Home Sweet Home

That title can go for 2 of my topics,First off,The Pittsburgh Penguins came back to the Igloo last night in game 3 of The Stanley Cup Finals and maybe all they needed was alittle home cooking.Sidney Crosby had 2 goals, Marian Hossa had 2 assists and Adam Hall scored another for the 3-2 win.This game was probably the best game i have seen in along time,Plenty of checking,Tough,Physical game.Pens and Wings have to wait till Saturday to drop the puck,The NHL and their stupid scheduling give the 2 teams yet another 2 days off between games, These teams have played 3 games in just under a week,I don't see rest being a factor.The 2ND part of tonight's topic,Today's trip to Allentown.I'll give you a 2 part ranking.For the Ball park,And ball park experience,I would give them an A+.Yes this is a new stadium,But the Iron Pigs(god i hate that team name) Have played well over 30 home dates so far.The stadium is very clean,The food we had was very good.We decided on the Boss Dogs and these were the larger of the ball park dog variety.The price?$2.75! Try going to Hagerstown and getting a hot dog that is grilled(Even cooked)With a quality roll.Former Suns GM Kurt Landes runs things at Coca Cola Park,And has done a very good job with everything so far.I wish some of this would rub off on our Hagerstown ball club(and yes,I know you read! Herman).Now for the bad.Allentown is by far one of the WORST towns i have ever been to!Where to start,Maybe the poorly placed street signs,Or the Hodge podge of one way streets that makes Hagerstown look easy.Any other city i have been to you could find a gas station on pretty much every corner.Not in Allentown,I saw alot of closed gas stations,But alot less open ones then anyone could expect.I know Shawn,Ryan.And myself were VERY happy to get out of that shit hole as fast as we could!Bottom line,We'll go back to Coca Cola Park.But will not be visiting the Allentown Visitors Center any time soon! The final score,Indianapolis fell to the Iron Pigs 8-5.I'll have a video that Shawn did at the park later tonight,Or tomorrow.And will be back in a few with Pirates news..And a very special moment with a Indianapolis Player .Photo Credits-Iron Pigs-Milb.com,Penguins-Peter Diana/Post-Gazette