Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chuck Tanner mentioned it. Willie Stargell mentioned it. It's one of those intangible things that doesn't show up in statistics. And, with teams as evenly matched as the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cincinatti Reds seem to be, those intangibles may be the difference...
...second straight day at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium the Pirates and Reds finished nine innings of baseball tied, 2-2. And for the second straight day, Pittsburgh came out a winner, this time on a 10th inning Dave Parker single. And suddenly, with the prospect of playing the remaining games in this best of five series in Pittsburgh, and with just one loss between them and elimination, the Reds have their collective backs to the wall...
With one out in the ninth and the Pirates up 2-1, Reds pinch-hitter Heity Cruz doubled, and crossed the plate moments later with the tying run when Dave Collins doubled to right. Collins, the potential winning run, got no further, however, as a succession of Pittsburgh pitchers finally retired the side and sent the game into an extra frame...
Willie Stargell clubbed a three-run homer in the top of the eleventh inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 5-2 victory over the Cincinatti Reds in the opening game of the National League playoffs in Cincinatti last night...
...since my birthday's not too far away, I'd like to blow out all the candles and wish that someone would knock off the Orioles this year--California or maybe the Brobdingnagian Pittsburgh Pirates--with about 16 homeruns in a four-game sweep. The Orioles are the most boring team in baseball, a gaggle of colorless Holy Rollers. Around the league they tell this story about how Tippy Martinez, Baltimore's top bullpen twirler, invited Earl Weaver to a 7:30 a.m. Sunday prayer breakfast...