the axe fell at PNC park today

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@jph102900

It was really sad, yesterday I went to PNC Park with my dad for a season ticket holder event. We got to go out on the field and take batting practice, field some balls, and just walk around the dugouts and stuff. It was a great experience and it was cool to actually be on the field, but I couldn’t help but think how much better it would be to have a crappy and rundown stadium but have a team that could actually win some games. I don’t expect a world series team, but I would like to atleast make the playoffs maybe one or two out of every ten years. We have had like 14 or 15 straight losing seasons and at this point I could care less whether or not we have the team. Growing up in the 80’s and early 90’s with Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonillia, Andy Van Slyke, Jay Bell, Jose Lind, Sid Bream and all of those guys was awesome. Every kid my age loved baseball and wanted to grow up and play for the Pirates. Now it is like baseball is dead in Pittsburgh, and noone cares.

When I was a kid, we had: Willie Stargell, Kent Tekulve, Tony Pena, Dave Parker…