The Pittsburgh Pirates All-Time PNC Park (2001-2021) team
In 2001, the Pittsburgh Pirates moved to their beautiful new home PNC Park and many baseball fans have called it the most beautiful ballpark in America. If only the ballpark had a team worthy of it. In the 21 seasons that PNC Park has been the Pirates home, only four have been winning ones and […]
Ranking MLB Stadiums by Fan Sentiment
The following research is based on ReviewTrackers’ study of 130,000 baseball stadium reviews. Executive Summary 1. ReviewTrackers’ algorithm analyzed 130,000 reviews, and scored 550,000 keywords to rank Major League Baseball stadiums in four categories: Food and Drink. Fan Experience. Family Experience. Facility. 2. The top 5 stadiums were: 1. Oriole Park at Camden Yards: 1st […]
NATIVE LATIN AMERICAN/NEW YORKER COMES THRU
BY ISMAEL NUNEZ There was Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente: Considered one of the top 10 clutch performers in Baseball. In two World Series Championships with Pittsburgh Pirates 1960, 1971 he showed his performance getting a hit in each game and wowed the Baseball World with his on field performance! Now add straight from Washington Heights: […]
Pittsburgh Pirates: Who is to blame? Part 1 of 3
A guest post by Robert White via FeedCrossing… In 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates set a Major League baseball record for the worst finish by a team that was in 1st place in their Division as late in the season as they were. The club finished 72-90, for their 19th straight losing season. Here in 2012, the Pittsburgh […]
Biking for Baseball to PNC Park
Biking for Baseball [www.bikingforbaseball.org] is a youth mentoring organization that cycled 11,000 miles to each MLB stadium this summer to raise funds and awareness for youth mentoring programs across the country. One of the riders, Chase Higgins @chaser_racer32, is a blogger who writes about baseball games they’ve been to and general MLB throughout the trip. […]
Mediocre Better Than Bad in Pittsburgh for the Pirates
Pittsburgh got rolling into 2011 with a 4-3 first week. Think about it, they can finish 25 games over .500 if they keep this up. So far, there have been a few surprises as well as a few disappointments. Since this is the Pirates, let’s start with the disappointments. Evan Meek […]
Remembering Chuck Tanner and Winning Championships
Chuck Tanner sadly passed away on February 11th. One thing you will never hear me criticize when writing about Pittsburgh is the loyalty that fans have shown to those who have given their best. Sometimes, one’s best isn’t enough to win a championship. Fortunately for Chuck Tanner, his best was good enough to claim a […]
America’s Pastime: The Last 4 Innings
Sixth Inning The culmination of a week long bike trip with my Boy Scout troop that encompassed 150 miles was a baseball game on the fourth of July at PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. My dad was not able to accompany us on the biking journey, although he would have loved to, because […]
Stadium Review: PNC Park Home of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Even though the Pittsburgh Pirates carry a history that goes back to 1887, they are often forgotten in historical conversations about baseball these days, perhaps because they haven’t really done anything of consequence in decades. This may be the reason, then that their immaculately built stadium seems to be overlooked when discussions about the great […]
