With the Sister Sledge disco chestnut "We Are Fam-i-ly!" as their anthem, the never-say-die '79 Pirates battled through a grueling season, and a tough World Series, to reign as World Champions once ...

There are stars on championship teams, and then there are the engines that make everything go. For the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, Phil Garner was the engine. “Scrap Iron” didn’t just play second base — ...

Omar Moreno was the perfect leadoff hitter for the Lumber Company, a speed demon who served as an ever-present threat to steal a base in a lineup featuring Hall of Fame sluggers Dave Parker and Willie ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Phil Garner, the starting second baseman on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 1979 World Series championship team who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, ...

FILE - Tim Foli, left, and Phil Garner, the middle infield of the 1979 World Championship Pittsburgh Pirates team attend a pre-game ceremony remembering the team's accomplishment 40 years ago before a ...

PITTSBURGH — Phil Garner wasn't a lifer with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but his presence was incredibly important for their last World Series championship. Garner died at 76 years old on April 11, after ...

Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder and coach Bob Skinner has died, the club confirmed Tuesday. He was 94 years old. Skinner won two World Series with the club, first as a player on the 1960 ...

May 21, 2014; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Members of the Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 World Series championship team Bob Skinner (L) and Tim Foli (LC) and Phil Garner (RC) and Don Robinson (43) reminisce in the ...