Sweet 60: The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates

April 20, 2013 by Bob Hurte · Leave a Comment

For those who have known me for longer than fifteen minutes, learn that I am a ‘Die hard’ Pittsburgh Pirates fan. The 1971 team is my favorite Pirates’ team of all-time. But I have a strange relationship with the 1960 version. One might describe it as destiny, like the Pirates beating the New York Yankees […]

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