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Steelers Rookie Beanie Bishop Changes Jersey Number
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PITTSBURGH — After making the cut and earning the starting slot cornerback job, Beanie Bishop Jr. has decided on a number for his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Bishop will wear No. 31, a number that has all but been exclusive to defensive backs throughout Steelers history. Safety Keanu Neal was the most recent player to wear it for the team, doing so during the 2023 campaign.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Donnie Shell, Mike Logan, Ross Cockrell and Mike Hilton are some of the more notable names who have sported the number for the team throughout its history.
Pittsburgh has retired three numbers, though the franchise has a multitude of others that belonged to franchise legends and aren’t issued anymore out of respect for those players despite not officially being decommissioned. Some examples include No. 12 for Terry Bradshaw, No. 43 for Troy Polamalu and No. 86 for Hines Ward.
As a result, the Steelers supply duplicate numbers as necessary throughout the preseason. Such was the case with Bishop, who shared No. 30 with Jaylen Warren and was forced to switch after he made the team’s initial 53-man roster.
Bishop began his collegiate career at Western Kentucky wearing No. 29 (’18 – ’20) before swapping it out for No. 21 in his final year at the school in 2021. He then transferred to Minnesota for the 2022 season, where he sported No. 7. Bishop’s final stop was at West Virginia last year, and he chose to go with No. 11.
None of those numbers were up for grabs this year, however. No. 11 belongs to Van Jefferson, No. 21 is Darius Rush, Ryan Watts owns No. 29 and No. 7 belonged to Ben Roethlisberger, likely meaning no player will ever wear it again for the Steelers.
Bishop is the lone undrafted free agent from Pittsburgh’s 2024 class who survived final cuts on Tuesday. He beat out Thomas Graham Jr. for the starting slot role after making six tackles and allowing three receptions this preseason.
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Pirates Blow Unthinkable Lead Against Cubs
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PITTSBURGH – The wheels are starting to fall off the wagon for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wednesday afternoon, they fell once again to the Chicago Cubs 14-10, dropping their record to 62-71 on the year.
Paul Skenes allowed three runs (two earned) in the first two innings and then went into cruise control for the better part of the next three frames, finishing the day with two earned runs in five innings of work.
The Pirates got that first run of the game back pretty quickly via the long ball off the bat of Bryan Reynolds in the bottom of the first, his 21st of the season. After giving the lead right back, Pittsburgh put up a five-spot in the second. They posted six hits in the frame, including two doubles from Jared Triolo and Oneil Cruz. They strung together some quality at-bats, really making Kendricks work, leaving several pitches out over the heart of the plate.
Connor Joe homered to leadoff the fourth and then a few batters later, Alika Williams dropped down a bunt toward the first base side plating another run. Joe picked up another RBI with a single back up the middle in the fifth and thanks to a fielding error by Ian Happ, the Pirates scored another run to extend their lead to 10-3.
Game over, right? Not so fast.
Christian Bethancourt exploded for six RBI in his final three at-bats on the day which featured a homer and a double. The Pirates entered the ninth with a 10-8 lead, but closer David Bednar struggled to shut things down once again allowing a season-high five runs.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES
- SS Isiah Kiner-Falefa 0-5, RBI, BB
- DH Bryan Reynolds 3-5, HR, 2 RBI, BB
- CF Oneil Cruz 2-5, 2B, BB
- 1B Rowdy Tellez 3-5, 2 RBI
- RF Connor Joe 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
- LF Billy McKinney 1-4, 2B, BB
- C Yasmani Grandal 1-2, 2 BB
- 3B Jared Triolo 2-5, 2B
- 2B Alika Williams 1-4, RBI
CHICAGO CUBS
- LF Ian Happ 3-4, 2 RBI, 2B, 2 BB
- 1B Michael Busch 0-4
- DH Seiya Suzuki 2-5, RBI, BB
- RF Cody Bellinger 1-6, RBI
- 3B Isaac Paredes 1-4, BB
- 2B Nico Hoerner 1-4, BB
- SS Dansby Swanson 0-4, BB
- CF Pete Crow-Armstrong 4-4, RBI, BB
- C Christian Bethancourt 3-5, 2B, 7 RBI
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