I hope you have been following the latest controversy from the Pierogi Race and the Pittsburgh Pirates. It reeks of back-room deals, pissed-off executives, unwanted media attention, and having a strong position one day and the opposite position the next day. I wish the regulators of the oil and gas drilling industry had this much attention.
Unlike the kind of feedback Randall Simon gave during Sausagegate at the Great Pierogi Race n’At, this time it was a pierogi swinging a bat at the Pirates. A Pierogi made comments on Facebook against the resigning of the current management team during one of the worst Pirate years to date. The Pirates found out, then fired the kid who plays the pierogi. Then the national media found out and had a field day. Two days later the Pirates ask the kid to return to work for his $25 per race gig. He should have demanded a raise.
Lessons learned:
- don’t become Facebook friends with your boss
- racing pierogies don’t make enough money
- the Pirates really have no idea how to get out of this funk, so they now just surf the web on Facebook all day.
What really caught my eye was the Yahoo headline was something like “Pittsburgh Pierogi fired for criticism”. I’m thinking, gosh I hope its not Oliver Onion. Maybe people were criticizing him for being in last place in the standings. Did he trip and hurt Hanna? Oh no .. maybe it’s me, Pierogiman. I know it’s been a weekish since my last post, and my readers are mad, but finding this out on the front page of Yahoo is really harsh.
More Info:
The initial incident
Insightful Editorial
The Conclusion … or is it?
Sausagegate … some history
4 Comments
The funniest part was that the fired Pierogi got a job offer from the Washington Wild Things to be a Racing Hot Dog!
As long as the pierogi stays in the Pittsburgh region. We can’t afford to have a Pierogi Brain Drain. I’ve never seen the Racing Hot Dog, but I think I must at some point this summer.
Love the commentary on the scandalous Pierogi debacle! These are trying times in Pittsburgh; it’s not just about deciding whether to eat them with sour cream anymore, there is an ethical and political element to Pierogi appreciation now.
My brother loves their pierogi. After all they were recognized by post gazette as best pierogi in Pittsburgh for 2009.