jay33

My random thoughts for this Sunday, Barry Bonds does **** me off. I think he had all the talent in the world, but always was a basket case ( I used to live in Prince William County where he played in Single A Ball for the Prince William Pirates, now the Potomac Nationals). Then, I moved to Erie, Pa., and saw the whole deal he had in Pittsburgh, such as calling Andy Van Slyke the Great White Hope, etc. The Pirates need to get rid of Dave Littlefield. For example, he left Shelton, Jose Bautista, and Frank Brooks off of the 40 man roster, so they get taken in the rule V draft. Shelton is looking like one of the better players in the league at the moment. Jose Bautista and Frank Brooks we traded for to get them back, only to let Frank Brooks go again. Jose Bautista, meanwhile lost a year basically of development sitting on the benches of the Orioles, and Devil Rays respectively for the year. Also, his trade of Aramis Ramirez is not a lovely one. Who did the Pirates get but Bobby Hill. As you can tell, I'd much prefer Ramirez than Randa at third for the Bucs this year. Anyhow guys, sorry about the rambling on about this, but year after year I see the Buccos make promises, and year after year they keep losing. I love the Pirates, and will always support them (hell, I even supported them when they had Sammy Khalifa at short), but I am fed up with the front office mistakes. If we had the right GM in place, we could at least come up looking halfway decent. Thanks, Jay