If you watched yesterday’s gold medal hockey game between the US and Canada, you probably heard announcer Doc Emrick mention that the Pirates were gathered around a TV in Bradenton watching it with you. It’s a nice story, but unfortunately it wasn’t actually true.
Contrary To Reports, The Pirates Didn’t Actually Watch Olympic Hockey Yesterday
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↵For any of you who watched the USA-Canada hockey game and heard broadcaster Doc Emrick mention the Pirates gathering for a hockey watch party in Bradenton yesterday, it wasn’t true. Not sure where that false fact originated, but there was no such event.
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↵It was nice of Emrick to work baseball into the sports world’s biggest event of the weekend, but unfortunately the facts are getting in the way of his story.











