Rob Biertempfel
Rob Biertempfel
I cover the Pittsburgh Pirates for @TheAthleticMLB. I tell Dad jokes. I speak Yinzer. I bleed blue and white. ** Romans 12:12 **Source
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My night as a minor-league mascot: Sweating and dancing as the Curve's Al Tuna

My night as a minor-league mascot: Sweating and dancing as the Curve's Al Tuna

Aug 29, 2022ALTOONA, Pa. — Al Tuna sat alone in a cramped wooden shack tucked behind the center-field wall. It was after sundown on a tepid summer evening, but Al was sweating — a lot. He followed the ballgame on a beat-up radio and plotted his dance moves. He dreaded the postgame stumble up the stadium steps.As the innings droned on, Al found himself in deep existential pondering that only a minor-league baseball mascot can truly appreciate.Am I a tuna … or a goldfish?I spent nine smelly, exhausting innings inside Al’s bright orange skin during an Altoona Curve game last month, and I still...

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