Hey guys, welcome to

Double Shot of Pirates.

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

This program is brought to you by the North Shore Tavern, home of steak on a stone.

Those are our friends right across the 6th Street Bridge here next to PNC Park.

And the eating experience unto itself.

Pirates and Yankees are in the Bronx tonight.

That would be a 705 p.m. start Braxton Ashcraft going up against the lefty. Ryan Weathers,

the pirates, of course, have not been good against lefties. Opponents, of course, have not

been good against Ashcraft. Like almost none of them have been good. So maybe, maybe finally, there's a little bit of a pitcher's duel at hand,

although those tend to be rare in that ballpark,

which unlike its ancient predecessor,

has some very Cincinnati-like qualities to it.

Even more so some hitters have told me where there's a stream of air that flows through the stadium from home plate out to right field,

that even in addition to the place being small, the ball carries in that direction. So we'll see if that

benefits people on the Pittsburgh side, just as much or more than as people on the New York

side, given the pirate's proficiency with the bats. The general manager of the penguins,

and no, I have not misspoken on this program,

the general manager of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins,

today made a little bit of a statement

regarding your baseball team.

This is rare, man.

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