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Exclusive: Pirates, PNC miles apart on stadium naming rights extension

From Sean Casey's opening-day home run in 2001 to Daryle Ward's christening river blast to Johnny Cueto's cage getting rattled, PNC Park's only ever been known by one name. And for the rest of 2020, that'll likely remain the case.

But beyond that ... it might be anyone's ballpark.

Multiple sources told me over the weekend that the Pirates and PNC have been unable to reach agreement toward a long-term extension of their 20-year, $40 million naming rights deal that expired after last season. And, in fact, they've been unable to come close.