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Kevin McClatchy Out as Pirates' CEO

By Pat LackeyJul 6th 2007 – 12:10PM

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...

The Pirate Protest Was Unimpressive

By Pat LackeyJun 30th 2007 – 11:05PM

For all of the press the Pittsburgh media gave the third-inning walkout at tonight's Pirate game, the actual Pirate protest itself was pretty sad. I know, I was there. Of the 22,000 in attendance at PNC tonight, maybe a few thousand actually left their seats at the end of the third inning. Of those few thousand, I was one...

Pirate Fan Protest Update

By Pat LackeyJun 30th 2007 – 11:34AM

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...

Pirates' Fans Are Protesting and the Pirates Are Pretending Like It's Not Happening

By Pat LackeyJun 28th 2007 – 11:15AM

I talked a bit about the protest of the Pittsburgh Pirates planned for this weekend in the past. The basic plan for the walkout remains the same, after the third inning of Saturday's Pirates/Nationals game at PNC Park, fans are being urged to walk out of their seats and leave the park. The local media has picked the...

Pittsburgh Pirate Fans Are Protesting

By Pat LackeyJun 12th 2007 – 9:30AM

If you're a big enough Fanhouse fan or MLB Draft junkie, you probably checked out the liveblog of the draft that PostmanR did with some help from the rest of us last week. And if you did that, you may remember my rather angry reaction to seeing the Pirates (for the blissfully unaware, I am in fact a Pirate fan) take Daniel...

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