Fans of baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates have endured 20 straight losing seasons, the longest stretch of futility among the four professional sports teams.
But as they head into the All-Star break, the Pirates have one of the best records of all the Major League Baseball teams. And the case can be made they did it by smart investing.
Guest
- Allen Barra, writes about sports for The Atlantic and the Wall Street Journal. His story about the Pirates is, “How Smart Investing Made the Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball’s Best Team.”
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