The infamous Bucco Bricks incident from last year has a new wrinkle.
KDKA Radio’s Colin Dunlap received a message and photo from someone who was surprised to see what was written on their new brick.
The person told Colin they had a brick made over 20 years ago for his grandfather and after the latest version of the bricks were destroyed to make way for a more permanent display in 2026, the Pirates sent him an email asking him to “remember what is said so they could look up in their files to replicate the brick for him.
He responded with “unsure but it had William Bradford’s name on it.”
And, early this week, a new brick came in the mail with exactly that written on it. “unsure but it had William Bradford’s name on it.”
Colin says he spoke with someone from the Pirates organization who told him an outside service handles the brick printing fulfillments and that the team is working with the person to make sure they get a brick with the correct and original phrase.
The brick-printing was handled by an outside organization and the Pirates didn't have some of the fan information.
The Pirates offered complimentary bricks to fans after the ones outside of PNC Park were destroyed last year.
The bricks that were purchased before the opening of PNC Park and displayed outside the stadium, on the ground is moving to a more permanent, bronze plaque display.
60 bronze places will be placed on the façade of PNC Park along West General Robinson and Mazeroski Way. Each plaque will include around 170 messages, with each one in the original square and rectangle forms the bricks came in.
The bricks were replaced several times over the past 25 years due to environmental factors, weather, foot traffic and other wear and tear.
“The updated vertical design will allow for these messages to be viewed more easily in comparison to the original display,” The Pirates said in a statement back in July. “Fans often could not find their messages due to wear and tear, foot traffic during game days, and other complications.”