The hottest controversy of today’s baseball world comes from Pittsburgh, home of the chronically hopeless Pirates:
Andrew Kurtz, 24, of New Brighton, one of the 18 men who take turns posing as pierogies in a crowd-pleasing race after the fifth inning of every game at PNC Park, was dismissed by the team Thursday because he posted disparaging remarks about the Pirates on his Facebook page.
Sponsored by Mrs. T’s Pierogis, the promotion features Cheese Chester in yellow, Sauerkraut Saul in red, Oliver Onion in purple and Jalapeno Hannah in green. One of the original pierogies, the blue Potato Pete, was retired a few years ago, but occasionally makes surprise appearances.
He was fired before the game ended. But the manager and GM got extended. It’s gonna be a lot more than 19 years now, plus, the Pirates now have to deal with pierogi-rights groups.
Jeeze, people are dumb. I don’t do Facebook, but if I did, that’s not the place I’d pick to bash my employer.
I’m a fan of Oliver Onion. I don’t know why. I hope they didn’t fire that guy.
Wheelz
June 21, 2010, 3:10pm
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This does indeed make the team look stupid, but certainly no stupider than dissing your employer on Facebook. Nobody comes out looking good here.
There’s no particular person assigned to any pierogi. From the article:
“They try to keep it close,” he said. “They don’t want a pierogi to fall too far behind. So if Jalapeno Hannah is two, three games behind, they kind of want her to win, so they pick the fastest runner out of the four runners that are racing that night and give Hannah to that one.”
What? :eek: The pierogi races are fixed ??? Is nothing sacred anymore, nothing ?
How can I explain this to the kiddies? They’re so innocent and trusting.