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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Bob Nieman: 141st Former Pro Killed in WWII

March 22, 2011 by Gary Bedingfield · 1 Comment

Every time I discover another minor leaguer that was killed while serving with the military during WWII I believe it’s the last. Just two days ago I posted an article about Jim Robertson who played 21 games with the Salem Senators of the Western International League in 1941. Jim was killed following a night-time bombing […]

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