{"id":25327,"date":"2019-09-29T14:28:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T18:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=25327"},"modified":"2019-09-29T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T18:53:41","slug":"pittsburgh-pirates-fire-clint-hurdle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/09\/29\/pittsburgh-pirates-fire-clint-hurdle\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates Fire Clint Hurdle"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> have fired manager Clint Hurdle<\/a><\/strong>. In his nine-year tenure as the Pirates skipper, he compiled a respectable 735-720 record. However, in 2019, the NL Central-worst Pirates currently hold a 69-92 record \u2014 the franchise’s worst since 2010 (57-105). The Pirates have missed the playoffs in four consecutive seasons after three straight playoff appearances.<\/p>\n

General manager Neal Huntington will remain in charge of the organization\u2019s baseball operations, but the coaching staff will be determined by the incoming manager.<\/p>\n

“Words cannot express how much respect and appreciation I have for Clint as a person and a leader,” Huntington said in a statement<\/a>. “He was the right person at the right time to take on the enormous challenge of leading our Major League team out of an extended losing streak and piloting us to three straight postseason appearances. We will be forever grateful for his dedication to the Pirates organization on and off the field. This was an extremely difficult decision for us. As an organization, we believe it was time for a managerial change to introduce a new voice and new leadership inside the clubhouse.”<\/p>\n

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#Pirates<\/a> firing manager Clint Hurdle, sources tell The Athletic. GM Neal Huntington will stay. Coaching staff to be determined by net manager.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) September 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n