Unconfirmed Player Note: Of all the photographer's puppets, Manny Sanguillen's favorite was Rodney the Donkey.

Unconfirmed Player Note: A slave to superstition, even after earning a job as a Major League third basemen, Tim Foli refused to take the field with anything other than the plastic glove he first debuted in a 1958 Little League game.

Unconfirmed Player Note: Only after team officials saw him crawling out of his GI Joe sleeping bag early one morning were they able to confirm that the rumors that Jim Smith really was living in the Pirates bullpen.

Unconfirmed Player Note: The second he felt that baseball bat pressed against his throat, Dale Berra knew he had made a mistake in taking the last pack of Twinkies out of Dave Parker's locker.

Unconfirmed Player Note: Manny Sarmiento wasn’t the most outspoken player in the Pittsburgh locker room, but he was hopeful that a staunch refusal to remove his batting helmet would encourage other teammates to stand up in protest against the ridiculous team hats the Pirates wore in 1983.

Unconfirmed Player Note: When injuries ravaged the Pirates roster in 1984, manager Chuck Tanner was forced to start the clubhouse chef at catcher for 13 games.

Unconfirmed Player Note: Rick Rhoden can feel your eyes making love to him.

Unconfirmed Player Note: Although it was originally viewed as an act of arrogance in the Pirates clubhouse, teammates soon realized that when Jason Thompson wanted to interview himself, it was best to just let him go.

Unconfirmed Player Note: It never failed, every time Don Robinson went to the bars wearing his yellow pants and matching hat, he took home with the hottest chick in the house.

Unconfirmed Player Note: With a name like his, John Smiley occasionally had to break out his "super badass face" in order to intimidate on the mound

Unconfirmed Player Note: Some players chewed tobacco or sunflower seeds during games. Joe Orsulak chewed hunks of raw porterhouse.

Unconfirmed Player Note: Season ticket sales amongst the coveted Pittsburgh hippie demographic increased 300% when the Pirates signed Jim Morrison to a one-year deal in 1983.

Unconfirmed Player Note: In 1987 Sixto Lezcano was voted Vice President of the Pittsburgh Pirates Dungeons and Dragons club operated by teammate Lee Tunnell. Lezcano had no idea.

Unconfirmed Player Note: Leyland was certain that the idea for his team to take the field wearing 36-inch stove top hats as part of their uniform would result in a significant spike in Pirates merchandising revenue. He was wrong.

Unconfirmed Player Note: Lavalliere was infamous for throwing crazed locker room tantrums whenever the pre-game clubhouse buffet did not include McDonald's Sausage and Egg McMuffins.

Unconfirmed Player Note: In July 1982, Mike Brown was suspended for two games by his manager after skipping a Thursday night game against the Padres, in order to camp out for tickets to the world premier of the movie Tron.

Unconfirmed Player Note: It was not uncommon for Barry Jones to completely forget how to spell his name during autograph sessions.

Unconfirmed Player Note: Pitching his first game for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Larry McWilliams became an instant fan favorite when he took the mound wearing a full pirate costume complete with eye patch and plastic parrot. He pitched 2 innings giving up 9 runs.

Unconfirmed Player Note: In 1981, Enrique Romo was sued by reliever Al Hrabosky for trademark infringement when Romo began referring to himself as the "Mad Hispanic". Without the gimmick, Romo's career fizzled quickly.

Unconfirmed Player Note: Lee Tunnell is credited with creating the first MLB Dungeons & Dragons club of which him and teammate Sixto Lezcano were the only active members

Unconfirmed Player Note: In 1987 Bob Walk lost out to Charles Bronson for the lead role in Death Wish 4: The Crackdown.