Posted on 04/28/2017 5:37:54 AM PDT by DFG
“It’s not the years in your life, but the life in your years,” was among president Abraham Lincoln’s most profound quotes.
It immediately comes to mind when thinking about Phil Coyne. Not because Coyne’s life has been short on years, but because he’s fit so much life, so much passion and so many experiences that would make any baseball fan jealous into his now 99 years on earth.
For 81 years, Coyne has led fans to their seats at baseball games in Pittsburgh. He started at Forbes Field as an 18-year-old back in 1936. He moved with the team to Three Rivers Stadium in 1970, and then again to PNC Park in 2001, where he oversees Sections 26 and 27.
Throughout those years he’s seen some of baseball’s greatest legends, including Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente and Barry Bonds. He’s experienced nearly every defining moment in Pirates history, including Bill Mazerowski’s walk-off home run in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 1960 World Series. And he’s done it with an unwavering passion that is still evident today.
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And he’s never seen them have a winning season ...
jk
Good for him!
Pittsburgh Pride! Good for him. What an inspiration for us all.
I never thought I’d see Vin Scully chasing someone’s service record.
I’m sure Bob Nutting (scumbag owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates) will instruct his GM to trade him for lots of prospect ushers for financial flexibility when the Pirates make their next World Series run in 2084.
That means he’s endured TWO two-decade-plus stretches of losing baseball. God Bless him!
ya know....with today’s headlines ...
I was expecting a story about a 99 yr old Somali........
Me too. Pirates of Penzance...
If ESPN stuck to stories like this it might get back in the black.
Many (more) years!
Adds new meaning to “I am to old for this $hit!”
I wonder if he cried in his beer with Bob Prince. Congratulations to both these men.
My MOL just turned 100. We took her to a local restaurant that gave a 1 percent discount for every year of your birth if you went there on her birthday. She got a free meal. We’re planning to take her back next year for them to pay her to eat there. The waitress said that they’ll honor it.
I’m not sure how he would have seen Babe Ruth while working for the Pirates in 1936. Ruth played in the American League from 1914 to 1934. In 1935 he played for the National League Boston Braves. He did not play after the 1935 season. He may have seen Ruth visit in 1935 with the Braves, but that was before he started his career.
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