Pirates Hope Nachos, Hamburgers Will Distract Fans From Bad Baseball

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All You Can Eat For Just $35! [Blogdome]
Published 3/1/2008 by Sussman at Deadspin
• Gorge yourself at Pirates games. [Bugs and Cranks] • An NBA preseason game outside, you say? [Bleacher Report] • Not a great idea from Bill Simmons. [Now Watch Me Jock] • Some love for Marshawn Lynch. [64 Miller Lites] • Hooters takes on the Chinese government. [FanIQ] • Hank Steinbrenner vs. Red Sox Nation. [The Goose's Roose] • Wondering if Derek Anderson-Brady Quinn will work again. [Erik Cassano's Weblog] ...

Pirates Follow Dodgers' Lead in Exploitation of Gluttony
Published 3/1/2008 by Orel at Sons of Steve Garvey
From Bugs and Cranks via Deadspin: The Pirates may not have had a lot of added much to the roster from a team that lost 94 games last season. However, they did make one change this off-season to ensure fans at PNC Park will have to spend less time paying attention to the product on the field: they’ve instituted two new all you can eat sections. Starting this year, outfield reserve sections 146 and 147 will feature the all you can eat options. Individual tickets will cost $35 in advance and $40 at the gate, and be ...

The Roundup: Randy Moss is tired of nothing
Published 3/2/2008 by Patrick Imig at The Big Lead
... to media coverage, though.  [Boston Herald] Apparently Barry Bonds did fail a steroids test in 2001, though it probably means nothing at this point.  [NY Post] The Braves and Jeff Francouer are miles apart in negotiating a long term deal.  [Atlanta Journal Constitution] And they’re not saying much about resigning Mark Teixeira.  [Atlanta Journal Constitution] In an effort to combat pisspoor baseball, the Pirates are offering 2 new all you can eat sections at PNC Park.  [Bugs and Cranks]

Pirates Reduced to "All You Can Eat" Sections
Published 3/3/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... When you've already tried bobbleheads, fireworks, skyblasts, and "bring your dog to the ballpark days" to spur ticket sales, there are few promotions left in the arsenal of a professional sports team. Or so you thought! The creative minds at PNC Park have a new twist for the Pittsburgh ticket-buying public: an all-you-can-eat section. ...

Pittsburgh Pirates Games To Feature Losing, Obesity
Published 3/3/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... Anyways, from a business standpoint, this isn’t a bad move by the Pirates. As Bugs & Cranks points out, this is the perfect way to distract fans from the agony of yet another losing season in Pittsburgh…the people in the All-You-Can-Eat sections will be so busy stuffing their faces with burgers and nachos that they’ll hardly notice what’s happening on the field. ...

The Scorecard: Live from Lakeland
Published 3/3/2008 at Big League Stew
... • The Pirates will have an all-you-can-eat section at PNC Park this year. Somehow I don't think this qualifies as "growing" a fanbase. [Bugs & Cranks] ...