Comments on: An Open Letter to Dave Littlefield http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hot Offseason Action: Pittsburgh Pirates | umpbump.com http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-62181 Hot Offseason Action: Pittsburgh Pirates | umpbump.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:19:26 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-62181 [...] It’s easy to look at the Pirates’ offseason acquisitions and say, “why bother?” But these vets won’t steal playing time from youngers, at least not for long. That’s not how Pittsburgh rolls. Whenever possible and practical, the Pirates have given young players the chance to win starting jobs. That’s the correct strategy for a midmarket team with a still-recovering farm system (damn you Dave Littlefield!). [...] [...] It’s easy to look at the Pirates’ offseason acquisitions and say, “why bother?” But these vets won’t steal playing time from youngers, at least not for long. That’s not how Pittsburgh rolls. Whenever possible and practical, the Pirates have given young players the chance to win starting jobs. That’s the correct strategy for a midmarket team with a still-recovering farm system (damn you Dave Littlefield!). [...]

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]]> By: What they need: Pirates — patience | umpbump.com http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-61932 What they need: Pirates — patience | umpbump.com Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:25:07 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-61932 [...] what Paul had to say about the Pirates as recently as last winter: The Pirates appear willing to let their kids play, [...] [...] what Paul had to say about the Pirates as recently as last winter: The Pirates appear willing to let their kids play, [...]

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]]> By: The Fear of the Deadline Deal (Or Why Omar Minaya Needs To Go NOW) | umpbump.com http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-59744 The Fear of the Deadline Deal (Or Why Omar Minaya Needs To Go NOW) | umpbump.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:56:36 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-59744 [...] General Managers fear for their jobs, they make mistakes. Horrible, horrible, mistakes. The long term health of the franchise gets put on the back burner to strengthen the team just [...] [...] General Managers fear for their jobs, they make mistakes. Horrible, horrible, mistakes. The long term health of the franchise gets put on the back burner to strengthen the team just [...]

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]]> By: kurtsy http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-52854 kurtsy Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:48:36 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-52854 Heh, Sid Bream signs all his baseball cards with Bible verses; the verse on that card goes something like "We love Him because He so once loved us" or something. Back in the early 90's my dad mailed fan letters to Braves players with a card to autograph in case they felt like obliging...the big stars declined but the lesser players, your Keith Mitchells, your Brian Hunters weren't too stuck up to give something back to the fans. I tried it and sent a letter to Sid Bream talking about how I watched Braves games with my dad, and lo and behold a month or so later I got the card back with Bream's signature and the very same verse from Romans, along with a religious tract entitled "The Importance of Fathers." About a month later, Sid scored the winning run in the NLCS against the Pirates and the rest is history. All in all one of my more positive experiences as a baseball fan over the years, and yes, the 'stache is boss. Heh, Sid Bream signs all his baseball cards with Bible verses; the verse on that card goes something like “We love Him because He so once loved us” or something. Back in the early 90’s my dad mailed fan letters to Braves players with a card to autograph in case they felt like obliging…the big stars declined but the lesser players, your Keith Mitchells, your Brian Hunters weren’t too stuck up to give something back to the fans. I tried it and sent a letter to Sid Bream talking about how I watched Braves games with my dad, and lo and behold a month or so later I got the card back with Bream’s signature and the very same verse from Romans, along with a religious tract entitled “The Importance of Fathers.”

About a month later, Sid scored the winning run in the NLCS against the Pirates and the rest is history. All in all one of my more positive experiences as a baseball fan over the years, and yes, the ’stache is boss.

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]]> By: Jeff http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-52853 Jeff Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:12:40 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-52853 Nick, Now Bonifay was bad, but Littlefield takes the prize. Bonifay at the least had some decent draft classes that are now making other teams good. BUT Littlefield has had 7 drafts with top ten picks and the Pirates minor league system is void of talent. Littlefield almost makes Bonifay look like Billy Beane. I just threw up on my keyboard after typing that.... great read! Nick,

Now Bonifay was bad, but Littlefield takes the prize. Bonifay at the least had some decent draft classes that are now making other teams good. BUT Littlefield has had 7 drafts with top ten picks and the Pirates minor league system is void of talent.

Littlefield almost makes Bonifay look like Billy Beane. I just threw up on my keyboard after typing that…. great read!

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]]> By: Nick Kapur http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-52852 Nick Kapur Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:28:20 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-52852 The sad thing is, as ridiculously bad as Littlefield has been, he is not even close to as bad as his predecessor Cam Bonifay was. The sad thing is, as ridiculously bad as Littlefield has been, he is not even close to as bad as his predecessor Cam Bonifay was.

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