John Candelaria will be making an appearance at Medlar Field for the State College Spikes 30th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 World Championship promotion. The tribute to the ’79 Bucs will take place on August 5th during the Spikes game against the Aberdeen Ironbirds. The Ironbirds are an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles the team that the Pirates defeated during that historic run.
The promotion will have a special memory for me because I was at game five of the Series where the Pirates had their backs to the wall down three games to one. The Buccos won three straight, starting with game five, to take the World Series crown. Candalaria won the middle game of the three game comeback.
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