ABS about 3 decades too late #LetsGoBucs #Umps

HBD 🎂 9/23/1942 former #Pittsburgh #Pirates pitcher and broadcaster Jim Rooker! Rooker was the Game 5 surprise starter and hero for the “We Are Family” #WorldSeries Champion #Pittsburgh #Pirates. Teke, Garner, and Cobra reflect on Rook’s performance: #LetsGoBucs

HBD 🎂 (9/23/1959) to former #Pittsburgh #Pirates RHP Jim Winn! Winn was the 14th overall draft pick of the #Buccos in 1981, going 7-11 4SV 4.47ERA from 1983-86. #LetsGoBucs

Happy Birthday 🎂 Bruce Springsteen #LetsGoBucs

HBD 🎂 (9/23/1952) former #Pittsburgh #Pirates reliever Dennis Lamp! Lamp made 21 appearances, going 1-1 5.14ERA in 1992, before being released in June, ending his MLB career. #LetsGoBucs

the Pirates had a AAA affiliate in Hawaii. the Pittsburgh Pirates

Konnor Griffin joins Mike Bielecki (1984) as #Pittsburgh #Pirates prospects named Minor League Player of the year by Baseball America. Bielecki, a right-hander, was 19-3 during the Pacific Coast League’s regular season with a 2.07 ERA and a league-high 162 strikeouts for the AAA Hawaii Islanders.

OTD 9/22/1991: Your #Pittsburgh #Pirates became the 1st NL team in 13 years to repeat as division champions, clinching the East vs #Phillies w/a 2-1 win! An emotional Jim Leyland: “… You want to build an organization that’s proud every year. Not 1 out of 5 or 2 out of 10.” #LetsGoBucs

OTD 9/22/1986 Rookie #Pittsburgh #Pirates manager Jim Leyland was kicked out of #Steelers coach Chuck Noll’s press conference, Press report: #LetsGoBucs   #HereWeGo

Was looking for a future episode and got irrationally angry at Don Slaught for having a 16 year career.

1988 Topps Ep. 29 - Tony Peña (#410/351) by @1988toppspodcast.bsky.social #cardsky

1988 Topps Ep. 85 - Shawon Dunston (#695/171) by @1988toppspodcast.bsky.social #cardsky

Unfortunately I feel like this was it

Is this the end for Cutch?

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Quick walk near the stadium earlier, noticed the large ball commemorating Dave Parker's HOF induction is not yet installed. Statue-form Maz looks same as he ever was nearby. @sabrlandmarks.bsky.social

For the last time in 2025 #LetsGoBucs

Former #Pittsburgh #Pirates pitching coach Ray Miller was manager of the #Orioles when Ripken decided his streak was done. Miller: “…at this particular moment and time I'd hate to have this many years in baseball and this is what I'm remembered for."

HBD 🎂 9/20/1960 former #Pittsburgh #Pirates RHP Randy Kramer! Kramer was 6-12 4.22 in 52g 18gs for the ‘88-90 #Buccos. His best start was 5/16/1989, pitching 7.2 hitless innings in #Cincinnati. Ron Oester’s 2B was the #Reds’ 1st &only hit. #LetsgoBucs

#Pittsburgh #Pirates statistics as printed in the 9/20/92 South Florida Sun Sentinel: #LetsGoBucs

Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club

OTD 9/18/92: #Pittsburgh #Pirates LF Barry Bonds hit his 30th HR to join 30-30 club for the 2nd time! Jim Leyland: "Barry's something special. There's no telling what he'll do in baseball before he’s done." 🤔 (📸 Andy Hayt/ Getty)

OTD 10 YEARS AGO #Cubs Chris Coghlan went out of his way to slide into #Pirates Jung Ho Kang. Kang underwent surgery to repair a broken left leg and torn knee ligament, ending his 2015 season and missing significant time. Dirty play? Or Hardball? #pittsburgh #LetsGoBucs

HBD 🎂 Dan Marino (9/15/1961)

OTD 9/15/88 One of #Pittsburgh #Pirates’ Glenn Wilson’s homers vs #Expos Randy Johnson in Johnson’s MLB debut helped make 76-year-old Martin Ziemba a big winner! The HR came during a Giant Eagle HR inning, & Ziemba won $6000 worth of groceries! 😮 #LetsGoBucs

OTD 9/15/88: #Montreal #Expos rookie Randy Johnson (6’10”) throws his 1st MLB pitch to #Pittsburgh #Pirates John Cangelosi (5’8”), a height difference of 14”! Cangy saw a 1st pitch fastball zip by him for a called strike. The 4th pitch of the AB, he grounded out to Rex Hudler.

OTD 9/14/85: #Pittsburgh #Pirates pitcher, now broadcaster, Bob Walk threw 6 no-hit innings vs #Phillies. "The first 6 innings, they hit balls at people," Walk said. "In the 7th, they didn't." 6 singles & 5 runs later, Phils go on to win 6-3. #LetsGoBucs

OTD: Taylor Swift time-travel sighting 👀 at the 9/14/87 #Montreal #Expos vs #Pirates game at Three Rivers Stadium in #Pittsburgh. #LetsGoBucs

Some folks might like to be productive while sitting on a slow moving train in Middle-Of-Nowhere, Pennsylvania. And some folks would prefer to watch the 1974 All-Star Game. (Thanks, @brucemcclurenh.com and the Sukeforth Chapter folks for having this up on their vids page)

HBD 🎂 9/14/1957 former #Pittsburgh #Pirates LHP Jerry Don Gleaton! Gleaton finished his 12-yr MLB career w/1992 #Buccos, going 1-0 4.26 in 31.2 relief innings. Gleaton’s top PIT performance was on 6/18: 3.2ip 0er &drew a walk for his only career MLB time on base. #LetsGoBucs

Jerry Reuss, 1990 #Pirates #Baseball

Happy Day #NationalVideoGameDay 9/12! Did you know? Shortstop Al Pedrique is the only #Pittsburgh #Pirates player available in the NES RBI: Baseball game released in 1988? Here’s Al, representing the NL All-Star team, vs Jimmy Key! #LetsGoBucs  🏴‍☠️

Doe Boyland, 1978 #Pirates #Baseball

Bit of a @sabrlandmarks.bsky.social Field trip to Hoboken, NJ, took me to Elysian Fields recently, the "birthplace" of base ball (it's a little more complex than that). The first recorded game in Pittsburgh was played 12 years later, across from Gus and Yaya's stand (they weren't there yet). 🧵1/3

#OTD in baseball history

True story; This is the only time George Hendrick smiled when he played for the Pirates

Andy Van Slyke lookin’ “Slick” in a pair of shades 🕶, gripping a piece of lumber 🪵. (Credit: 1992 #Pittsburgh #Pirates Yearbook) #LetsGoBucs

Doug Drabek wasn’t afraid to pimp a long fly ball when he got a hold of one. #LetsGoBucs

"When I was a kid I used to fantasize all the time about owning a Rolls-Royce.” "I used to look at pictures of the wide radiator and high front fenders and think, 'Wow, if I could just get my hands on something like that!' - Willie Stargell, Pittsburgh Pirates #LetsGoBucs

I may have identified the exact moment American culture peaked and thus began its slow decline. #LetsGoBucs   #TMNT 🐢

Don Robinson, 1979 #Pirates all black with yellow pillbox. #Baseball

HBD 🎂 (9/10/1983) Pittsburgh Pirates legend Joey Votto! #LetsGoBucs  🏴‍☠️

9/10/92 LA Times profiles pitcher Bob Walk, 67-45 w/#Pirates: “The day I started being a success in the big leagues was the day I realized I wasn't going to be a star and it was hurting me to try. Just being in the big leagues is a big enough ego boost for me.” #LetsGoBucs

Remembering legendary R&B artist Otis Redding on the anniversary of his birth, 9/9/1941: Cigarettes 🚬 and coffee ☕️ #LetsGoBucs

The dream job of every suburban dad

Got to see the new historical marker Saturday in between Pitt and Pirates games.