Cam Bonifay or Dave Littlefield: Which Is the Lesser of Two Evils?

As Neil Huntington's first year as General Manager of the Pirates came to a close, one would struggle to call it anything but tumultuous. Despite the Pedro Alvarez saga, the failure to sign second round pick Tanner Scheppers, and the struggles of many newly acquired players, Huntington is still saved in the eye of public opinion based on one fact: He is not Cam Bonifay or Dave Littlefield.  Bonifay and Littlefield represent a very dark period of Pittsburgh Pirates baseball. Their tenure, 1993-2007, netted zero playoff appearances and zero winning seasons. They were recently lumped together on a list of the all time worst GMs and placed sixth.  While it is unfair to lump them together, both men certainly belonged on the list. Both men were terrible in very different ways. Let's start with Bonifay. Cam Bonifay took over as Pirates' GM after the sudden death of Ted Simmons.  He inherited a team that had only just lost, what many call, the most crushing defeat in baseball history ... (link)