Pittsburgh Pirates

One of the longest running teams in baseball, Pittsburg Pirates started out as Pittsburg Alleghenies in 1882. For a year in 1890 they were named Pittsburg Innocents before they were officially changed to Pittsburg Pirates until now. The Pittsburg Pirates logo, which is a sketch of a pirate on top of crossed bats, experienced continuous redesigning. Currently, the team has an alternate logo of a pirate skull on top of crossed bats of baseball.

Like any other baseball team in the league, Pittsburg Pirates prepares their chase for a world series by rigorously following the Pittsburgh Pirates spring training schedule. Spring training games are pre-season games where teams warm up to the games and each other. The Pittsburg Pirates spring training can show which players they can use in their own and which players from the opponents’ side they need to watch out. You can get the full Pittsburg Pirates schedule on their official website.

Through the years, history tells how productive the team would be. Pittsburg Pirates baseball has won five World Series titles starting from 1909 and the latest of these wins was only in 1979. The 1960, 1971 and 1979 World Series wins were brought about by the change when 1946 Pittsburg Pirates suffered a very poor season, winning only 42 games (.273).

After the winning drought, the franchise has developed a scouting and farming system for the players that would make them competitive until the 1979 Pittsburg Pirates World Series win. The system started during 1950’s when Branch Rikey became the general manager of the team. Players like the Pittsburgh Pirates retired player Bob Friend were the first fruits of the scouting system.

Fans and supporters have also shown their support for the team from the beginning. Sales of Pittsburg Pirates tickets have been on the increase since the team hosted the 2006 All Star Game. Also on sale for support of the team are the Pittsburgh Pirates jerseys and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball hats. You can also download Pittsburg Pirates season online to monitor the team's performance.

The 2007 season of the Pittsburg Pirates is currently underway as of this writing. The Pittsburg Pirates 2007 schedule has pitted the Pirates against numerous teams. The team will be tested after the 2007 Pittsburgh Pirates contracts were finalized where they traded their baseman Adam LaRoche for Mike Gonzalez for a much needed closer. They also acquired a minor league player to fill in the need for a left hand player. The Pirates have also revealed an alternate Pittsburgh Pirates jersey. It is red in color and will be worn every Friday games at home for the 2007 season.