I
went to a baseball game. I’m not a big baseball fan. I spent more of my time
eating and drinking in the suite, but it was fun!
Interesting
part was that they were honoring the players on the 1979 World Series winning
Pittsburg team. When I was at the airport leaving the next day, I happened to
start talking to a guy that was one of those players. He had 22 family members
with him to attend the game. We talked quite a while about how life as a
baseball player is very different from back then. Pay was very much lower
(<$20,000/yr vs >$400,000/yr). If you were hurt back then, you couldn’t
take time off or they would replace you with a minor league player. So you had
to play 5 days a week no matter how hurt you were. Pay was so bad that you had
to play in the off-season at a place like Puerto Rico. The problem is that you
never really had time to relax. Today’s players are eating healthy, working
out, and have trainers to help them. Back then it was play a game and then go
out drinking and to party. If you didn’t go with the rest of the guys, you
weren’t really part of the team. A different time!
We
went to a restaurant on Mount Washington. Great view of the Allegheny, Monongahela
and the Ohio Rivers plus downtown from Point of View Park.
This
is a sculpture of George Washington and Seneca Guyasuta. They met when they
were young and Guyasuta guided Washington through Pennsylvania.
And,
I still love Mjolnir signed by Chris Hemsworth!
