Crasnick: Pirates devoted to future planning

Pirates general manager Neal Huntington is 39 years old and looks young enough to have a MySpace page. The keys to staving off the aging process? Eat sensibly, get plenty of exercise and listen to sports talk radio in moderation. AP Photo/Matt York Jeff Karstens came within four outs of a perfect game in only his second start with the Pirates. Every decade or so, the chatter over the airwaves brings some welcome perspective. After hearing his share of negative feedback at the trade deadline, Huntington flashed back to his days in the Cleveland front office, when a disgruntled Indians fan called a local radio show and ripped an unpopular trade in the summer of 2002. "The guy said we were lucky the trade happened late at night, or else the fans would have rioted,'' Huntington said. Six years later, most observers think... [read full story]                    

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