Pittsburgh Pirates connection

“Were you aware that Kevin McClatchy is the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates?” retired printer Calvin Deshong asks in an e-mail. No, but here’s the scoop on Kevin for those interested.

Kevin S. McClatchy (born January 13, 1963 in Sacramento, CA) has been the Managing General Partner and Chief Executive Officer of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball since 1996. He has been a director of McClatchy Newspapers (founded by his family) since September 1998. From 1994 to 1995 he was President of the Northern California Sports Development Group and President of the Modesto A's, a minor league baseball team. Mr. McClatchy held various positions with McClatchy from 1990 to 1994, including serving as sales director at The Newspaper Network, Inc, advertising director at the Amador Ledger-Dispatch and sales representative for The Sacramento Bee..