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Forkballs, Budweiser and family: Stories from Pirates' new Hall of Famers

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Days before he passed back in April, Dick Groat had an unexpected visitor. It was Steve Blass, who came to share the news that Groat was about to be inducted into the Pirates' Hall of Fame.

“That was wonderful because Steve and him had a nice conversation in the living room," Groat's daughter, Allison DeStefano, said. "It was just really special. He called him Stevie Blass. That was really an awesome afternoon. He had no idea."

On Saturday, Groat was one of four new inductees to the Pirates' Hall of Fame, with the ceremony taking place just inside the center field gate at PNC Park.