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SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2009
Pittsburgh Sizzles With Hiring of Bacon
James Bacon Hired as New Pirates General Manager
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Just one day after the death of former Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Neal Huntington, Robert Nutting, owner of the ball club has found a replacement, and it is not who we had imagined. Rather than going with a proven commodity on the market, or someone within the organization such as Doug Strange, Nutting went with 19 year old James 'Jimmy' Bacon.
Bacon just finished his freshman year at Harvard University, but claims he is no genius, "I guess I've just got a good eye for talent. I won't lie, I probably got into Harvard thanks to decent SAT scores and family connections. I guess I can say whatever the f*** I want about the school now since I'm dropping out to take this job."
Fans and media alike are stunned as to how Nutting even heard of Bacon. Research uncovered the fact that Bacon was part of Harvard's new sports management program and that he has a very popular baseball blog online. Besides that all that is known about the teenager is that he obviously made an impression on Nutting and apparently he is a big fan of baseball simulation games.
"I have no game plan to be honest," says Bacon. "I'll be doing basically everything on a whim and hopefully with a few moves here and there and a bit of luck I can rebuild this squad into something worthy of the baseball diamond."
Whatever he ends up doing, Bacon certainly has a huge job ahead of him, this 19 year old has no idea what he is getting himself into.
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