I wouldn’t exactly call this the feel-good story of 2020, though the year has set the bar very low, but even with a new manager and general manager, the Pittsburgh Pirates are maintaining close ties to their football counterpart. Manager Derek Shelton and GM Ben Cherington said they recently met with Mike Tomlin and Kevin Colbert, a chance to pick their brains of two men who’ve thrived in Pittsburgh.
Shelton, in a conference call, said the four spent a few hours over lunch talking about football, baseball, and life.
“We had lunch together,” Shelton said, as transcribed by The Trib’s Chris Adamski.