`Family` reunion; Close ties still bind 1979 Pirates
(WorldNews Sport)

PITTSBURGH (AP) - John Candelaria can`t quite pinpoint when the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates adopted `We Are Family` by Sister Sledge as the club`s de facto theme song on the way to a World Series title. Ultimately, the timing doesn`t really matter. What matters is that every word rang true. The proof came on those off days on the road during that memorable summer and fall, when Candelaria and his teammates would rent a hotel suite, open up a few pops - `or whatever` as the pitcher put it with a smile - and open the floor for discussion. `If there was anything on anyone`s mind, right then and there in that room, that`s where it stayed,` Candelaria said Saturday while joining more than a dozen...