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Pirates' all-time best relief pitchers
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Kent Tekulve #27 of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches against the New
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Remembering the 'We Are Family' 1979 Pirates
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Top 10 MLB Organizations At Identifying Undrafted Free Agents
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MLB Network Stabs Me in the Heart - Off The Bench
This is a beautiful 8x10 color photo of one of the best relief pitchers in Pittsburgh Pirates history, Kent Tekulve in actionin August 1979. He was
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KENT TEKULVE Photo Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 WS (c) AS
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Ranking the best Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitchers of all time
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Pittsburgh #Pirates closer Kent Tekulve! “The Rubberband Man
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Something special happening': What made the '79 Pirates believe
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Pittsburgh Pirates Battle of World Series Champions: 1971 vs. 1979
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Kent Tekulve – Society for American Baseball Research
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Pirates Fast 5: Quick games, long saves and a piece of Andrew
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Pittsburgh Pirates signed 22-year-old pitcher Kent Tekulve as an