"Take Me Out to the Ball Game.."

As mid-westerners, you're generally regarded as two things: 1) You're a Meat and Potatoes kind of guy and 2) You enjoy your sports. Well the former may not be true, but latter certainly is. So, on our way to the bi-annual family reunion the family (Mom, Dad, Kevin and myself) headed off to PNC Park in downtown Pittsburgh for a night game against the Padres. The park is simply amazing. With a beautiful skyline, intimate seating and an all around embracement of the fact that they are the "Pirates" -- in my opinion, PNC Park provides the ambiance of a minor league ball park with big league teams and ranks up there as one of the best parks in the country. If you don't believe me, take a look for yourself. Oh, and tickets aren't too expensive either...bonus!

PNC Park Entrance - Home Plate Gate

Pirate legend - HONUS WAGNER

View from the left field as you walk on the ramp to your seats.

Great Skyline view of downtown Pittsburgh.
(They close that bridge on game days so people can walk across--how cool is that?)

Great scoreboard.

Clouds looming over PNC Park.