Dear Bob Nutting, please bring Dad and me a World Series — or sell to someone who can
Black Owned Newspapers And Blogsby Toter 4 months ago 36 Views 0 comments
All of my earliest memories of being alive are Pirates-related. Many of them are wonderful memories. I’m hoping for one more: A World Series game, at PNC Park, with my Dad.That’s why I’m asking you, earnestly, to sell the team. And I’m asking our public officials to push you to sell.I consider the Pittsburgh Baseball Club to be my first love. Seriously. I just turned 1 when we last played in the World Series, but years later my family’s 20-game ticket plan and a few tantalizing seasons gave me the fever.A small sample of memories: The days I deliberately wore my Little League jersey to Three Rivers Stadium because it had my last name on it, then reveled in the comments from fans who mistook it for Mazeroski. The way one particularly loud fan would heckle “Daaaaaryyyyyl” when the Mets’ Daryl Strawberry came to town — a foretaste of the famous “Cueto” chant of 2013. The way Three Rivers Stadium stands seemed to literally bounce with celebration during the 1990s playoff years. For a kid, it was like riding a roller coaster.Gabe Mazefsky stands on the Roberto Clemente Bridge outside of PNC Park on Oct. 22, on the North Shore....
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