The Pittsburgh Pirates has been your favorite team's favorite team for the past few years. Mainly because your favorite team has gotten budding new talent from the Pirates for next to nothing. Just look at some of the highway robbery that the Pirates were involved in.
The Cubs got Aramis Ramirez
The Yankees got Xavier Nady
The Red Sox got Jason Bay and Adam LaRoche
The Braves got Nate McClouth
The Giants got Freddy Sanchez
No need to worry about what the Pirates got in return because I can assure you it was nothing. So as you can see, it's hard to believe that the Pirates actually have a plan.
One guy thinks they do. And his name is Bud Selig. In fact, he believes that this "plan" is actually a very suitable one for the Pirates. But before you go and think the ownership's true plan is to pocket any and every penny of revenue, Selig says think again.
The Pirates are "absolutely not" putting profit over winning, Major Lea...
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