Bucs Make The Bucks

The Associated Press published an article Sunday on the money making Pittsburgh Pirates.
Before you think, "Losing team, must be losing money," know this. The Pirates over the past two seasons made more than 29-million while running up a collective record of 129-194, a combined 59-games out of first place.
However, the Pirates, according to the report, made a profit of more than 16-million in 2008 and more than 14-million last year.
This from a franchise that recently lost their 82nd game this season to clinch their record 18th consecutive losing season.
Robert Nutting, the owner of the Pirates, should be ashamed of himself. Instead of putting together a competitive team and trying to win, I think he is purposely trying to lose. Winning ballclubs cost money and his losing team is making him some serious scratch. Why mess with that formula?
The people of Pittsburgh have been fleeced. They are being taken advantage of. Their loyalty is being rewarded with a craptastic team and when one of their players gets decent, he is traded or cast away as a free agent.
If I were a Pirates fan, I would disown the team until a new owner was found.
A guy like Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks owner who despperately desires to win, wants into baseball ownership but is constantly denied, yet baseball allows some schmucky huckster like Nutting to pilfer his patrons while desecrating a once-proud franchise.
Pirates fans need to stay away from PNC Park. Until this team shows a committment to winning they should steer clear. The only way that will happen is when Nutting is replaced.
What a disgrace and embarrassment the Pirates have become. It's a shame. As someone who went to school in Pittsburgh and knows a lot of Bucco fans, I really feel for those people. It's sad and commissioner Bud Selig looks on and ignores the problem. Trust me, when you don't have owners who want to win and hide behind the "small market" excuse, then there is a problem. So, screw Bud Selig too.
And another thing, Pirates fans, please, STAY AWAY FROM PNC PARK. Boycott the Bucs.