Pirates' Jack Wilson Doesn't Need To Apologize to Anyone…

The Pittsburgh Pirates have been wheeling and dealing lately. Most recently, they traded clubhouse and fan favorite Nyjer Morgan along with Sean Burnett to the Washington Nationals for Lastings Milledge and Joel Hanrahan.

While most experts and myself thought the Pirates did well in this deal, all were not happy in the land of steel. Pirates’ shortstop and longest tenured Bucco, Jack Wilson, was none to pleased with this trade.

“It’s tough for the guys who’ve been here and have seen these trades happen and absolutely do nothing,” Wilson said several hours after the deals were made. “I’ve seen these trades two or three times a year and we still haven’t had a winning season.”

Wilson is 100 percent right. He has been on the Pirates since 2001 and every year the Pirates have stunk. If you are him, why would you think these trades would be any different or yield better results than the horrible trades that the Pirates have made in the past?

Wilson signed a three-year extension with the Pirates in February of 2006 in hopes that things will turn around. He wanted to be a Pirate when the worm turned, sort of speak. I would think we all would agree there is no problem with that. A guy sticking with his team in hopes of the front office building a winner? Sounds good to me.

But things haven’t changed. The Pirates have been awful for what seems like 30 years in a row. It’s really been 16 years of futility, but you get my point.

Wilson wants to win, and just like any other organization, whether you work for a media company, a law firm, or a clothing store, you need your upper management to make smart, sound, and wise decisions in order to be successful. The Pirates have done anything but.