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Wild Card Round schedule:
Roberto Clemente (August 18, 1934-December 31, 1972)
On New Year’s Eve 1972, Roberto Clemente, a baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates, died in a plane crash off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico, on his way to help earthquake victims in Nicaragua. Clemente’s body was never found.
These five clubs saw the biggest DROP in average attendance this year.
1. Cardinals
2. Rays
3. Orioles
4. Rangers
5. Pirates
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Minnie Miñoso stepped to the plate in five different decades as a big leaguer. He was 52 years old on this date in 1976 when he went 1-for-3 as the Chicago White Sox designated hitter.
#TheCubanComet
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Pirates at D'backs, (A.Heaney vs R.Nelson) 8:10 pm ET, B-R Game Stat Sheet: www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2025/ARI2025052... #getready
The Baseball Project - Harvey Haddix
On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched a perfect game for 12 innings against the Milwaukee Braves, but lost the no-hitter and the game in the 13th inning.
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Roberto Clemente - Sports Heroes Who Served: Corps Infantryman Was One of Baseball's Greatest
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Rocky Bleier: Champion on the Gridiron, Battlefield
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Here's the latest #MLB schedule for Saturday, May 24th - PLAY BALL!!!
Pirates pitcher Roy Face, captured by photographer Neil Leifer. Just one of the many beautiful shots in Leifer’s “Ballet In the Dirt”.
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Happy 84th Birthday Bob Dylan! ~ He once said, "I'd like to be able to hit a hundred-mile-an-hour baseball. But you have to know your place."
Brewers at Pirates, (F.Peralta vs P.Skenes) 6:40 pm ET, B-R Game Stat Sheet: www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2025/PIT2025052... #playball
Paul Skenes has had six starts in his career where he has gone seven innings and allowed two runs *or less.*
The Pirates are only 3-3 in those games.