Pirate’s manager Clint Hurdle has become a baseball “alchemist” and Pittsburgh cannot afford to upset the chemistry that he has developed. Not one player from the 2016 Pirates squad can be sacrificed, in fact they need to be adding to the equation, not subtracting from it.
All the Pirates need are a few more pieces and coupled with their youth, they can be on top for a long, long time. But they are going to not have to go with the flow, they are going to have to “go with the dough.”
The times of indentured servitude in the world of professional sports has long past. How many CEO’s make perverted money just to sit there and look cute, but people still run and purchase their products? These small markets had better wake up or they will remain asleep in the “cellars” of professional sports.
(Aubrey Bruce can be reached at: abruce@newpittsburghcourier.com or 412-583-6741. Follow him on Twitter@ultrascribe.)
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