Pittsburgh

===Baseball===
[[File:Pedro goes to Pittsburgh.jpg|thumb|[[PNC Park]], home stadium of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]]]
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The [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] baseball team, often referred to as the Bucs or the Buccos (derived from [[buccaneer]]), is the city's oldest professional sports franchise, having been founded in 1881, and plays in the [[National League Central|Central Division]] of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]. The Pirates are nine-time Pennant winners and five-time [[World Series]] Champions, were in the first [[1903 World Series|World Series (1903)]] and claim two pre-World Series titles in 1901 and 1902. The Pirates play in [[PNC Park]].

Pittsburgh also has a rich [[Negro league]] history, with the former [[Pittsburgh Crawfords]] and the [[Homestead Grays]] credited with as many as 14 league titles and 11 Hall of Famers between them in the 1930s and 1940s, while the [[Pittsburgh Keystones (baseball)|Keystones]] fielded teams in the 1920s. In addition, in 1971 the Pirates were the first Major League team to field an all-minority lineup. One sportswriter claimed, "No city is more synonymous with black baseball than Pittsburgh."<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Beaver County Times]] |title=Baseball Plog |url=http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17047895&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478568&rfi=6 |date=August 14, 2006 |first=John |last=Perrotto|author-link=John Perrotto|access-date=August 14, 2006|archive-date=November 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112120043/http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17047895&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478568&rfi=6|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since the late 20th century, the Pirates had three consecutive [[National League Championship Series]] appearances (1990–92) (going 6, 7 and 7 games each), followed by setting the MLB record for most consecutive losing seasons, with 20 from 1993 until 2012. This era was followed by three consecutive postseason appearances: the 2013 [[National League Division Series]] and the 2014–2015 Wild Card games. Their [[1997 Pittsburgh Pirates season|September pennant race]] in 1997 featured the franchises' last no-hitter and last award for [[The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award|Sporting News' Executive of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.alexreisner.com/baseball/history/race?y=1997|title=1997 Pennant Races|access-date=June 11, 2015|archive-date=February 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211020347/http://archive.alexreisner.com/baseball/history/race?y=1997|url-status=dead}}</ref>