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I still like John Russell E-mail
Written by Pat Lackey   
Friday, 29 January 2010 10:03

I know that a lot of people disagree with me when I say this, but I still like John Russell a lot. Today, his sentiments on payroll echo my own:

"Payroll has never and will never be an issue with me," manager John Russell said Thursday. "Our talent level has increased tremendously over the past couple years. We are very much looking forward to moving forward with a very talented group of major league players, with very talented players on their way from our system. The players are looking forward to this season, too, and they know the talent we have."

I understand that payroll is always going to be an issue for a team like the Pirates, but can we stop talking about it? Just, like, two days off would be super.


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brian2 said:

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why do people always bring up payroll
theres a difference on what we would have done with extra money which would be overspend on shitty players with it then what the As twins and marlins would do
 
January 29, 2010
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mikev said:

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The Pirates did what any team in their position as a small money team would do. Basically start over from scratch. They have got the payroll under their control not a bunch of agents with veteran players seeking large contracts. If they draft well they can bring up new players as the older players approach free agency and maybe trade those players for either players they can afford or a few prospects. In this day and age all teams rent players. Some teams can afford to rent players for a longer period of time.
 
January 29, 2010
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andy coulter said:

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On a side note; did anyone read the article on Ross Ohlendorf in this week's Sports Illustrated?
 
January 29, 2010
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spazaru said:

Russell
I dig JR too. I don't know what the hell people expect from him; he's managing a transitioning team. If the prospects develop, I'm sure Russell will be as good a manager as any. Even Leyland said when he had good players he was a great manager and when he didn't he wasn't.
 
January 31, 2010
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MarkInDallas said:

I'm willing to give JR a shot this year
But I have to say, when JR had Ohlendorf swing with 1 out and the bases loaded and McCutchen on deck down by 1 or 2 runs late in the game...

I pretty much saw that this guy doesn't understand percentages. I had quickly calculated an 80% chance of GDIP from looking at Ohlie's batted ball stats. Predictably, Ohlie GDIP'd and the Pirates lost the game.

On the other hand, I think his handling of the pitchers is pretty good.
 
February 02, 2010
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