Well Jayson Stark's article at ESPN mentions how the Pirates are the most unimproved team in the NL, just based on sheer inactivity.  They were voted on by 22 baseball men.  Weird.  I don't buy that at all since the free agents this summer weren't very helpful to what the organization is trying to do and would have hurt us in the long run.  

Also, why trade away our most valuable assets when they are at the lowest possible value?  That's what Littlefield would have done.  To his credit Stark does give respect to the new trio in the organization.  How can you pass judgement on someone who has had the job for only about 6 months.

Any thoughts?