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Pirates owner to be dissatisfied for a very long time

Bob Nutting, John Russell

Pittsburgh Pirates manager John Russell, right, talks with Pirates chairman of the board Bob Nutting before a spring training baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Bradenton, Fla., Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Pirates owner Bob Nutting showed up in Bradenton today and spoke with the media after addressing players and staff prior to workouts.

And what, pray tell, did he talk to his players about?

“It’s critically important that they understand, and we all understand, that 2011 is not going to be a year where small bits of incremental progress are adequate,” Nutting said. “I reminded them that the goal of the organization has been, since the day I got started, to build an organization that can compete and win a championship. Until we can win a National League championship, we’re not going to be satisfied with incremental progress.”

And why should they be? After all, they added Lyle Overbay, Kevin Correia and Scott Olsen to a team that won 57 games in 2010. This is pretty clearly their year.