The Pirates ownership can't be all that bad I mean, they did get rid of those train engineer pinstripe hats from the late 70s and who can forget those yellow pants.
I certainly miss the Bucs of the 60s/70s and agree that this team is nothing more than a farm system but you can blame mlb including the owners, union and commissioner for the current status of the Bucs and other small market farm teams. All you can hope for is some single sesaon success because once the young players gel, off they go to bigger and better markets!