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21 Mar at 12:05 am

Card of the Day: 1976 Topps Batting Leaders, Featuring Bill Madlock and Manny Sanguillen

Today’s Card of the Day features Manny Sanguillen, catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates for 12 seasons, who turns 79 years old today. Just before looking at card options, I literally…

12 Jan at 12:01 am

Card of the Day: 1984 Topps Bill Madlock

Today’s Card of the Day comes from the 1984 Topps set and it features Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Bill Madlock, who is celebrating his 72nd birthday today. Topps put out…

28 Jun 2022

Card of the Day: 1984 Ralston Purina Bill Madlock

In 1984, Topps and Ralston Purina teamed up for a 33-card baseball card set and called it their “1st annual collectors’ edition”. Three years later, they made their second set…

6 Nov 2021

Card of the Day: 1983 Topps Pirates Team Leaders John Candelaria/Bill Madlock

One of the things that Topps did for a few years in the 1980s was include cards for each team in baseball that showed their ERA and batting average leader…

18 Apr 2021

Card of the Day: 2018 Topps Archives Fan Favorites Bill Madlock

I usually try to match the Card of the Day up to a player mentioned in the daily This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History article, so apologies to the great…

12 Jan 2021

Card of the Day: 1984 Donruss Diamond Kings Bill Madlock

Today’s the 70th birthday of Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Bill Madlock, so it’s a good time to feature him here for the first time in a solo article. It’s actually…

10 Jun 2020

Card of the Day: 1984 Topps NL Batting Leaders, Bill Madlock and Dave Parker

I usually pick the Card of the Day subject well ahead of time based on inspiration. I’ll see a Pittsburgh Pirates card that catches my eye and I’ll think about…

31 Aug at 12:01 am

This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History: August 31st, An Extremely Busy Day for Birthdays and Trades

On a busy day for Pittsburgh Pirates history, we have 11 birthdays of former players, plus a quick look at some trades of note. The Trades On this date in…

16 Aug at 12:02 am

This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History: August 16th, Ten (or 11) Birthdays on One Date

A very busy day for former Pittsburgh Pirates birthdays. Ten in all, with some interesting (and tragic) stories among the group. Before we get into them, current Pirates outfielder Connor…

3 Aug at 12:01 am

This Date in Pittsburgh Pirates History: August 3rd, An Unusually Popular Day for 1987 Pirates

There have been six former Pittsburgh Pirates players born on this date and three of them played for the 1987 team. Matt Joyce, outfielder for the 2016 Pirates. The Detroit…