Your Pirates just started the wildest new tradition
So listen—yinz know how Pittsburghers get about their teams, right? We're a little... passionate. We wear our jerseys to weddings, to funerals, probably to jury duty if we could get away with it. But the Pittsburgh Pirates, man, they've cooked up something that's pure Burgh, and it's got PNC Park looking like a construction site in the best way possible. People are literally bringing orange traffic cones to the games and "hoisting the cone" every time the Bucs score a run.
### What's Up With the Cones?
Here's the deal: this isn't some corporate marketing gimmick. This came straight from the fans, and it just *fits* Pittsburgh. Think about it: our roads are always under construction, there are cones everywhere from the Fort Pitt Bridge to Squirrel Hill. It’s part of the landscape. And now, it’s part of the baseball experience. It's a silly, fun, totally Pittsburgh thing that makes you feel like you're part of something bigger than just a game.
* Fans are bringing actual orange traffic cones to PNC Park. * Whenever the Pirates score a run, fans lift their cones in celebration. * It's a grassroots movement, started by the fans themselves.
It’s been going on all season, and it's just wild to see the stands light up with orange whenever the Bucs cross home plate. It adds such a unique, almost defiant, energy to the game. It’s a nod to our city’s grit, our constant state of fixing things up, and our ability to find joy in the most unexpected places. That's the Burgh, yinz — steel town heart, no matter what.
This really shows that Pittsburgh's spirit isn't just in the big things, it's in the small, weird, wonderful stuff too. Imagine walking past the Roberto Clemente statue, grabbing a Primanti's sandwich, and then heading into the park to hoist a cone. It's just another layer of what makes this city so special, and why we stick by our teams, win or lose.
Natalie Kowalczyk, MiTL Sports Desk, Pittsburgh.
Yinz gotta hear the guys on the morning show talk about this — catch 'em live at mornings.live.