We're not going to make a bigger deal of this than it is, and it's not at all a big deal.

I'm not important.

What I have to say, even about sports, isn't all that important.

But this is going to be the last episode, for real real of Daily Shot of Pirates for the foreseeable future.

Good morning to you.

Good. Friday morning, I'm Dan Kovachievich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

This is what I just mentioned.

And this is going to go away for a while.

It's not a protest. It's not getting pouty. It's certainly not anything personal. But as I look back over the past 48 hours and the moves that were made by Ben Charington with Bob Nutting's blessing, and Charrington still somehow being employed

with Nutting's blessing. All of it just gets laid bare again that this isn't a sports franchise.

That's my issue here. It's not about looking at the trades and analyzing the prospects. It's what I was talking about yesterday.

And I know some of you didn't like it when I brought it up. It wasn't about the actual return

for Kibbrien Hayes. It was that everyone sat down at the table and said, how do we wax salary?

That's the foundation.

That's who they are.

You've heard me say countless times on this program.

These are not competitive people.

When I say that, I'll catch myself occasionally.

And remind that at least the owner is competitive when it comes to making sure that he makes as much money as possible out of any given situation.

Well, Yahoo for him.

Because after an entire summer of hearing, in one case directly from the man, that all that mattered was getting better,

staying strong through 2025.

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