Pittsburgh Pirates Are a Joke

Their is no team in American sports who frustrate their fans like the Pittsburgh Pirates. Not even the Clippers. For the older Pirate fans, I know they had some great teams in the seventies and took a couple of championships. In the past 17 years they have turned into an absolute mockery of a franchise. After the Pirates suffered a bitter defeat to the Braves in the 1992 NLCS, they have never been remotely close to making the playoffs. They lost their star Barry Bonds, who went on to become the homerun king. It is not just the loss of Bonds which makes them a joke. Its the fact that any talent that comes across the Pirates will indisputably be traded. First it was Xavier Nady. Then Jason Bay. This year though has been ridiculous. The Pirates got rid of another very promising talent in Nate McClouth. Then after the Pirates brought up Andrew McCutchen. Who gave them an explosive top of the lineup being paired with Nyjer Morgan. The Pirates though, promptly gave away Morgan for a bust minor league player. The Pirates then gave away another good player in Adam LaRouche. Now they are rumored to give away what little remaining talent they have Freddy Sanchez and Jack Wilson. What are the Pirates trying to do? Does their ownership have any interest in winning? It appears that they have none whatsoever. The Pirates ownership are not willing to spend anything to keep their talent. They only are interested in selling their players to make money. For the Pirates players that give it their all and for the long suffering fans I have a ton of sympathy for them. They are basically supporting a lost cause and they know it. That is because the root of the problem comes from the top.