I figured it would be worth it to chronicle my first PNC Park/Pittsburgh Pirates experience with a lament and a few pics from the evening. Sure, it was a 30-degree, misty rain kind of evening, but it was still a good time.
With Molly in town and Irish Night in full effect, there was no reason *not* to hit up the game, even if the weather was questionable. Our $15 seats still provided a great sight line of the game, and we missed the second foul ball of the game/a flying hot dog by about a row or two. Plus front row seats to the Perogies post-race and the post-game fireworks-- SCORE!
As for the game itself, the Buccos won on a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Pirates entered the inning trailing by a run before the Reds pitcher walked the bases loaded, walked a run home, then gave up a near-home run to center field, which sealed the victory for PIT. The crowd was quite full despite the weather conditions, and very into the game as it came to its dramatic close.
PNC is a gorgeous park. The weather conditions and my blurry cell phone pics don't do it much justice, that's for sure. I do think you'd want to sit down the third base line for the best skyline view, so perhaps the next time I attend I will shoot for that.
Good times though, and the Buccos are 7-5 at the time of this post. Could I be witness to the first above .500 Pirates team in recent memory? That would be exciting to follow as summer progresses...
2 comments:
excellent recap :-) i would add that the pirates' video/graphic team is definitely "creative" - craziest bunch of scoreboard animations and player intros i've ever seen. oh and the text messages were quite entertaining as well.
There was the "friend" who wanted Dan to be eaten by bears...
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