I don’t know what you do if you are the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Unlike that city’s hockey and football teams, which have enjoyed tremendous success, the Pirates stink.
They haven’t had a winning season in forever. They go through managers, coaches and players like Obama goes through Cabinet nominees.
And it’s hard to blame the revolving door of managers, coaches and players. They’re mired in a culture of losing, and it never seems to end. A good year is finishing next-to-last, not last.
But check out what the Pirates G.M. said of first-year manager John Russell, whose contract was renewed for a second year.
“J.R. met or exceeded expectations in his first year as the Pirates manager.”
Huh? The Pirates were 67-95. You can’t get much worse as a major league team. And this “met or exceeded expectations”?
Those expectations must have been lower than whale poop in the Mariana Trench.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Pirate problems
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So, Tom, you were saying something about the efficiency of the private sector?
-- Mack
Leave Tom alone, Mack; he's my guy! Avast, ye swab, and, like, stuff.
Sven the Viking
Have you heard about the most famous of the timber pirates -- Long John Sliver?
-- Mack
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