After defeating the young Oakland A's in the ALCS, the Orioles would lose a heartbreaking seven-game World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

He bounced back to hit 31 home runs and 109 RBIs in 1977, but the Reds would only reach the post-season once more during Bench's career, when the 1979 Reds were swept in three games by the Pirates in the 1979 National League Championship Series.

Falk's first stage appearance was at the age of 12 in The Pirates of Penzance at Camp High Point in upstate New York, where one of his camp counselors was Ross Martin ( they would later act together in The Great Race and the Columbo episode " Suitable For Framing ").

Thus, the paradox of Frederic's birthday in The Pirates of Penzance establishes the surprising fact that a twenty-one-year-old would have had only five birthdays, if he was born on a leap day.

In the nightcap came his first extra-base hit, a 6th-inning double, as well as another single, which, in conjunction with aggressive base-running, triggered a 2-run, 8th-inning rally, narrowing the Dodgers ' lead to one ; one inning later, the Pirates ' comeback would fall one run short, with the go-ahead run on base, and Clemente on deck.

" Freelance sportswriter Arnold Hano and Clemente biographer Kal Wagenheim each placed it at 450 feet, while Pirates ' manager Danny Murtaugh simply said: " I'd like to see Clemente ’ s hit on a clear day with no wind and see how far it really would go.

From there, they went on to defeat the power-laden New York Yankees in a seven-game Series, during which Clemente batted. 310, hitting safely at least once in every game ( exactly one half of a streak which would be completed much more resoundingly eleven years later in The Great One's signature Series, i. e. the Pirates ' 1971, come-from-behind, seven-game victory over the Baltimore Orioles ).

Shawn Estes and Mark Gardner would have sub-par years, but notably Jason Schmidt ( 7 – 1, 3. 39 ) was picked up in a mid-season acquisition from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In The Music of Arthur Sullivan ( 1959 ), Hughes quotes four extracts from Pirates, saying that if hearing each out of context one might attribute it to Schubert, Mendelssohn, Gounod or Bizet respectively, " yet on learning the truth one would kick oneself for not having recognised Sullivan's touch in all four.

Pirates tended to kill few people aboard the ships they captured ; usually they would kill no one if the ship surrendered because, if it became known that pirates took no prisoners, their victims would fight to the last and make victory both very difficult and costly in lives.

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.

He would play for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals.

Stealey decided that it would improve the company's branding, believing that it would make those who purchased the flight simulators more likely to play Pirates !.

: After a couple of years, the Tribunes editor, Captain Joseph Patterson, whose influence would later have profound effects on such strips as Terry and the Pirates and Little Orphan Annie, decided the strip should have something to appeal to women, as well, and suggested King add a baby.

" Favreau insisted on having Downey as he repeatedly claimed that Downey would be to Iron Man what Johnny Depp is to the Pirates of the Caribbean series, a lead actor that could both elevate the quality of the film and increase the public's interest in it.

* In Sid Meier's Pirates, if you entered in the wrong information, you could still play the game, but at a level that would be very hard to make it far in the game.

The Pirates were assigned to, what would later be called, the NHL's American Division, with the Boston Bruins and the New York Americans.

Ten former Yellow Jacket players would play for the Pirates.

It would also turn out to be the last playoff game that the Pirates would play.

The Pirates 1929-30 season was their fifth season in the NHL, and what would eventually be their last.

However, during the team's existence, they would be the only team in the city with the colors, as the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team, like all other baseball teams at the time, had a more patriotic red, white, and blue color scheme and wouldn't adopt black & gold until 1948.

The Pirates would later have a connection with Pittsburgh's next NHL franchise ; the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Pirates have a 9-6 record this year and the Redbirds are 7-9.

The Indians also have a rivalry with the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the two teams play an annual three game series during interleague play in June, playing in Cleveland during even numbered years, and in Pittsburgh in odd number seasons.

This letter reserved 10 % of the loot for the Crown, and Henry Gilbert's The Book of Pirates suggests that the King may have fronted some of the money for the voyage himself.

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.

To celebrate the successful 1982 Milwaukee Brewers team, the franchise decided to have the 2007 season be named as the " 25th Anniversary of ' 82 ", with more fan giveaways than any other Major League Baseball team except the Pittsburgh Pirates, and more discounts and deals than any other time in Brewers ' history.

The Pirates have had many ups and downs during their long history, most famously winning the 1960 World Series on a game winning homerun by Bill Mazeroski, the only time that Game 7 of the World Series has ever ended with a home run.

Overall the Pirates have won five World Series and lost two.

After a run of regular-season success in the early 1990s ( making the NLCS three straight years ), the Pirates have struggled in recent decades, with 20 consecutive losing seasons to date, the longest in North American professional sports history.

The Pirates of Penzance was the only Gilbert and Sullivan opera to have its official premiere in the United States.

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.

The Wild Things in particular have been able to market themselves as a successful alternative to the Pittsburgh Pirates due to the latter franchise's long stretch of losing seasons, which currently dates to the Frontier League's founding in 1993.

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 .”

Some say the sailor had fond memories of trips to North Africa, some have said he had a friend that had been captured by the Barbary Pirates and was imprisoned in old Mogador and others have speculated that popular literature of that era was the Arabian Nights and the mysterious markets on the North African coast.

The Pirates have captured numerous Canadian championships and have won 5 straight overall provincial ( OFSAA ) Ontario championships in track & field and cross country running in an association of over 1000 schools since 2004.

While more ruthless than Crow's crew, the Green Pirates have not generally proven to be much smarter or more competent.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

The Pittsburgh Pirates have left their mark in the NHL record books and NHL history with many firsts and other notable achievements.

The 1927 – 28 NHL season saw the Amerks sign star goaltender Roy Worters from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The “ Z ” hand gesture became the celebratory sign of choice among the members and fans of baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates, of whom Sparks is a fan, starting in 2012.

It is named for former Pirates ' catcher Manny Sanguillén, who has been known to sign autographs for fans waiting in line.

McDowell did not sign a contract until almost Opening Day in 1975, finally catching on with the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 2 after having to fight for a job during spring training.

While Ellis attended LAHC, various Major League Baseball teams attempted to sign him to a professional contract, but as he heard the Pittsburgh Pirates gave out signing bonuses of $ 60, 000, he held out until the Pirates made him an offer.

Worters refused to sign with the Pirates for the 1927-28 season, and was suspended briefly before being traded to the Americans, for whom he would spend the rest of his career ( save for a single game on loan to the Canadiens in 1930 ).

Allen never signed a professional, major league baseball contract with the Tigers, but did sign one with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1993.

* On August 15, 2008, negotiations between Boras and the Pittsburgh Pirates regarding second overall draft pick Pedro Alvarez went up to ( and beyond ) the midnight deadline for draft picks to sign.

Browning's decision to sign with Pittsburgh in 1891 is noteworthy, as this transaction helped cement the team's new nickname of " Pirates ".

Brower was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 56th round of the amateur draft, but did not sign, choosing instead to attend the University of Minnesota, where he was named a Big Ten Conference All-Star in.