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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...

Pirates' Manager, GM Have Job Security

It's always considered something of a troubling sign for a team owner or president to extend the proverbial "vote of confidence" to the general manager or manager of a struggling team. What, then, to make of the fact that the Pittsburgh Pirates extended the contracts of GM Neal Huntington and manager John Russell over the...

John Russell Will Be Back in Pittsburgh Next Season

With the Pittsburgh Pirates in the midst of their 17th consecutive losing season, a lot of Pirates players have been walking the plank and being shipped to other teams around the majors. Still, even with all the roster upheaval in Pittsburgh it seems there will be at least one person left who will be returning to the Bucs...

History Brewing for Pirates

FanHouse continues its 2009 MLB Preview with a look at the Pittsburgh Pirates. For the better part of the last decade, the Pittsburgh Pirates aimlessly wandered through the wilderness of baseball with Kevin McClatchy and Dave Littlefield at the helm. Finally, they lost their jobs and Frank Coonelly and Neal Huntington took...

Will the Pirates Hold a Fire Sale This Winter?

Despite wrapping up their 15th straight losing season, the Pirates still have a handful of intriguing players that other teams might be interested. As far as COO Frank Coonelly and GM Neal Huntington are concerned, those teams can have 'em -- or at least that's what they seem to be saying when you read between the lines....

Frank Coonelly News From the Web

05/18/12 Coonelly to serve a one-year probabtion for drunken... Source: The Art of Eating Pittsburgh Pirates President Frank Coonelly agreed today to a 12-month probationary sentence for a drunken driving charge as part of a program for first-time offenders.

Background on Frank Coonelly

Frank Coonelly is the president of the Pittsburgh Pirates. His hiring was announced by the Pirates on September 13, 2007. He replaced Kevin McClatchy who purchased the Pirates with a group of investors in 1996 and served as the CEO for the next 12 seasons.

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