gathered on a beautiful late Spring evening.....
and watched the Pirates Double-A affiliate pound out 13 runs on 17 hits and defeat the Binghampton Mets, 13-4.
We got to see Curve pitcher Jacob Creasy boost his record to 6-0, and we saw highly touted Pirate prospect Josh Bell...
collect three hits and a bases loaded walk. When Bell finally arrives at PNC Park in 2017 or so, I will now be able to say, in the tradition of my late grandfather, Bill Madden, "I seen that kid when he was a bush leaguer!"
As with most minor league ball games, the game itself was the least of the evening. Last night was "Star Wars Night", as witnessed by these sights:
Star Wars Night also featured Curve players wearing special uniform shirts with Jabba the Hut on them. Thankfully, I was unable to get a close-up photo of these, because they may well have been the ugliest shirts ever worn by a professional baseball team.
And coming up in July - "Bania Mania Night" featuring the guy who played comedian Kenny Bania on "Seinfeld". Marilyn said that on the inside of the door of the stall she used in the ladies room, there was poster of Kenny Bania! Think about that - Kenny Bania on the INSIDE OF A STALL DOOR IN A REST ROOM. Creepy.
All in all, it was faun evening, marred only by the fact that what should have been a two hour trip took us three and half hours. Thanks to our friends at PENNDOT, a small section of Route 22 being resurfaced in Murrysville, it took us one hour to traverse about a four mile stretch of that road. We then encountered a huge back-up getting off of I-99 in Altoona, that then took us another forty minutes to go about a mile. We missed the top of the first inning, but all was well that ended well.
I will close with a look at the signature view from the Curve's beautiful ball park in Altoona.
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