Pirates Q+A in Royals Review

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jan 27, 2009 11:43 PM EST

I did a brief Q+A about the Pirates for Will McDonald from Royals Review today. RR and BD have long been blog-brothers, and I think we both identify pretty strongly with the way the other roots for what seems to be a doomed cause, so it's an honor to be featured there. I hope Will will answer some questions for me in the near future, too.

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I know that there are some fantasists out there screaming for Adam Dunn or somebody, but it seems to me that the stories Dejan has run about more typical fans usually include something about them not wanting to keep going down the Burnitz route. I don’t think there’s a chasm between what they want, and what the people who look at the numbers want.

by Arnold Rothstein on Jan 28, 2009 12:11 AM EST reply actions

Are the Pirates really the least talked about team in baseball? I don’t really check out the other blogs that much (except for the NL Central teams).

But surely the Marlins have fewer bloggers dedicated to them and seem to get just as little mainstream media coverage as the Pirates.

I made most of my life decisions at a Foghat concert... I stand by them.

by Chester J Lampwick on Jan 28, 2009 12:55 AM EST reply actions

Marlins are NL East

So they get at least a little spillover coverage from the NY dailies.

by Vlad on Jan 28, 2009 8:59 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah that’s a good point about the Marlins.

Still kind of surprised that the Pirates might be the least talked about team in baseball. Not that they deserve to be talked about . . .

I made most of my life decisions at a Foghat concert... I stand by them.

by Chester J Lampwick on Jan 28, 2009 12:51 PM EST up reply actions

when you get to the bottom five teams or so...

who knows exactly

pirates and royals are definitely contenders, as theres really only one paper covering them and no nationa hook

the nationals are probably contenders too, maybe the reds

by Freneau on Jan 29, 2009 1:11 AM EST up reply actions

not totally exact, but something Silver has done to measure fan-base size/interest

google #s

pittsburgh pirates: google: 3.41 million
google news: 2,609
google blogs: 211,000

boston red sox: 7.2 m, 13,000, 505,000

milwaukee brewers: 3.2 m, 4,100, 240,000

washington nationals: 2.9 m, 3,330, 234,000

by Freneau on Jan 29, 2009 1:23 AM EST up reply actions

Solid interview.

One point that I was surprised not to see come up was the two franchises’ different approaches to the allocation of $ for amateur talent. The Pirates under Huntington have been all about spreading the money around to get as many mid-level shots as possible, while the Royals under Moore have focused on big bonuses to a smaller number of highly-regarded players. Be interesting to see which approach generates better results.

by Vlad on Jan 28, 2009 9:01 AM EST reply actions