PNC Park is going to bring fans in near record numbers. The team is insignificant this year. That honeymoon isn't likely to last long. It will be important for Pirate ownership and management to hold up their end of the bargain, and put their increased revenues to work for the team. I realize there may have to be someone else making their decisions for them, but the fans will only come out if the players, and management are perceived as hard working, intelligent human beings.
Evolution takes care of all problems.
Being emotionally tied to the Pittsburgh Pirates makes it difficult for me to see the truth sometimes. I've been so protective of their failures that I've accepted their lack of success and blamed it on someone else. Truth of the matter is that except for Ted Turner and George Steinbrenner, and a few others, deep pockets don't exist in baseball. The successful teams have the most brains, and the most fan support. I noticed that some of the new stadiums, which have been impossible to get tickets to over the last five years, have been showing more and more empty seats.