By ’strosrays

The Bucs Still Suck, and other rhymes

Astros (9-9) at Pirates (7-10)
PNC Park, 115 Federal St., Pittsburgh, PA  15212 
a/k/a “The Prettiest Little Ballpark in the Majors”

Tuesday, April 24, 6:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
Wednesday, April 25, 6:05 p.m. CDT – KNWS
Thursday, April 26, 11:35 a.m. CDT – FSN

The Wednesday game will be carried by KNWS, which is to say it won’t be watchable for many of us outside a 5-mile radius of the KNWS tower, wherever it may be at the time.  Of course, since the Thursday game on FSN is slated to begin at 11:30 in the morning (getaway day), many of us who are gainfully employed and wish to remain so won’t be able to watch it either. . . besides which, an 11:30 a.m. start?  To quote I believe Jim Pagliaroni, from Ball Four, “11:30 a.m.?  I’m not even done puking at that hour.”  Finally, the rumor that the KNWS tower is actually a bent coat hanger attached to the broken-off arial on a Reflex blue© 1965 Chevy Impala big block, owned by some guy named ‘Chuy’ who lives in Porter – while compelling – is probably not actually true. Read the rest of this entry »