Florida Marlins @ Pittsburgh Pirates (2)

This was the first day game of my trip, with a lunchtime start.  After a small, yet expensive, breakfast, I went to the stadium for the game.  Of course, today being September 11th, there was a lot of pre-game remembrance services scheduled at both MLB and NFL ballgames today.  Since I usually holiday in the US during the first half of this month, I have been to many September 11th games over the past few years and the tributes have always been dignified.  This year, there has been saturation TV coverage of the anniversary, peaking this weekend.  Whilst it is important to remember, this year has been rather excessive and I've found it all rather over the top - on the TV.  Additionally, many of the destination indicators of the buses around have also been going around with messages displayed (in addition to the destinations!)

In real life, the Pirates managed it nicely - all the remembrance was before the game, and once the game started, it was a normal game.  Unfortunately for the Pirates, this meant another loss - although they did at least score one consolation run after having given up 4 runs to Florida in one inning, which proved to be all the offence in the game.  My seat was a few sections further around, closer to the plate, so I had a much better view.  The attendance at the game appeared rather poor, although wandering around, it seems that a very large number of people were inside in the club level or on the concourses of the other levels, watching the Pittsburgh Steelers' game at the Baltimore Ravens game on the TVs!  (The Steelers lost heavily too)  Many people were sitting in the various club lounges where they had multiple TVs on the wall, half showing the baseball game going on outside and half showing the Steelers game so people could have both at the same time.