Pirates to name Coonelly as CEO

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Coonelly is Major League Baseball's chief labor counsel, and draws high marks for his intelligence, with one executive describing him as a "phenomenal" choice. The Pirates, nearing the end of their 15th straight losing season, fired Littlefield on Friday. The team had a 442-581 record in his six-plus seasons as GM. The Pirates' next step will be to hire a GM who will determine the fate of ... [link]

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Pirates To Hire Frank Coonelly As CEO?
Published 9/8/2007 by Andy Smith at Bugs & Cranks
... and hire Frank Coonelly, who currently serves as Major League Baseball’s chief labor counsel. While not as ...

Pirates Reportedly Pick Coonelly for Club CEO
Published 9/8/2007 by Cory Humes at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
... UPDATE (4:15): The news is official on FOXSports.com: ...

Knee-Jerk Reaction to New Pirate CEO Coonelly
Published 9/8/2007 by Cory Humes at Pittsburgh Lumber Co.
... Ken Rosenthal said that “Coonelly is Major League Baseball’s chief labor counsel, and draws high marks for his intelligence, with one executive describing him as a ‘phenomenal’ choice.” ...

Frank Coonelly is the Pirates next CEO
Published 9/8/2007 by Pat at Where have you gone, Andy Van Slyke?
As per Ken Rosenthal, MLB's chief labor relations counsel will take over the Pirates CEO position. ...

White Smoke from Federal Street: We have a CEO!
Published 9/8/2007 by Vlad <info@buccosdugout.com> at Bucs Dugout
... Coonelly is Major League Baseball's chief labor counsel, and draws high marks for his intelligence, with one executive describing him as a "phenomenal" choice." -Ken Rosenthal ...

Report: Pirates Pick Frank Coonelly for CEO
Published 9/8/2007 by Pat Lackey at FanHouse
... Apparently the firing of Dave Littlefield yesterday was a little more than that; it foreshadowed owner Bob Nutting naming Kevin McClatchy's replacement as the team's CEO. According to Ken Rosenthal, that new CEO will be Frank Coonelly, the league's current chief labor counsel. ...

The Defence Needs a Rest
Published 9/8/2007 by Jeff Kallman at The MLB Source
... be ready to name Frank Coonelly—he’s baseball government’s chief labour counsel and ...

Is Nutting Being Pushed into the Coonelly Hire?
Published 9/9/2007 by Pirate Blues at Pittsburgh Pirates Bucco Blog
... Evidently Robert Nutting had his man all along and it was just a matter of the timing, as Ken Rosenthal reported late Saturday that Robert Nutting is set to announce MLB labor attorney Francis Coonelly as his new CEO. Coonelly is reportedly in Pittsburgh and an announcement could be made as early as next week. ...

Sizing Up Frank Coonelly to the Pirates
Published 9/10/2007 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
... Over the weekend, Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com broke the news that the Littlefield firing was a precursor to the hiring of Frank Coonelly to fill the vacated CEO seat left by McClatchy. Rosenthal writes: ...

Done Deal: Frank Coonelly Selected as CEO of the Pirates
Published 9/11/2007 by Maury Brown at The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network
... [Ken Rosenthal of] Fox Sports initially reported Saturday that Coonelly was Pittsburgh's pick. ...

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