Pirates fire GM Dave Littlefield

I still think that baggage isn't worth it.

 

Let the Dan Duquette rumors heat up.

Good job by Bob Nutting giving him a two-year extension on the eve of the 2006 season, the season where that team took a decent leap backward. So I think they're still on the hook for the final year.

Having lived through the Duquette Era in Boston, I can tell you that his baggage and snideness will make everyone pine for Goofy Marky.

 

I'd take the sideshow if it resulted in a playoff appearance. Not a World Series win. Not an NLCS win. Just make the frickin' playoffs.

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I could not possibly disagree with you more. I'll take his sideshow over owners like the Nuttings, who will NEVER do what it takes to win, in a heartbeat. Owners who don't even try to win are the disgrace. Cuban may be a bit annoying, but took look at what he did with the Mavericks. That organization was a disgrace. The team sucked and the franchise was not making money. Cuban turned them into a success on the court and a money-maker.

In. A. Heart. Beat.

 

Ed Wade will be the new man in P-burgh.

 

The Nuttings probably only fired Littlefield because he wasn't making them enough dough. These people care nothing about product and there's absolutely nuttin' in their history which should make one believe they've finally have seen the light.

 

I heard Duquette will be the CEO. Don't know how reliable that is, though.

 

Haven't Pirates fans suffered enough?!

Seriously, this wouldn't shock me. That is how little faith I have in the current ownership.

 

WE WILL ... finally give the ax to our GM.

 

Well, if the Astros don't hire him first.

 

The other hot rumor this week in St. Louis was Jocketty and LaRussa to the Bucs.

 

It's a better than even money shot. Wade is looking at Houston but I don't think he'll get it.