The year of 2003 proved to be the most entertaining (in other words, the one filled with the most ugly transactions) for Dave Littlefield and his Pittsburgh Pirates. The year started dubiously, with Littlefield signing consistently mediocre innings-eater Jeff Suppan to a free agent contract with an option for 2004. The signing was [...]
And so the second year began. The One That Says Uh showed that he did not deserve to be a GM right off the bat, signing Mike Williams to a two-year extension on the second day of the new year, with a club extension that could have potentially pushed the deal through 2004. [...]
Dave Littlefield, the Man, the Monkey, the Legend, was hired on July 13, 2001 (a Friday), replacing Roy Smith as General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The fun started immediately, as 2001 was the year when the Pirates held the Jason Schmidt Sweepstakes, Littlefield’s first big project. He ended up getting an outfielder with scary [...]
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 [...]
