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Pittsburgh Pirates: Reviewing Neal Huntington’s drafts- 2012, part 1
Read the previous installments in this 6-part series for 2011, 2010, 2009, and 2008.
Before disussing the 2012 draft, it’s essential to recap the forces at work that led to the 2012 draft being the first under the new draft cap sanctions imposed by Major League Baseball.
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1. Prior to the Pirates hiring Frank Coonelly as President, he...
Pittsburgh Pirates: Who is to blame? Part 2 of 3.
Read Part 1 of the series right here.
Last time, we examined the good and bad of Pittsburgh Pirates’ owner Bob Nutting, President Frank Coonelly, and General Manager Neal Huntington. Here, we’ll take a look at the positives and negatives of some of the Pirates’ other decision makers.
Clint Hurdle, Manager
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The Good: Hurdle was a well-respected...
Why is Frank Coonelly Still Here?
The Pittsburgh Pirates made an interesting announcement last Tuesday, to put it mildly. Principal owner, Bob Nutting, announced that they would retain everyone from their staff for at least one more season. Everyone; President Frank Coonelly, GM Neal Huntington, Asst. GM Greg Smith and Kyle Stark a.k.a. "hoka hey." The Pirates website has an article titled "Pirates...
Pirates' GM, assistants will return, Coonelly says
The Pittsburgh Pirates will not be making any changes at the upper levels of the front office despite a second straight late season collapse. Pirates president Frank Coonelly said Wednesday that general manager Neal Huntington and assistant GMs Kyle Stark and Greg Smith will return for the 2013 season. Manager Clint Hurdle will also return. Huntington has two years remaining...
Pittsburgh Pirates: PiratesFanAdvisor another Coonelly gaffe
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The website was up and gone so quickly that if you weren’t talking Pirates’ baseball today, you probably missed it. Luckily, at first gazing upon the sheer idiocy of the concept myself, I immediately preserved a screen shot, like an astronomer wtinessing the sudden, unexpected beauty of a collapsing...
Pittsburgh Pirates: Plucking the Appel of the Draft
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A quick, numbered rundown of the opening day of MLB’s June Amateur Draft…
1. The Pittsburgh Pirates had to be absolutely elated when the projected #1 overall pick on most draft boards- Stanford RHP Mark Appel- dropped the whole way to the Bucco’s spot at #8, a fall potentially rooted in Major League...
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
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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
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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...
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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