http://www.rizzosports.com/news/2009/07/pirates-start-second-half-of-2009-headed-in-the-wrong-direction/ Welcome to the RizzoSports.com News Section -- Pittsburgh Sports - WPIAL | Pirates | Steelers | Pens | Riverhounds | + more Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:55:14 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.rizzosports.com/news/2009/07/pirates-start-second-half-of-2009-headed-in-the-wrong-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Paul Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:34:10 +0000 http://www.rizzosports.com/news/?p=214#comment-24 So what else is new? No matter how much change there is on paper, the fact remains that this is still a Nutting team; an organization that's been making big bucks over the last few years, while fielding a AAA team. As long as the non-baseball fans continue to flood PNC park, there will be no end to this travesty. People talk about the need for a cap in MLB. What would make better sense for this situation, is if MLB passed a minimum payroll requirement, like 80 mil. or so. Then you'd see the Pirates up for sale real quick, maybe even to a (dare I say it) legitimate baseball-person owner. So what else is new? No matter how much change there is on paper, the fact remains that this is still a Nutting team; an organization that’s been making big bucks over the last few years, while fielding a AAA team. As long as the non-baseball fans continue to flood PNC park, there will be no end to this travesty. People talk about the need for a cap in MLB. What would make better sense for this situation, is if MLB passed a minimum payroll requirement, like 80 mil. or so. Then you’d see the Pirates up for sale real quick, maybe even to a (dare I say it) legitimate baseball-person owner.

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