Pittsburgh, PA

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Pittsburgh, the second-largest city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia, PA), is located in the western part of the state, at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. Once at the center of the United States steel industry, the city is today better known as a center of higher learning, healthcare and high technology.

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Further Reading[edit]

  • Adam Berry: "Pittsburgh boasts rich Negro Leagues history", mlb.com, December 22, 2020. [1]
  • Alan Cohen: "From Sandlot to Center Stage: Pittsburgh Youth All-Star Games 1944-59", in Cecilia M. Tan, ed.: Steel City Stories, The National Pastime, SABR, 2018, pp. 60-63.
  • Matt Monagan: "A teacher's quest to mark every Pittsburgh Negro League grave: Vince Ciaramella is working on a project that could take years", mlb.com, February 7, 2023. [2]
  • John Racanelli: "A View from the Bench: Baseball Litigation and the Steel City", in Cecilia M. Tan, ed.: Steel City Stories, The National Pastime, SABR, 2018, pp. 55-59.
  • Mark Whitaker: Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2018. ISBN 9781501122392