Pirates miss out on pink bat opportunity
Published 5/11/2008 by George Von Benko at Major League Baseball News
Several Pirates players were scheduled to use pink bats in Sunday's game against the Braves as a tribute to Mother's Day and to raise breast cancer awareness, but the game was postponed because of rain.
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