One of the Pirates’ biggest fans– Herb Soltman
As he walks in I ask “Are you Herb Soltman?” “That’s what my license says,” Herb replies.
Herb is a lifelong Pittsburgher, born in Squirrel Hill in 1935, and has been a lifelong Pirates fan.
Herb grew up, like many in his generation, playing baseball with his friends in their spare time. This was before the Steelers were good and the Penguins came into existence. “All there was to watch were baseball and college football,” Herb said.
Herb used to play baseball down at the grade school field or in the street after dark when the streetlights would turn on.… Read the rest
