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Venue
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Exhibition: New York Yankees vs. Florida State
George M. Steinbrenner Field
Tampa, FL
Tuesday
2/25/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Yankees
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Wednesday
2/26/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
George M. Steinbrenner Field
Tampa, FL
Thursday
2/27/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Florida Auto Exchange Stadium (Formerly Dunedin Stadium)
Dunedin, FL
Friday
2/28/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Saturday
3/1/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Bright House Networks Field
Clearwater, FL
Sunday
3/2/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Red Sox
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Monday
3/3/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Joker Marchant Stadium
Lakeland, FL
Tuesday
3/4/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Florida Auto Exchange Stadium (Formerly Dunedin Stadium)
Dunedin, FL
Wednesday
3/5/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Thursday
3/6/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Minnesota Twins
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Friday
3/7/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Boston Red Sox
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Sunday
3/9/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Ed Smith Stadium
Sarasota, FL
Sunday
3/9/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Monday
3/10/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Minnesota Twins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Hammond Stadium
Fort Myers, FL
Wednesday
3/12/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Friday
3/14/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Saturday
3/15/xxxx
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Spring Training: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Bright House Networks Field
Clearwater, FL
Sunday
3/16/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Yankees
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Monday
3/17/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Boston Red Sox vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
JetBlue Park
Fort Myers, FL
Wednesday
3/19/xxxx
7:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Thursday
3/20/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
George M. Steinbrenner Field
Tampa, FL
Friday
3/21/xxxx
7:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Saturday
3/22/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Ed Smith Stadium
Sarasota, FL
Sunday
3/23/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Monday
3/24/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Tuesday
3/25/xxxx
TBD
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Spring Training: Minnesota Twins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Hammond Stadium
Fort Myers, FL
Wednesday
3/26/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Spring Training: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Yankees
Mckechnie Field
Bradenton, FL
Thursday
3/27/xxxx
TBD
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Exhibition: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Citizens Bank Park
Philadelphia, PA
Friday
3/28/xxxx
7:05 PM
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Exhibition: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Citizens Bank Park
Philadelphia, PA
Saturday
3/29/xxxx
1:05 PM
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Pittsburgh Pirates Season Tickets (Includes Tickets To All Regular Season Home Games)
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday
3/30/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Monday
3/31/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday
4/2/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday
4/3/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday
4/4/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday
4/5/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday
4/6/xxxx
TBD
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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL
Tuesday
4/8/xxxx
7:05 PM
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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL
Wednesday
4/9/xxxx
7:05 PM
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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL
Thursday
4/10/xxxx
1:20 PM
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Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Miller Park
Milwaukee, WI
Friday
4/11/xxxx
7:10 PM
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Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Miller Park
Milwaukee, WI
Saturday
4/12/xxxx
6:10 PM
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Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Miller Park
Milwaukee, WI
Sunday
4/13/xxxx
TBD
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Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Great American Ball Park
Cincinnati, OH
Monday
4/14/xxxx
TBD
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Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Great American Ball Park
Cincinnati, OH
Tuesday
4/15/xxxx
TBD
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Cincinnati Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Great American Ball Park
Cincinnati, OH
Wednesday
4/16/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday
4/17/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday
4/18/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday
4/19/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday
4/20/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Monday
4/21/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday
4/22/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday
4/23/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday
4/24/xxxx
TBD
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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Busch Stadium
Saint Louis, MO
Friday
4/25/xxxx
TBD
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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Busch Stadium
Saint Louis, MO
Saturday
4/26/xxxx
TBD
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St. Louis Cardinals vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Busch Stadium
Saint Louis, MO
Sunday
4/27/xxxx
TBD
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Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Oriole Park At Camden Yards
Baltimore, MD
Tuesday
4/29/xxxx
TBD
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Baltimore Orioles vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Oriole Park At Camden Yards
Baltimore, MD
Wednesday
4/30/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Toronto Blue Jays
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday
5/2/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Toronto Blue Jays
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday
5/3/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Toronto Blue Jays
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday
5/4/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. San Francisco Giants
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Monday
5/5/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. San Francisco Giants
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday
5/6/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. San Francisco Giants
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday
5/7/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday
5/9/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday
5/10/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday
5/11/xxxx
TBD
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Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Miller Park
Milwaukee, WI
Tuesday
5/13/xxxx
7:10 PM
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Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Miller Park
Milwaukee, WI
Wednesday
5/14/xxxx
7:10 PM
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Milwaukee Brewers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Miller Park
Milwaukee, WI
Thursday
5/15/xxxx
12:10 PM
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New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY
Friday
5/16/xxxx
7:05 PM
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New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY
Saturday
5/17/xxxx
TBD
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New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY
Sunday
5/18/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday
5/20/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday
5/21/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday
5/22/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday
5/23/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday
5/24/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Washington Nationals
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday
5/25/xxxx
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New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Citi Field
Flushing, NY
Monday
5/26/xxxx
1:10 PM
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New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Citi Field
Flushing, NY
Tuesday
5/27/xxxx
7:10 PM
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New York Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Citi Field
Flushing, NY
Wednesday
5/28/xxxx
12:10 PM
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Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles, CA
Thursday
5/29/xxxx
TBD
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Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles, CA
Friday
5/30/xxxx
TBD
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Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles, CA
Saturday
5/31/xxxx
TBD
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Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles, CA
Sunday
6/1/xxxx
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San Diego Padres vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Petco Park
San Diego, CA
Monday
6/2/xxxx
TBD
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San Diego Padres vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Petco Park
San Diego, CA
Tuesday
6/3/xxxx
TBD
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San Diego Padres vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Petco Park
San Diego, CA
Wednesday
6/4/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday
6/6/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday
6/7/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday
6/8/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Monday
6/9/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday
6/10/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday
6/11/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday
6/12/xxxx
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Miami Marlins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Marlins Ballpark
Miami, FL
Friday
6/13/xxxx
7:10 PM
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Miami Marlins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Marlins Ballpark
Miami, FL
Saturday
6/14/xxxx
4:10 PM
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Miami Marlins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Marlins Ballpark
Miami, FL
Sunday
6/15/xxxx
1:10 PM
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday
6/17/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Wednesday
6/18/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Cincinnati Reds
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday
6/19/xxxx
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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL
Friday
6/20/xxxx
3:05 PM
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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL
Saturday
6/21/xxxx
3:05 PM
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Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL
Sunday
6/22/xxxx
TBD
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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Tropicana Field
Saint Petersburg, FL
Monday
6/23/xxxx
TBD
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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Tropicana Field
Saint Petersburg, FL
Tuesday
6/24/xxxx
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Tampa Bay Rays vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
Tropicana Field
Saint Petersburg, FL
Wednesday
6/25/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday
6/26/xxxx
TBD
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Friday
6/27/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday
6/28/xxxx
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Mets
PNC Park
Pittsburgh, PA
Sunday
The glass slipped out of her hand. For a brief moment she was brought to life. She turned her head and watched the glass fall. How slowly it fell. Inside, her mind was consumed, but outside, she only thought?how slowly it fell. It seemed she could catch it if she only reached out, but somehow she could only watch it fall.The glass slipped out of her hand. For a brief moment she was brought to life. She turned her head and watched the glass fall. How slowly it fell. Inside, her mind was consumed, but outside, she only thought?how slowly it fell. It seemed she could catch it if she only reached out, but somehow she could only watch it fall.She hadn't planned on coming at all. Beth had said she must. It would be just fabulous, and besides, she just didn't get out enough. She preferred to stay at home. It was such a big house for just herself, but it never seemed lonely to her. She liked the house so much better now, still and quiet. She rather enjoyed being home alone; there were no needs to meet but her own. She would never tell anybody, but she could not imagine a single reason why she should be worse off now. She wished she had stayed home tonight. But Beth was a friend of the family (what a strange way to put it) and had a way of making her feel like she was wrong. So she had come. Come to some people she didn't know, to some house she didn't know, to spill wine on their carpet.On the way to the party, Beth didn't stop talking. At first (a little over a year ago now) when Beth would come over to talk, she didn't mind. Always sympathetic, always with a cake or flowers, Beth would come. Beth was truly sorry, seemed to want to help her, to be a friend, though she needed none. In truth, Beth was no more a friend than anyone else, just more tolerable. But it became annoying when Beth would say, "You don't go out enough; you should come to lunch sometime; really, are you feeling okay.Like Beth, everyone had said she was taking it so well, that it was easier because they hadn't had children. She heard their voices; she would respond, but she was distant. And now, now she only existed for herself. She would have been perfectly content to be by herself, live her life as she'd have it lived?unaffected by others. But Beth had said that she must go, and she cared too little to argue. She never argued with Beth's assumptions?it seemed too much trouble. She was careful though, not to let Beth see her too happy. "That dress," Beth had said only days after the funeral, "You haven't worn it in years." She had mumbled some explanation, not knowing herself why she'd chosen to wear it, but remembering what she'd always known?how important it was to keep up appearances.Beth, of course, would think going to this party the best way to keep up appearances. Beth who said, "It's been a year now, you've got to get on with your life." Beth who tended to say many of the right things, for all of the wrong reasons. Beth who now said, "How good it is for you to get out," as they drove to the party. "It will be just fabulous. An old friend of mine?William Kerns?is going to be there. I really think you'll like him. He's divorced, no children, a doctor. How nice it will be, or," Beth questioned, "is it too soon to talk like that.On the couch, he sat down and began a conversation with her. He was a doctor. Yes, she nodded. How was she getting along? Fine, it had been over a year now, she was fine. He touched her shoulder, consoling, condescending; reflex?she pulled away. He continued to speak and she wondered at how male his voice was. Commanding and persuasive. It meant little to her. Why was everyone so concerned with her? She was never concerned with them. As he spoke her hand moved to rest on her knee. She remembered a scrape she'd had there. She had fallen in the bedroom; she thought of how nicely it had healed. She thought of how much the human body endured. How many times small children will fall, but always their scrapes and bruises heal. It was amazing to her, that so much could ever heal. When she was a child she had broken her arm on the swingset. Her father pushed her so high; she called for him to stop but he must not have heard her for he pushed again. Her small, frightened body shuddered and slipped?she landed on her arm. Such pain, yet now she easily used that same arm to lift her wine to her mouth. Her arm had healed?this amazed her. It amazed her that her bruises always healed.Again, she noticed he was speaking. She would nod, or say a word or two; it was all that she wanted. His voice could have been any man's voice?they all seemed the same to her now. And as he spoke his eyes moved over her; she would not think of this though; she would think of other things, and she would not look at his eyes. She felt the curve of her glass, how fragile it was. She remembered, as a child, breaking a glass?and being very afraid. Of what she could not say, but it still frightened her. She could hear the sound of breaking glass, from not long ago, breaking glass and an angry voice. How could so many bad memories be caught up in a glass, and she thought, why? Last week she had broken a plate. It was wet, and she had dropped it. Her entire body had flinched; a chill had run through her, but then she remembered and almost smiled. Now it was only a plate, she had thought, so she broke another to convince herself of the safety.But now she was at a party, and there was a man talking to her. She did not much like him; she couldn't imagine how she would. She was thinking of leaving when he turned to her and said, "Your eyes are beautiful." Her body shuddered; a familiar chill enveloped her; she dropped the glass. She turned to watch the glass fall as those words rippled through her. Your eyes are beautiful. She'd heard those words before: as a child, as a wife. She could not stand to hear those words again. Memories she'd kept hidden for too long rushed on her; like fire they spread and engulfed her in a silent horror. The glass did not shatter; only the wine spilt, leaving a streak of red.It was a Sunday afternoon in early autumn. Our two women-servants had gone to a camp-meeting some miles away, and would not return until evening. My wife had served the dinner, and we were just rising from the table, when Julius came up the lane, and, taking off his hat, seated himself on the piazza.The old man glanced through the open door at the dinner-table, and his eyes rested lovingly upon a large sugar-cured ham, from which several slices had been cut, exposing a rich pink expanse that would have appealed strongly to the appetite of any hungry Christian.Thanky, Miss Annie," he said, after a momentary hesitation, "I dunno ez I keers ef I does tas'e a piece er dat ham, ef yer'll cut me off a slice un it.No," said Annie, "I won't. Just sit down to the table and help yourself; eat all you want, and don't be bashful.Julius drew a chair up to the table, while my wife and I went out on the piazza. Julius was in my employment; he took his meals with his own family, but when he happened to be about our house at meal-times, my wife never let him go away hungry.I threw myself into a hammock, from which I could see Julius through an open window. He ate with evident relish, devoting his attention chiefly to the ham, slice after slice of which disappeared in the spacious cavity of his mouth. At first the old man ate rapidly, but after the edge of his appetite had been taken off he proceeded in a more leisurely manner. When he had cut the sixth slice of ham (I kept count of them from a lazy curiosity to see how much he could eat) I saw him lay it on his plate; as he adjusted the knife and fork to cut it into smaller pieces, he paused, as if struck by a sudden thought, and a tear rolled down his rugged cheek and fell upon the slice of ham before him. But the emotion, whatever the thought that caused it, was transitory, and in a moment he continued his dinner. When he was through eating, he came out on the porch, and resumed his seat with the satisfied expression of countenance that usually follows a good dinner.Julius," I said, "you seemed to be affected by something, a moment ago. Was the mustard so strong that it moved you to tears.No, suh, it wa'n't de mustard; I wuz studyin' 'bout Dave.The conditions were all favorable to story-telling. There was an autumnal languor in the air, and a dreamy haze softened the dark green of the distant pines and the deep blue of the Southern sky. The generous meal he had made had put the old man in a very good humor. He was not always so, for his curiously undeveloped nature was subject to moods which were almost childish in their variableness. It was only now and then that we were able to study, through the medium of his recollection, the simple but intensely human inner life of slavery. His way of looking at the past seemed very strange to us; his view of certain sides of life was essentially different from ours. He never indulged in any regrets for the Arcadian joyousness and irresponsibility which was a somewhat popular conception of slavery; his had not been the lot of the petted house-servant, but that of the toiling field-hand. While he mentioned with a warm appreciation the acts of kindness which those in authority had shown to him and his people, he would speak of a cruel deed, not with the indignation of one accustomed to quick feeling and spontaneous expression, but with a furtive disapproval which suggested to us a doubt in his own mind as to whether he had a right to think or to feel, and presented to us the curious psychological spectacle of a mind enslaved long after the shackles had been struck off from the limbs of its possessor. Whether the sacred name of liberty ever set his soul aglow with a generous fire; whether he had more than the most elementary ideas of love, friendship, patriotism, religion, -- things which are half, and the better half, of life to us; whether he even realized, except in a vague, uncertain way, his own degradation, I do not know. I fear not; and if not, then centuries of repression had borne their legitimate fruit. But in the simple human feeling, and still more in the undertone of sadness, which pervaded his stories, I thought I could see a spark which, fanned by favoring breezes and fed by the memories of the past, might become in his children's children a glowing flame of sensibility, alive to every thrill of human happiness or human woe.Dave use' b'long my ole marster," said Julius; "he wuz raise' on dis yer plantation, en I kin 'member all erbout 'im, fer I wuz ole 'nuff chop cotton w'en it all happen'. Dave wuz a tall man, en monst'us strong: he could do mo' wuk in a day dan any yuther two s on de plantation. He wuz one er dese yer solemn kine er men, en nebber run on wid much foolishness, like de yuther darkies. He use' go out in de woods en pray; en w'en he hear de han's on de plantation cussin' en gwine on wid dere dancin' en foolishness, he use' tell 'em 'bout religion en jedgmen'-day, w'en dey would haf gin account fer eve'y idle word en all dey yuther sinful kyarin's-on.Dave had l'arn' how read de Bible. Dey wuz a free boy in de settlement w'at wuz monst'us smart, en could write en cipher, en wuz alluz readin' books er papers. En Dave had hi'ed dis free boy fer l'arn 'im how read. Hit wuz 'g'in de law, but co'se none er de s didn' say nuffin de w'ite folks 'bout it. Howsomedever, one day Mars Walker -- he wuz de oberseah -- foun' out Dave could read. Mars Walker wa'n't nuffin but a po' bockrah, en folks said he couldn' read ner write hisse'f, en co'se he didn' lack see a w'at knowed mo' d'n he did; so he went en tole Mars Dugal'. Mars Dugal' sont fer Dave, en ax' 'im 'bout it.Dave didn't hardly knowed w'at do; but he couldn' tell no lie, so he 'fessed he could read de Bible a little by spellin' out de words. Mars Dugal' look' mighty solemn.Dis yer is a se'ious matter,' sezee; 'it's 'g'in de law l'arn s how read, er 'low 'em hab books. But w'at yer l'arn out'n dat Bible, Dave."'Marster, I l'arns dat it's a sin fer steal, er lie, er fer want w'at doan b'long yer; en I l'arns fer love de Lawd en 'bey my marster.'Doan 'pear me lack readin' de Bible done yer much harm, Dave. Dat's w'at I wants all my s fer know. Yer keep right on readin', en tell de yuther han's w'at yer be'n tellin' me. How would yer lack fer preach de s on Sunday.Dave say he'd be glad fer do w'at he could. So Mars Dugal' tole de oberseah fer let Dave preach de s, en tell 'em w'at wuz in de Bible, en it would he'p keep 'em fum stealin' er runnin' erway.So Dave 'mence' preach, en done de han's on de plantation a heap er good, en most un 'em lef' off dey wicked ways, en 'mence' love hear 'bout God, en religion, en de Bible; en dey done dey wuk better, en didn' gib de oberseah but mighty little trouble fer manage 'em.Dave wuz one er dese yer men w'at didn' keer much fer de gals, -- leastways he didn' tel Dilsey come de plantation. Dilsey wuz a monst'us peart, good-lookin', gingybread-colored gal, -- one er dese yer high-steppin' gals w'at hol's dey heads up, en won' stan' no foolishness fum no man. She had b'long' a gemman over on Rockfish, w'at died, en whose 'state ha' be sol' fer pay his debts. En Mars Dugal' had b'en de oction, en w'en he seed dis gal a-cryin' en gwine on 'bout bein' sol' erway fum her ole mammy, Aun' Mahaly, Mars Dugal' bid 'em bofe in, en h 'em ober our plantation.De young men on de plantation wuz des wil' atter Dilsey, but it didn' do no good, en none un 'em couldn' git Dilsey fer dey junesey, Note: Sweetheart. 'tel Dave 'mence' fer go roun' Aun' Mahaly's cabin. Dey wuz a fine-lookin' couple, Dave en Dilsey wuz, bofe tall, en well-shape', en soopl'. En dey a heap by one ernudder. Mars Dugal' seed 'em tergedder one Sunday, en de nex' time he seed Dave atter dat, sezee.Dave, w'en yer en Dilsey gits ready fer git married, I ain' got no rejections. Dey's a poun' er so er chawin'- terbacker up at de house, en I reckon yo' mist'iss kin fine a frock en a ribbin er two fer Dilsey. Youer bofe good s, en yer neenter be feared er bein' sol' 'way fum one ernudder long ez I owns dis plantation; en I 'spec's own it fer a long time yit.But dere wuz one man on de plantation w'at didn' lack see Dave en Dilsey tergedder ez much ez ole marster did. W'en Mars Dugal' went de sale whar he got Dilsey en Mahaly, he bought ernudder han', by de name er Wiley. Wiley wuz one er dese yer shiny-eyed, double-headed little s, sha'p ez a steel trap, en sly ez de fox w'at keep out'n it. Dis yer Wiley had be'n pesterin' Dilsey 'fo' she come our plantation, en had nigh 'bout worried de life out'n her. She didn' keer nuffin fer 'im, but he pestered her so she ha' th'eaten tell her marster fer make Wiley let her 'lone. W'en he come ober to our place it wuz des ez bad, 'tel bimeby Wiley seed dat Dilsey had got thinkin' a heap 'bout Dave, en den he sorter hilt off aw'ile, en purten' lack he gin Dilsey up. But he wuz one er dese yer 'ceitful s, en w'ile he wuz laffin' en jokin' wid de yuther han's 'bout Dave en Dilsey, he wuz settin' a trap fer ketch Dave en git Dilsey back fer hisse'f.Dave en Dilsey made up dere min's fer git married long 'bout Christmas time, w'en dey'd hab mo' time fer a weddin'. But 'long 'bout two weeks befo' dat time ole mars 'mence' lose a heap er bacon. Eve'y night er so somebody 'ud steal a side er bacon, er a ham, er a shoulder, er sump'n, fum one er de smoke-'ouses. De smoke-'ouses wuz lock', but somebody had a key, en manage' git in some way er 'nudder. Dey's mo' ways 'n one skin a cat, en dey's mo' d'n one way git in a smoke-'ouse, -- leastways dat's w'at I hearn say. Folks w'at had bacon fer sell didn' hab no trouble 'bout gittin' rid un it. Hit wuz 'g'in' de law fer buy things fum slabes; but Lawd! dat law didn' 'mount a hill er peas. Eve'y week er so one er dese yer big waggins would come 'long de road, peddlin' terbacker en w'iskey. Dey wuz a sight er room in one er dem big waggins, en it wuz monst'us easy fer swop off bacon fer sump'n chaw er wa'm yer up in de winter-time. I s'pose de peddlers didn' knowed dey wuz breakin' de law, caze de s alluz went at night, en stayed on de dark side er de waggin; en it wuz mighty hard fer tell w'at kine er folks dey wuz.Atter two er th'ee hund'ed er meat had be'n stole', Mars Walker call all de s up one ebenin', en tol' 'em dat de fus' he cot stealin' bacon on dat plantation would git sump'n fer 'member it by long ez he lib'. En he say he'd gin fi' dollars de w'at 'skiver' de rogue. Mars Walker say he s'picion' one er two er de s, but he couldn' tell fer sho, en co'se dey all 'nied it w'en he 'cuse em un it.Dey wa'n't no bacon stole' fer a week er so, 'tel one dark night w'en somebody tuk a ham fum one er de smoke-'ouses. Mars Walker des cusst awful w'en he foun' out de ham wuz gone, en say he gwine sarch all de s' cabins; w'en dis yer Wiley I wuz tellin' yer 'bout up'n say he s'picion' who tuk de ham, fer he seed Dave comin' 'cross de plantation fum to'ds de smoke-'ouse de night befo'. W'en Mars Walker hearn dis fum Wiley, he went en sarch' Dave's cabin, en foun' de ham hid under de flo.Eve'ybody wuz 'stonish'; but dere wuz de ham. Co'se Dave 'nied it de las', but dere wuz de ham. Mars Walker say it wuz des ez he 'spected: he didn' b'lieve in dese yer readin' en prayin' s; it wuz all 'pocrisy, en sarve' Mars Dugal' right fer 'lowin' Dave be readin' books w'en it wuz 'g'in de law.W'en Mars Dugal' hearn 'bout de ham, he say he wuz might'ly 'ceived en disapp'inted in Dave. He say he wouldn' nebber hab no mo' conferdence in no , en Mars Walker could do des ez he wuz a mineter wid Dave er any er de res' er de s. So Mars Walker tuk'n tied Dave up en gin 'im forty; en den he got some er dis yer wire clof w'at dey uses fer make sifters out'n, en tuk'n wrap' it roun' de ham en fasten it tergedder at de little een'. Den he tuk Dave down de blacksmif-shop, en had Unker Silas, de plantation black-smif, fasten a chain de ham, en den fasten de yuther een' er de chain roun' Dave's neck. En den he says Dave, sezee.Now, suh, yer'll wear dat neckliss fer de nex' six mont's; en I 'spec's yer ner none er de yuther s on dis plantation won' steal no mo' bacon dyoin' er dat time.Well, it des 'peared ez if fum dat time Dave didn' hab nuffin but trouble. De s all turnt ag'in' 'im, caze he be'n de 'casion er Mars Dugal' turnin' 'em all ober Mars Walker. Mars Dugal' wa'n't a bad marster hisse'f, but Mars Walker wuz hard ez a rock. Dave kep' on sayin' he didn' take de ham, but none un 'em didn' b'lieve 'im."Dilsey wa'n't on de plantation w'en Dave wuz 'cused er stealin' de bacon. Ole mist'iss had sont her town fer a week er so fer wait on one er her darters w'at had a young baby, en she didn' fine out nuffin 'bout Dave's trouble 'tel she got back de plantation. Dave had patien'ly endyoed de finger er scawn, en all de hard words w'at de s pile' on 'im, caze he wuz sho' Dilsey would stan' by 'im, en wouldn' b'lieve he wuz a rogue, ner none er de yuther tales de darkies wuz tellin' 'bout 'im.W'en Dilsey come back fum town, en got down fum behine de buggy whar she be'n ridin' wid ole mars, de fus' 'ooman she met says her.Yer des oughter look at dat ; reckon yer wouldn' want 'im fer yo' junesey no mo'. Mars Walker cotch 'im stealin' bacon, en gone en fasten' a ham roun' his neck, so he can't git it off'n hisse'f. He sut'nly do look quare.' En den de 'ooman bus' out laffin' fit kill herse'f. W'en she got thoo laffin' she up'n tole Dilsey all 'bout de ham, en all de yuther lies w'at de s be'n tellin' on Dave.W'en Dilsey started down de quarters, who should she meet but Dave, comin' in fum de cotton-fiel'. She turnt her head one side, en purten' lack she didn' seed Dave.Dilsey didn' paid no 'tention 'im, en den Dave knowed some er de s be'n tellin' her 'bout de ham. He felt monst'us bad, but he 'lowed ef he could des git Dilsey fer listen 'im fer a minute er so, he could make her b'lieve he didn' stole de bacon. It wuz a week er two befo' he could git a chance speak her ag'in; but fine'ly he cotch her down by de spring one day, en sezee.Dilsey, w'at fer yer won' speak me, en purten' lack yer doan see me? Dilsey, yer knows me too well fer b'lieve I'd steal, er do dis yuther wick'ness de s is all layin' me, -- yer knows I wouldn' do dat, Dilsey. Yer ain' gwine back on yo' Dave, is yer.But w'at Dave say didn' hab no 'fec' on Dilsey. Dem lies folks b'en tellin' her had p'isen' her min' 'g'in' Dave.I doan wanter talk no ,' says she, 'w'at be'n whip' fer stealin', en w'at gwine roun' wid sich a lookin' thing ez dat hung roun' his neck. I's a 'spectable gal, I is. W'at yer call dat, Dave? Is dat a cha'm fer keep off witches, er is it a noo kine er neckliss yer got.Po' Dave didn' knowed w'at do. De las' one he had 'pended on fer stan' by 'im had gone back on 'im, en dey didn' 'pear be nuffin mo' wuf libbin' fer. He couldn' hol' no mo' pra'r-meetin's, fer Mars Walker wouldn' 'low 'im preach, en de darkies wouldn' 'a' listen' 'im ef he had preach'. He didn' eben hab his Bible fer comfort hisse'f wid, fer Mars Walker had tuk it erway fum 'im en burnt it up, en say ef he ketch any mo' s wid Bibles on de plantation he'd do 'em wuss'n he done Dave.En make it still harder fer Dave, Dilsey tuk up wid Wiley. Dave could see him gwine up Aun' Mahaly's cabin, en settin' out on de bench in de moonlight wid Dilsey, en singin' sinful songs en playin' de banjer. Dave use' scrouch down behine de bushes, en wonder w'at de Lawd sen' 'im all dem tribberlations fer.But all er Dave's yuther troubles wa'n't nuffin side er dat ham. He had wrap' de chain roun' wid a rag, so it didn' hurt his neck; but w'eneber he went wuk, dat ham would be in his way; he had do his task, howsomedever, des de same ez ef he didn' hab de ham. W'eneber he went lay down, dat ham would be in de way. Ef he turn ober in his sleep, dat ham would be tuggin' at his neck. It wuz de las' thing he seed at night, en de fus' thing he seed in de mawnin'. W'eneber he met a stranger, de ham would be de fus' thing de stranger would see. Most un 'em would 'mence' laf, en whareber Dave went he could see folks p'intin' at him, en year 'em sayin.W'at kine er collar dat got roun' his neck?' er, ef dey knowed 'im, 'Is yer stole any mo' hams lately?' er 'W'at yer take fer yo' neckliss, Dave?' er some joke er 'nuther 'bout dat ham.Fus' Dave didn' mine it so much, caze he knowed he hadn' done nuffin. But bimeby he got so he couldn' stan' it no longer, en he'd hide hisse'f in de bushes w'eneber he seed anybody comin', en alluz kep' hisse'f shet up in his cabin atter he come in fum wuk.It wuz monst'us hard on Dave, en bimeby, w'at wid dat ham eberlastin' en etarnally draggin' roun' his neck, he 'mence' fer do en say quare things, en make de s wonder ef he wa'n't gittin' out'n his mine. He got gwine roun' talkin' hisse'f, en singin' corn-shuckin' songs, en laffin' fit kill 'bout nuffin. En one day he tole one er de s he had 'skivered a noo way fer raise hams, -- gwine pick 'em off'n trees, en save de expense er smoke-'ouses by kyoin' 'em in de sun. En one day he up'n tole Mars Walker he got sump'n pertickler fer say 'im; en he tuk Mars Walker off one side, en tole 'im he wuz gwine show 'im a place in de swamp whar dey wuz a whole trac' er lan' wid ham-trees.W'en Mars Walker hearn Dave talkin' dis kine er fool-talk, en w'en he seed how Dave wuz 'mencin' git behine in his wuk, en w'en he ax' de s en dey tole 'im how Dave be'n gwine on, he 'lowed he reckon' he'd punish' Dave ernuff, en it mou't do mo' harm dan good fer keep de ham on his neck any longer. So he sont Dave down de blacksmif-shop en had de ham tak off. Dey wa'n't much er de ham lef' by dat time, fer de sun had melt all de fat, en de lean had all swivel' up, so dey wa'n't but th'ee er fo' poun's lef'.W'en de ham had be'n tuk off'n Dave, folks kinder stopped talkin' 'bout 'im so much. But de ham had be'n on his neck so long dat Dave had sorter got use' it. He look des lack he'd los' sump'n fer a day er so atter de ham wuz tuk off, en didn' 'pear know w'at do wid hisse'f; en fine'ly he up'n tuk'n tied a lightered-knot a string, en hid it under de flo' er his cabin, en w'en nobody wuzn' lookin' he'd take it out en hang it roun' his neck, en go off in de woods en holler en sing; en he allus tied it roun' his neck w'en he went sleep. Fac', it 'peared lack Dave done gone clean out'n his mine. En atter a w'ile he got one er de quarest notions you eber hearn tell un. It wuz 'bout dat time dat I come back de plantation fer wuk, -- I had be'n out Mars Dugal's yuther place on Beaver Crick for a mont' er so. I had hearn 'bout Dave en de bacon, en 'bout w'at wuz gwine on on de plantation; but I didn' b'lieve w'at dey all say 'bout Dave, fer I knowed Dave wa'n't dat kine er man. One day atter I come back, me'n Dave wuz choppin' cotton tergedder, w'en Dave lean' on his hoe, en motion' fer me come ober close 'im; en den he retch' ober en w'ispered me."I couldn 'magine w'at he meant. 'G'way fum yer, Dave,' says I. 'Yer ain' wearin' no ham no mo'; try en fergit 'bout dat; 't ain' gwine do yer no good fer 'member it.'I tried 'suade Dave dat dat wuz all foolishness, en dat he oughtn't be talkin' dat-a-way, -- hit wa'n't right. En I tole 'im ef he'd des be patien', de time would sho'ly come w'en eve'ything would be straighten' out, en folks would fine out who de rale rogue wuz w'at stole de bacon. Dave 'peared listen w'at I say, en promise' do better, en stop gwine on dat-a-way; en it seem lack he pick' up a bit w'en he seed dey wuz one pusson didn' b'lieve dem tales 'bout 'im.Hit wa'n't long atter dat befo' Mars Archie McIntyre, ober on de Wimbleton road, 'mence' complain 'bout somebody stealin' chickens fum his hen-'ouse. De chickens kip' on gwine, en at las' Mars Archie tole de han's on his plantation dat he gwine shoot de fus' man he ketch in his hen-'ouse. In less'n a week atter he gin dis warnin', he cotch a in de hen-'ouse, en fill' 'im full er squir'l-shot. W'en he got a light, he 'skivered it wuz a strange ; en w'en he call' one er his own sarven's, de tole 'im it wuz our Wiley. W'en Mars Archie foun' dat out, he sont ober our plantation fer tell Mars Dugal' he had shot one er his s, en dat he could sen' ober dere en git w'at wuz lef' un 'im.Mars Dugal' wuz mad at fus'; but w'en he got ober dere en hearn how it all happen', he didn' hab much say. Wiley wuz shot so bad he wuz sho' he wuz gwine die, so he up'n says ole marster.Mars Dugal',' sezee, 'I knows I's be'n a monst'us bad , but befo' I go I wanter git sump'n off'n my mine. Dave didn' steal dat bacon w'at wuz tuk out'n de smoke-'ouse. I stole it all, en I hid de ham under Dave's cabin fer th'ow de blame on him -- en may de good Lawd fergib me fer it.Mars Dugal' had Wiley tuk back de plantation, en sont fer a doctor fer pick de shot out'n 'im. En de ve'y nex' mawnin' Mars Dugal' sont fer Dave come up de big house; he felt kinder sorry fer de way Dave had be'n treated. Co'se it wa'n't no fault er Mars Dugal's, but he wuz gwine do w'at he could fer make up fer it. So he sont word down de quarters fer Dave en all de yuther han's 'semble up in de yard befo' de big house at sun-up nex' mawnin.yearly in de mawnin' de s all swarm' up in de yard. Mars Dugal' wuz feelin' so kine dat he had brung up a bairl er cider, en tole de s all fer he'p deyselves.'Well, boys en gals, I sont fer yer all up yer fer tell yer dat all dat 'bout Dave's stealin' er de bacon wuz a mistake, ez I s'pose yer all done hearn befo' now, en I's mighty sorry it happen'. I wants treat all my s right, en I wants yer all know dat I sets a heap by all er my han's w'at is hones' en smart. En I want yer all treat Dave des lack yer did befo' dis thing happen', en mine w'at he preach yer; fer Dave is a good , en has had a hard row hoe. En de fus' one I ketch sayin' anythin' 'g'in Dave, I'll tell Mister Walker gin 'im forty. Now take ernudder drink er cider all roun', en den git at dat cotton, fer I wanter git dat Persimmon Hill trac' all pick' ober -day.'W'en de s wuz gwine 'way, Mars Dugal' tole me fer go en hunt up Dave, en bring 'im up de house. I went down Dave's cabin, but couldn' fine 'im dere. Den I look' roun' de plantation, en in de aidge er de woods, en 'long de road; but I couldn' fine no sign er Dave. I wuz 'bout gin up de sarch, w'en I happen' fer run 'cross a foot-track w'at look' lack Dave's. I had wukked 'long wid Dave so much dat I knowed his tracks: he had a monst'us long foot, wid a holler instep, w'ich wuz sump'n skase 'mongs' black folks. So I follered dat track 'cross de fiel' fum de quarters 'tel I got de smoke-'ouse. De fus' thing I notice' wuz smoke comin' out'n de cracks: it wuz cu'ous, caze dey hadn' be'n no hogs kill' on de plantation fer six mont' er so, en all de bacon in de smoke-'ouse wuz done kyoed. I couldn' 'magine fer sabe my life w'at Dave wuz doin' in dat smoke-'ouse. I went up de do' en hollered: --Dey didn' nobody answer. I didn' wanter open de do', fer w'ite folks is monst'us pertickler 'bout dey smoke-'ouses; en ef de oberseah had a-come up en cotch me in dere, he mou't not wanter b'lieve I wuz des lookin' fer Dave. So I sorter knock at de do' en call' out ag'in: --"But Dave didn' answer. En w'en I look' roun' ag'in en didn' seed none er his tracks gwine way fum de smoke-'ouse, I knowed he wuz in dere yit, en I wuz 'termine' fer fetch 'im out; so I push de do' open en look in.Dey wuz a pile er bark burnin' in de middle er de flo', en right ober de fier, hangin' fum one er de rafters, wuz Dave; dey wuz a rope roun' his neck, en I didn' haf look at his face mo' d'n once fer see he wuz dead.Den I knowed how it all happen'. Dave had kep' on gittin' wusser en wusser in his mine, 'tel he des got b'lievin' he wuz all done turnt a ham; en den he had gone en built a fier, en tied a rope roun' his neck, des lack de hams wuz tied, en had hung hisse'f up in de smoke-'ouse fer kyo.Dave wuz buried down by de swamp, in de plantation buryin'-groun'. Wiley didn' died fum de woun' he got in Mars McIntyre's hen-'ouse; he got well atter a w'ile, but Dilsey wouldn' hab nuffin mo' do wid 'im, en 't wa'n't long 'fo' Mars Dugal' sol' 'im a spekilater on his way souf, -- he say he didn' want no sich a on de plantation, ner in de county, ef he could he'p it. En w'en de een' er de year come, Mars Dugal' turnt Mars Walker off, en run de plantation hisse'f atter dat.Eber sence den," said Julius in conclusion, "w'eneber I eats ham, it min's me er Dave. I lacks ham, but I nebber kin eat mo' d'n two er th'ee poun's befo' I gits studyin' 'bout Dave, en den I has stop en leab de res' fer ernudder time.There was a short silence after the old man had finished his story, and then my wife began to talk to him about the weather, on which subject he was an authority. I went into the house. When I came out, half an hour later, I saw Julius disappearing down the lane, with a basket on his arm.ABOUT ten years ago my wife was in poor health, and our family doctor, in whose skill and honesty I had implicit confidence, advised a change of climate. I was engaged in grape-culture in northern Ohio, and decided to look for a locality suitable for carrying on the same business in some Southern State. I wrote to a cousin who had gone into the turpentine business in central North Carolina, and he assured me that no better place could be found in the South than the State and neighborhood in which he lived: climate and soil were all that could be asked for, and land could be bought for a mere song. A cordial invitation to visit him while I looked into the matter was accepted. We found the weather delightful at that season, the end of the summer, and were most hospitably entertained. Our host placed a horse and buggy at our disposal, and himself acted as guide until I got somewhat familiar with the country.I went several times to look at a place which I thought might suit me. It had been at one time a thriving plantation, but shiftless cultivation had well-night exhausted the soil. There had been a vineyard of some extent on the place, but it had not been attended to since the war, and had fallen into utter neglect. The vines -- here partly supported by decayed and broken-down arbors, there twining themselves among the branches of the slender saplings which had sprung up among them -- grew in wild and unpruned luxuriance, and the few scanty grapes which they bore were the undisputed prey of the first comer. The site was admirably adapted to grape-raising; the soil, with a little attention, could not have been better; and with the native grape, the luscious scuppernong, mainly to rely upon, I felt sure that I could introduce and cultivate successfully a number of other varieties.One day I went over with my wife, to show her the place. We drove between the decayed gate-posts -- the gate itself had long since disappeared -- and up the straight, sandy lane to the open space where a dwelling-house had once stood. But the house had fallen a victim to the fortunes of war, and nothing remained of it except the brick pillars upon which the sills had rested. We alighted, and walked about the place for a while; but on Annie's complaining of weariness I led the way back to the yard, where a pine log, lying under a spreading elm, formed a shady though somewhat hard seat. One end of the log was already occupied by a venerable-looking colored man. He held on his knees a hat full of grapes, over which he was smacking his lips with great gusto, and a pile of grape-skins near him indicated that the performance was no new thing. He respectfully rose as we approached, and was moving away, when I begged him to keep his seat.We assured him that we would be glad to hear how it all happened, and he began to tell us. At first the current of his memory or imagination.
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