Friday, July 13th, 2007 by Adam Wagner
Littlefield’s Looneys
Today was the sixth anniversary of Dave Littlefield’s being hired by the Pirates as GM. Six years later, we can look back on and laugh at the optimism that pervaded the Pittsburgh sports scene that day. Actually, we can look at the past six years and sort of chuckle.
With that said, we are going to start a new series counting down to the trade deadline called Littlefield’s Looneys, a play on the Leftfield Looneys. A new year will be posted every three days from here on out, detailing the trades and personell moves that Littlefield made that calendar year, from the Todd Ritchie trade to the Chris Stynes signing to his obsession with Randall Simon. The series will end up on July 31 and, surprise, surprise, a new year of trade deadline moves will have been consumated.A quick note on the date and calendar day. It is probably never a good idea to hire someone on a Friday the 13th, as Littlefield was. That’s simply not the way to start a new time in franchise history, even if you are the Pirates and anything seems like it could be a positive change. The schedule, therefore, will be:
July 16 - 2001
July 19 - 2002
July 22 - 2003
July 25 - 2004
July 28 - 2005
July 31 - 2006
Certainly to be followed shortly by a strong lashing of whatever moves Littlebrain makes at this trade deadline. Don’t forget to check back regularly for new stuff.
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