Coonelly 'frustrated' by talks with Alvarez

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Coonelly 'frustrated' by talks with Alvarez
Raise the Jolly Roger! found this 7/24/2008 on community.post-gazette.com [flag]
By Dejan Kovacevic | 7:10 p.m. Wednesday HOUSTON -- Pirates president Frank Coonelly tonight described himself as "frustrated" by the pace of talks with first-round draft pick Pedro Alvarez, the slugging third baseman out of Vanderbilt University. "I am frustrated that negotiations haven't concluded of yet," Coonelly said by phone from Pittsburgh. "We were ... [link]

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Astros and Alvarez
Published 7/24/2008 by Brian McElhinny (noreply@blogger.com) at Raise the Jolly Roger!
... After the game, Pirates president Frank Coonely spoke with Rocco DeMaro on the postgame radio show, Extra Innings. Pedro Alvarez was one of the topics of discussion, and both in the show and in [this article], Coonely had this to say: ...

Odds and Ends: Alvarez, Kotsay, Street
Published 7/24/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Pirates president Frank Coonelly expressed frustration with the Pedro Alvarez negotiations, in the first public comments on those talks. ...

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