The leadoff hitter and Gold Glove center fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1960 World Series champions who became a major-league manager of four teams, Bill Virdon was a baseball lifer known as a ...

Paul Guggenheimer Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 8:14 a.m. | Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 8:14 a.m. Wayne Stewart remembers running home from school in Donora on Oct. 13, 1960. He was 9 years old and was hoping to ...

PITTSBURGH — Dick Groat remembers the moment he realized the Pirates could beat the Yankees in the 1960 World Series. “I can remember being at shortstop in the ninth inning of the first game,” Groat ...

Three pairs of eyes looked skyward, watching the baseball rise off Bill Mazeroski's bat toward the Oakland sky, over the wall and into history. The latest and possibly most colorful recollection of ...

Bing Crosby didn’t know it, but when he took off for Paris on October 12, 1960, he left us all with a wonderful Christmas present. Bing was part owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and fearful that his ...

Pittsburgh Pirates legend Dick Groat has died at age 92, the team announced Thursday. Groat was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, went to high school in Swissvale (a Pittsburgh suburb) and then ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Oct. 13, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. Even as some Americans were watching the plane ...

The Glory Days were alive and well on Wednesday as a fanatical crowd of more than 400 crowded into the Lexus Club at PNC Park for the 1960 Victory Gala, celebrating the day the Pittsburgh Pirates ...

On Oct. 13, 1960, Bill Mazeroski hit one of the most famous home runs in Major League history. It was the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, and Mazeroski smashed Ralph Terry’s ...

Bob Oldis, whose brief playing career with the Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phillies was highlighted by a seven-game World Series victory over the New York Yankees in 1960 ...

Penguins Lead Sharks 3-1; Can Become First of Pittsburgh’s Three Major Professional Sports Teams to Win Title at Home Since 1960 Pirates Pre-Game Coverage Begins on NBCSN at 6 p.m. ET with NHL Live ...