HBD 🎂 Former #Pittsburgh#Pirates catcher Jason Kendall!
Jason played 9 years for the Bucs:
.306 / .378 / .418 108ops+ 30.7WAR
41.7 WAR is 21st for Catchers all time (same as Yadi)
He is also 5th All-Time in hit-by-pitches w/254. 🤕
#LetsGoBucs
The Stanley Cup has been awarded 21 times since the 2005 lockout.
A look at the winners:
Original Six American teams: 5 (Chicago 3, Detroit, Boston
Canadian teams: 0
Traditional American markets: 6 (Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis, Colorado, Washington)
Southern/warm weather/non-traditional markets: 10 (Tampa Bay 2, Florida 2, LA 2, Carolina 2, Vegas, Anaheim)
OTD 6/21/92:
#Pittsburgh#Pirates 5, #Expos 4.
#Buccos overcame Jim Leyland's ejection in the top of the 4th & a shaky bullpen that almost blew a 5-run lead to hang on to win this one!
Orlando Merced & Gary Varsho led the way.
#LetsGoBucs
September 14, 1991: Heisman winner Desmond Howard hauls in a pass from Elvis Grbac on 4th-and-1 in the 4th quarter to seal a 24–14 Michigan win vs Notre Dame.
#GoBlue 〽️
OTD 6/20/88:
#Pittsburgh#Pirates 2B Jose Lind w/his greatest play!
Reynolds: "He had to be a good 3.5 or 4ft in the air, going the other way & throwing against the grain."
Bonilla: "I was shaking...& saying, 'Chico, you monster, you.'” #LetsGoBucs
Wesley Snipes was so bad at baseball, that there’s no scene of him actually throwing a ball in Major League.
He is slow too. When they did his run scene at training camp they told the two runners to jog basically to make him look fast. One laughed and said i was almost walking lol. Thus the reason the scene was shot in slow motion.