Brian O’Neill, a retired columnist with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is the author of “The Paris of Appalachia: Pittsburgh in the Twenty-first Century.’’ He lives close enough to PNC Park to walk to the games.

Pittsburgh Hopes to Finally Get a Team Worthy of its Ballpark

Editor’s note: This piece was written and originally published prior to the Pirates getting off to the second-best start of the 30 Major League Baseball teams.  Sixteen. That’s how many teams have won the World Series since PNC Park opened in 2001. Another five have gotten to the big autumn show and lost. That’s 21 …

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