dave littlefield

Goodbye to Jason Bay

At some point early in 2007, I realized the Pirates needed to trade Jason Bay sooner rather than later. They simply did not have the talent necessary to build a competitive team around him. ...

2008 Preview - Andrew McCutchen

Top prospect Andrew McCutchen hit his first hurdle in 2007. Beginning the season at Double-A Altoona, he struggled badly from the start. As the season continued, his play improved and his numbers...

Please Stay Away from Peter Woodfork, Pirates

If you’re trying to keep track of all the talk surrounding candidates to supplant Brian Graham as Pirates’ general manager, you’ve got your work cut out for you. Over the weekend,...

Monday Morning QB

Figured if you haven’t already done so, you might want to check out some of MVN’s other Pittsburgh sports coverage this morning…Travis Nelson at Boy of Summer, a general baseball...

Dave’s Gone, but How Much was REALLY His Fault?

[Cory’s note: Be sure to check out Tony’s work at The Confluence of the Three Rivers and The Steel Tradition, MVN’s Penguins and Steelers coverage, respectively.] Thanks to Cory...

Why Not Wait Two Weeks to Fire Dave Littlefield?

[Cory’s note:  Randy originally wrote this in the comments section of this post, but I think it deserves a little more front-page lovin’.  Randy had written: “Well, what took them...

We Will Fire David Littlefield

I wasn’t alive the day Germany surrendered in WWII. I wasn’t alive the day the troops came home from Vietnam, and I’m too young to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall. But I am...

Littlefield Fired: Where Do We Go From Here?

As Randy noted earlier, Dave Littlefield was relieved of his duties as Pirates general manager today. I especially liked the open letter on Pirates.com titled “Chairman Nutting’s letter...

Littlefield Dismissed as Pirates GM

Not to sound cold, but the other day I was thinking about the Astros’ recent housecleaning, and I wondered why nothing had changed yet in Pittsburgh. Well, now it has. Dave Littlefield has been...

Littlefield Gets Canned

Well, what took them so long? And also, why now? Why not wait a couple of weeks? Some links to stories: AP Post-Gazette (thanks, Matt) Offical Site - an open letter from Bob Nutting! Offical Site -...