PITTSBURGH — Gene Lamont hadn’t been in uniform since 2017, his last year as the Detroit Tigers bench coach. And it had been 25 years since he managed the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now 78, Lamont ...

PITTSBURGH — Gene Lamont hadn’t been in uniform since 2017, his last year as the Detroit Tigers’ bench coach. And it had been 25 years since he managed the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now 78, Lamont ...

Nearly 25 years after his last stint with the Pittsburgh Pirates, 78-year-old Gene Lamont made his return to the dugout Monday night as the team’s new bench coach under first-year manager Don Kelly.

It's a return to the Pirates dugout for Lamont, who was Pittsburgh's manager from 1997 to 2000 and a coach under Jim Leyland in the 1980s and early '90s.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gene Lamont hadn’t been in uniform since 2017, his last year as the Detroit Tigers’ bench coach. And it had been 25 years since he managed the Pittsburgh Pirates. Now 78 ...