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Take your frustration level and multiply it by about million the day that I got the call that...

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Take your frustration level and multiply it by about million the day that I got the call that Miguel Sano was signing (with the Minnesota Twins). Quite simply, I didn't get it done because the player is not a Pittsburgh Pirate. I relied on the agent to live by his word that he would come back to us and give us a chance to make our final bid. That never happened. We were the only team that made an offer to him on July 2, the first day he could sign. We were told that he wasn't ready to sign, and the agent would get back to us when he was ready to sign because there were questions about his age and his identity. We were told that, when those issues were resolved, he would be ready to negotiate. . . . His identity came back as accurate. . . . His age came back unresolved. We don't know for sure if he's 16 1/2 (years old). We made another aggressive offer, bidding against ourselves, increasing our offer significantly. Once again, the agent said, 'I'm not ready to negotiate. When I am ready to negotiate, I'll come back to you.' I got a call with the team in Chicago that he had signed somewhere else. We never got a chance to offer our highest bid.

Neal Huntington, as quoted by Paul Ladewski in East Liverpool, OH's The Review [Relatively clear and unambiguous remarks, worth noting given the frequent citation of the team's failure to sign Sano as an example of the franchise's cheapness. -Vlad]