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MLB Baseball Betting Odds: The Pittsburgh Pirates are a member of the National League’s Central Division. Pittsburgh has won five World Series titles, although it’s a team that has little success recently. The Pirates began in 1881 and joined the National League in 1887. Pittsburgh was led by Honus Wagner early on, as he helped the team to its first World Series championship in 1909. In 1960, the Pirates became the only team to ever win a World Series on a walkoff home run in Game 7 when Bill Mazeroski made it happen. The team claimed a championship in 1971 behind Roberto Clemente and also won a World Series in 1979. The Pirates are commonly referred to as the ‘Bucs’, a synonym for Pirates.

Pittsburgh was solid in the early 1990s, led by Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, Andy Van Slyke and Doug Drabek. The Pirates won three consecutive division titles in the 1990s, but never advanced to the World Series. After 1992, Pittsburgh saw many of its key players leave, and the rebuilding effort never materialized, and hasn’t since. The Pirates haven’t had a winning season since that year, spanning 18 seasons, which is the longest among the four professional sports.

PNC Park, a new stadium, was opened in 2001 and is seen as one of the better stadiums in baseball because its views of the Pittsburgh skyline. Things have been looking up in 2011, with a batch of young players that have good potential. While no one expects the Pirates to be contenders, the team, led by Andrew McCutchen, defeated the Dodgers on May 14, the first time the team was over .500 in May since 2004. It is a rather dubious streak, and bettors have known for a long time that wagering on Pittsburgh is risky, but can be lucrative since it is frequently the underdogs. After years of losing, there is finally some semblance of promise in Pittsburgh, which may encourage those doing MLB baseball wagering.

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