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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...
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...
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