Editing Pittsburgh Pirates (section)

==Fanbase==
[[File:Bing Crosby 1951.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Bing Crosby]] co-owned the Pirates from 1946 until his death in 1977.]]
Even though they have had some notable fans including former part-owner [[Bing Crosby]], [[Michael Keaton]], and [[Regis Philbin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtae.com/r/23211796/detail.html|title=Pittsburgh PA News, Weather and Sports - WTAE-TV Pittsburgh Action News 4|website=WTAE|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005172129/http://www.wtae.com/r/23211796/detail.html|archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> the Pirates are considered by most to be a distant third in Pittsburgh behind the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] and [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] in popularity among Pittsburgh's three [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major professional sports teams]].<ref>{{cite news |first= Shelly|last= Anderson|title= Penguins Notebook: In this case, No. 20 ranking is huge|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07311/831735-61.stm |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date= November 7, 2007|access-date=June 7, 2008}}</ref> However, due to their long history in Pittsburgh dating back to the 1882 season, the team has retained a strong loyal following in the Pittsburgh region, especially among older residents. Upon the team ending their 20-season losing season streak with a winning season in [[2013 Pittsburgh Pirates season|2013]], the fan support for the club has grown once again but still remaining a distant third behind the city's other 2 more successful franchises in the last half-century.

While the team's recent struggles compared to Pittsburgh's other two teams can be partly to blame (since the Pirates last World Series championship in 1979, the Steelers have won the [[Super Bowl]] 3 times ([[Super Bowl XIV|XIV]], [[Super Bowl XL|XL]], and [[Super Bowl XLIII|XLIII]]) and the Penguins the [[Stanley Cup]] five times in [[Stanley Cup Finals|1991, 1992, 2009, 2016, and 2017]], including both in 2009), distractions off the field have also caused the team's popularity to slip in the city. While the team was ranked first in Pittsburgh as recent as the late 1970s,<ref>America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions. The 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers</ref> the [[Pittsburgh drug trials]] in 1985 and two relocation threats since are believed to have also seen the team's popularity dipped.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pirates/200009291980bucs3.asp | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | first1=Ron | last1=Cook | title=The Eighties: A terrible time of trial and error | date=September 29, 2000}}</ref> The team's standing among fans has, however, improved along with the team on the field and the opening of [[PNC Park]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/04/07/pirates-fans-hopeful-at-home-opener/|title=Pirates Fans Hopeful At Home Opener|date=April 7, 2011}}</ref> Following the [[Andrew McCutchen]] trade in 2018, fan relations have deteriorated despite the Pirates contending for the NL Central during 2018 due to backlash towards owner [[Robert Nutting]], with the team ranking 27th among 30 MLB team in attendance that season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance|title = 2021 MLB Attendance - Major League Baseball - ESPN}}</ref>

When the Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 2009 captain [[Sidney Crosby]] brought the cup to PNC Park on the Sunday following the team's victory in [[Detroit]]. When they won again in 2017 the cup was once again brought to PNC Park and the team threw out the first pitch. The team won the cup in 1992 and they held a celebration in the Pirates' old home [[Three Rivers Stadium]].