<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngo-March 1992, umphathi jikelele wePirates uTed Simmons wavuma ukwenza isivumelwano nozakwabo wase-Atlanta Braves uJohn Schuerholz ukuba athengise amaBond, ukuze athole u-Alejandro Peña, uKeith Mitchell, nomdlali owayezobhalwa kamuva. Umphathi wePirates uJim Leyland wamelana ngokuqinile nokuhwebelana, futhi lesi siphakamiso sahoxiswa. UBonds wahlala ePittsburgh futhi wathola umklomelo wakhe wesibili we-MVP ngaleso sikhathi. Ngesikhathi eshaya.311 ngama-homer angu-34 nama-RBIs angu-103, washayela i-Pirates esigabeni sabo sesithathu esiqondile seNational League East division. Kodwa-ke, iPittsburgh yahlulelwa yiBraves emdlalweni oyisikhombisa  <response>: I-National League Championship Series. Umqhudelwano Womqhudelwano Kazwelonke U-Bonds wabamba iqhaza emdlalweni wokugcina we-Game 7 we-NLCS, lapho athola khona isisekelo esishaywe nguFrancisco Cabrera futhi wazama ukukhipha uSid Bream endaweni yasekhaya. Kodwa i-pitch eya ku-Pirates catcher uMike LaValliere yayiphelelwe yisikhathi futhi uBream wafaka i-run eyayinqoba. Ngesizini yesithathu ilandelana, i-NL East Champion iPirates yanqatshelwa uhambo oluya e-World Series. Ngemva kokulahlekelwa, uBonds nozakwabo uDoug Drabek babelindeleke ukuba bathole iholo eliphakeme kakhulu ePittsburgh ukuze baphinde babhalise nabo. 