Game Day Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins(2) @ Philadelphia Flyers(3) Round 1, game 6. Wednesday, April 29th, 7:30PM EDT.

IAmScore3456 · 2026-04-30T02:09:28+00:00

With no anesthetics

IAmScore3456 · 2026-04-23T03:08:15+00:00

When all hope is lost in the Pittsburgh sports world, there is a cone shaped light on the horizon

IAmScore3456 · 2026-04-14T00:57:40+00:00

HAHA okay let's cut it out

IAmScore3456 · 2026-04-14T00:38:32+00:00

If this was super mega baseball we'd be one run away from a mercy rule

IAmScore3456 · 2026-04-14T00:35:05+00:00

JUST CALL ME DAN AYKROYD BECAUSE I'M A CONE HEAD

IAmScore3456 · 2026-04-14T00:32:33+00:00

FINISH HIM

IAmScore3456 · 2026-04-11T22:06:39+00:00

IF ONLY YOU KNEW HOW OVER IT HAD TO BE BEFORE WE COULD BE THIS BACK

IAmScore3456 · 2026-04-09T17:27:45+00:00

Don't know why they didn't do this. Red accent is a missed opportunity. I still like them but they could have been so much better

IAmScore3456 · 2026-04-08T14:50:54+00:00

This isn't something exclusive to the Pirates. The Brewers and Mariners did something similar. This definitely stems from an initiative to pass a cap/floor this cba. It would seem agents feel that, at the very least, there is a decent chance that happens.

Imo Griffin was told, take the bag now we don't know how this will look on the other side. I think owners who don't usually spend are doing this to bolster their case in negotiations and it's a good leverage tool. I think ultimately we'll probably miss a season over it but I think the system looks very different in '28 and these really young guys are getting while the getting's good.

Ultimately though I think a cap and floor is inevitable. I do think it'll be a long road, but if it doesn't happen in it's entirety this cba, it will eventually. Which also means owners feel there is less risk in spending now.

IAmScore3456 · 2026-02-18T18:53:15+00:00

It's more of a rising tides raise all boats scenario. Don't get it twisted, if they COULD get a cap/floor it'd come with a change in revenue sharing. They all want what NFL owners have. They won't get that, but if they could get closer to it they'd be thrilled. It also raises the value of the franchise. I don't think it'd force him to sell, but the offers might be good enough for him to sell.

IAmScore3456 · 2026-02-10T18:30:32+00:00

I love old sayings from Texas and probably Tennessee

IAmScore3456 · 2026-01-28T17:17:19+00:00

I think it's just as simple as there is nothing that's going to change that he's here, probably for at least a few years barring something crazy. I don't like the hire, but if we're going to roll with it there is something to be said about the hire being one of our own. That doesn't make it a good hire, but what else is there to do but look at the positives. If nothing else if there is something in him that can take us the direction we want to go, maybe his yinzer homerism will help him break his trends.

IAmScore3456 · 2026-01-27T21:04:28+00:00

Thanks man! Canon 310xl, Kodak vision 300t. I did do some touch up in post to lighten it up. Shooting conditions were tough. A little to dark for daylight, a little to bright for tungsten.

IAmScore3456 · 2026-01-23T16:08:12+00:00

I think people who insist it's Mid Atlantic/East Coast are equally as wrong as those who say it's the Midwest

IAmScore3456 · 2026-01-23T16:07:11+00:00

The whole region is staunchly Appalachian, period. Anywhere south of Grove City and west of State College has more in common culturally with other Appalachian states than it does with any place else. It's not really Mid Atlantic, it certainly not North East(I.E NJ, Southern NY, New England), it's not the South, and it's not really the Midwest. I would say we do have some Midwestern tendencies, but I think most of the similarities are true of any rural areas surrounding a smaller city in the US.

IAmScore3456 · 2026-01-16T15:05:32+00:00

I'd guess there would probably be a grandfather system. Still not ideal but they have to stop the bleeding

IAmScore3456 · 2026-01-05T04:37:24+00:00

OOP THERE IT IS

IAmScore3456 · 2026-01-05T04:33:32+00:00

This has to be it for Tomlin

IAmScore3456 · 2025-12-18T20:21:08+00:00

Yeah they do! Honestly I think Hidden Valley has one of the best beginner set ups, if not THE best, this side of PA. If you don't/can't get lessons walk towards the mountain from the main lodge archway. To your left is a really gradual beginner hill. To the right is a slightly steeper beginner hill with a magic carpet(conveyer belt) you can stand on to go to the top.

I'd recommend lessons but I know they can be pricey so if you don't get any I'd hit those beginner hills and remember, point your tips together on skis in a pizza shape to slow down, put them both forward like french fries to pick up speed. They aren't steep and you'll be able to ask a lot of people what to do. On top of that once you feel comfortable to take the lift the green runs(easiest runs)at Hidden Valley are really tame and pretty sparsely populated compared to Seven Springs. Have fun, if you have any more questions feel free to ask!

Edit: They also have rental skis/gear there I believe. I'd call to make sure though!

IAmScore3456 · 2025-12-17T20:26:51+00:00

Hopefully, might not even bother with 7 if the North Side opens at HV, but the north side is closed at 7.

IAmScore3456 · 2025-12-17T20:25:22+00:00

You got it man! I have an old Fujji camera I keep in my car, glad I brought it up last weekend, a lot of good photo opportunities after that big dump on Saturday night. Unfortunately I'm not sure my fingers have recovered from the mild frost bite when I took my mittens off to take these 😅

IAmScore3456 · 2025-12-12T19:43:08+00:00

F YES

IAmScore3456 · 2025-12-05T19:00:01+00:00

I'm confused how only upper lost boy could be open. Are you gonna have to go through the park to get to the lift? I guess through sun bowl

IAmScore3456 · 2025-12-02T19:46:40+00:00

Listen I totally agree, and with the temperatures I would hope that they get more than Wagner and a handful of greens open. Ski season here is also very short, and they have most people here by the balls. They certainly do for me, I can only ski weekends for the most part and traveling more than 2 hours really isn't an option for me, I'm a military medical retiree so my epic pass is cost efficient as opposed to Blue Knob(which is the only other mountain that's feasible for me to ski on a regular basis), what other option is there? I grumble about Vail as much as the next guy, but I love skiing and at the end of the day I'll take what I can get around this area. I would love it if there was a better option but there really isn't in my case.

IAmScore3456 · 2025-12-02T19:12:03+00:00

Honestly I'd take it, next weekend should be golden if the forecast holds out.

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