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World Series Rosters Features 3 Former Pirates
One of the biggest World Series in recent memory will feature a trio of former Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers when the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers square off.
For the Yankees, they boast former Pirates ace Gerrit Cole and reliever Clay Holmes, while relief pitcher Brent Honeywell Jr. is on the Dodgers. Game 1 between the Yankees and Dodgers takes place on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, with first pitch set for 8:08 p.m. ET.
Cole was the No. 1 overall pick for the Pirates in the 2011 MLB Draft out of UCLA. Cole went on to make his big-league debut in 2013 and spent five seasons in Pittsburgh, going 59-42 with a 3.50 ERA while striking out 734 batters over 782 1/3 innings. The former Pirates ace was then traded to the Houston Astros, where he budded into one of the best pitchers in baseball.
There, the six-time All-Star and two-time ERA champion went 15-5 with a 2.88 ERA in 2018 and had a season for the ages in 2019, going 20-5 with a 2.50 ERA to go with 326 strikeouts over 212 1/3 innings.
On the heels of one of the best seasons for a pitcher in recent years, the hard-throwing right-hander signed a nine-year, $324 million deal with the Yankees in free agency. Across his five seasons in New York, Cole has gone 59-28 with a 3.12 ERA and has struck out 915 batters over 759 innings. He won his first Cy Young Award in 2023.
Cole will get the start for the Yankees in Game 1.
Holmes began his career with the Pirates but struggled mightily over his three-plus seasons with the team, going 5-7 with a 5.57 ERA. The Pirates traded him to the Yankees at the 2021 deadline and he has since turned it around, becoming a two-time All-Star and going 19-15 with a 2.69 ERA over 217 2/3 innings pitched with 74 saves.
Honeywell Jr. pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays (2021), San Diego Padres (2023) and Chicago White Sox (2023) before ending up in Pittsburgh. He began this season with Triple-A Indianapolis and only appeared in two games for the Pirates, recording a 2.70 ERA over 3 1/3 innings, before he was designated for assignment on July 12.
The right-handed reliever was claimed by the Dodgers on July 13 and was called up on Aug. 31. He pitched 34 1/3 innings and went 1-1 with a 2.62 ERA over 18 appearances, including one start.
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit has started to install its ReadyFare vending machines as the agency prepares to roll out its new fare payment system.
PRT said it’s working to roll out its new ReadyFare system and has started to install the new machine at some of its light-rail stations.
The new machines recently were installed at PRT’s Gateway station in Downtown Pittsburgh.
PRT said that as it prepares to roll out the new system, current ConnectCard holders will receive a card in the mail with instructions on how to request a ReadyFare card.
The new ReadyFare cards will be able to be purchased at the new machines for $1.
PRT said that riders will be able to transfer any balances they have on a ConnectCard to the new ReadyFare cards using an online balance transfer form.
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About 5 pounds of bees removed from Acrisure Stadium scaffolding ahead of Morgan Wallen concerts
Acrisure Stadium is buzzing with excitement ahead of the back-to-back Morgan Wallen concerts. Except it’s not the fans generating all the excitement — it’s about 5 pounds of honeybees.
The Fine Family Apiary in Monongahela said it was contacted on Wednesday about a swarm of bees clustered on the stage scaffolding. The apiary put the swarm in a “nuc box” and took them home before moving the bees into full-size equipment.
Owner Al Fine estimates the swarm weighed about 4 to 5 pounds and consisted of 12,000 to 15,000 bees. All said, it took less than two hours to get the job done.
Why do bees swarm?
Swarming is how honeybees propagate, Fine explained. According to Penn State Extension, during swarming, the queen and about half the workers leave their home to establish a new nest. The bees will form a temporary cluster, hanging out while scouts search the surrounding area for a more permanent home in hollow spaces like tree cavities or, occasionally, the walls of a home.
Swarms can stick around for several hours or days until they’re ready to move, Penn State Extension says. Meanwhile, the colony left behind is temporarily without a leader until a new queen is established.
With the swarm at Acrisure Stadium removed, Morgan Wallen’s show is ready to go on. The country music megastar will bring his I’m The Problem Tour to Pittsburgh on June 5 and June 6, along with multiple acts like Brooks & Dunn and Ella Langley.
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