5-7-11 PNC Park

Then, one picks colors for their pallet from a paint wall filled with different colors of paint. 

There is a guide to the colors hanging above the paint.  The shade on
the left is one coat, and the shade on the right of each color is three
coats.
Amy and I chose a piggy bank to make for our daughter, due in early August.
Amy and I painted the pig together.  She pained the body of the pig.

And I worked on the front.
After we got the pig just like we wanted it, I detailed in purple our daughter’s name on one side of the piggy bank.
This was the end result:

On the other side I wrote her year of birth, 2011.

And here’s the face I painted:

It’s going to be fired in a kiln and we’ll pick it up next week!

After that it was off to PNC Park.  It began raining at 3:50.  It never rained more than a drizzle, and it drizzled for about 10 minutes.  This was just enough for the PNC Park groundscrew to decide to cancel batting practice for the day.

To pass the time, I played catch with Nick Pelescak and Zac Weiss on the bridge.
Always a good time.
Of course, since there was no batting practice going on, there wasn’t much to do, so I went over behind the Astros pitchers when they came out.  On my way over, I found my first ball of the day in the seats along the right field foul line.

It was likely left over from the Pirates batting practice, because they had been hitting before the light drizzle started.

Here’s the Astros doing some light running:

When they came out, Wilton Lopez tossed Enerio Del Rosario’s glove into the stands.  I took his glove, and Wilton Lopez and I made an exchange.

Lopez was confused by the string, so I just told him I use it for extra padding.  Thanks to Nick Pelescak for the picture.

Later, when the Astros were done throwing, Lopez tossed me his warm up ball, my second one of the day.
Afterwards, I walked around for a bit.

There ended up being 32,000 fans at this game, so there wasn’t any chance for toss up balls from the outfielders, so I ended with two balls.

Today’s baseballs:

Sweet spots:
STATISTICS:
Game:  2 balls (1 thrown, 1 found)
Season:  83 balls (31 hit, 20 thrown, 21 device, 11 found)
Games: 14 games
Average:  5.93 balls per game
Career:  1,205 balls
Attendance: 32,299