Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

CAN HITTERS CLOSE GAP WITH PITCHERS?

The Pirates might have the best pitching staff in the National League Central Division in 2019. But what good will it do if they can’t score? Attendance no longer a key factor in baseball, but neither is winning

- Joe Starkey

There was a time, not long ago when I believed the Pirates’ plummeting attendance must be causing sleepless nights for team owner Bob Nutting. I don’t believe that anymore. I don’t believe it was ever true.

What does attendance matter when money pours in from so many other sources?

What does attendance matter when franchise values are rising like LeBron

James on a breakaway dunk?

Business is boomin’ in Major League Baseball, which according to Forbes hauled in a record $10.3 billion in revenue in 2018. That marked the 16th consecutiv­e year MLB topped its previous record, and that has created a situation where

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