Wendy Bell has always been the biggest fan of Pirates starter Chad Kuhl -- and certainly the loudest, Kuhl joked. Kuhl described his mother as "ultra supportive and always there," attending all of his games as a kid.
At times, she had to balance Kuhl's baseball games with his sister Courtney's softball games. When they played at the same time in high school, Kuhl said, Wendy would sit between the two fields and watch both games.
"She was the loudest one in the bleachers, I can say. It's funny. To this day, there's some games where I hear the, 'Woo hoo!