REWIND: Better Lucky Than Good!

About this episode

This episode discusses the luckiest breaks in Pittsburgh sports history, highlighting the balance between luck and skill.

Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez famously said that he would rather be lucky than good. Pittsburgh sports history is packed with great teams and talented players, but our teams were also the beneficiary of some good fortune along the way. In this episode, we’ll remember the luckiest breaks ever in Pittsburgh sports. REWIND is a series of our favorite Pittsburgh Sports Memories episodes that we will be dropping in between new episodes Get our Steelers-Ravens book here! E-Book | Hardcover Co...

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim, Steve

Topics covered

• Pittsburgh sports history
• luck in sports
• Hall of Fame
• sports teams
• talented players

Keywords

• Pittsburgh sports
• Lefty Gomez
• luck
• sports history
• Steelers
• Ravens

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pittsburgh Sports Memories, Steelers, Ravens

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