whygavs.com - 12/18/2008
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When the Jason Bay trade was made more than four months ago, there were some people that immediately hated the trade because trading away another established baseball player for minor leaguers or less established players signified another rebuilding period and that the Pirates were still ...
bucsdugout.com - 12/17/2008
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Jason Bay after the trade (photo: Keith Allison
) There's a really interesting and somewhat maddening discussion...
in the Post-Gazette's Q+A today : Q: Is it smart for the Pirates to be avoiding free agents and targeting prospects? In honor ...
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In Defense of the Jason Bay Trade
community.post-gazette.com - 12/17/2008
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 11 a.m. Wednesday Click
here to submit question. We have Qs ... __________...
Q: Is it smart for the Pirates to be avoiding free agents and targeting prospects? In honor of 'Moneyball' and its premise that teams like the A's (and ...
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Pirates Q&A: Not playing the market
bugsandcranks.com - 12/16/2008
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The Pirates, who have emphasized a need to
find talent via every available outlet, have again gone...
where no team has gone before. Late Monday night, the Pirates came to terms with Iraqi pitcher Muntadhar al-Zaidi. The 28-year-old al-Zaidi will ...
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Pirates Sign Iraqi Shoe Thrower
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Free agents vs. prospects
Honest Wagner —
The Bucco blogosphere has suddenly been festooned with much excellent interesting commentary on a Q+A question about free agents vs. prospects in the current market, and whether the Bay trade was wise. For the record, Rowdy and I both liked the Bay trade at the time. Andy LaRoche has 164 ABs as a Pirate. Sure, those haven't been pretty, but give him a chance at least.
Give Neal Huntington a break
Raise the Jolly Roger —
... Pat from WHYGAVS posted, too, [saying that] keeping Bay and adding on would be “an attempt to preserve something that wasn’t really there.” Indeed, the Pirates were not even really close to contending even with the stellar offense of early 2008. We had no pitching, horrible defense, and the great offense was due to breakout seasons from a couple of guys. We were much further away than being simply a pitcher away, no matter who that pitcher is. ...
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