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<r>715058715A52350 wrote: <URL url="https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2019/10/01/Pirates-Jason-Kendall-manager-Clint-Hurdle-Neal-Huntington-catcher-job-search-MLB/stories/201910010147"><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pir ... 1910010147">https://www.post-gazette.com/spo...

<r>022F22333425327271400 wrote: Neal was not fired because he is too valuable to Nutting.  He would’ve fired on probably 29 other teams. I like Neal a lot, but the failure at drafting/developing/trades would have doomed him with any other team. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> But Nutting needs Neal. First, ...

<t>7770666E6077303C456268646C692B666A68050 wrote: Neal was not fired because he is too valuable to Nutting.  He would’ve fired on probably 29 other teams. I like Neal a lot, but the failure at drafting/developing/trades would have doomed him with any other team. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> But Nutting n...

<r>566867676D6463606D6D4964736E010 wrote: <URL url="http://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/2019/09/29/pirates-bob-nutting-clint-hurdle-dk-of-ways-but-is-that-it/"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/2019/ ... s-that-it/">http://www.dkpittsburghsports.com/2019/09/29/pirates-bob-nutting-clin...

<t>0C323D3D373E393A3737133E29345B0 wrote: So I guess my question is how did a management team that built a 98-win season in '15 from the Dark Days of the '00s turn into the Three Stooges in three short years?<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> There's a lot of piling on the past few days -- not necessarily just...

<t>052322352333400 wrote: Wouldn’t it be a surprise if NH was contacted to interview for the vacant Boston GM position. Neal is originally from the New England area. If he was hired for that position, I would expect a new GM would want to hire a new Pirate manager, and some other front office positi...

<t>That $5 million dollar bonus will always be a sore spot for me and an indictment that MLB doesn't actually want small markets to win. After the Pirates made that move, MLB drastically changed the bonus rules so that no team could ever do that again. The Pirates had pretty much no place where they...

<t>1D3F2C313237303F1C2B3D3D315E0 wrote: * If Newman keeps this up, he's liable to win the batting title himself. I mean Reynolds is still hot, but Newman is just straight ON FIRE.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> * If Cole is evaluated by the organization as an elite glove at SS who can hit .240 in the big le...

<t>0B2C3D393C211E2A3D3C3C21580 wrote: It’s just a disgrace that nobody has lost their job after this 7-28 stretch which is almost a 1/4 of the season. You don’t see Bob Nutting anywhere either not a peep out of him during this death spiral. It’s been a long long time since I’ve been this embarrassed...

<t>406D60717667703033020 wrote: The same people who wanted Gonzalez also thought they had a wasted #1 pick in Newman who was to be groomed to fill a utility role. Gonzalez was a utility afterthought to the Indians. So they were delighted to swap him for Luplow who is hitting .271 with 11 HRs this ye...