OT: Pirates Talk: That Skenes guy is okay at teh baseball

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Win or move. It's not a hard concept.

 

[wheelz87]

We are one of 30-32 cities lucky enough to have a team. And to have that potentially be taken away? **** no. I know people who don't go because of Nutting. That's fine. You don't have to support them. There's so many other teams/sports to follow. Every new season we start 0-0. And that blind optimism will keep me going. Sports are my outlet. Pittsburgh isn't huge but we've got three, generally speaking, extremely successful franchises. So no, its not ok if any of them leave. If you don't work for them, you're supposed to be a fan. Through the good and through the crap. You have every right to hate the path they are on, allowed to be frustrated with the direction. But to actively want them to leave? That's just sad.

 

[Goalie_Bob]

Yeah, as someone who lost two teams (Nordiques and Expos), I find it sooooooooooo stupid that people would wish for the team to leave. Even a shit team is better than no team at all.

A night at PNC is super fun. The team has an history of over 120 years. You don't flush all of that down the toilet because Bob Nutting is a cheap piece of shit.

140+ years. The Pirates are the 3rd oldest professional sports franchise in the US. And 2nd oldest to stay in one city. (Braves are #1 but have moved several times, Cubs are 2nd oldest)

I find it laughable that they will move. Pittsburgh is a growing market that has a good fanbase. And Pittsburgh has the best stadium in MLB.

MLB wants new cities to pay an expansion fee so the owners can get a piece of the pie. And before someone brings up the A's, totally different situation.

The city and Nutting will come up with an agreement.

 

[Ugene Magic]

The problem is with the enablers who keep owners like Nutting in place.

No amount of fandom should enable this much crooked ownership to stay in place. So while people don't want the team to move, they enable them to stay in purgatory undoing what the ones with courage to walk away from their own fandom and heritage are doing to help everyone be in a better place. There is no middle ground here, you are either for everyone or you are for enabling bad ownership stealing, playing with fans hopes and dreams, squashing them, year in and year out.

So I really don't care what any enablers say or want just to say they have a team. What good is that?

Bad guy just keeps winning with all of you guys approval. He doesn't even need to sellout to profit.

His pockets, thank you very much.

Suckers are born and raised to be Pirate fans. He doesn't share his booty.