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The Historic Ineptitude of Cam Bonifay and Dave Littlefield
Jonah Keri, ranking Bonifay and Littlefield the sixth worst general manager (both of them) in the history of professional sports: No GM had more of a knack for trading great talent and getting so little in return than Littlefield. From getting next to nothing for established stars such as Jason...
Pirates Tie Major Sport Record for Most Consecutive Losing Seasons
As with many historic events, this one resulted from a remarkable convergence of factors--spectacularly incompetent management; tight-fisted, complacent ownership; a generally pretty ambivalent fanbase; a tiny payroll compared to most teams; Collective Bargaining Agreements that rewarded the...
Player to Watch: Patrick McAnaney
Following up on my post about State College below, where I said that Dave Littlefield had left little land mines all over the place, there's a pitcher named Patrick McAnaney in the low levels of the Diamondbacks system you may want to watch. The Pirates drafted him in the 38th round last year but...
Centre Daily Times: State College Should Reconsider Affiliation With Pirates
Wow, does State College's Centre Daily Times seem angry. I don't blame them, but still, it seems like they bring out a new pitchfork every week. Player Development Contracts last either two or four years, and less than a month after a successful 2006, Greenberg announced a four-year agreement...
Frank Coonelly Discusses State College
Here's a good interview with Frank Coonelly in State College's Centre Daily Times. The interviewer's main concerns, for obvious reasons, are the minor league system in general and the State College Spikes in particular, so Coonelly gets pretty specific about some of the issues the Pirates have...
Classic Dave Littlefield; And, Protesters Win!
The legend continuesPhoto: trigger25 This is a gem: Most teams contacted Boras to inquire about Wieters, but not the Pirates, who had the No. 4 overall pick. So, Boras, according to a source in his agency, phoned Dave Littlefield, the general manager at the time, to find out why. The team's...
The State College Spikes Are Terrible
...And the city of State College is noticing. The Centre Daily TImes: The Spikes entered Wednesday’s play at Lowell 8-24, the worst mark in the 14-team New York-Penn League. Only four teams in affiliated baseball — a Dominican Summer League team that uses Arizona and Cincinnati...
Why I'm Inclined to Give John Russell a Break
A couple days ago in one of the gamethreads, we were discussing John Russell's tactical decisions -- batting 0-for-3vas second, leaving starting pitchers in the game too long, and so on. I've noticed these things but haven't commented on them too much because, at this point, they just don't matter...
Nate McLouth Joins the Conga Line
The Post-Gazette's story on Nate McLouth is a very nice article that's often almost touching, and McLouth's breakout has been great to watch, but seeing Dave Littlefield be proven wrong over and over and over is getting a bit exhausting, isn't it? This happens with near-mathematical certainty --...
Introducing... the Worst GM Poll!
Some of you may remember Dodger Math's hilariously nasty Worst GM Poll from 2006, in which Dave Littlefield flattened the competition and took home the trophy. Well, Littlefield has since moved on to littler and worse things, and so have several other top contenders from that poll. Immediately...
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