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Great Expectations

Great Expectations

Yesterday I did a parody of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Board’s usual approach to writing about the Pirates.  To the 98% of you who understood that this was just a… Read more »

Open Letter to Bob Nutting: PPG Editorial Board Style

Open Letter to Bob Nutting: PPG Editorial Board Style

Dear Mr. Nutting, Recently there has been a lot of pressure placed on you to sell the Pittsburgh Pirates to the ownership group headed by Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle…. Read more »

Would a new owner change anything?

Would a new owner change anything?

Slightly overshadowing the big news yesterday that infielder Doug Bernier has been invited to Spring Training, today we found out that Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle, co-owners of the Pittsburgh… Read more »

Lemieux, Burkle make offer to purchase Pirates

Lemieux, Burkle make offer to purchase Pirates

Dejan reports this morning that Penguins’ owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle made an offer to buy the Pirates four months ago. Bob Nutting repeated that the team is not… Read more »