Abandon all hope

The information reported by VoodooLounger in this thread at onlybucs.net, from the Pittsburgh Business Times, effectively kills all hope that there will be an end to the misery any time soon. I wasn't able to find an online version of the story that is referenced, but will keep looking and post an update if I find one.

I don't see any possibility that McClatchy would say any of this to the PBT if he didn't believe it. The most puzzling thing McClatchy says in the article is "We have to finish our plan." Unless the plan is to systematically and utterly destroy the Pittsburgh Pirates, it's hard to comprehend what that plan might be.