# the axe fell at PNC park today **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 5, 2007, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-axe-fell-at-pnc-park-today/192832 "2007-10-05T12:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2007, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-axe-fell-at-pnc-park-today/192832/35 "2007-10-08T11:21:23Z")
> [@new RX-8](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-rx-8/32883/19): > > No, I don’t read the newspaper at all. I just see who the Pirates have a prospects and I see their potential talent and then I see them die off as a nobody a few years later. And it is hard not to notice when the Pirates spend their payroll on washed up players who were at the top of their game in like 2000. I am not saying that your explanations for the Pirate’s bad track record is wrong, you work there so you should know. But I am just saying it the way I see it. I may be wrong, but this is just the way I see things from my perspective. I have followed the Pirates since I was little and it was great to be a fan in the early 90’s but at this point I could care less what happens to them. Being a bandwagon fan is one thing, but I just can’t cheer for a team anymore that does absolutely nothing for the city and has not had a winning season in like 15 years give or take a few; and thats not from the PG thats just facts. being around a lot of baseball minded people i can tell you that most “prospects” don’t pan out. we only know about the pirates ones but it goes on in every city. i will say the pirates and MLB as a whole needs to get rid of the good ole boys network. there are too many scouts with one foot in the grave. they keep recycling these same coaches… its time for new blood… no phil garner, no ken macha… A NEW GUY! to say the pirates do nothing for the city thou is not true unless you speak soley on wins and losses. without the pirates there is no all star game last year… the pirates bring more business to the city than the other two sports teams (81 dates, you can argue that) the pirates put more money into pittsburgh charities than the other two combined. The pirates too have competion that the other sports dont have for the most part… the pirates play in the citys best weather months and they have to compete with kennywood and anything else that is open in the summer. Pittsburgh is also a pretty big college city… for most of the season those students are not around because they are back at home. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-axe-fell-at-pnc-park-today/192832)._