Well Done Pirates Fans

In case you missed it, a group of Pirates fans staged a walk-out protest last night in their game against the Nationals. They were trying to send a message to the Pirates ownership about how unhappy they were with the direction of the team and how they were tired of seeing losing seasons in Pittsburgh. Even though it ultimately failed and only prompted about 100 fans to leave their seats, I think the protest was one of the best things to happen in PNC Park since it opened its gates in 2001. The fans have a right to voice their frustrations and nothing might be more effective than voicing it in this fashion at a home game. The players notice, and most definitely, the ownership notices

And if there's any team in the majors with reason to be upset, it's the Pirates. They've had 15-straight losing seasons and it doesn't look like they'll be breaking that streak any time soon. Even more disturbing is that the ownership seems content with losing. If you're going to be an owner of a franchise, it's your duty to go out and spend money to make the team as good as possible. It doesn't seem the Pirates have done that and they've been a laughingstock of the league because of that. How the Pirates still have fans is a miracle in itself, and that's why ownership owes them something. There's no worse feeling in the world than seeing your team struggle for so long and then having ownership do nothing about it.