Yeah, there is absolutely no hope for a team like the Pirates with the way baseball is set up. That's why I am no longer a baseball fan. Get a salary cap already! I believe if the Penguins are purchased by the Dan Marino and Mark Cuban group and stay in Pittsburgh they will start to compete again in 3 more years when the young studs they've been acquiring start to mature.
Oh, and yes, the Steelers are now the team to beat in the AFC and will be for years to come. They aren't the big, bad, scary Patriots anymore, sorry! Losing the players they've been losing in free agency will catch up to them. The mastermind Bill Belicheck can only win so many games on his own.