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Pirates Make Money Despite Losing Ways

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Don't feel too sorry for the cellar-dwelling Pittsburgh Pirates. Losing has been profitable. The Pirates made nearly $29.4 million in 2007 and 2008, according to team financial documents, years that were part of a streak of futility that has now reached 18 straight losing seasons. The team's ownership...

Mario Lemieux Offered to Buy the Pirates, Pirates Not for Sale

Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh hockey legend and two-time savior of the Penguins (both as a player and then an owner), recently made a bid with Penguins' co-owner Ron Burkle to buy the Pittsburgh Pirates from the team's current ownership group, lead by West Virginia newspaper man Bob Nutting. While some characterize the Lemieux...

From the Windup: Is It Time for a Salary Cap?

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.Salary Cap. There's not a more controversial phrase in baseball economics. The prospect of one hung over the strike of 1994 and 1995 before the owners and players managed to settle without implementing a true cap. Since then, baseball...

The Pirates' New CEO Will Be ... Someone

Attention baseball people: Are you from Western PA? Have you ever worked with a mildly successful small market club? Or helped rebuild a big market club? Do you know Robert Nutting? Could you possibly be described as "blue collar" or "hard working" or any other cliche that is often applied to Pittsburgh? If you answered...

Are More Changes Coming in Pittsburgh?

Last week Kevin McClatchy stepped down as the Pittsburgh Pirates' CEO, effective at the end of the 2007 season. It's clear some changes are being made in the organization with the slow phasing out of McClatchy, so the question remains, are more changes in the works? Tracy Ringolsby thinks so: That leaves GM Dave...

Bob Nutting News From the Web

04/23/12 Out of the veto morass Source: Bangor Daily News - Bangor ME Legislative leaders and Gov. Paul LePage have gotten themselves into a bad place.
04/07/12 Pirates owner Nutting: No switch in draft approach Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA The rules have changed, but the approach will stay the same.
04/06/12 Nutting: Bucs have talent to succeed in Central Source: MLB - Pittsburgh Pirates The Pirates have opened other seasons under Bob Nutting's watch, and new beginnings always stir the senses.
04/05/12 Nutting, Coonelly Excited About Where Pirates Are... Source: CBS - KDKA 2 - Pittsburgh PA The Pittsburgh Pirates have been playing baseball in this town for 126 years; yet this year, something feels a little bit different.
04/05/12 Pirates fans might see an opening for some hope Source: YourSewickley.com So, you want to make a lot of money in a relatively short period of time?