Nutting should hit the road
... and Pirates' fans should boycott Seven Springs
Robert Nutting has demonstrated one point during his time with the Pittsburgh Pirates: He is more concerned with his bottom line than he is with whether or not he wins baseball games. As a businessman, he has a right to make money. However, we as consumers can decide whether we want to buy his product.
Last year, he saw the fans thumb their collective noses at him. Some numbers that I sawindicated that the tv numbers were down 23 percent last year. The fans also stopped attending the games last year, dropping below two million for the first time in years.
Suffice it to say that things will be much worse this year. The trades of former National League MVP Andrew Mc Cutcheon and pitcher Garrett Cole demonstrated to fans that Nutting is focused only on unloading players with big contracts. Forget about winning. Just bring in cheap players.
That means that the team is going to be relegated to the cellar for the foreseeable future. In addition, that shows the fans that he does not care.
Means boycotting Nutting' businesses, like Seven Springs Resort. And, this is vital, boycotting
And the fans will likely reciprocate. They will refuse to attend games at PNC Park this year and they will refuse to watch games on TV this year. They have also started an online petition to force Major League Baseball to sell the team. That, while commendable, will not work.
The Pirates desperately need a new owner. They need someone with deep pockets, a billionaire like Mark Cuban. Nutting does not have deep pockets.
To force him to leave town, the fans need to exert their collective muscle. This
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