tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post3491095564072269718..comments2024-03-18T17:36:55.778-04:00Comments on Mondesi's House: MONDESI FIELD TRIP: THE PIRATES ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT SECTIONmondesishousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16196483886553780303noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-78483973389358853292010-08-26T11:46:04.834-04:002010-08-26T11:46:04.834-04:00Great post but I really don't understand why i...Great post but I really don't understand why if the people criticize those famous players and their games on the field. In fact my brother told a few days back that some Lions players likes to visit <br /><a href="http://www.safemeds.com/" rel="nofollow">Viagra Online</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-21455148292335336182008-07-09T17:17:00.000-04:002008-07-09T17:17:00.000-04:00"Your derogatory comments on the Pirates are getti..."Your derogatory comments on the Pirates are getting to be a little ridiculous. You sound like the biggest fair-weather fan that there is. I am sure that when the Pirates contend for the division in a couple years you will hop on the bandwagon like you did for the Pens this year...JOKE"<BR/><BR/>Your the joke buddy. Everyone has jumped off of the Pirates ship. It's people like you who the organization love. They give you this false hope that they are just a few players/years away from contending. This team can't even play .500 ball. They can't find a way to win 1 more game than they lose over the stretch of the season. That's sad.<BR/><BR/>I am a Pirates fan but I generally don't go to the games unless I am given tickets. I feel that if you by tickets to the game and go you are buying into the crap that they put out there. I can't afford to back this team like I want to. Why go and spend good money for tickets when they trudge out players like Adam LaRoche and JVB? I can find many other things to give my money to. Going to these games and spending money is sending a signal to the ownership that we are OK with this crap.<BR/><BR/>If the Buccos start to win again then I will start to go back. It doesn't make me any else of a fan because I don't go and it doesn't make me a bandwagon fan for wanting to go when we get good. It's called being smart and saving my money for a winner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-67616669467400790402008-07-09T17:13:00.000-04:002008-07-09T17:13:00.000-04:00Sounds like those tickets are clearly not worth it...Sounds like those tickets are clearly not worth it. Not worth it in the pocket book or in your body.<BR/><BR/>There is so much hype with these tickets and it seems like a total letdown. I bet they are intentionally slowing that line down. <BR/><BR/>It's ashamed that they rip the fans off like that....oh wait they have been doing that for 15 years now except for that fluke year with the likes of Kevin Polcovich & Mark Smith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-23196444554979559412008-06-25T15:43:00.000-04:002008-06-25T15:43:00.000-04:00Pittsburgh loves winners and HATES losing. Just 4...Pittsburgh loves winners and HATES losing. Just 4 short years agot he Pens were last in attendance, behind teams like Florida, Tampa Bay and Nashville in the NHL. I'll be more than happy to have a bunch of bandwagon jumpers at PNC because that means the Pirates are winning. I lived in other cities and in Chicago, NYC and Boston and when their teams are not doing well for a few season or 14 or 15 (knicks, celtics, cubs) they still sell out or come close. The only team in town here that could withstand a long losing streak is the Steelers. Yet most of the Yinzers I talk to about the Stillers don't even know the players names outside Ben and Hines, they just like wearing sports jerseys and having a good excuse to get loaded early on a Sunday. Pittsburgh sports fans are great fans when their team is winning and when their team is not, well there are no many fans to speak of.<BR/>Put me on record as saying I think the new Pirates management will have the team winning in the near future. And I will have been at the games in the dark days just the guy who writes this blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961839083442076224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-24134255895372779322008-06-24T15:19:00.000-04:002008-06-24T15:19:00.000-04:00First of all The City of Pittsburgh taxpayers buil...First of all The City of Pittsburgh taxpayers built the stadium, not the Pirates organization. (It was sold to us as "the only way to compete" with the big market teams)<BR/><BR/>Secondly, Nutting is nothing than a businessman who could care less about winning. (The jagoff pockets the revenue sharing $$$ instead of using it for its intended purpose.)<BR/><BR/>Anyone who blindly supports this profiteering organization is a yinzer moron and a lemming. Anyone who thinks they are going to win anytime soon is delusional. These are facts. <BR/><BR/>Bash away Mondesi. “No doubt about it” - this organization deserves it.ThatDudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02710534841685330479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-22224172067654995812008-06-24T14:23:00.000-04:002008-06-24T14:23:00.000-04:00Hey Sky King:Ice cream sandwiches shouldn't alread...Hey Sky King:<BR/><BR/>Ice cream sandwiches shouldn't already be melted when you unwrap them. Did they have them placed next to the hot dogs at the AYCE concession stand?<BR/><BR/>It wouldn't surprise me. That's okay, just keep those blinders on.ManBearPighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989112636237946563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-48059865915903044122008-06-24T11:50:00.000-04:002008-06-24T11:50:00.000-04:00The Buccos are the best team around in baseball to...The Buccos are the best team around in baseball today! To criticize them is madness! Mondesi why did you title the article MONDESI FIELD TRIP: THE PIRATES ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT SECTION, and write about the food you ate and not just the baseball you watched? Fredy Sanchez may have been good but he's in a slump now and you have no reason to criticize him for it at all! My blind faith in the Pirates means I can never criticize any of the moves they make, despite the fact that the last time they had a winning season I was in Kindergarden (seriously). But this is just a slump for the Buccos, they can still win the world series, this and next year.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03252271356230489660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-31191618586873812312008-06-24T10:02:00.000-04:002008-06-24T10:02:00.000-04:00sky davis = 100% rightsky davis = 100% rightBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00702878405255825205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-13162136320322161502008-06-24T08:52:00.000-04:002008-06-24T08:52:00.000-04:00BASH, BASH, BASH AWAY, MONDESI.The Buccos are suck...BASH, BASH, BASH AWAY, MONDESI.<BR/><BR/>The Buccos are suckos and have earned every bit of it.<BR/><BR/>Aj - nice Billy Crystal line. I can see him going 2 for 4 tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-80781971625927882442008-06-23T22:22:00.000-04:002008-06-23T22:22:00.000-04:00"85-degree heat" is like saying someone had to dea..."85-degree heat" is like saying someone had to deal with "frigid 50-degree temperatures"BeraHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273895145846141710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-3619282327820851842008-06-23T20:09:00.000-04:002008-06-23T20:09:00.000-04:00Good post russ.I'm with black&gold tho...yeah it h...Good post russ.<BR/><BR/>I'm with black&gold tho...yeah it has been tough to watch the pirates over the last few years, but the constant sarcastic bashing is just gettin ridiculous.<BR/> <BR/><BR/>A few observations:<BR/>I see you like to make fun of the between inning entertainment. Go to any park but wrigley and fenway and show me where they dont have "in-game distractions".<BR/>Also, I'm with cory on the freddy sanchez comment. The guy gets a batting title and 2 all star appearances and suddenly you wouldnt want your kids play like him because he's struggling this year? Yeah i'm getting tired of watching him hit into doubleplays this year too but its hard to bash a guy who works as hard as he does.<BR/><BR/>By the way, ice cream sandwiches tend to melt in 85 degree weather, can't blame the pirates for that one buddy.<BR/>The one thing the pirates have done well the last 15 years was pnc park. there is no reason to trash a place ranked #1 best park in baseball 7 years in a row.<BR/><BR/>I like this site because i'm like reading up on local sports, but B&G is right up there..i wish this site was up, or i was reading back when the pens sucked a few years ago and the steelers blew in the late 90's-early 00's (kent grahm years)...i'd like to see the fairweather blowing through those years<BR/>The pirates actually have some fight in them this year despite injuries and our aces (snell-gorzo) Our outfielders have better numbers than the 3 leading vote getters in the NL outfield, and the new management has yet to make a bad move. (gomez, mientkawitz, michaels, dumatrait, pedro)<BR/><BR/>sorry 3 diet cokes and few cheeseburgers didnt do it for ya, but if you are a pirates fan go to the games to watch baseball. they are 23-16 at pnc park this year and playing pretty good ball. but you probably didnt know that because you were too concerned about adam laroches scoreboard pictures or jack wilsons at-bat music<BR/>Go Bucs.Sky Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601106736371441810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-40120854986477200252008-06-23T19:21:00.000-04:002008-06-23T19:21:00.000-04:00Neil: Everything is okay, buddy. Just take a deep...Neil: Everything is okay, buddy. Just take a deep breath. He got some tickets at a charity auction and decided to use them. This does not make him an idiot. <BR/><BR/>What the Pirates do so far as bringing fans in is <I>amazing</I>. With the players they put out on the field, they wouldn't be drawing more than 8000 a night in any other comparable city.<BR/><BR/>One of the reasons they do so well, besides the park and touristy fun, is that, as I've read here, this city is so eager to embrace a winner. The Pens reaped the reward of winning, and the Buccos are starting to see what can happen if a team is moderately successful.<BR/><BR/>However, I too was pissed off at the fans when I attended Friday night's game. In the top of the eighth, in a 0-0 game with the BJs up and threatening, some idiots in my section started the wave. At the most critical moment yet in the game. My girlfriend stopped me before I could kill the jag-offs.Russ Hailwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519197421311249007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-20461233907900257782008-06-23T19:19:00.000-04:002008-06-23T19:19:00.000-04:00For the guy that thinks salary caps do nothing all...For the guy that thinks salary caps do nothing allow me to direct you to Mellon arena where the pens went from being the worst team in the NHL to the stanley cup finals last season. Your lil talk about the lions, aka the only team in the NFL not to be in the playoffs in the last ten years. By the way you are talking about the league with the most parody of all sports. I really enjoy following the MLB because in order to keep up with who has a shot at winning the world series I only need to pay attention to the same 6 teams every year.godohokyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12847112111665834066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-41531660835254516322008-06-23T16:54:00.000-04:002008-06-23T16:54:00.000-04:00The Quip about Freddy Sanchez does seem a little u...The Quip about Freddy Sanchez does seem a little unfair though, he's been to the All-Star game for the past two years, plays great defense, and just has run into a lot of bad luck this year.. His .248 BABIP is evidence of this, as it's a far cry from his .324 career clip, despite the fact that his LD% is actually up this year.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334874139790070148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-55771896530369869392008-06-23T16:33:00.000-04:002008-06-23T16:33:00.000-04:00Your an idiot for buying shit food, no one to blam...Your an idiot for buying shit food, no one to blame but yourself. Plenty of good places to go besides the cheap ass AYCE, everyone knows that. Did you think you were at the Golden Corral? Do your blog a favor and don't Data Mine on your next field trip, you sound like an Idiot.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507570552591682895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-46692952963785844982008-06-23T15:26:00.000-04:002008-06-23T15:26:00.000-04:00I agree that the play on the field has been unexcu...I agree that the play on the field has been unexcusable the past 15 years. There have been many of times where I have turned off the TV set and threw the remote out of fustration. The only thing that I am fustrated about is that when the Pirates finally turn the ship around (whether it's 4 or 40 years)the fans will pop out of the woodwork and pretend they supported this team in there darkest days. <BR/><BR/>I'm not saying the writer is one of these fans, because I understand the fustration and I enjoy reading his webpage. I also apologize for the criticism of the writer.<BR/><BR/>I think that we have to remember that the Pirates are part of Pittsburgh history to, and through the years they have given us great thrills, and eventually they will againAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784180232125865847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-7297275335531439392008-06-23T14:43:00.001-04:002008-06-23T14:43:00.001-04:00I dont understand what all this criticism of the w...I dont understand what all this criticism of the writer is about. When a team consistantly performs as badly as our pirates do, they deserve the chastisement. When they do something that is worth remarkable recognition, then they deserve the positive comments. It just so happens that the pirates havent done anything remarkable in a long time. Sure, on occasion there might be a game or stretch of games where the pirates look like an actual professional team, but in terms of longevity its been almost my entire life. The pirates and the organization deserve the negative comments. It takes a true fan of a team to be able to point out shortcommings and inabilities, rather than mindlessly think that they can contend.treefiddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08203660276101059399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-36154903963289000662008-06-23T14:43:00.000-04:002008-06-23T14:43:00.000-04:00interesting writeup.i got a LOT of admiration for ...interesting writeup.<BR/><BR/>i got a LOT of admiration for all yall remaining pirates fans. i don't think i could do it.<BR/><BR/>and trust me on this i understand how difficult it is to find something good to write when your team sucks. <BR/><BR/>as for salary cap - yeah, i can see ALL these different champs in football and basketball over the past 15 years. and salary caps sure help the detroit lions.<BR/><BR/>salary caps won't do squat when you got owners who do not care if the team loses every year because they already got millions in profit coming in from MLBAM and revenue sharing. there isn't any reason for them to you know, do something different if the yankees suddenly aren't allowed to spend more than 120 mill or whateverUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607670029989188091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-55096540966223812672008-06-23T13:56:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:56:00.000-04:00My friends and I made PNC the first stop of a four...My friends and I made PNC the first stop of a four-park tour earlier this month. Besides the baseball being played, it was the best park on the tour (compared with Cleveland, Detroit & Cincinnati).<BR/><BR/>The team sure does suck, though. We watched them play the Nats, and it was an overdose of suckitude. I've seen better double-A games.<BR/><BR/>Still, it's fun to take the ferry over and the stadium's awesome (especially the out-of-town scores) and we payed $32 per seat for four seats about 15 rows behind home plate.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and it's fun to continually yell, "Aaaaaaarrrrrrrggghhhh" throughout the game.<BR/><BR/>If the Pirates ever get good, this would probably be my favorite place to watch a pro game.DIIILacrosse.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948547236801499145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-693540289453080052008-06-23T13:53:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:53:00.000-04:00is there any chance of Billy Crystal getting a sta...is there any chance of Billy Crystal getting a start against the Buccos this week?AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11301996830494946252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-75686775295044014692008-06-23T13:38:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:38:00.000-04:00It is difficult to write about the Buccos when its...It is difficult to write about the Buccos when its the same old story. No one enjoys reading or writing "ho-hum we lost another game" stories. Those stories have been the same for the last 15 years. The only difference is personel names. The mainsteam media is full of "what if" Pirates stories. Even the Trib and PG get bored with them. There is very little good news coming from PNC Park worth writing about and if there is this site jumps on it. At least when the Pens were at their depths, there was hope. The hopes of building a team through the draft. The hope of a savior like Sidney Crosby. There is no hope coming from the Park on the North Shore. Then why should there be hope coming from this website?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-88556070238582110102008-06-23T13:05:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:05:00.000-04:00Just for the record, Alex Rodriguez was here when ...Just for the record, Alex Rodriguez was here when the Rangers came through town in June of '02. A-Rod went 0-for-4 with a strikeout against Kip Wells in game one, 3-for-4 with a walk and an RBI against Jimmy Anderson/Mike Lincoln in game two, and 1-4 with a homer against Josh Fogg in the Sunday game. Texas swept the Pirates.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10964397923298807085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-64160319001758603942008-06-23T13:03:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:03:00.000-04:00Or you could quit reading? What the heck do you w...Or you could quit reading? <BR/><BR/>What the heck do you want him to write about, how Osoria sucked again, how Snell blew out his arm, how they didn't get an extra base hit?<BR/><BR/>I'm tired of fans blindly approving everything this team does. I wish the bobble-head having, fireworks going, non-winning baseball fans would just go away.HotDog_Zanzabarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232504684195718341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-66166238615555348792008-06-23T12:22:00.000-04:002008-06-23T12:22:00.000-04:00I agree with BlackandGold, If the Pirates ever con...I agree with BlackandGold, If the Pirates ever contend again there will be write-ups after every game. If he still rips on the Pirates after they start winning that's okay but I don't think that will be the case. Like I said once before, if the Pens and Steelers fall on hard times, the site would never get updated.<BR/><BR/>I like most things on this website and appreciate the hard work put into it, but the Pirate bashing is getting old. Either quit bashing them or quit writing about them, until they start winning of course.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09784180232125865847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29893900.post-66693641068350992092008-06-23T10:22:00.000-04:002008-06-23T10:22:00.000-04:00Good, entertaining write-up. I love reports of Pi...Good, entertaining write-up. I love reports of Pittsburghese atmosphere at Pirates games. Nothing beats the guy with a mullet pounding Iron City's talking about Jim and Randy on DVE. BTW, The Buccos need to bring back Mullet Moments as another distraction from the product on the field. Those were worth the price of admission.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com