Wilson braces for end of Pirates tenure

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Projo Sox Blog found this 8/22/2008 on www.post-gazette.com [flag]
ST. LOUIS -- Jack Wilson, the Pirates' most tenured player and one of the finest shortstops in franchise history, is worried that he will not be playing in Pittsburgh next spring. Know how to tell? Ask him a series of questions aimed at uncovering the truth behind his recent surge at the plate ... Start with this: How to explain batting .294 so far in August, including the current 11-for-29 ... [link]

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Baseball Today: Friday, August 22
Published 8/22/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) . . . Jack Wilson has heard the trade rumors and is upset by them, because he wants to stay with the Pirates (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) . . . Mike Scioscia insists ...

Jose Bautista Is Out in Pittsburgh, Is Jack Wilson Next?
Published 8/22/2008 at FanHouse
... is using to rebuild the Pirates with will not rest until it's eliminated most of the ruins left behind by his predecessors. After trading away Xavier Nady, Jason Bay, and Damaso Marte for prospects, he shipped Jose Bautista (the team's former "third baseman of the future") off to Toronto yesterday for a player to be named. All indications are that he's not done. When the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asked him about Jack Wilson's future in Pittsburgh, Huntington said this about the longest tenured Pirate: "The reality is that we ...

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