Why Pirates Fans Want Bob Nutting To Abandon Ship

You may have seen the billboards, the T-shirts, that one angry dude sitting behind home plate at another team’s playoff game — because there are some really frustrated Pirates fans out there. With the new season already off to a slow start and our home opener against the Yankees set for tomorrow, we’re sitting down with a few of the rabble-rousers behind Our Team, Not His who say the time is now to convince Pirates owner Bob Nutting to sell the team. Not just for fans, but for taxpayers and anyone else who wants to see the whole city succeed.

Thanks to our guests Gabe Mazefsky, Marc Datz, and Canyon Swartz.

Notes and references from today’s show:

• Dear Bob Nutting, please bring Dad and me a World Series — or sell to someone who can [PublicSource]
• Sister Sledge - We Are Family (Official Music Video) [Rhino/YouTube]
• David Rubenstein looks back on his first year as owner of the Baltimore Orioles [NPR] 
• Pittsburgh fans get in Johnny Cueto's head… [8-Bit Sports/YouTube]

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