Mario Lemieux offers to buy Pirates, gets rejected

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Basically in Pittsburgh you don't get much higher than Lemieux or lower than the Pirates. I hope the fans speak out about this, because it would be great if it happend.

As both a Pens and Pirates fan I'm not sure how I feel about it. Lemieux/Burkle might be better owners than Nutting, but I'd like to see Neal Huntington's plans given a chance, since he's done well for the two years he's been around. In the end I doubt Nutting will sell, unless they offer some insane amount of money, but if he did, I'd hope they keep Huntington around.

It's all right. The Buccos have a plan. We signed Octavio Dotel. That'll errm...I'm not sure how the Hell that'll help, but I'm sure it's a big-picture signing.dodgerblue13

I'm sure Lemieux was just the face to the other guy who wanted to buy them.Hirothegamer

Of course the Pirates make money. They aren't willing to spend anything on anyone. It's a shame because Pittsburgh surely isn't a bad baseball town in terms of interest level. An NBA team would never pan out in Pittsburgh, but it's obvious that people would go to PNC if there was anything worth seeing other than the opposition.dodgerblue13

[QUOTE="dodgerblue13"]Of course the Pirates make money. They aren't willing to spend anything on anyone. It's a shame because Pittsburgh surely isn't a bad baseball town in terms of interest level. An NBA team would never pan out in Pittsburgh, but it's obvious that people would go to PNC if there was anything worth seeing other than the opposition.-Halftime-

[QUOTE="-Halftime-"][QUOTE="dodgerblue13"]Of course the Pirates make money. They aren't willing to spend anything on anyone. It's a shame because Pittsburgh surely isn't a bad baseball town in terms of interest level. An NBA team would never pan out in Pittsburgh, but it's obvious that people would go to PNC if there was anything worth seeing other than the opposition.ProudLarry

[QUOTE="ProudLarry"][QUOTE="-Halftime-"] Word, if they spent money they could win. If the Marlins can win two championships on six years, then the Pirates have no excuse.blackngold29

lol, pirates fan would be pretty dumb not to accept that offer from lemieux. If even a bit of his magic rubs off on the pirates like it did on the penguins then they are better. PUT SOME RESPECT back into that team and make the most beautiful baseball park in the MLB a worthy place to play

lol, pirates fan would be pretty dumb not to accept that offer from lemieux. If even a bit of his magic rubs off on the pirates like it did on the penguins then they are better. PUT SOME RESPECT back into that team and make the most beautiful baseball park in the MLB a worthy place to play

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But anyway, I think that there are some positives and negatives if Lemieux wanted to buy the team. The easiest positive is that it is Lemieux, he wouldn't just drive the team into the ground like the Nutting family has done. Even if they get a *gasp* winning season it would be considered a huge success. The problem is the Nutting family would be stupid to sell the team since they make so much off of the revenue, heck a few years back the league's sharing paid for the salary of the roster, every penny made above and beyond that went in to thier pockets.

The biggest negative is that the team is already down, it will take time to get them back to a respectable level. Along with the Royals and Nats there aren't many teams as disrepected as the Pirates. They trade away all the talent they develop, make trades that make no sense to them (Matt Morris anyone?) and do absolutely nothing worth mentioning in the Free Agent market. The team is a joke right now, and I don't know if the Lemieux Group is the answer to fixing all of their problems.