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The Pittsburgh Pirates have fond memories of falls in the past when the spirit of baseball lived on and postseason play brought playoff tickets to the Allegheny River. The fans dream of bringing the World Series back to Pittsburgh tired of looking back to 1979 for the last championship season. When the falls turn colors and the air cool down baseball fans want nothing more than to see their team in the postseason keeping the long season alive.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates history is long, dating back to 1882 and has yielded fewer moments of glory than fans would like. With only nine National League pennants and five World Series titles, the sparse postseason history leaves a lingering feeling of incompleteness to the baseball season every year as playoff tickets have been far too much of a rarity.
Pittsburgh has had instances of success separated by eras of struggle for much the team’s history. The five title have been spread out over the years with World Series titles in 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971, 1979. This does not meant that there have not been periods where the league has feared the team or where playoff tickets were a fall necessity.
The Pirates of the 1970s had its share of stars that made fans of even the biggest doubters. Willie Stargell and the boys won five National League East division titles. Playoff tickets hat decade saw five series and a rivalry with the Big Red Machine of Cincinnati. Unfortunately, in 1972 the team lost one of the game’s biggest stars in Roberto Clemente when he perished in a plane crash. The team was able to overcome the tragedy and finished the decade with stars like Stargell, Omar Moreno, and Dave Parker and World Series victories over the Baltimore Orioles in 1971 and 1979.
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Pittsburgh returned to dangerous form with a trio of outfielders named Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, and Andy Van Slyke. With Doug Drabek, John Smiley, and Stan Belinda on the mound the team threatened in the playoffs in 1990, 1991, and 1992. Three straight years the Pirates went to the playoffs and three straight years the team left the first round with tickets home after losses to the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves (twice).
The current roster of the Pittsburgh Pirates will need the youth movement to take a few steps forward to compete in the playoffs. Nate McLouth, Adam LaRoche, and Ryan Doumit will have to cover for the pitching deficiencies of Paul Maholm, Zach Duke, and Ian Snell. The starters make sure that any lead they have is not safe.
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