FRANK COONELLY RUMORS
Ryan Braun wins appeal, won’t be suspended
Frank Coonelly’s DUI wasn’t the only bad off-field news for the Pirates on Thursday. Ryan Braun shocked the baseball world by winning the appeal on his 50-game suspension for his positive drug test last year.
Braun’s winning argument apparently centered around this:
The collector, after getting Braun’s sample, was supposed to take the sample to FedEx/Kinkos for...
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February 24, 2012
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February 24, 2012
Discuss
Frank Coonelly faces DUI charge
Pirates President Frank Coonelly was arrested two months ago in Ross Township for driving under the influence. The details are here in this Trib report, and Dejan’s column regarding the topic is excellent (as usual).
I don’t know what else to really say about the charges. Driving under the influence is a terrible thing, obviously, and the law will deal with it appropriately...
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February 24, 2012
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February 24, 2012
Pittsburgh Pirates GM Faces DUI Charges
The Pittsburgh Pirates have not had a whole lot of great seasons in the past decade and this season is already starting off on a sour note.
General Manager Frank Coonelly faces four drunk driving related charges following an incident Dec. 22 in Pittsburgh.
Coonelly was charged in Ross Township, P.a. with one count each of drunk driving, careless driving, driving the wrong way, and...
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February 23, 2012
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February 23, 2012
Pirates president facing DUI charges
Pittsburgh Pirates president Frank Coonelly faces four drunken driving-related charges after an incident on Dec. 22 in suburban Pittsburgh.
Police in Ross Township, Pa., charged Coonelly, 51, with one count each of drunken driving, driving the wrong way, careless driving and driving with a blood-alcohol content of at least twice the state's legal limit of .08.
The DUI charges...
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February 23, 2012
Pirates president Coonelly facing 4 DUI-related charges
Pittsburgh Pirates president Frank Coonelly is facing four drunken driving-related charges following an incident in December.
Coonelly, 51, was charged with drunken driving, driving the wrong way, careless driving and driving with a blood-alcohol contest of twice the legal limit in Pennsylvania (.08).
Coonelly's arraignment is March 20 in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court...
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February 23, 2012
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February 23, 2012
Trib: Frank Coonelly charged with DUI
The pertinent details are here. In short, he got a DUI shortly before Christmas, he's ashamed, and Bob Nutting is disappointed. It seems like Coonelly is willing to accept the consequences for his actions and it seems like Nutting is willing to stand behind him. I don't really have a lot to add: I'm sure that the significant portion of the fanbase that dislikes Coonelly...
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February 23, 2012
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February 23, 2012
Pirates president facing drunken driving charges
Pittsburgh Pirates president Frank Coonelly faces four drunken driving-related charges after an incident on Dec. 22 in suburban Pittsburgh.
Police in Ross Township, Pa., charged Coonelly, 51, with one count each of drunken driving, driving the wrong way, careless driving and driving with a blood-alcohol content of at least twice the state's legal limit of .08.
The DUI charges...
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February 23, 2012
Pirates President Frank Coonelly Charged With DUI
According to Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Pirates president Frank Coonelly was charged with a DUI on December 22nd. Coonelly had a blood-alcohol content of .16, which is higher than the Pennsylvania legal limit of .08.
Pennsylvania has a tiered system for DUI charges. A blood-alcohol content of .16 or higher is the fourth of four tiers. A first time offense in that range draws a fine...
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February 23, 2012
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February 23, 2012
Pirates president Coonelly optimistic about 2012
Pittsburgh Pirates president Frank Coonelly believes his club can take another step toward contending this season, and not just because the rest of the NL Central appears to have taken a step back.
While the top teams in the division underwent major overhauls on the field and in the front office during the offseason - or both - the Pirates were relatively quiet during the winter...
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February 17, 2012
The Potential Value of a Local TV Contract
Last week at Piratefest, Pirates Prospects was part of a backstage Q&A with Frank Coonelly. One of the questions we asked him was if local TV contracts were the next frontier for revenues, judging by the recent TV deals signed by the Angels and Rangers. The video is courtesy of Tom Smith from Rumbunter:
Coonelly’s answer was that revenue sharing was implemented originally...
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December 27, 2011
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December 27, 2011
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