Gene Lamont Back With The Pirates

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gene Lamont hadn’t been in uniform since 2017, his last year as the Detroit Tigers’ bench coach. And it had been 25 years since he managed the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now 78, he wasn’t necessarily looking to return to a big league dugout. But he couldn’t resist when Pittsburgh manager Don Kelly called last week and asked him to join the Pirates’ coaching staff. Lamont’s first game back was Monday night when the Pirates hosted the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of a three-game series. Lamont returns to the Pirates for the first time since they fired him as manager at the end of the 2000 season.