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Good Neal Huntington
Published 12/3/2007 by StatsGuru at Baseball Musings
Where Have You Gone, Andy Van Slyke likes what he's hearing from new GM Neal Huntington: We're in a unique situation. We have lost 90-plus games each of the past three years, but we have an interesting core of guys with two years left on their contracts. We have a good young pitching staff, and an outstanding young closer in Matt Capps. We feel that we have some talent here and have an opportunity to win, but we want to be in a position to be consistently competitive every year. What we don't want to do is win 82 games next year and then go backwards because we weren't thinking ...

Pirates GM Interview
Published 12/4/2007 by Justin at On Baseball and the Reds
... Proof will be in the pudding, of course. But if I were a Pirates fan, I'd be pretty optimistic about what we've been hearing from Huntington over the past few weeks (and they are, apparently). And as a Reds fan, the fact that someone like Huntington is being employed by a division rival makes me nervous.

Neal Huntington: “We need above-average players”
Published 12/4/2007 by Matt Bandi at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
An interview with Pirates’ general manager Neal Huntington was published at Baseball Prospectus on Sunday. It is an interesting read that gives us a bit more insight into the team’s plans, both in the near and distant future. For some analysis, check out any of these posts. However, it was one simple quote at the end of the interview that interested me: I feel we need above-average players across the board, and that’s what we’re working to put together in Pittsburgh. It seems simple, right? If you want to ...