PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Pittsburgh Pirates held their PiratesFest event on Saturday, though with some changes due to the impending winter weather. <\/p>\n
With travel becoming challenging, the team announced that several scheduled players<\/a> wouldn\u2019t be able to make it.<\/p>\n Also, the event at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center ended an hour early, due to concerns over the major winter storm<\/a>. <\/p>\n Fans who donated for autographs were refunded, but were still able to get autographs from the players who were on hand.<\/p>\n Despite the changes, fans still came out to make the most of it.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of different variety of things this year,\u201d said attendee Alex Kornrumph of Butler. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot more for the kids, and there\u2019s a lot more they\u2019re offering for everyone. It was always free, but they didn\u2019t have quite as much as they do this year.\u201d<\/p>\n Also attending was Parker Koontz of Vandergrift, who brought a large wooden bat bearing the signatures of more than 200 Pirates. <\/p>\n Made by a family friend, the bat was first signed by Rick Reuschel and most recently by Gus Suhr, though Koontz hoped to add a few more John Hancocks on Saturday.<\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n