Stadium visita
Tuesday
– photo by Mitch Waxman
I got to attend a Sportsball game at the 2001 vintage PNC Park, wherein the Pittsburgh Pirates faced off against the Arizona Diamondbacks. I fully realize how shockingly out of character this is – for one such as myself – but Our Lady of the Pentacle’s company had organized a summer get together around the game, and there were ‘comp’ tickets and an allowance for refreshments. Can’t say no to ‘free.’
It was a very cool experience, I’d offer, until a thunderstorm at the bottom of the 4th inning caused nearly 38,000 people to have to run inside and shelter from an onslaught of rain and wind. All in good fun, I guess.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
The views from PNC Park are fairly spectacular, looking across the Allegheny River at Downtown Pittsburgh. That’s the Roberto Clemente bridge, in the bottom of the shot above, which is closed to vehicle traffic on game days to allow pedestrian access to the ball field.
The Pirates were in a three game series with the Diamondbacks, and as it happens they won the night at 4-2. When the storm interrupted things, Our Lady and I decided to split, and make our way back to Moe the Dog – as he’s not a huge fan of thunder and is clinically insane.
– photo by Mitch Waxman
The neat part of the night, for a harbor nerd like me, was that the Gateway Clipper service sells back and forth ferry tickets on game days, launching from their home base on the Monongahela River and then sliding right in at the stadium doors on the Allegheny River’s north side. We also rode back in the boat pictured above, and made our way back to the Clipper’s parking lot to retrieve the Mobile Oppression Platform.
We then made our way back to Moe the Dog via automobile.
Back tomorrow with more.
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