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The opening day battle cry for a Pirates fan with an asterisk: ‘Sell Nutting, sell!’

The opening day battle cry for a Pirates fan with an asterisk: ‘Sell Nutting, sell!’

Baseball season begins today. Hope springs eternal they say, except in Pittsburgh, where grumbling about owner Bob Nutting’s thriftiness has become the de rigueur social take. The Pirates will start the season with a $73 million payroll, or about $150 million or so less than the world champion Boston Red Sox. And it will go down significantly in late July

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