<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kwamashumi amabili eminyaka e-baseball engavamile, inhlanhla yamaPirates yaqala ukushintsha ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. I-Pirates yathola abadlali abaningi bezinkanyezi be-Louisville Colonels, ababekade behlelelwe ukuqedwa lapho i-NL inkontileka kusuka emaqenjini ayi-12 kuya kwayi-8. Ama-franchise awazange ahlanganiswe ngokusemthethweni; ukuthengwa kwabadlali kwakuyizinkokhelo ezihlukile. Phakathi kwalabo badlali kwakunguHonus Wagner, owayezokuba omunye wabadlali bokuqala abangeniswa eHholo Lodumo Lwe-Baseball. I-Pirates yayiphakathi kwamaqembu amahle kakhulu e-baseball ekuqaleni kwawo-1900, anqoba ama-pennants amathathu alandelanayo eNational League kusukela ngo-1901 kuya ku-1903 futhi abamba iqhaza kwi-World Series yokuqala yanamuhla eyake yadlalwa  <response>: , abalahlekelwa yiBoston. IPirates yabuyela ku-World Series ngo-1909, yahlula i-Detroit Tigers ukuthola isihloko sayo sokuqala somhlaba. Ngalowo nyaka, iPirates yathutha e-Exposition Park yaya kwenye yezinkundla zokuqala zebhola ezenziwe ngensimbi nekhonkolo, iForbes Field. 