump McLouth’s salary for awhile, but waited until the Penguins were back in town in the middle of the Stanley Cup Finals to pull the trigger on a deal, hoping the story would get lost amongst the Penguins coverage. Like every other calculation Pirate management makes, they were wrong. There is something unique about the reaction of Pittsburgh fans to the latest personnel move of this dismal organization, and I really think it will show in ticket sales, or lack thereof, for the remainder of the year.

In the post entitled The 2009 Pirates - Good While It Lasted, I wrote, “For the record, I haven’t given up on the 2009 Pirates just yet.” How could I have known that the Pirates already had?

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