The Freak Show Pirates
Pittsburgh Sports Memories
English - June 26, 2023 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBSports History steelers penguins pirates pitt panthers pittsburgh sports Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1997, the Pirates jettisoned all of their remaining players from the division winning teams of the early 1990’s to start a complete rebuild. They were left with a collection of nobodies with a payroll which topped out at a mere $9 million! Yet improbably, this team took the National League by storm and delivered a near miraculous result for its fans.
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