FILE – In this March 31, 2019, file photo, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle walks through the dugout in the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati. Hurdle hopes to return for what would be his 10th season as the Pirates’ manager in 2020. He has two more years remaining on a deal that started with the 2018 season. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Pittsburgh Pirates fire manager Clint Hurdle

by: Devin Jackson

Posted: Sep 29, 2019 / 02:04 PM EDT

Updated: Sep 29, 2019 / 06:31 PM EDT

FILE – In this March 31, 2019, file photo, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle walks through the dugout in the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati. Hurdle hopes to return for what would be his 10th season as the Pirates’ manager in 2020. He has two more years remaining on a deal that started with the 2018 season. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

by: Devin Jackson

Posted: Sep 29, 2019 / 02:04 PM EDT

Updated: Sep 29, 2019 / 06:31 PM EDT

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WTAJ) — According to a press release put out on the Pittsburgh Pirates Twitter account, the Pirates announce they have fired manager Clint Hurdle.

Pirates announce the Club and Clint Hurdle part ways. pic.twitter.com/TeUvUD3LK0
— Pirates (@Pirates) September 29, 2019

Hurdle has been the team’s manager since 2011. During his tenure, the team made the playoffs from 2013-2015, but have not made the playoffs since then.

According to Ken Rosenthal, a writer for The Athletic, the Pirates will retain General Manager Neal Huntington.

#Pirates firing manager Clint Hurdle, sources tell The Athletic. GM Neal Huntington will stay. Coaching staff to be determined by net manager.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) September 29, 2019

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balls — FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, baseballs occupy a bucket after use during fielding practice during spring training baseball workouts for pitchers and catchers at Cleveland Indians camp in Avondale, Ariz. Major League Baseball is suspending all political contributions in the wake of last week's invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob loyal to President Donald Trump, joining a wave of major corporations rethinking their efforts to lobby Washington. “In light of the unprecedented events last week at the U.S. Capitol, MLB is suspending contributions from its Political Action Committee pending a review of our political contribution policy going forward,” the league said in a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)