Day 7- Youngstown, OH to Pittsburgh PA - 76 Miles

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Friday, June 27, 2008

Well the last real vacation day of the trip was here.  We hung around the hotel until about 12 then we took off for Pittsburgh. I had been to Pittsburgh maybe 10 years ago to visit a friend for college and really enjoyed it.  We stopped for lunch at the Primanti Bros sandwich stop which serves your sandwich, french fries and cole slaw all between the bread.   I was really good but not as good as I remembered.  We started to see signs that we were not alone in Pittsburgh.  Yankee fans started appearing all over.

After lunch we headed over the "Igloo" where the Penguins play to get Mike a tee shirt for his favorite hockey player.  From there we went to the hotel which was on the outskirts of town and rested up before the game.

We drove back over to PNC Park, over a bridge. The main bridge is blocked off before game time for pedestrian traffic.  We got in and went right down behind centerfield. right next to the yankee bullpen.  The team was warming up and was interacting with the fans.  We saw most of the pitchers including Mariano Rivera, Daryl Rasner, Edwar Ramierz and Andy Pettite.  Daryl Rasner signed Hannah's ticket.  They were really nice. Mike Mussina warmed up right next to us.
 
The game started and the yanks got off to a 4-0 lead.  After 2 1/2 innings it started  pouring as thunderstorms approached.  Everyone retreated into the concourse where we intermidetly waited and went back out to seats 2 or 3 times as the rain stopped and started for the next 2 hours.  After all that waiting the game was called.  It was sad but at least we got to see a little of the game and the beautiful ball park.  We headed back to the hotel for the last night of our trip before heading home on Friday.