Summary
Joe Vogel Jr. doesn't remember when he suffered the three strokes that robbed him of his speech and hearing, but he knows he was 4 when his father took him to his first Pirates game at Three Rivers Stadium.
Unable to afford tickets, they listened to the game on a radio outside until officials opened the gates in the seventh inning, a practice that ended a decade ago. His first game in 1974 was the start of a lifelong love of the team and the game for a man people call "Baseball Joe."See the full content of this document
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'Baseball Joe' Faithfully Passionate About Pirates
Vogel, 40, who earned his nickname because he's "baseball 365," overcame his loss of hearing and speech by reading lips and typing responses onto a keypad with a ...
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