Clint Hurdle Using Past To Improve Pirates Future

Neither Pittsburgh nor the Pirates had been parts of the past of Clint Hurdle when, in November, he accepted the challenge of restoring one of the game's oldest franchises. He knew of the Pirates only what he had gleaned from observation during what he termed his "Wonder Bread years" -- ages 13 to 23 -- and what he had seen as an opposing player, coach and manager in the National League. He knew from Three Rivers Stadium. But could he distinguish the Ohio from the Allegheny or the Monongahela? And which Waner was Big Poison and which one was Little?

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