pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com - 2/5/2009
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Pirates president Frank Coonelly visited with fans in an exclusive chat at pirates.com on Wednesday afternoon. The following is a complete transcript. stwoods53: I think you're doing a great job. Do you see any trades for Jack Wilson? Coonelly: Thank you very much and welcome to the chat. I do ...
mlb.mlb.com - 2/5/2009
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Pirates president Frank Coonelly visited with fans in
an exclusive chat at pirates.com on Wednesday afternoon, discussing...
free agents and players on the current roster.
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Coonelly discusses present, future
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What are we expecting from Andy LaRoche in ‘09?
Raise the Jolly Roger —
Big things, which doesn’t seem to be valid based on his line in 2008:
Yeah, so that’s not pretty. So why the optimism? Well, first, it can’t get much worse. Second, there were a lot of things working against him last year that will (hopefully) be non factors in 2009. Third, minor league stats indicate he will be a productive major leaguer.
I know a lot of you groaned when reading that last sentence, so I have numbers and more opinions to back me up. First, [a piece from Rob Neyer], who is a lot smarter than I am:
This year, though? This is Andy LaRoche’s year.
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LaRoche [had an] absurdly low — by his ...
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Bucs Dugout —
... From Pirates.com's recent chat with Frank Coonelly:
brian921: I think you have done a great job locking in talent through their arbitration years with a free agency option and addressing the 2010 problem. How probable is it to think we will have a contender by 2012?
Coonelly: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to address how we're building this team. While we certainly have been and will continue to acquire young talent, we are not targeting 2010 -- or 2012, for that matter -- as the year in which we think we will win. ...
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Three River Sports —
-Mostly did this posting because I wanted a reason to link to this: I was part of a little roundtable at Sean's Ramblings where Sean asked a bunch of different bloggers what they were wearing for the Super Bowl and if they had any predictions. My predictions? "A Serious Prediction: Santonio Holmes goes over 100 yards receiving for the Steelers and scores a TD on a deep ball. A Not So Serious Prediction: The Refs actually call a penalty on one of the Arizona linemen for holding James Harrison. This is obviously a joke prediction though, because judging by the past several Steeler games, the NFL's holding rules only apply to offensive linemen if you aren't matched up against ...
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