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Jagoff of the Month - August 2010
Terrell Owens
16.67%
Bill Leavy
33.33%
Jim Gray
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Roger Goodell
16.67%
Brett Favre
16.67%
Bob Smizik
16.67%
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Huntington And The Patience Approach

by Kipper | Aug 30, 2010 - 10:45 AM
I was browsing around over at Rum Bunter this morning enjoying a cup of coffee and such and came across a pretty interesting article. I personally don't and am not sure how many people do catch Rocco DeMaro after Pirates games. I would more if I had the time because there's always something informative that comes from it maybe via interview or statistic etc...

This time he sat down with Neal Huntington and the guys at Rum Bunter discussed it and I found it to be pretty interesting. Here's a snippet..

After the game, we heard Neal Huntington quickly elude to the fact that patience is one of the mistakes he has made. Huntington was speaking with Rocco DeMaro in an excellent interview on Roccos’ Extra Innings show. We weren’t able to stay for the show. We had ****ed off a pile of Mets fans and their fat wives (is that a requirement?) plus the boy needed to get his sleep. The vomit in my mouth from watching the game was starting to stink too.
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In the same answer that he discussed patience being perhaps a weakness, Huntington mentioned that he may have pulled the plug on Jose Bautista too quickly. (15 HR in 2007, 15 in ‘08, 13 in ‘09, 38 in 2010) It floored me.
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But maybe that explains things? Perhaps he believes Ryan Doumit is going to find that stroke of years gone by. Maybe that is that why Ryan Doumit is getting an extended look in RF. Huntington mentioned a rapid fire of platoon possibilities including Brandon Moss, John Bowker, Jeff Clement (extra time was spent on Clement and how he could be a direct correlation of not having enought patience), Garrett Jones, and Ryan Doumit.
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It was a glimpse, albeit a quick
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Pittsburgh Pirates, Revenue Sharing and Thoughts

by Kipper | Aug 27, 2010 - 5:32 PM
Tocchet92 here at the Pittsburgh Sports Tavern posted a good snippet from The Slate which you can read by clicking HERE that discusses the Pittsburgh Pirates finances and Revenue Sharing.

I was also reading last night and can't remember if I had posted it here but Matt Bandi over at Pittsburgh Lumber Co. addressed something similar in regards to whether or not teams that make profits should be allowed to keep them - http://pittsburghlumberco.com/?p=4229

Reading this snippet from The Slate and reading through Matt's I found a couple of things that are very blatant as being wrong with both revenue sharing and the proposed fixed by Maury Brown that Matt posted at his blog.. Granted we could probably go on and on about how everything economically in MLB is wrong and it's long overdue need for an effective CBA and Salary Cap needs to be had.

1. Revenue Sharing shouldn't be relegated IMO to revenue in take alone. There should be an automatic funding of money to market sizes. Some might shun this but this is exactly with the NHL's revenue sharing does.

Here's an example :

The concept of revenue sharing, although new to hockey, is not new to professional team sports. The National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), and Major League Baseball (MLB) have, over the years, adopted varying degrees of revenue sharing to help alleviate disparities between the
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Want A Winner? Then Support The Pittsburgh Pirates

by Kipper | Aug 25, 2010 - 11:32 PM
By now everyone knows that the Pirates financial books and records have been exposed by a leak. Frank Coonelly and Bob Nutting have addressed this in statements and it's left a lot of questions as well.

If all you do is read headlines that distort and manipulate the facts when it reads "Pirates make $34 million profit" then you really don't care to know the truth. I'll just assume you to not be a true fan. Just someone that can read headline titles. Anyone that has taken a look at the actual documents that were leaked, read any of the other fine Pirates Blogs or read between the lines of whatever drivel the Pittsburgh media pushes out, know the truth, finally.

http://deadspin.com/5615096/mlb-conf...-to-see-part-1

That truth is that the Pittsburgh Pirates and Bob Nutting aren't pocketing profits. It's been well written by Wilbur T. Miller the differences between Profits and Cash.

Now, keep in mind—and this is another point that many fans don’t like to hear—making profits and taking money out aren’t the same thing. “Profits” are just a line on a balance sheet. They don’t represent
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2010 Pittsburgh Pirates Draft Summary: Hope Springs Eternal

by BigBen2112 | Aug 19, 2010 - 1:00 PM
In the last days of the old Pittsburgh Tribune Review forum I laid out an aggressive plan for the future: a plan that represented what I saw was the only way the Pirates could successfully rebuild. That plan was to go "full-out" and completely destroy the major league roster (not trading some players and holding on to others, but a complete overhaul), to draft the best players regardless of signing bonus, procure the best Latin American (LATAM) talent, and start building from a position of strength. As we sit here today, we are one month away from the third full year of the Neil Huntington reign and I can officially say check-check-check and check. Neil Huntington has check off all of my plan points and capped it off this year with an organizational changing draft.

On June 7th of this year Neil Huntington and his staff set on a path that would completely change the face of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise. They decided to take a chance, a leap, and draft the best High School Prep pitcher who has come out in at least five years. As the commissioner walked to the podium and announced, "With the 2nd selection in the 2010 MLB Draft the Pittsburgh Pirates select Jameson Taillon, starting pitcher, The Woodlands High School" the future of the Pittsburgh Pirates was changing. The Pittsburgh Pirates had acquired a new face of their organization. The Pirates had acquired their Stephen Strasburg. The Pirates have acquired their Josh Beckett. The Pirates have acquired the ACE that their staff has not had during its 18 years of misery.

Jameson Taillon is a dominating figure, standing 6'6 and weighing in at 225 lbs, but it is his moxy, his makeup, and his rhythmic delivery that make Taillon a good bet to follow in the footsteps of Josh Beckett and Zach Greinke as one of the... [Read More]
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Steelers Are a Passing Team.. Fans Need To Embrace Change

by Kipper | Aug 11, 2010 - 11:25 AM
I've been hearing it and seeing it since last season. Someone is always mentioning a "Return to Steelers football" or "power running". It's always something referencing
the Steelers run game and there's some fans, players and parts of the media that would like to see us return to being more of a running team than the Steelers were in 2010..

.. but the Steelers aren't, nor should they.

There was a quick glow of excitement over the winter when the Rooney's talked about running the ball. The rumors of Arians' firing came from that period and both have been dismissed. Arians' wasn't fired and the Steelers won't be running the ball more than they did last season.

It's become etched in the minds of Steelers fans that the Steelers need to run the ball to win. As Steelers fans we've become accustomed to it. Chuck Noll ran the ball until the NFL put in some rules that opened up passing games around the entire league. Noll ran the ball after Bradshaw was gone. Bill Cowher came in and ran the ball and then ran the ball some more every season except for the Tommy Maddox years.

Steelers fans are used to it but it doesn't make it the only way to win games. Running the ball during those years were the best way to win games based on the Steelers personnel. The Steelers didn't carry Quarterbacks post Bradshaw and pre-Roethlisberger that could throw the ball well. The best thing the Steelers could do is have them hand the ball off and eliminate mistakes that a Mark Malone for instance could and would make if you asked him to throw too much.

When you have a Quarterback that throws for 4,000+ yards, 2 WR's that gained 1,000+ yards each, a TE and 3rd WR with over... [Read More]
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