After over a decade of below .500 seasons, who thinks it is time for Mcclatchy to sell the pirates to Cuban, or someone else who is going to put a decent team on the field?
2006-08-18 07:50:02 · 4 answers · asked by theta342002 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
By the way, the pirates had an average of 28,000 people attend the games last weekend when they played the Cardinals. I know its not huge, but impressive still being that they are one of the worst teams in baseball. The owners are making money, they just arent putting it back onto the field. Owners that have money, such as your precious yankees can buy whoever they want whenever they want, so lower revenue teams such as the pirates will never compete unless they have the finances to back them. ...idiot.
2006-08-18 08:05:59 · update #1
And their third baseman has the highest batting average in the majors..Freddy Sanchez
2006-08-18 08:15:28 · update #2
Yes, because as he showed with the Dallas Mavericks, you can take a team that is near the bottom of the standings and with a cash infusion (and some luck) you can make it respectable.
Cuban cares about winning, and he would devote the cash to make his best attempt at doing so.
And for what it's worth, the Yankees payroll is a product of the city's population base and higher income, not its past history of success. How come Boston spends the second most money with only one title in the past 80+ years?
2006-08-18 08:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by cribgusto 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Cuban should buy the Pirate.... A little fresh blood among the MLB ownership would be an excellent thing... Maybe Cuban would run stupid Bud Selig out of Baseball... but back to the Pirates... I think Cuban has the money to spend and the Stones to spend it...
As for the Yankmees, They spend the money because their owner has it, and he hates to lose.... It doesn't have anything to do with the size of the city it has everything to do with the size of George's checkbook. Boston is the same way... the owners spend the money because they have to compete with the Yankees... Boston isn't that big of a city comparatively speaking, but they have to keep up.
2006-08-18 15:48:44 · answer #2 · answered by In the light 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no he owns the mavericks and has other jobs too.
2006-08-18 18:10:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not, maybe they can start winning.
2006-08-18 15:01:56 · answer #4 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋