I thought I knew what today's photo of the day would be before I even took it. Tonight I was treated to a Pirates Game by one of our good vendors. Jim, my co-worker and Steve, our vendor, met at the PNC Park this evening to root on our Buccos against the Washington Nationals. I was hoping to see Stephen Strasburg pitching but tonight was not his night. We did have the phenom, Bryce Harper so I was hoping to catch a few good shots of the hot shot 19yo outfielder.
I captured more than a few shots of #34 but the eventual outcome of the game totally changed my mind. All during the game we had a rather loud cheering section for AJ Burnett behind us. Burnett did a hell of a job tonight with 10 strikeouts and only allowing 2 runs in 8 innings. We got to see Andrew McCutchen and Garret Jones hit solo home runs and it looked like another W was in the bag for the Pirates. Until the 9th inning.
Yeah, former Pirate, Adam LaRoche hit a 2 run home run off our closer, Hanrahan, and the crowd ( for a Tuesday night game in Pittsburgh, it was a crowd ) started to leave. Then of course on the big screen is my favorite (and the only one I know ) scene from Pirates of the Caribbean, "Hoist the colors!" And that we did.
We were down by a run, we were down to our last out and it had not been a great night for out catcher, Rod Barajas. Now I like Rod. I like him because he just looks like a nice guy, he has 6 kids and because he is an underdog at this point in his career and I love the underdog! I also tired of the AJ Burnett fan club behind me ridiculing him the whole night.
So with Alex Presley on third after a two pass balls, Rod line a shot into the left field corner and those of us fans still left, went crazy! There is nothing better than watching your team come back and take the win with a walk-off and it's even better when it's a home run!!!!
Way to go Rod, you were the man of the night!
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run!
~Babe Ruth
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