Why do we put up with this? We still need Mark Cuban!!!!

Not sure we can assign that to Burnett at this point in his career.

flagged as troll, since there’s not flag for “idiot.”

Because the right to be an idiot is what made Amurca great.

There were posts to my comments 3 years ago that said the Pirates were 3 years away from contending

i’d like to reread that thread. link, please?

uh after this season we can start to judge. it takes more than 3-4 years to say drafts, etc pay off at the MLB level. Generally its years 6 and 7, this is year 5. Come back again after 2014 and I’ll be more than happy to discuss the 7yr plan and whether it worked or not.

If I say “never,” does that mean you’ll never post again?

If so, then that’s my answer.

Yep, we need to storm the Bastille and lop off some heads. You bring the guillotine. Once those guys are gone, we can fly Mark Cuban in. Then with his pockets stuffed full of large wads of cash, he can parachute into the infield of PNC park and take control of matters.

(1) The team is not for sale and short of the Nuttings pulling a “McCourt”, there is nothing that the MLB or any governmental agency can do to force them to “sale the team”.

(2) The cupboard was bare when NH took over and it takes more than three years to build a contender when you are starting from scratch. I doubt that even the Yankees, with all of their financial resources could do it.

(3) No one from the Pirates ever threw three years out there as the timeline for the team to be competitive. Maybe some guys on this board did but why would put any stock into the word of some anonymous person on an internet message board?

(4) As far as the problem you have with them acquiring Burnett, they made a legitimate offer for Jackson, and Oswalt told them not to bother trying. Who should they have gone after? Zombie Walter Johnson?

we have to trap and release and then hope they don’t come back….

“The website asks for some comments to fire up people, and when you do, your lynched!!!!”

Where does “the website” ask for that? And I’ve never been lynched.

I’m sure you mean “The website asked for some comments to fire up people and when I did, I was lynched!”

making a reasoned argument instead of throwing an internet hissy fit.

Sure, it asks for counter-arguments. But that doesn’t imply that we’ll take kindly to them.

They also have to be ‘arguments’, and not kindergarten-esque screaming into a crowded building.

His screen name is “huntingteacher” which implies that he teaches people in the act of hunting down animals. So yeah. He probably has access to guns.

Screw Mark Cuban. We need Bill Gates to be owner.

Two teams in the northeast part of the country who shall not be named would like to have a word with you about that statement.

see what you did, huntingteacher?

You woke the baby.

Now NOBODY will get any sleep.

I feel you huntingteacher, it’s frustrating when someone counters your substance free post with facts and tangible information.

and when all else fails just insult the shit out of everybody and bail. I’m not a stat freak but rather I’m the type of guy who responds better to facts and logic than to emotional ranting. Try bringing that to the table sometime. It makes for a more intelligent discussion. Sorry if it seems like I’m piling on but you KNEW the kind of reaction your comments would elicit when you posted them.

Do you mean “It never has any new people because of all the drunks.”?

Aren’t drunk people usually the ones rambling incoherently?

I’d say you’re a moron, but I think my moron roommate who doesn’t pay rent on time and never cleans the bathroom would take umbrage.

So I think I’ll just imply it.

*GOD’S

“You’re right, I did lose a million dollars last year. I expect to lose a million dollars this year. I expect to lose a million dollars next year. You know, Mr. Thatcher, at the rate of a million dollars a year, I’ll have to close this place in… 60 years. "

Remember he said that in 1941 so you have to translate that into current dollars.

Shit, I just remembered Kane made his money from…. Newspapers.

It might be a her — I mean, I got a personal email with the same typing style, and it’s definitely a girl’s name that was used to sign the…err…‘letter’.

Again!