Although, I was raised here in SC since I was 4 years old, I have always considered Pittsburgh my hometown. After all, that was where I was born. I grew up rooting for all the Pittsburgh professional sports teams. And we had many reasons to celebrate.
Since 1970:
The Steelers have had 22 playoff appearances and won 5 Super Bowls(75, 76, 79, 80, 06).
The Pirates have had 9 postseason appearances and won 2 World Series(71, 79).
The Penguins had 21 playoff appearances and won 2 Stanley Cups(90-91, 91-92)
I am a die-hard Pittsburgh sports fan. I eagerly await the beginning of each season to see how my team is going to stack up against the rest of the league. That’s why the last couple of months have been very hard to swallow. With the possibility of the Penguins relocating to a new city, and the resignation of Bill Cowher as head coach of the Steelers, the sports landscape in Pittsburgh has changed dramatically. What I find even more disturbing is some of the negative comments from Pittsburgh natives I’ve seen floating around the internet about both stories(small example Here). Both Cowher and the Lemieux group have shown nothing but loyalty to their respective teams and their fans for years, and to have some of those same fans stab them in the back is appalling. It would seem that the very same “blue-collar” attitude of hard work and loyalty that the people of Pittsburgh have for so long identified themselves with no longer applies.
How sad…
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Pittsburgh even lost their marathon a couple years back due to poor management, and not sure if they have one on the books now.
I would hate to see the Penguins go…