Neal Huntington is featured in this excellent article from the Houston Chronicle's Evan Drellich on the pros and cons of tanking -- that is, rebuilding very aggressively and accumulating young talent while posting bad records and thus also receiving top draft picks.
"We pulled the Band-Aid off a little bit more slowly than the Astros and the Cubs, and we went in to '08 to see what the club could do," Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Neal Huntington said when asked if a new model had emerged. "In hindsight, it probably would have been much better for us to just rip off the Band-Aid.