everything that happened during Dodgers @ Pirates, 2026-06-09
okay yay! first irl game of the season
i loooove parking in the first avenue garage and taking the T over to PNC park. and i love PNC park. Tonight's view:
before the first pitch i was buying a bunch of minimelts (off-brand dippin dots) and the employee was like "you're on Mom Duty already huh?" and I just said "haha yeah" because that was easier than articulating that these were for me and a bunch of other grown-ass adults
then while navigating back to my seat with my stack of minimelts, i clocked that the majority of attractive people in attendance were wearing Dodgers blue. this was the first fat L of the night but it would not be the last
we had a fantastic turnout to watch Skenes pitch. great to see PNC so busy
ooooh new guy davis wendzel actually super fine in person. or at least he looks good from half a mile away
the initial few innings seemed pretty promising
then it rained for maybe 15 minutes and we found out that our bullpen is made of cotton candy because it FUCKING MELTED
it's always a bad sign when one finds oneself explaining the concept of the mercy rule: "After a certain point, it's essentially an exhibition game, right? Like, suppose it's late in the game and a team is down by, oh, ten runs. That's just hypothetical. Don't look at the scoreboard."
guy in my row clapping miserably and going "whatever! walk in another run! at least it isn't a hit"
although you should have heard the crowd go BANANAS when someone finally recorded that first out
did i mention i love PNC park? this was my mom's first time back in like 2 years π₯°
some people behind us started a "lets go dodgers" chant and one of my friends hollered back SHUT UP and they actually stopped π
but hey we eventually scored another run so we only lost by nine. which is a single digit
that's how you RALLY, babes
also i saw a guy with a sick-ass tattoo of a skeleton batter in a pirates uniform clobbering a ball so that was pretty neat
finally this isnt actually elevant to the game at all but i stopped for some coffee for the 2hr drive home and i believe the Monroeville Sheetz was advocating cunnilinguis: