PITTSBURGH — I am not sure I can overstate what a wonderful combination of architecture, location, size and that is PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. In fact, I only detected one flaw* with the whole ballpark.
No cupholders.
*A unscientific sample of Pirates fans agreed with The Onion that there was another flaw – the [...]
There are three things that tend to make a view from a ballpark spectacular: skyline, water and hills/mountains. PNC Park is perfectly situated to show the beautiful Pittsburgh skyline and Allegheny River in all of their glory with Mount Washington visible between the skyscrapers in a few spots. Behind center field, the Roberto Clemente Bridge spans the Allegheny to the Golden Triangle. Many fans eschew parking in stadium lots or using the newly built light rail tunnels to walk over the river to the game. If there is a finer entrance to a baseball stadium, I haven’t heard of it.
After many years of wanting to, I finally followed the Washington Nationals to Pittsburgh for their annual series against the Pirates in beautiful PNC Park. I made it to the Saturday game. The Racing Presidents were there too for the Great Pierogie Race (Let Teddy Win).
The series went down just as Sam predicted it would [...]
Congratulations, we made it to Friday and so did the Washington Nationals. They split hte series with the Atlanta Braves, winning the last two behind strong pitching from Jordan Zimmermann and Dan Haren. The former is expected at this point, the latter is still winning us over. He’s got twice thrice as many wins as [...]
The Maryland Bureau Chief Emeritus drew first blood in a duel of reverse jinx texts last night. Curses, he was one step ahead of me! His prediction of a 3-2 Washington Nationals win over the Pittsburgh Pirates was not what I had wanted to see. I replied back that the Nats would probably lose 2-1, [...]
BeltwayLand was sad yesterday after the godfather of go-go Chuck Brown died (The Post). There was plenty of speculation on Twitter about how and whether the Washington Nationals would honor Brown. In the past, “Bustin’ Loose” was played after home runs. When I heard about Brown’s passing, I tweeted this:
I’d like to see the #Nats [...]
Stephen Strasburg struck out 13 and the Washington Nationals came back to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2. Strasburg got out of a jam in the sixth after he walked 3 in a row. I hope he’s okay.
Here is a fun exchange from the top of the sixth inning:
Me: Roger Bernadina just homered!
Wife: Who? Who?
/wilnieves’d
Wife:That’s [...]
Last night after watching the Washington Nationals fall to the Pittsburgh Pirates for the second consecutive night, I tweeted “You know that *skepticism* we have of Rick Eckstein and the team doctors/trainers? I have that for the #Nats optometrist too.”
It is oversimplifying matters to suggest that the need for more thorough eye exams could be [...]
After a day off to think about a fully formed rivalry between the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Phillies, it was time to play baseball again. The Nats traveled to Pittsburgh to start their Ohio River road trip. Edwin Jackson faced A.J. Burnett. Other than two solo homers, Jackson was decent, while Burnett was striking [...]
The Washington Nationals hit the road for an Ohio River series, starting tonight in Pittsburgh against the Pirates. They’ll then head to Cincinnati for their road series with the Reds.
Leading off the trip, I have brought in Sam, The Maryland Bureau Chief Emeritus. The Western Pennsylvania native returned to his homeland after a decade in [...]
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