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October 1, 2013: Losers no more: Pirates break postseason drought with win in 2013 NL Wild Card Game
The play is known as “The Slide” and it served two functions.…
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September 25, 1976: Bob Moose makes final appearance for Pirates before tragic death
A spate of premature deaths between 1970 and 1979 brought baseball…
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October 3, 1976: Pirates sweep doubleheader in Danny Murtaugh’s final games as manager
The Pirates’ 1976 season and Danny Murtaugh’s managerial…
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May 19, 1981: Jim Bibby’s near no-hitter
On the evening of Tuesday, May 19, 1981, a scant crowd of 5,514…
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September 25, 1985: Rick Reuschel inspires struggling Bucs with strong finish
In late February 1985, Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Pete…
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July 28, 2001: Brian Giles’s grand slam caps off Pirates’ unforgettable comeback
As 32,977 patrons filed into PNC Park on Saturday, July 28, 2001,…
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October 13, 1992: Pirates back Wakefield with offensive explosion in Game 6 of NLCS
As the 1992 National League Championship Series opened, the Pittsburgh…
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July 12, 1997: Cordova, Rincon, and Smith provide fireworks for Pirates in 10-inning no-hitter
It took the dual attractions of a Jackie Robinson number-retirement…
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July 2, 2010: Pirates’ Ross Ohlendorf wins his only game of the season
When a franchise endures two consecutive decades of sub-.500…
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June 20, 2015: Max Scherzer loses perfect game in ninth, throws no-hitter against the Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates, winners of 21 of the previous 27 games…
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July 26, 2011: Braves beat Pirates in 19th inning on a controversial call
When a team goes through a two-decade slide like the one the…
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September 9, 2013: Pittsburgh Pirates finally end 20-year losing drought
Despite the promise of the previous two seasons, by 2013 Pirates…
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October 7, 2015: Pirates lose to Cubs, Arrieta in National League Wild Card Game
Fans poured through the gates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh hoping…
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April 26, 2016: Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen hits three home runs at Coors Field
It was a chilly spring evening at Coors Field. The Pirates were…
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October 17, 1979: ‘Pops’ Stargell named MVP as Pirates complete World Series comeback
As the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles prepared to meet…