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My family moved to the Dayton Ohio area in 1968 from the Pittsburgh area. Had to put up the Big Red Machine all those years of my childhood, hated them, hated Pete Rose. In hindsight they were an awesome team, maybe one of the best ever. But I stayed true to the Pirates and got to enjoy the 2 World Series championships.
Think about this... The Orioles had four 20 game winners on that 71' staff. Every game of the WS the Pirates faced a 20 game winner. Now 13 game winners win the Cy Young award. Amazing how the game has changed.
I was a huge Clemente fan but Willie Stargell in the 79' Series was the team leader and just a great player. He willed the Pirates to that championship. It's great to hear he was a nice man also. Anyone remember Bob Prince saying "Lay some chicken on the hill Will"?
Since 1960 us Pittsburgherers, (is that what we are?) have been very fortunate... 3 World Series, 3 Stanley Cups, 6, countem' 6 Super Bowls, and 1 NCAA football championship. And the university's basketball team is a perennial winner although they crap out during the tournament.
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