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Old 08-05-2013, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh
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Originally Posted by Copanut View Post
Baseball is chess, football is checkers.
It took me the longest time to learn this. As a kid, with the Buccos being terrible and having little league coaches who never taught me about the game (only fundamental position skills), I never knew this. I moved to CT and lived with a hardcore Red Sox fan from Southie for a couple of years, and my eyes opened. Moving back to Pittsburgh after that educational session was pretty nice, especially with the good pitching we've had over the past few years. Totally appreciate a side of the game that I never knew existed before.

This is coming from an admitted hockey nut.
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Old 08-05-2013, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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This is coming from an admitted hockey nut.
I tried to pick up the game, but never really understood it. Luckily I had a good friend tell me when to cheer. My best moment was watching some corporate guy yell at the line judge to make a penalty call.

In a very quiet voice my friend said, He's a line judge, he can't call penalties.

Love hockey players, nicest of all pro athletes.
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Old 08-05-2013, 10:48 AM
 
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Pittsburgh was a baseball town before it was a football town. It can learn to be a baseball town again.

Silly are the front-runners who love the Steelers and Penguins but hate the Pirates.
Not sure if you're referring to my post or not, but the reason I don't like the Pirates doesn't have anything to do with how well they're doing (by evidence of the fact that I still don't watch or care about them and they have the best record in the MLB). Once I discovered hockey, baseball became dull and boring for me. I've gone to a few games at PNC, and the park is very nice, but I didn't last more than 4 or 5 innings before I wanted to leave.
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Old 08-05-2013, 10:49 AM
 
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Baseball is chess, football is checkers.
Baseball is apples, football is oranges, hockey is bananas.
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Old 08-05-2013, 11:04 AM
 
Location: southwestern PA
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I've gone to a few games at PNC, and the park is very nice, but I didn't last more than 4 or 5 innings before I wanted to leave.

That's how I am.
I was raise watching hockey; my husband was raised on baseball.

Sitting in PNC Park - nice park, Papa Duke's gyros are great, etc. - gets me antsy by the 6th inning.
But I suck it up.... DH and I have an agreement. He gets his baseball games (20 games!) and I get my hockey games (usually 6 or so as the seats cost WAY more).
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Old 08-05-2013, 11:51 AM
 
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Regarding the parking issue - fiance and I will usually park in the Theatre garage across from Blush and walk over and hit a happy hour spot - $5 flat rate for the night. Either that or if its particularly nice out we'll do the Casino (fo free) and walk up the riverfront.
There's plenty of free evening/Sunday on-street parking in the Golden Triangle, too, if you know where to look.
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Old 08-05-2013, 12:06 PM
 
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There's plenty of free evening/Sunday on-street parking in the Golden Triangle, too, if you know where to look.
re: parking@casino...you could also hop on the T (free for now) for one stop, and it would get you closer to the park if you didn't want to walk over.
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Old 08-05-2013, 12:55 PM
 
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There's plenty of free evening/Sunday on-street parking in the Golden Triangle, too, if you know where to look.
We usually end up parking at one of the (usually free when we're there) meters around Allegheny Center and walking down to the park. It's a bit of a hike though. Anyone have tips on closer spots we could try for on-street parking?

I'd prefer to park downtown and walk across the bridge but if we can avoid the mess of trying to find a garage with space by parking on the north side we do it.
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Old 08-05-2013, 12:58 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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We usually end up parking at one of the (usually free when we're there) meters around Allegheny Center and walking down to the park. It's a bit of a hike though. Anyone have tips on closer spots we could try for on-street parking?

I'd prefer to park downtown and walk across the bridge but if we can avoid the mess of trying to find a garage with space by parking on the north side we do it.
I used to park around the Church on the Northside, hey it's free, work for it. Or park by the Cork Factory and take the water taxi.
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Old 08-05-2013, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Currently living in Reddit
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Another series win for the Pirates. They have the weak Marlins coming up. The same weak Marlins that took 2/3 from us in the last series they played.
If the Pirates are evidence that good pitching beats good hitting, then the Marlins should still take two of three as good pitching beats bad hitting too, lol.

Bucs will draw Henderson Alvarez and Jose Fernandez again. Two out of three would be good, but those two guys are hard to hit. Marlins are 29-26 or so since start of June, so not the same awful team as early in season.

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