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Pirates Continue Housecleaning, Fire GM Huntington

The Pirates today fired Exec VP & GM Neal Huntington, and team Owner Bob Nutting was the "driving force behind this latest decision." Nutting met with Huntington yesterday, "informing Huntington of the move." The firing comes as a "pretty big surprise, as Huntington was conducting a managerial search." The Pirates today also formally announced the hiring of Travis Williams as team President. Williams "will have authority over the hiring/firing" of GMs, but it "sounds like this decision was made before he got on the job" (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 10/28).

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