PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been one of the greatest places in Pittsburgh since 2001. Before PNC Park was Three Rivers Stadium that was opened from 1970 to 2000. If you’re a sports fan, you don’t want to miss a Buccos game. The atmosphere is insane. With hundreds of fans flooding the ballpark each game, you would think someone incredibly famous was at the stadium, but the players are just like you and me. They have worked their butts off ever since they were little and fell in love with the game of baseball. Now being in the major league, they have to work extra hard to maintain not only a position on the team, but a name for themselves. Dan Hart, who works in communications for the Pittsburgh Pirates, took us up to the press box before the game and talked to us about his job. “Once the confetti of the Super Bowl game goes off, I’m on the clock and getting ready to head down to Florida for spring training. It sure is a fun job, but a very, very long year.” It was so interesting to hear about Dan’s traveling stories, how he gets to build a personal relationship with the players, and his daily work in general. “You don’t know who I am, but you know what I do.” Dan laughs as he explains that when someone comes up to him and is like “Oh! Did you know that Polanco’s last home run was this day at this game and so on?” and Dan says “Yes! I was the one that wrote that information! I was the one that gave you that!” “That’s the coolest thing about this job, Dan continues, you are constantly feeding people information and you never really know what you are going to get yourself into. We are everyone’s eyes and ears and they don’t really even know it.” Dan explained to us about a PNC Park internship they offer during the summer. “Get into as many internships as you can. Get involved, keep writing and it’s inevitable that you will make mistakes, but it’s okay, keep going.” Dan Hart was an incredible person to talk to and it was even better talking about one of my favorite topics, baseball. To top the night off, The Pirates were able to clutch a win in the bottom of the 10th inning 3-2 against the Brewers. The games are amazing and I’ll never get tired of going to them, It will be something I would want everyone to experience, even if you’re not a fan.
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PNC Park, Interview with Dan Hart and Sights Seen
Yesterday, at PNC Park, the Interactive Multimedia Workshop interviewed Dan Hart.
The first thing we talked about was the crazy schedule that Pirates Players and other behind-the-scenes team members have. Dan Hart said that he “is never really home for the Fourth of July”.
He said that he sometimes has to be there early in the morning and stay until super late at night. He has to be there at all times but every year, just before he has to be at work all day, every day, he goes on vacation. He goes through the motions of working with these people and he never complains because he loves his job.
He talked a lot about his interns and all of the things that he has them do. He told us about all of his and their tasks and how they always have deadlines.
He spoke very highly of everyone who works with him and the entire team behind-the-scenes of the Pirates.
We talked about the social media/ press and his background.
He told us that when he was a young adult, he applied for an internship there, and he didn’t get it. But later on in life, he got the real job, and met the guy who beat him over for the internship. He told us about how anyone and everyone who gets a job or internship there, always is very successful in their lives later on.
This picture one of the many sights from the press room at PNC Park.