The Pittsburgh Pirates Could Care Less What You Think

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The Pittsburgh Pirates Could Care Less What You Think
John Clifford Ness found this 11/6/2007 on sports.aol.com [flag]
The Pirates lost 94 games last year. Believe it or not, that was a slight improvement over the 95 they lost the past two years. This year, they actually went out and did something about it; they fired GM Dave Littlefield , most of his front office staff, and manager Jim Tracy . Then, faced with a choice to make about their next manager, they picked ex-third base coach John Russell , a man who ... [link]

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Published 11/6/2007 by JCN at John Clifford Ness
... The Pittsburgh Pirates Could Care Less What You Think: The Pirates lost 94 games last year. Believe it or not, that was a slight improvement over the 95 they lost the past two years. This year, they actually went out and did something about it; they fired GM ...

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Published 11/25/2007 by Geoff Young at Knuckle Curve - Baseball News
Still catching up on old stuff… Rob at Cub Reporter hooks us up with footage from a 1981 game between the Cubs and Reds. Dan at Get Up, Baby laments the continued decline of Scott Rolen. Pat at FanHouse muses on the Pirates motives behind hiring John Russell as their new skipper. Lisa at Astros Dugout discusses the (relatively) recent trade with Philadelphia that netted Michael Bourn. Share This ...

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