Tag: Pittsburgh Pirates
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PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA – From the top of the Rotunda
Here’s one of my favorite not Italian spots in the world – PNC Park. It has, of course, been lauded over and over as a modern baseball marvel. One of the truly outstanding features of this stadium is the navy steel rotunda which forms a spiral walkway to the very top of the ballpark. I’ve…
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Visuals are Overrated
Visuals are Overrated I grew up listening to baseball on the radio. I first discovered it as a nine year old in 1976 when I stumbled upon KDKA carrying the rhythmic, ritualistic broadcasts of the Pittsburgh Pirates. When I started playing baseball in the spring of 1977, I became completely hooked on the calls of…
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What Other Game? – Thoughts on Opening Day 2015
Opening day of baseball. It’s an important rite in my life and has been since I was young boy. It’s the quintessential American way to finally put winter to rest – regardless of the actual weather. I’ve loved baseball ever since, as a nine-year-old boy, I started listening to the Pirates broadcasts of Milo Hamilton…
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Spring Training: I can now publish my bottle pictures.
As spring training starts, I realized now that it would be silly not to publish my bottle photos from last summer. After all, now it is safe. The curse has been broken. Take a look at this: And this:My precious Pittsburgh Pirates water bottle. I miss it greatly. OK, here’s the story. There’s no sport…
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20 Years of Losing – in Political Terms
As you may have gathered, I’m a huge Pittsburgh Pirates fan. I don’t typically write about sports on my blog, but I couldn’t let the momentous passing of the worst losing streak in the history of North American sports pass without some sort of commemoration. On Monday night, the Pirates beat the Rangers and clinched…
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My Grandpa, Baseball, & Democrats
My grandpa, whom I never had the privilege of knowing, was a staunch Republican. He ran a modest country store during the Great Depression and war years in Sarver, PA. All summer long he would have the radio on listening to Rowsey Rowswell call the play-by-play for his beloved Pittsburgh Pirates. (I have to lament…
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The Great One: #21
I am taking a one-post break from my usual ramblings about writing, drama, history, or life to write about the other passion in my life: baseball. I hope you enjoy! The Great One: #21 I was a little over five years old when Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash. I don’t remember it. He…
Author Mark W Sasse 