Brushbackpitch.com last night wrote that the Pittsburgh Pirates continue to be an aimless joke of an organization. They proved that true over the weekend by non-tendering Matt Capps, a reliever who before 2009 had three solid seasons pitching out of the Pirates’ bullpen.

General manager Neal Huntington furthered the ridicule he and the rest of the Pirates organization should receive by blaming the media for the move.

Yes, in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette Sunday, Huntington is quoted saying all trade talks for Capps dried up after the paper reported the week before that there was a possibility the team could non-tender Capps.

Sorry Mr. Huntington. That excuse is pathetic. Every team gets media scrutiny during the winter meetings and throughout the season, most probably more than the Pirates. Making your decisions based on a couple paragraphs in the local newspaper is short-sighted and dumb.

Among his other lines, according to the story: “It’s not that hard to replace a reliever with an ERA of 5.00 or 6.00.”

Do you think some injuries might have had something to do with his struggles last season? Did he warrant a contract somewhere between what he would have gotten on the open market and what the cheap Pirates organization was likely unwilling to pay?

The fact of the matter is this: The Pirates have been pathetic for two decades. They have never been more pathetic and aimless than they are right now. And a blind person throwing darts could have made the personnel moves you have the last two seasons and not missed at as high a percentage.

Pirates fans should be livid by how this organization has been run in recent years. But the sad simple fact of the matter is they are probably too bored or resigned at this point to care.

What a putrid joke.