frank coonelly Stories - Bucs Dugout
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...
It's Not About the Payroll
My email inbox is filling up with messages from some mailing list about the Pirates' payroll and how Bob Nutting is only trying to spend as little as possible. I can understand any and all suspicions regarding ownership's motivations, but to sculpt those suspicions into an argument (and this is...
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...
Hoo Boy
I'll leave the speculation to you. Thanks to Slick1.
Pirates "Frustrated" With Pedro Alvarez Negotations
The Post-Gazette: "I am frustrated that negotiations haven't concluded of yet," Coonelly said by phone from Pittsburgh. "We were very hopeful to have Pedro playing for the Pirates' affiliates by now. Other premier college players who have signed early, like Troy Tulowitzki, Ryan Braun, Evan...
Pirates to Walk Tightrope
First, a disclaimer: Yes, I know that things the front office says can't always be taken at face value. Got it. From the Post-Gazette: "If our fans see one player getting traded, it doesn't mean the red flag is up," Coonelly said. "As we've said for months, we are always going to pick up...
Coonelly, Huntington on the Draft
I'm a little bit sick of writing postmortems on the Littlefield drafts and speculating about how the new management's might be different, so I won't comment here except to say that the new guys are saying the right things.
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