Trevor Gooby spent more than a decade in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, rising through the ranks as one of their most respected baseball operations and ballpark executives. He helped oversee everything from fan experience to spring training operations, earning a reputation for competence and professionalism – two qualities the Pirates have often struggled to project under owner Bob Nutting’s leadership.
Now, Gooby is the executive vice president and chief marketing officer of the Seattle Mariners, who are one win away from their first World Series berth in franchise history. In a recent interview with Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gooby was very respectful and complimentary of the Pirates organization for the role it played in his career development, but Pittsburgh fans can't help but see the underlying pattern here.