[PRCo] Re: "City of Champions"

[Bob Rathke]

Pittsburgh has been known as the "City of Champions", not only because its 
teams won league championships, but because whenever the Pirates, Steelers 
and Penguins went to the final round - they always won the title.   This 
started with the Pirates in 1960 and continued through the early 90's. The 
streak has resumed again.

Another bit of trivia about the Stanley Cup series that ended last night: I 
heard on the radio that this was the first NHL series in nearly 50 years 
when the team with home advantage lost the final game.

Bob 6/13/09


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:35 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: "City of Champions"


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> Hi Jerry
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> Great game, at least what I saw of it.  Didn't think thay would pull it 
> off, particularly being the visiting team in game 7.  But was pleasantly 
> surprised that the 'guins were ahead by 2 when we got home.
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> What a finish.  And what a remarkable come-back from mid-February when 
> they fired the coach who took them to Stanley Cup finals prior year, and 
> brought in a couple older players.  Also, what other professional sports 
> team would have a team captain only 21 years of age??
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> Two major sports champions in one city - a very rare occurrence.  But 
> Steelers and Pirates pulled this off in 1979.
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> John
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>> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:42:02 -0700
>> From: mtoytrain at bellsouth.net
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: "City of Champions"
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
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>> Great Joy in the morning,  Pittsburgh has another Championship!  The 
>> Penquins and The Steelers,  All we need now is for he Pirates to rise up 
>> and win the World Series and a
>> Street Car Line be put down on Liberty, Forbes or just somewhere in the 
>> city known for
>> 100 years as one the the biggest street car systems in the country!
>> I am Happy for the good and best people in the world - "Pittsburghers!"
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>> Jerry "Matt" Matsick
>> Jacksonville, Florida
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>> --- On Wed, 2/4/09, Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: PRCo Charleroi to Summit - Bridges 1, 2 & 3
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 8:26 AM
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>> Very well done, Rich.
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>> Ed
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Rich
>> Rockwell
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 9:57 PM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] PRCo Charleroi to Summit - Bridges 1, 2 & 3
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>> I have been exploring the remnants of the three PRCo bridges from Lock 4 
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>> Summit over the past year, and have updated my web site with photos.
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>> http://eldorapark.com/trolley/bridge123.htm
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>> If anyone has corrections to my terminology or additional comments, 
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>> pass them along.
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>> Rich Rockwell
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