In honor of today’s Google Doodle about the incomparable Roberto Clemente, I’m posting one of my favorite photos of him, at the Polo Grounds as a rookie… Read more “Pastime Portraiture: Roberto Clemente”
Category: Pirates
The Last Summer at the Polo Grounds
A while back I had found some great fan photos of the old park in Cincinnati, in its last season, and posted them as The Last Summer… Read more “The Last Summer at the Polo Grounds”
Hal Smith: Bucs Bridesmaid, World Series Hero
What a moment! Roberto Clemente and Dick Groat celebrate as the Pirates’ Hal Smith hits an unbelievably clutch 2-strike, 2-out, 3-run blast off the Yankees’ Jim Coates… Read more “Hal Smith: Bucs Bridesmaid, World Series Hero”
A Moment In Time – 8/17/47
Sunday, August 17, 1947, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, PA. Pirates playing the Cardinals. Del Rice is catching for the Redbirds (rookie Jim Hearn on the mound, off camera),… Read more “A Moment In Time – 8/17/47”
Behind the Bag 