Tonight at 8 o'clock the Cardinals, who gave the Pirates as much trouble as anyone did in 1960, breaking even with them, will get their first 1961 shot at baseball's world champions.

Young, who started Game One against the visiting Pirates, thus threw the first pitch in modern World Series history.

The Major-General and his many daughters escape from the tender-hearted Pirates of Penzance, who are all orphans, on the false plea that he is an orphan himself.

After winning their division, they were easily defeated in the League Championship Series by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Roberto Clemente, who then went on to beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

The pitching staff again proved solid, with five starters having 12 wins or more, including Jason Schmidt, who the Giants acquired in 2001 from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Pirates ' Roberto Clemente, who turned into a one-man gang in the Series, became the first Latino player to earn World Series MVP honors.

The only other team to do so prior to the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals in ( the new ) Busch Stadium had been the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won the 1909 World Series in Forbes Field's inaugural season ; and the Boston Red Sox, who won the 1912 World Series in Fenway Park's first year.

Many scouts were looking at him play, including Tom Greenwade of the New York Yankees ( who discovered Mickey Mantle ), and Danny Murtaugh of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

There are a number of Pirates in the game, who immediately attempt to destroy any non-Pirate ship they spot, with the exception of the player once they have achieved a high combat rating.

Chuck Tanner who managed the World Series winning 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates said about James that " He's full of shit, and you be sure to tell him that.

On the United States ' suppression in the First Barbary War of the Muslim Barbary Pirates along the southern Mediterranean coast, who kidnapped Christians for ransom and slavery, Pope Pius VII declared that the United States “ had done more for the cause of Christianity than the most powerful nations of Christendom have done for ages .”

He made his major league debut on September 10, 1916, for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and in, when the spitball was banned, he was named as one of the 17 established pitchers who would be allowed to continue to throw the pitch.

This happens when Peter and Wendy appear to make Goofy's dream for some adventure come true and play a game of " Pretend to Be Pirates " with Donald Duck, who pretends to be the captain until the real Hook appears and challenges Peter to a duel.

* 1960 ( Yankees – Pirates )-Game 7 ( with Bill Mazeroski's series-clinching walk-off home run ) was found intact on kinescope in December 2009 in the wine cellar of Pirates ' part-owner Bing Crosby, who had the game recorded at his own expense.

It is named for Edward Preble, a naval officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War and against the Barbary Pirates.

* Wilmer " Vinegar Bend " Mizell-Professional Baseball player for the Pirates and Cardinals, and a Congressman who served three terms.

* Vic Lombardi ( Major League Baseball player who was the pitcher for the Pirates and Dodgers.

Directly below the park, on the western side of the point, is Pirates Cove, named for rum-runners during Prohibition who liked the secluded beach for offloading their cargo.

* Hank Borowy ( 1916 – 2004 ), Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers.

* Sonny Senerchia ( 1931-2003 ), former Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1952.

* Hank Borowy ( 1916 – 2004 ), Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers.

* Víctor Santos ( born 1976 ), MLB relief pitcher who has played for the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and the Baltimore Orioles.

Though the scoreboard was operated by hand, the ballpark featured multiple innovations such as ramps and elevators to assist fan movement throughout the park, a room for the umpires, and a visiting team clubhouse similar to the Pirates '.

* Calypso ( Pirates of the Caribbean ), a character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series

Many successful Hollywood films have been based on British people, stories or events, including Titanic, The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean and the ' English Cycle ' of Disney animated films.

Four of the top seven highest-grossing films worldwide of all time have some British historical, cultural or creative dimensions: Titanic, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

: Pirates of the Caribbean ( 2003 / 2006 / 2007 / 2011 )

In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, the special effects crew was instructed to watch the giant octopus scene to get reference for the Kraken.

Cruz appeared in her biggest Hollywood turn to date, in the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, as Angelica.

The day after their doubleheader loss, the Pirates traveled to New York's Polo Grounds, where Roberto, having just achieved some measure of vindication against the team that let him get away, now had a chance to compete against his two great baseball heroes, both his boyhood idol Monte Irvin and his recently acquired friend and mentor ( not to mention teammate, with the 1954-55 Caribbean Champion Santurce Crabbers ), Willie Mays, both of whom now patrolled the outfield of the defending World Champion New York Giants, with whom the Pirates now began a four-game series, hoping to pick up their first win of 1955.

* The 20 highest-grossing films of the decade are ( in order from highest to lowest grossing ): Avatar, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Spider-Man 3, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Finding Nemo, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Shrek the Third.

* The Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy is set in the late 1740s.

" Buccaneer of the Caribbean " from Howard Pyle | Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates

More recently, location footage of the falls was shot in October 2006 to portray " World's End " of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

The film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was criticised by the National Garifuna Council for portraying the Carib people as cannibals.

* The eastern city of Formosa is the home of Madame Tang and her dragon in the video game Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow based on the Disney films

Dissatisfied with that status, Depp turned to film for more challenging roles ; he played the title character of Edward Scissorhands ( 1990 ) and later found box office success in films such as Sleepy Hollow ( 1999 ), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ( 2005 ), Rango ( 2011 ) and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series ( 2003 – present ).

He has been nominated for top awards many times, winning the Best Actor Awards from the Golden Globes for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and from the Screen Actors Guild for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

They include a Native American in profile and a ribbon reading " Wino Forever " ( originally " Winona Forever ", altered after his breakup with Winona Ryder ) on his right biceps, " Lily-Rose " ( his daughter's name ) over his heart, " Betty Sue " ( his mother's name ) on his left biceps, and a sparrow flying over water with the word " Jack " ( his son's name ; the sparrow is flying towards him rather than away from him as it is in Pirates of the Caribbean ) on his right forearm.

Depp has been nominated for three Academy Awards, in 2004 for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, in 2005 for Finding Neverland, and in 2008 for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Capp is often associated with two other giants of the medium: Milton Caniff ( Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon ) and Walt Kelly ( Pogo ).

The Pirates are also often referred to as the " Bucs " or sometimes the " Buccos " ( derived from buccaneer, a synonym for pirate ).

* On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched what is often referred to as the greatest game in baseball history.

Pirates used these weapons for intimidation as much as for combat, often needing no more than to grip their hilts to induce a crew to surrender, or beating captives with the flat of the blade to force their compliance or responsiveness to interrogation.

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General ( often referred to as the Major-General's Song or Modern Major-General's Song ) is a patter song from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance.

The Warelords often collaborated with other piracy groups at the time, such as The Syndicate and The Midwest Pirates Guild and developed an international ring of involved piracy groups that reached as far away as Japan.

The Montreal Expos and Pittsburgh Pirates were often mentioned as a leading contender in the latter category and Buffalo was one of the five finalists in the 1993 National League expansion derby, which brought the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins to Major League Baseball.

Pirates often also engaged in illegal smuggling operations and raided rival merchant marine.

Pirates operating on shortwave from North America often use single sideband modulation as an alternative to AM.

Pirates management often interceded to quell tensions between Prince and KDKA executives.

Mega Man along with Roll set forth to find the four Keys in the Manda, Nino, Saul Kada and Calinca Ruins, while battling the Pirates, most often the Bonne Family, along the way.

The Parrot has become a staple within the Pittsburgh region, often appearing at events and Pirates team functions.

Pirates and short-haul merchantmen did not suffer from scurvy as often as British sailors, largely because their voyages were shorter and their diet included plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.

Pirates often made extra money running rum to heavily taxed colonies.

Lady Heather often wears Victorian-style dresses, referencing Holmes's era (" Slaves of Las Vegas ", " Lady Heather's Box ," " Pirates of the Third Reich ," and " The Good, the Bad, and the Dominatrix ").

Pirates of that era were often from the British Isles, where belief in faeries was quite common, especially amongst those of lower socio-economic class ( as pirates generally would have been ).

When Meulens worked as the hitting coach in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization he often acted both as unofficial team translator for the Indians and as Japanese scout for the Pirates because he speaks five languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, Papiamento and Japanese.

His Pirates team records for innings and strikeouts were later surpassed by Bob Friend, and his record for games pitched was broken by teammate Babe Adams in 1926. Cooper, who batted right-handed, was also a fine hitter, and teammate Pie Traynor recalled that he would often bat in the # 8 slot when he was starting ; in 1924, he batted. 346 in 104 at bats.

Pirates would often careen their ships because they had no access to drydocks.

In other films of the series, most notably Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the term is often used by Captain Jack Sparrow.