131B182F391C3B345A0 wrote: Blame Pirates for No Deadline Deal.
Gorman takes no prisoners in his article this morning and coins a couple new nicknames for Nutting and Neal.
How about "Bottom Line" Bob and "No Deal" Neal. Love it.
WOW! Takes no prisoners is right. Heck that's an A-Bomb over Federal Street.
I agree 100% with every word.
-no intention to compete
-failed the players and fans
-pocketed Marte and Kung $$
-illustrating Cubs and (gasp
) KC and yankee deals the Pirates could have easily pulled
-etc etc etc.
I'm actually hopeful, for the first time in a couple years- I think Nutting is about to face a backlash that will force him to either invest into the team (no chance) OR sale to protect his Billion Dollar Mealticket. I think fans, who have been given the you-know-what are about to return the same salute to our owner.
I'm very close. I already will not pay to attend another game. I am really close to turning the channel also. I can't remember the last time I didn't tune in for at least part of a game. I am going to try and cut the cord.
I did it this week! Felt great! Two straight days where I could have tuned in and watched the Pirates, for at least a little bit, and I just kept it off. Very liberating, frankly. Watched Astros/Tigers both days, ninth inning of Marlins/Nats yesterday seeing if Gio was going to get his no-no. I certainly won't pay to go to another game. I may not renew my MLB.tv subscription next year (still debating that one). Ultimately, I probably can never completely turn my back on the Pirates, but I'm trying really hard to become either a Cards or Astros fan. It would be easy to be a Cards fan if their games weren't blacked out in Iowa.
Take a two year vacation - Nutting sales before 2020. He'd be crazy not to. Mario and Ron want a team, Mark Cuban wants a team. The one thing Nutting knows he can't do is run the value into the ground. He sells to one of those bidders and moves on.