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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...

Kevin McClatchy Out as Pirates' CEO

Did the Pirate protest actually work? Lots of people were skeptical after the protest itself, but Pirates' CEO Kevin McClatchy announced today that he is stepping down from his office at the end of the 2007 baseball. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "A decision of this personal and professional magnitude is not the type...

Pirate Fan Protest Update

Two updates this morning on the Pittsburgh Pirate protest that's scheduled to take place tonight at PNC Park after the third inning of the Pirates/Nationals game. The first is that the Pirates have finally acknowledged something is happening. You won't find owner Bob Nutting's response anywhere on the team website, but...

The Pirates' Owners Are Rolling in Dough

The Biz of Baseball has noticed something that's well known in markets like Pittsburgh but virtually unheard of outside of those markets... running a small market baseball team can be incredibly profitable. ... The Pirates 2007 Opening Day payroll came in at $38,604,500, the third lowest in MLB, and down from a 2006...