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Pennant Race Flashback: August 11, 1979 - Bucs Dugout
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Former Pirates players Jim Rooker and Rennie Stennett pose with Manny Sanguillen during the 40th anniversary of the 1979 World Series team prior to a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Saturday
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Grant Jackson, winning pitcher in Game 7 of 1979 World Series, dies at 78
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Members of the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates World Championship team and people involved with the team pose for a photo after a pre-game ceremony honoring the team before a baseball game between the
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1979 World Series Champions
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1979 Pirates seal World Series, 10/17/1979
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September 30, 1979: Pirates hold off Expos to take NL East crown – Society for American Baseball Research
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Brewers lose 4-1 to Cardinals, but get a little help from Braves to clinch NL Central
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This year's Phillies are echoes of 1979 - The Good Phight
Words: Handwritten with the date, score and opponent of every Pirates game from the 1979 season.Number of Games: 172Charity: A portion of proceeds
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1979 Pirates World Series Season
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Pittsburgh Pirates to wear 1979 uniforms for Sunday games - Sports Illustrated
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Pittsburgh Pirates history: What was popular when they last won the World Series?
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Pirates to wear 1979 throwback uniforms for Sunday games - Sports Illustrated
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Ken Burns' Baseball] When my girlfriend says to me Ernest_Hemingay, don't we make such a great team? I tell her no. The 1979 Pirates. THAT was a great team. : r/baseball