All Star Pictures now w/ A-10s (56K beware)
Posted: 2006-07-17 08:11pm
People with slow internet connections are warned, there's a lot of pictures here and i've done my best to limit the size. that being said enjoy the pictures, this is probably 5-10% of the total number of pictures that we have.
We left several hours earlier, even though there was a later start time of 8:00pm. After a brisk 1.5 hour drive we arrived at Station Square, which isn't far from downtown and right next to the port for the Gateway Clipper boats.
View from Station Square. The area sort of reminds me of Navy Pier in Chicago, and of the Gaslamp district in San Diego.
On the way to buy our tickets for the boat we saw someone feeding french fries to the ducks and fish that had gathered under the small bridge shown here.
A close up view of the fish.
The PPG Building is a dominating feature of the Pittsburgh skyline.
The interior of the boat. It had two levels, each with a full bar plus an outside seating area up top.
View of the Pittsburgh skyline from the boat.
Heinz Field, home of the World Champion Steelers.
The approach to PNC Park
A distant view of the Roberto Clemente Bridge.
A closer view of the bridge and of the Renaissance Hotel with its large banner.
A view of the mass of people flooding the cafes that are housed in the exterior of the ballpark. We snuck our way up in line so that we were some in the first few hundred fans into the stadium.
A view of the signage in right field.
John Kruk looking ugly. That was ESPN's studio setup for the festivities, and I tried to get Kruk to make the same goofy face he made after Randy Johnson humiliated him in the All Star Game about 10 years ago.
View of the bridge from the picnic area in the park along the river.
The Chevy inflateable baseballs anchored in the river, along with a US Coast Guard Patrol Boat.
The Crush of people at the main Rotunda Gate trying to get into the stadium about an hour and a half before game time. (we had already been in for at least an hour.
Mariano Rivera coming in to get the save! He's the man.
This is not a picture I took, but here is a good shot of the Rotunda in left field.
We stood along that upper ramp for the full game. It was an excellent view. More pictures to come as they are uploaded. More photos and maybe a video clip of the field and of the flyover by the A-10 Warthogs to come.
We left several hours earlier, even though there was a later start time of 8:00pm. After a brisk 1.5 hour drive we arrived at Station Square, which isn't far from downtown and right next to the port for the Gateway Clipper boats.
View from Station Square. The area sort of reminds me of Navy Pier in Chicago, and of the Gaslamp district in San Diego.
On the way to buy our tickets for the boat we saw someone feeding french fries to the ducks and fish that had gathered under the small bridge shown here.
A close up view of the fish.
The PPG Building is a dominating feature of the Pittsburgh skyline.
The interior of the boat. It had two levels, each with a full bar plus an outside seating area up top.
View of the Pittsburgh skyline from the boat.
Heinz Field, home of the World Champion Steelers.
The approach to PNC Park
A distant view of the Roberto Clemente Bridge.
A closer view of the bridge and of the Renaissance Hotel with its large banner.
A view of the mass of people flooding the cafes that are housed in the exterior of the ballpark. We snuck our way up in line so that we were some in the first few hundred fans into the stadium.
A view of the signage in right field.
John Kruk looking ugly. That was ESPN's studio setup for the festivities, and I tried to get Kruk to make the same goofy face he made after Randy Johnson humiliated him in the All Star Game about 10 years ago.
View of the bridge from the picnic area in the park along the river.
The Chevy inflateable baseballs anchored in the river, along with a US Coast Guard Patrol Boat.
The Crush of people at the main Rotunda Gate trying to get into the stadium about an hour and a half before game time. (we had already been in for at least an hour.
Mariano Rivera coming in to get the save! He's the man.
This is not a picture I took, but here is a good shot of the Rotunda in left field.
We stood along that upper ramp for the full game. It was an excellent view. More pictures to come as they are uploaded. More photos and maybe a video clip of the field and of the flyover by the A-10 Warthogs to come.