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The @Indianapolis Indians are hosting “T.J. McConnell Night” on Aug. 27 at Victory Field. They are the AAA affiliate of his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. He’ll throw out the first pitch and there will be special theme entertainment throughout the game. (Autographs from 5:30-6:10pm)
The film will tell the story of Major League Baseball pitcher Dock Ellis, an outspoken player for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1970s, who led the team to a World Series championship in ’71. Ellis was a fierce advocate for Black players’ rights who famously claimed to have pitched a no-hitter while on LSD. Pic will examine issues of mental health and drug addiction, as it follows Dock’s journey to overcome his demons.
One of the names that’s commonly brought up as a potential buyer for the Pirates is Mt. Lebanon native Mark Cuban, who currently owns the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Cuban is worth $4.1 billion, the argument goes, so surely he’d spend enough to make the team competitive. Back in 2005, Cuban even looked into buying the Pirates, although he was told they weren’t for sale.
Wedding proposals at sporting events are becoming pretty commonplace. It’s now a cottage industry for pro sports teams, in fact. The relationship advice website, Swimmingly.com, broke down the cost to propose on the big screen at every Major League Baseball stadium, for instance, and the price ranged from $39 (Pittsburgh Pirates) to $2,500 (Los Angeles Dodgers). Newlyweds Hayes Cozza and his wife, Kelsey, took it to another level on Friday by having their honeymoon at the New Orleans Pelicans' 114-108 overtime win against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Seton Hall will add another one of its well-known names to the school's Athletics Hall of Fame this year: Former center Samuel Dalembert. The former Knicks and Sixers player who is currently an NBA free agent after he was waived by New York played two seasons for the Pirates (1999-01) and averaged 7.1 points per game, 5.8 rebounds and, most importantly, 2.8 blocks. He was a part of the storied team in 1999-00 that won two NCAA Tournament games as the No. 10 seed (including an upset of second-seeded Temple) before losing 68-66 to Oklahoma State in the regional semifinal.
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Former NBA great Tracy McGrady passed another milestone in his efforts to pitch professionally. McGrady threw to hitters for the first time during a 20-minute bullpen session on Monday at Constellation Field, the home of the Sugar Land Skeeters. The hitters did not swing, but they got a good look at what McGrady can bring. "He's so tall and his arms are so long. His downward slope, you're not going to see that too often," said Barrett Barnes, a minor league outfielder in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, in an interview with FOX 26 Sports. "When you have a presence like that on the mound, it's really hard to settle in and be comfortable hitting.
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