Article: Picture isn't pretty after latest Pirates purge

For the record, it wasn't Matt Morris, Matt Wieters or even Matt Lawton that ultimately cost Dave Littlefield his job.

Bob Nutting wouldn't know those guys from Matt Capps, Matt Stairs or Matt "The Scat" Alexander.

"As long as Dave was here, I supported Dave's decisions," Nutting said while explaining why Littlefield was no longer here, organizationally speaking. "I don't pretend to be an individual who's going to be effective making individual baseball decisions on individual players."

Nutting spoke Friday afternoon in the Hiring/Firing/Here's-What- Went-Wrong-Tonight-According-To-Jim-Tracy Room at PNC Park.

On one wall was a picture of Littlefield being interviewed by media members.

On the ...

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