1986-92 Pittsburgh Pirates

OTD 6/4/92: On a rainy day, Bryan Trottier, hoisting Lord Stanley’s chalice over his head, turns the tarp into a giant slip‘n slide for #Pittsburgh #Penguins #StanleyCup    celebration at Three Rivers Stadium 🏟 . #LetsGoPens #LetsGoBucs     #Pirates

OTD FORTY YEARS AGO 6/4/1986 The 1st of 762. #Pittsburgh #Pirates rookie Barry Bonds stepped to the plate w/2 out in the 5th inning & hit his 1st MLB home run in a 12-3 win vs #Braves! Steve Blass made the call 🎙️ On the day, Bonds was 4-for-5 w/4RBI, 3 runs. #LetsGoBucs #SFGiants

OTD 5/28/90: The #Pittsburgh #Pirates staged one of the great comebacks in team history! On a rainy afternoon at Three Rivers Stdm, the 2 clubs had a beanball war as the #Dodgers   built a 5-1 lead. But the #Buccos would not quit &won 6-5! #LetsGoBucs

I don’t watch a lot of Twins games, but is this behavior from Joe Ryan normal? He strikes out a dude to end the inning and then just starts skipping off the field?! 😂

OTD 5/26/1959 Harvey Haddix of the #Pittsburgh #Pirates throws the greatest game in #MLB history: 12 perfect innings vs the Milwaukee Braves at County Stadium! Joe Adcock’s hit scored the game’s only run in the 13th as the Bucs lost 1-0. Harvey discusses the game: #baseball

OTD 5/20/1978: #Pittsburgh #Pirates Hall of Famer Willie "Pops" Stargell launched 🚀 a 535ft HR at Olympic Stadium in a 6-0 win vs. the #Montreal #Expos! #LetsGoBucs

POV: Waking up every morning when your team is on a losing streak. #LetsGoBucs

OTD 5/19/2015 #Pittsburgh’s Pedro Alvarez became the 3rd hitter to reach the Allegheny River on the fly, joining Houston's Daryle Ward (2002) & #Pirates Garrett Jones (2013). The HR flew an estimated 461 feet and landed inside a boat docked along the edge of river. #LetsGoBucs

HBD 🎂 5/16/1949 “Big Daddy” Rick Reuschel! From 1985-87 w/the #Pittsburgh #Pirates, Rick was 31-30 3.04 in 91g 85 starts w/22CG 6 SHO 343k in 586.2ip. During that time, he was 1985 Comeback Player of the Year and a 1987 All-Star! #LetsGoBucs

“Brothers don’t shake hands. Brothers gotta hug.” #PaulSkenes #Pittsburgh #Pirates #mlb #baseball

OTD 40 YEARS AGO 5/11/1986: Who wants to see Bill Almon walk it off with an inside-the-park HR in the bottom of the 12th for the #Pittsburgh #Pirates vs #Astros?! #LetsGoBucs

It’s hard to remember, but Sid Bream was beloved in #Pittsburgh. A solid player, he did tons of fan outreach. OTD 5/10/91, he returned with the #Atlanta #Braves, pinch-hitting for Francisco Cabrera in the 9th vs Stan Belinda. The fans gave the ex- #Pirates star a standing ovation! #LetsGoBucs

OTD 35 YEARS AGO 5/10/1991 Please enjoy #Pittsburgh #Pirates’ Andy Van Slyke’s 1000th career MLB hit in front of the hometown Three Rivers Stadium 🏟️ crowd! #LetsGoBucs

5/8/94: #Pittsburgh #Pirates CF Andy Van Slyke started Game 1 of a doubleheader vs the #Cubs   w/an RBI groundout. Then he proceeded to get a hit in 8 STRAIGHT at-bats! 😮 Slick’s final line: 8-for-9 5r 1 2B 1hr 4rbi 1bb 🔥 #LetsGoBucs    🏴‍☠️

From time to time, I like to ponder life’s important questions 🧐 Such as What if Sir David Attenborough was a baseball ⚾️ broadcaster 🎙️? Happy 100, Sir! 🎂 #LetsGoBucs    🏴‍☠️ #PlanetEarth

OTD 5/6/88: #Pirates honored #Pittsburgh Mayor Richard S. Caliguiri, who died early that day, with a pregame ceremony. Later, Sid Bream sent the fans home happy w/a 3-run HR to break a 1-1 tie in the 12th, for a 4-1 W vs #Padres! #LetsGoBucs

SportsCenter highlights of Matt Stairs hitting that 461-ft 💣 out past Tal’s Hill in centerfield at old Minute Maid Park. #LetsGoBucs

Things got a little “rough” with a couple Mets fans when me & Uncle Ben went to buy hot dogs at the Shea Stdm 🏟️ concession stand in the early 90’s. Luckily for me, Uncle Ben was there to lend a hand 🖐️ #LetsGoBucs     #Pittsburgh #Pirates #LGM  #MayThe4thBeWithYou

OTD 35 YEARS AGO 5/3/91: who needs the pitch clock ⏰?! #Pittsburgh #Pirates Zane Smith & #Houston #Astros Pete Harnisch hook up for a 1 hr 45 min game! 🤯 Smith yielded 4 hits, Harnisch 2. But, Orlando Merced’s 1st MLB HR was enough as #Buccos win 1-0. #LetsGoBucs

7 consecutive hitters have been walked just 2x in MLB since 1920. Pirates did it in 1983 in Atlanta the last time it happened. Bob Walk told a great story on the radio about talking to Jim Winn when both were in AAA Hawaii in 1984. Jim Bibby had started the game, & Winn had relieved: #LetsGoBucs

Jose Lind was doing the Jeter Jump Throw before Derek Jeter. HBD 🎂 (5/1/1964) to the second baseman of the 1987-1992 #Pittsburgh #Pirates! The 1992 gold glover could really “jump” 😉 #LetsGoBucs      🏴‍☠️

Punxsutawney Phil visits PNC Park: “Groundhog Day” for the #Pittsburgh #Pirates who were swept 🧹 in 4 games by the #Cardinals.

Well it’s Groundhog Day, again. Cardinals sweep 4 games at home from the Pirates.

OTD 30 YEARS AGO 4/30/96 Jeff King homered twice in the same inning for the second time in his career in a #Pittsburgh #Pirates 10-7 win vs the Reds. SportsCenter highlights 📺 show King’s 2nd home run of the 4th inning, a grand slam! #LetsGoBucs

Remembering former #Pittsburgh #Pirates player and 1979 “We are Fam-a-lee” member Phil Garner, born OTD 4/30/1949. Here’s some of the best of “Scrap Iron” in action during the 1979 season: #LetsGoBucs