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09-04-2013, 02:21 PM
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How About Some Love For Pie Traynor
As someone who is a lifelong Pittsburgh Pirates fan and for the last 3+ years, someone who covers the organization on a daily basis, I can say that last night was a great night for the fans. Some fans, young and old, admitted to crying when the last out was made last night, ending the 20-year losing streak. A common battle cry the last year, that has grown as a streak came closer to ending, was that it couldn't reach 21 years. That is Roberto Clemente's jersey number and it means a lot to the fans, even ones that never saw him play, still wear his jersey.
Being someone who is into baseball history, it kind of got under my skin a little. I have a Clemente jersey/shirt I wear and obviously respect the hell out of him, but if you're going to correlate the amount of years their streak went to a person who happened to wear that number for the team, why did no one care about Pie Traynor last year? He wore #20 for the team and spent 17 years with the team as a player, six as a manager and then became a scout for the team. Traynor was voted the best third baseman in the first 100 years of baseball. He managed them to a winning record during his time and he was still popular in the city as a local broadcaster well after his baseball career was done. So while Pirates fans aren't showing him much love today, how about some cards/memorabilia of this great Pittsburgh Pirates player. http://www.piratesprospects.com/2011...vember-11.html
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