Joe Landolina
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Pittsburgh Pirates
What the Pirates’ new outfield alignment means
In late February, Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton announced the team would be experimenting with a new outfield alignment in…
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Ed Abbaticchio, Major League Baseball’s first Italian-American player
The 1908 National League pennant race between the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates went down to the…
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Aaron, Clemente and Robinson: banned in Duval County, Florida
Can you think of three athletes whose stories are more inspirational than Henry Aaron, Roberto Clemente and Jackie Robinson? Me…
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Analyzing Andrew McCutchen’s return to the Pirates
I sure didn’t see this coming. Nobody else did, either. Despite reported interest from a few teams, Andrew McCutchen is…
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Pirates busy offseason continues
When we last reviewed how Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington was reconstructing the roster, there was much to discuss.…
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50 years ago: Roberto Clemente dies in plane crash
Today it would be called a “walk-off” win but that expression wasn’t in vogue on July 25, 1956. In any…
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