Ian's Sports and Other Stuff Blog: 5/4/10- Pirates vs Cubs

Had a great day.
I bought a cheap ticket, and got in line. I went down to the Riverwalk, with 2 other ballhawks. Here was my view from the riverwalk.

There was literally no balls hit there, expect one that bounced about 5 feet in front of me, I couldn't make a play on it, because there was 2 guys walkin' by, and almost hit one guy in the head, he just kept on walkin'.
A fellow ballhawk, Nick Pelescak got me into the bleachers again, just like last game I was at. My first ball was thrown to me John Russell. My 2nd ball came to me, just before 5:30, it was hit by an unknown Pirate, the ball bounced right before the wall, and I grabbed it as it bounced into the first row of the bleachers.
Below: Pirates BP

Below: The bleachers from 5-5:30.

Pretty empty, that is always good.
My 3rd ball was it by Derrek Lee (I think), it went over my head, and I turned around and picked it up. Then I went over to section 140, and I got ball number 4 on the day, it was thrown by Cubs pitcher Randy Wells.

My 5th ball of the day, was thrown to me by an unknown Cubs player.
I found my 6th ball of the day, in the ivy in center field. Check out the picture below.

And below are some pictures of the game.

Below: The view from my seat, Section 303 Row J Seat 10

I was at my seat for like 5 minutes, before I started to walk around the stadium.
Below: The view from the top of the rotunda in Left field.

Below: View from the Hall of Fame club.

Below: Pirates Win! 3-2!

I took a small radio to the game with me, so I could listen to the Penguins game, which the Pens won 2-0, and take a 2-1 lead in the series over Montreal.
When I got home, I took this final picture.