Traded doesn’t mean dead

ESPN.com: Pirates light candle, vent frustration

…On Thursday, at the clubhouse table where McLouth used to play cards with relievers Sean Burnett and Jesse Chavez, a candle bearing McLouth’s uniform No. 13 was lit, along with a photo of him in uniform, the Post-Gazette reported. “We’ll miss him,” Burnett said.

Pirates GM Neal Huntington may want to call Red Sox GM Theo Epstein to see if he still has that gorilla suit handy.