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It was three up and three down for Paul Skenes on Tuesday night as the Pittsburgh Pirates ace made his second straight All-Star Game start.

Villainous pirates plied those waters, pillaging, plundering and pilfering. Even Tortuga -- the pirate city depicted in the first film -- existed, founded by buccaneers in 1630 on an island off Haiti.

"There are 27 pirate cruises for kids in the country, last I checked," Miggs said, "but none can do what we do because of the original design of our boat. It is a pontoon with an octagonal bottom.

The kids click off their TVs, log off their computers, shun video games and tend to forget all about their iPods and mp3 players. They run to the library. They devour books.

In mid-December, Bobby Tanzilo wrote a great preview piece about "Real Pirates," the current temporary exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. I returned yesterday with three kids in tow - ages 10 ...