With the Sister Sledge disco chestnut "We Are Fam-i-ly!" as their anthem, the never-say-die '79 Pirates battled through a grueling season, and a tough World Series, to reign as World Champions once ...
There are stars on championship teams, and then there are the engines that make everything go. For the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, Phil Garner was the engine. “Scrap Iron” didn’t just play second base — ...