Hey guys, welcome to the double shot of pirates.

I'm Dan Kovachovich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.

Your ball club is taking on the Phillies because the city of Pittsburgh can't get enough of the city of Philadelphia in recent weeks.

Braxton Ashcraft is pitching against Aaron Nola.

Nice pitching matchup, disregard that Nola's gotten off to a rough start.

Philadelphia, he's still Aaron Nola.

The Phillies overall are off to a rough start in Philadelphia. He's still Aaron Nola. The Phillies overall are off to a disappointing start.

Actually, they don't use words like disappointing in Philadelphia.

They use a lot harsher words.

I was at the covering Penguins versus Flyers was game or the obnoxious PA announcer, the Flyers Arena, says,

a special welcome to the Philadelphia Phillies.

And the big board shows about seven or eight of the Phillies sitting in a suite.

And the place just comes down on them.

Boe.

Like this is your baseball team.

Right there in the hockey league just to embarrass them further.

That's so Philly.

They will have their share of followers here.

That's how these things go.

The pirates actually like, from a financial standpoint,

having these matchups against the Phillies,

because you'll see the crowds will be really, really large all weekend.

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