I'm sick of Ownership and Management of this team
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Re: I'm sick of Ownership and Management of this team
I think the negative publicity has got the Pirates attention for sure. I think before the calendar turns to the New Year some significant additions will be made to the roster. No we won’t sign Soto, but they won’t be players who are past their prime. My guess their will be 3 additions prior to PirateFest.
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I predicted three additions by PirateFest, and so far they have added Spencer Horwitz who I am intrigued with. Horwitz stats versus left handed pitchers are not great, but his stats versus right handed pitchers are very good. Possibly he will platoon with Endy, or Billy Cook whenever a lefty starts. I am hoping for them to bring on board a corner outfielder, and a bullpen addition very soon. I sure hope Ben Cherington doesn’t trade either Keller,or Jones in order to acquire an outfielder or bullpen arm. I will be very disappointed if he breaks up our top three starting pitchers.fjk090852-7 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 15, 2024 8:37 pm I think the negative publicity has got the Pirates attention for sure. I think before the calendar turns to the New Year some significant additions will be made to the roster. No we won’t sign Soto, but they won’t be players who are past their prime. My guess their will be 3 additions prior to PirateFest.
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Re: I'm sick of Ownership and Management of this team
An open letter to Bob N.
I attended my first Pirate game in 1961, I was 8 at the time. I fell in love with baseball and my Pirates. My favorite player was Donn Clendenon . Players like Maury Wills, Jim Bunning joined some of the 1960s teams, but the Bucs never got to the WS. The 1970s were special with players like Blass, Parker, Stargell, and Sangy just to name a few. I was at the DH in August 1979 when John Milner hit the walkoff pinch hit grand slam to win the first game. I have many memories like the playoff’s in the early 1990s. Game 7 of the 1992 playoff broke my heart because like many knew the players like Drabek and Bonds were leaving due to free agency. Kevin McClatchey came along in 1996 to save the Bucs from leaving Pittsburgh to Northern Virginia. Due to the player turnover Jim Leyland decided to leave the Bucs to manage a team that would compete for the postseason. In the meantime a new ballpark was on the horizon with the idea that additional revenue streams would give the Pirates the availability to compete. I attended the ground breaking and the first two games at PNC Park the best ballpark in America. It took several years to compete, but we returned to the postseason in 2013, 2014 and 2015. I attended the playoff game vs the Reds and it was the best game I ever attended. What excitement! We are now in another drought and it seems you don’t care if the Pirates win or lose. You have the Rookie of the Year pitcher on your team, and you and your staff have only added a first baseman so far this offseason.Sure it is only December and it is 2 months until ST, but other teams are adding to their rosters. I am getting to the point where I don’t care. It is sad you are unwilling to spend money on your team. Letters, billboards don’t phase you because you don’t love baseball like many of us fans do. It is like the newspaper business for you. It is too bad you never went to a baseball game with your Dad when you were 8 years old and got you to love baseball.
I attended my first Pirate game in 1961, I was 8 at the time. I fell in love with baseball and my Pirates. My favorite player was Donn Clendenon . Players like Maury Wills, Jim Bunning joined some of the 1960s teams, but the Bucs never got to the WS. The 1970s were special with players like Blass, Parker, Stargell, and Sangy just to name a few. I was at the DH in August 1979 when John Milner hit the walkoff pinch hit grand slam to win the first game. I have many memories like the playoff’s in the early 1990s. Game 7 of the 1992 playoff broke my heart because like many knew the players like Drabek and Bonds were leaving due to free agency. Kevin McClatchey came along in 1996 to save the Bucs from leaving Pittsburgh to Northern Virginia. Due to the player turnover Jim Leyland decided to leave the Bucs to manage a team that would compete for the postseason. In the meantime a new ballpark was on the horizon with the idea that additional revenue streams would give the Pirates the availability to compete. I attended the ground breaking and the first two games at PNC Park the best ballpark in America. It took several years to compete, but we returned to the postseason in 2013, 2014 and 2015. I attended the playoff game vs the Reds and it was the best game I ever attended. What excitement! We are now in another drought and it seems you don’t care if the Pirates win or lose. You have the Rookie of the Year pitcher on your team, and you and your staff have only added a first baseman so far this offseason.Sure it is only December and it is 2 months until ST, but other teams are adding to their rosters. I am getting to the point where I don’t care. It is sad you are unwilling to spend money on your team. Letters, billboards don’t phase you because you don’t love baseball like many of us fans do. It is like the newspaper business for you. It is too bad you never went to a baseball game with your Dad when you were 8 years old and got you to love baseball.