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I have long maintained Pittsburgh has a latent fan base for baseball, based mostly on the fact it has been here for so many generations. Even the kids who could not care less about the Pirates -- and that surely is most of them -- know that their parents or grandparents do.
The three current statues honor Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell and Honus Wagner. There also is a Ralph Kiner memorial inside the stadium of just his hands gripping a bat, as well as several smaller monuments to players who were part of the city's Negro Leagues teams.
Tue, Jan 26 | from post-gazette.com