Marc Fogel, a Butler County native who spent over three years in a Russian prison before he was freed earlier this year, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Pirates home opener on Friday.

American David Barnes' appeal to be released from a Russian detention center has been denied, causing prosecutors in Moscow ...

Marc Fogel received a warm welcome during the Pittsburgh Pirates home opener. The Butler County native delivered the ball ...

Marc Fogel, the western Pennsylvania teacher who was freed from a Russian prison in February, threw out the first pitch at ...

While the Pirates were welcomed back to PNC Park for their home opener Friday, the real homecoming was for Marc Fogel, who ...

The crowd packed into the sold-out PNC Park cheered Friday afternoon, April 4, as Butler native Marc Fogel stepped up to the pitcher’s mound to throw the ceremonial first pitch at Pittsburgh Pirates’ ...

Wearing a Roberto Clemente jersey, Marc Fogel walked to the mound, tipped his cap and blew two kisses to the sold out PNC Park crowd. He then threw a ceremonial first pitch across the plate to phenom ...

Marc Fogel, a Pittsburgh-area school teacher who was deemed wrongfully held in a Russian prison for years before being freed in February, will throw out the first pitch at the Pittsburgh Pirates home ...

Marc Fogel, a Pittsburgh-area school teacher who was deemed wrongfully held in a Russian prison for years before being freed in February, will throw out the first pitch at the ...