You may remember a story on February 25 about the possibility of the Reds joining forces with the Pirates during spring training to build a joint baseball complex in Sarasota.

Well today Pittsburgh's CEO, Kevin McClatchy, denied the report, or at least his personal involvement in the discussions. Way, way down at the bottom of this page on the Pittsburgh Pirates' official website, you'll find this quote:

Quotable: “I never spoke to the Cincinnati Reds about a joint facility in Sarasota. Where that came from, I'm not sure. But we're very happy with the relationship we have with the City of Bradenton and the county. We've been here longer than most teams have ever been in their Spring Training facility. The people of Bradenton have been great to us and we look forward to a long relationship here.” -- McClatchy, on reports the Pirates were considering moving their winter home to Sarasota.

Our friends at Bucco Blog is suspicious of McClatchy's motivations:

If you know McClatchy's doublespeak, all he really says above is that HE never spoke with the REDS, that he didn't know where the source came from, and that the org is happy in Bradenton.

He did NOT say the organization didn't speak with anyone.

I don't know McClatchy well enough to know about that, but I'd be pretty irritated to be called a liar if I were the Reds official who talked about this story to the press.