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By Joe Smeltzer Phil Coyne’s longevity made him a celebrity. He spent more time as a Pittsburgh Pirates’ usher— 81 years— than most people spend on planet earth. Coyne’s tenure started in the heat of the Great Depression, and lasted through 12 US Presidents and five American wars. He saw Babe Ruth’s last three home runs in person, and was
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By Joe Smeltzer The 20th season of PNC Park should have been celebrated last year, and since the season ended up taking place, I guess, in a way, it did. Since there were no fans and the season was the most screwed-up baseball ever has (and hopefully ever will) see, I don’t count it. Besides, PNC Park opened in 2001,
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By Ed DiOrio, Guest Column The NBA and NHL have draft lotteries, but is there a better way to determine who gets those picks? The battle for the NBA’s most coveted prize started just over a week ago and had the sports world buzzing. But, the in-between-the-lines question in that statement could be “what’s the NBA’s second-most coveted prize?” If you
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By COMON Network Team Introducing the COMON Network Pirates Postgame Commentary. This isn’t your traditional recap. We know you have other options to read a traditional recap of the game. So here’s what you can expect from us after each game. We will start the commentary with a very brief cliff notes of the game including the scoring and pitching
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By Kyle Dawson Featured image credit: Mark Brown, Getty Images UPDATE (July 28, 2020 – 2:40 p.m.) It now appears the Marlins will be off until Monday, with the Phillies resuming play for their weekend series and the Yankees and Orioles playing the next two days after being off tonight. UPDATE (July 28, 2020 – 11:17 a.m.) As of Tuesday
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