Well this is a Pittsburgh sports blog so I started feeling bad about not posting this.  The Pittsburgh Pirates hired former third base coach they once fired and perennial AAA losing manager John Russell to replace Jim Tracy.  Here are some quotes from Russell.  "I think we have a great core of players right now," [...]

It was leaked about a week ago and confirmed on Tuesday, the Pirates hired Neal Huntington as their GM.  Here's what I know about him: He's regarded as a "Moneyball" guy He was Dave Littlefield's protege when they worked for the Expos way back when He looks just like Rich Cunningham. No lie. Contrary to [...]