OTD 5/30/87:
Jim Leyland penciled ✏️ Andy Van Slyke’s name into the lineup as starting Centerfielder for the first time for the #Pittsburgh#Pirates.
Dozens of highlight reel catches and 5 Gold Gloves later, and the rest is history!
#LetsGoBucs
GREG BROWN'S RADIO CALL OF BRYAN REYNOLDS' WALK-OFF HOME RUN
Call was so loud his microphone couldn't handle it lmao
RAISE THE JOLLY ROGER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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
OTD 5/18/87: NBC Today Show came to #Pittsburgh to showcase “America’s Most Livable City!”
Bryant Gumbel sat down w/Willie Stargell ⭐️ , #Pirates prez Malcolm Prine, & Sid Bream to discuss the state of the troubled #Pittsburgh baseball club. #LetsGoBucs
‘77 Bradshaw, Swann, Stallworth
Narrated by John Facenda
An overlooked Steelers year filled with outstanding highlights
NFL Films footage (3 different segments from the 1977 yearbook pieced together)
35 years ago today, Mario Lemieux scored one of the most iconic goals in NHL history during the 1991 #StanleyCup Final! 😍
Mike Lange on the call 🎙️ for this Super Mario goal was pure magic.
#LetsGoPens
Mike Merriweather and Bryan Hinkle
Steelers OLB duo from 1984-87
Often overlooked, they were the most consistently effective Steelers tandem of the mid-80’s
⬇️ 1986 NFL Films
The fact that Big Ben didn’t play Quarterback in high school until his senior year because the Head coaches son was the quarterback. in his senior season he had over 4,000 passing yards and 54 touchdowns
#steelers
The real back-breaker for the Rangers came in the 3rd period when number 68 scored a vintage Jaromir Jagr goal 🥅, dancing around Jeff Beukeboom and beating “Beezer” like a rented mule.
#LetsGoPens