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The Miracle League concept was developed in Conyers, GA in 2000 to help children with special needs play the game of baseball. Most Miracle Leagues play on custom-designed fields that feature cushioned, rubberized surfaces to help prevent injuries, accessible dugouts and completely flat surfaces (no raised bases or pitching mounds) to eliminate any barriers to wheel-chair bound or visually impaired players.
The game itself is played in a unique way. Each player bats once each inning; all batters are "safe" and score a run before the inning is over. Games are two innings long and each team and each player always wins.
Over the past three years, Pirates Charities has identified the support of Miracle League programs in our community as one of its signature projects. Currently, Pirates Charities is working with five individual Miracle League programs that will all provide children and young adults with special needs the opportunity to participate in the great game of baseball. Four of these programs are located in the greater Pittsburgh region, and the fifth is in the Pirates Spring Training Home of Bradenton, Florida.
There are currently more than 240 Miracle League organizations across the world, including Puerto Rico, Canada and Australia. More than 200,000 special needs children and young adults participate in these programs.
On October 3, 2011, Easter Seals, Pirates Charities, and other Wheeling-based partners including the J.B. Chambers Foundation, the City of Wheeling, Ogden Newspapers and the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley, broke ground on the Miracle League Field of the Ohio Valley in Wheeling, West Virginia. Located in the J.B. Chambers Complex, the Miracle League Field will bring a completely new dynamic to not only the Wheeling community, but also the 15 surrounding counties in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania that will also participate in the Miracle League of The Ohio Valley.
• Easter Seals, Pirates Charities and Wheeling-based partners break ground on Miracle League Field - 10/3/11 »
• Pirates Charities partners with Wheeling-based organizations to help bring first field to area - 1/27/10 »
On June 9, 2011, former MLB and Pirates alum Sean Casey and his wife Mandi, along with Pirates Chairman Bob Nutting, participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Pirates Charities Miracle League Field of the South Hills. Construction has begun on the field, which is adjacent to the Community & Recreation Center at Boyce Mayview Park in Upper St. Clair. The field is scheduled to be completed and ready for play in the spring of 2012. For more information, please visit www.caseysclubhouse.org.
• Casey's charity breaks ground on Pirates Charities Miracle League Field - 6/9/11 »
• Groundbreaking Photo Gallery - 6/9/11 
In 2009, Pirates Charities partnered with the Miracle League of Southwestern Pennsylvania in Cranberry Township to build the first Miracle League field in our region - the Pirates Charities Miracle League Field at Dick's Sportsplex at Graham Park. For more information about MLSWPA, please visit www.miracleleagueofsouthwesternpa.org.
• Pirates and Miracle League to build field - 7/9/08 »
• Pirates Charities partners with Miracle League of SWPA to open first field in Pittsburgh - 5/16/09 »
• Miracle League Field Grand Opening Video - 5/16/09 
• Miracle League Field Grand Opening Photo Gallery - 5/16/09
• 2009 Pirates Charities Miracle League Holiday Party Video
The Rotary Club of Murrysville - Export, in conjunction with the Municipality of Murrysville and Friends to Friends, is the driving force behind the building of a new Miracle League field to be located in the Murrysville Community Park, located off of Wiestertown Road. For more information and to find out how you can get involved, please visit www.miracleleaguewpa.org.
"Manasota" is a combination of Manatee and Sarasota Counties in Florida. The Miracle League of Manasota will serve children and young adults with special needs in both of these counties when construction is completed in the spring of 2012. The field will be built in Longwood Park, just off University Parkway in Sarasota. Pirates Charities has provided funding support to this project. For more information, please visit www.miracleleaguemanasota.org.
• Pirates Charities to help build Miracle League Field for Manatee and Sarasota Counties - 3/4/11 »>
