Pirates Outing

Monday night we enjoyed a family Pirates outing at Pittsburgh's PNC Park. The Pirates were soundly defeated by the Chicago Cubs (if you call 12-3 soundly defeating someone). I think there were more Cubs than Pirates fans in the stands. One guy was holding a sign that read: Wrigley was sold out, so I came here!

We had absolutely great seats, but there were also a lot of empty seats. Pittsburgh is my team, whether it's football, hockey or baseball. We're just a little baseball-challenged right now.

Pittsburgh is The City of Bridges. This is the Clemente Bridge, which is closed off to vehicle traffic on game nights, to allow pedestrians to reach the stadium. The Allegheny River is below us, and joins the Monongahela just downstream to become the Ohio River.

This is a view of PNC Park from the Clemente Bridge. It's a beautiful park.

Anyway, we weren't there just to see the Pirates. Our main reason for going was that Janelle's chorus (Sounds of Pittsburgh) sang the national anthem before the game. That's her second row up, second from the left. Unfortunately, we found out that only weekend games televise the national anthem, so none of our friends got the chance to see her, but thanks for trying.

Ben and Will know the most important thing about a baseball game is the food!

Time to call it a night.