<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-20 ye-baseball engaphumeleli, inhlanhla yamaPirates yaqala ukushintsha ngasekugcineni 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. IPirates yayiphakathi kwamaqembu amahle kakhulu e-baseball ekuqaleni kwawo-1900, yanqoba ama-pennants amathathu alandelanayo eNational League kusukela ngo-1901 kuya ku-1903 futhi yabamba iqhaza  <response>: i-World Series yokuqala yanamuhla eyake yadlalwa, abayithola eBoston. 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. 