If you haven't been following the Pirates transactions in the last 5 years (and I honestly don't expect you to have), the Pirates have traded away an entire line-up.
Let's see if you would like to have this line-up on YOUR team:
CF - Nyjer Morgan (traded to Nationals) & Nate McClouth (traded to Braves)
2B - Freddie Sanchez (traded to Giants)
RF - Xavier Nady (traded to Yankees)
3B - Aramis Ramirez (traded to Cubs)
LF - Jason Bay (traded to Red Sox)
1B - Adam LaRoche (traded to Red Sox)
SS - Jack Wilson (traded to Mariners)
C - Jason Kendall (traded to A's)
P - Ian Snell (traded to Mariners)
Now, this isn't a case of random bad luck, people. Every single one of those players are performing exactly what they were expected to perform. Even Jason Bay, who is having an MVP-caliber season, could have been predicted to become a star (I even thought that the Red Sox won that trade the instant I heard it. Bay > Ramirez).
I often think that the Orioles' Peter Angelos is the worst owner in sports. But, he is gonna have to take 2nd place to the Pirates' Robert Nutting.
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