Report: Pirates to hire Tracy

Looks like the Pirates are going to have a formal press conference to announce the hiring of Jim Tracy today. This is about as surprising as a freight train, which would also be a good way to describe how subtle Dave Littlefield was in the process. He interviewed a minority candidate, he interviewed a hometown guy, then he hired his guy. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, I'm just not surprised, that's all.