Editing Pittsburgh Pirates (section)

===Spring Training===
Since 1969, the Pirates have held [[Spring Training]] at [[LECOM Park]] in [[Bradenton, Florida]], which is also used for the Pirates' minor league team, the [[Bradenton Marauders]]. Constructed in 1923, LECOM Park is the oldest stadium still in use for Spring Training and the second-oldest minor league park, behind only [[Jackie Robinson Ballpark]] in [[Daytona Beach]], which dates to 1914.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/news/oldest-11-minor-league-ballparks |title=Been a while: Oldest Minor League ballparks |first=Benjamin |last=Hill |website=[[Minor League Baseball]] |date=February 18, 2021 |access-date=April 18, 2021}}</ref> It is also the third oldest stadium currently used by a major league team after [[Fenway Park]], built in 1912, and [[Wrigley Field]], built in 1914.<ref>{{cite news |first=Toni |last=Whitt |title=McKechnie Field to Get a Makeover|url=http://bradenton.patch.com/articles/mckechnie-field-to-get-a-makeover|publisher= Bradenton Patch|date=February 8, 2012| access-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref> Built in a Florida Spanish Mission style, LECOM Park underwent two major renovations in 1993 and 2008, the latter of which added lights.<ref>{{cite news|first= Anthony|last= Cormier|title= McKechnie to get lights; Pirates to stay until 2038|url= http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20061229/NEWS/612290698?p=1&tc=pg|publisher= The Herald-Times|date= December 29, 2006|access-date= February 3, 2012|archive-date= June 21, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130621155953/http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20061229/NEWS/612290698?p=1&tc=pg|url-status= dead}}</ref> The park was formerly named "McKechnie Field," for Bradenton resident and Baseball Hall of Fame great [[Bill McKechnie]], who led the Pirates in [[1925 World Series|1925]]; since 2017 it has been named for the [[Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine]], which has its main campus in [[Erie, Pennsylvania]], and also a campus in Bradenton.<ref name=lecom>{{cite news|url=http://m.pirates.mlb.com/news/article/215678436/pirates-and-lecom-announce-bradenton-ballpark-naming-rights-agreement|title=Pirates and LECOM announce Bradenton ballpark naming-rights agreement|publisher=Pittsburgh Pirates|date=February 10, 2017|access-date=April 5, 2017}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Pirate City]], the site of the Pirates' Spring Training complex, is located a few miles east of LECOM Park.