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Paul Zeise's mailbag: Why won't Clint Hurdle hold players accountable?

Welcome to Paul Zeise’s weekly mailbag, where the Post-Gazette columnist and 93.7 The Fan radio host answers your questions about sports, life and everything in between. If you want to ask Paul a question, tweet him @paulzeise or email him at pzeise@post-gazette.com. Let’s get started:

Matt D, Murrysville: Why do the Pirates constantly preach “accountability” but never actually practice it? I’m talking about management as well as players.

Paul: This is a question comes up often when the same players seem to continually make the same mistakes. There have been a few third base coaches fired in recent years, but it does seem like Clint Hurdle has, at times, missed opportunities to send a message of accountability.