Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates are Major League Baseball team belonging to the National League, Central Division. Major League Baseball started in Pittsburgh in 1882, when the team was a charter member of the American Association. The teams name then was Pittsburgh Alleghenies twill 1889. The team was renamed to Pittsburgh Innocents or sometimes Infants for approximately 2 years, before the name finally changed to Pittsburgh Pirates in 1891.

The Barney Dreyfuss family sold the 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates to a syndicate including entertainer Bing Crosby after a long era of ownership.

Another name for the Pittsburgh Pirates is also the Bucs (derived from Buccaneer).
The Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team is a five-time World Series Winner, with the most recent one won by the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pittsburgh Pirates retired player bob friend was opening day pitcher seven times in a row and was inducted in the Indian Hall of Fame in1979. Bob Friend was found through the scouting system that was established in the 1950s after the team kept loosing over and over again.

162 games are on the Pittsburgh Pirates schedule in the regular season.
The Pittsburgh Pirates logo on Pittsburgh Pirates jerseys shows a pirate head with a red with black polkedot bandana, an eye patch and a beard superimposed over two crosses baseball bats and the word PIRATES in bright orange with black outlines above the head. The Pittsburgh Pirates baseball hat insignia is a big orange yellow P. The Pittsburgh Pirates uniform colors are black, gold and red trim. The Pittsburgh Pirates also have team mascots, these include the Pirate Parrot, introduced in 1979 and the Captain Jolly Rogers introduced in 2006. In 1995 a third mascot was used just for that season, the Buccaneer.
The Pittsburgh Pirates spring training takes place in McKechnie Field in Bradenton, Florida and the corresponding Pittsburgh Pirates spring training schedule can be found on their web page.

After the Pittsburgh Pirates hosted the All-Star Game in 2006 ticket sales have increased, even though sales throughout the years have not been bad considering their record.
As with so many other teams, the Pittsburgh Pirates have evolved into a franchise business. They have their own Pittsburgh Pirates official major league website where Pittsburgh Pirates tickets can be bought and the Pittsburgh Pirates 2007 schedule can be found. Being a business-oriented company the Pittsburgh Pirates also sell apparel, and other fan accessories, such as Pittsburgh Pirates jersey or Pittsburgh Pirates baseball hats. If gossip and rumors are more your thing you can find the newest information on proposed 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates contracts under such pages as www.mlbtraderumors.com.