GMBC, the New Guy
Word leaked out over the weekend that the Pirates will be hiring Ben Cherington as their new General manager. The hiring will be formally announced at a Noon presser at PNC Park today.
Cherington, who now assumes the social media acronym among us Pirates yakkers of GMBC, spent the last two seasons in the Toronto Blue Jays front office. Prior to that, he served as GM of the Boston Red Sox. During that period, he added a notation to his resume that no Pirates GM has had in several generations: He was the GM responsible for fielding a team that won a World Series (2013).
Cherington's credentials are a mile long, and he certainly seems to be a good hire for the Pirates at this moment. Unfortunately, the Pirates' front office, in the person of principal owner Bob Nutting, has screwed the pooch so often in the last four years, that it is hard to get excited about anything that they do. Thanks for that, Mr. Nutting.
But let us give the new guy a clean slate upon which to write and see what he can do. He did it in Boston when billionaire owner John Henry was writing the checks. Good luck to him with Nutting setting the fiscal policy of the franchise. He's going to need it.
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