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--The 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates were defending National League East champions. They picked up where they left off, winning their first three games en route to a 97-65 season in which they were ...

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 ...

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 unusual.

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 ...

Joe L. Brown, the Pittsburgh Pirates' general manager from November 1955 through 1976, built the 1971 World Championship team differently from the way teams had been put together in the past. Brown ...

PITTSBURGH -- It doesn't take much for Manny Sanguillen to flash a smile, but it you want the supersized, wider-than-the-Allegheny version, just mention the 1971 Pirates to him. "It was a great summer ...

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 ...

Gene Clines took great pride in making baseball history as a member of the first all-minority starting lineup and the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1971 World Series champions, especially considering the ...

Former Pirates shortstop Jackie Hernandez, who fielded the final out in Game 7 of the 1971 World Series, died Saturday in Miami. He was 79. Born in Central Tinguaro, Cuba, Hernandez was a shortstop ...

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 ...

With the Baltimore Orioles in town for a three-game interleague series at PNC Park, it provided an opportunity to recognize one of the great Pirates teams of years past.The team held a pre-game ...