BRADENTON, Fla. — When the Pirates lineup was posted on the wall of the home clubhouse at Three Rivers Stadium that afternoon, outfielder Gene Clines heard a batboy say, “The Homestead Grays are in ...
PITTSBURGH — On a late summer evening in 1971, Manny Sanguillen heard his Pittsburgh Pirates teammate Dave Cash mention that something unusual was happening inside Three Rivers Stadium. No, not ...
PITTSBURGH — Dave Giusti, a right-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1970s, died on Jan. 11 at the age of 86 years old. Giusti (pronounced "JUST-ee") was a crucial member of the ...
Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame second baseman Bill Mazeroski, left, joins 1971 Pirates teammates Al Oliver, center, and Bob Robertson during a celebration of their 1971 World Series win over the ...
Fifty years ago last week, on the first night of September 1971, the Pittsburgh Pirates entered a game with the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, clinging to a four-and-a-half-game lead in the National ...
FILE - Pitcher Dave Giusti, a member of the 1971 World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates, takes part in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the championship season before of a baseball game between the ...
Wednesday's game against the White Sox held little significance for the last place Pittsburgh Pirates, who were playing out the string. What was significant was the date, Sept. 1. It marked the 50th ...
Some have *** little less hair or maybe it's *** little grayer, but 20 years after they came back to beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series, the 1971 Pirates can still play baseball. Most of ...
The year was 1971, and the team was the Pittsburgh Pirates. I was a city kid who spent a lot of time playing sports on the cement playground at Fulton Elementary school in Pittsburgh’s East End while ...
Longtime Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bob Veale, who helped the franchise win a World Series championship in 1971, died over the weekend at 89 years old. The Pirates released a statement on Veale, who ...
A former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher and 1971 World Series Champion has died. The Pirates announced on Monday morning that Dave Giusti died on Sunday at age 86. “We are saddened by the loss of such a ...