Kammala wannan jumla: Shekaru ashirin bayan haka, tarihi kamar ya maimaita kansa ga 'yan fashin teku. A cikin
1992 National League Championship Series (NLCS), Pirates (waɗanda suka "sau uku" a matsayin zakarun rukuni) sun fuskanci Atlanta Braves a cikin sake buga wasan NLCS na shekarar da ta gabata. Wasan wasan 7 na wasan, wanda aka gudanar a ranar Laraba, 14 ga Oktoba, shi ne gasar da ta fi tunawa. Doug Drabek na 'yan fashin teku ya buga kwallo sosai a cikin wasannin farko takwas, yana riƙe da Braves ba tare da ci ba. Abin da kawai ya tsoratar da shi shi ne a karo na shida, lokacin da Braves suka cika sansanonin ba tare da wani abu ba. Amma Jeff Blauser ya shiga cikin wasa biyu kuma Terry Pendleton ya tashi don kawo karshen wasan. A halin da ake ciki, Pittsburgh ba ta yin yawa tare da Atlanta farawa John Smoltz, amma sun gudanar da ƙididdigar guda ɗaya a cikin farko a kan Orlando Merced hadaya tashi kuma a cikin na shida a kan RBI guda ɗaya ta Andy Van Slyke.