September Surprises
Nolan | September 29, 2008Well, it’s back to the old grindstone again with school. I just got done with my Calculus and Intro to ECE midterms, and I was glad for the break this weekend. In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been able to do some cool stuff like tour the Robotics club on campus (with 8+ projects to choose from), finally perform with the Kiltie Band, and meet the CS professor who created the smilie face emoticon as we know it today 
. This last weekend I was able to do some exploring and try and find the location of the old Forbes Field. After getting lost in the UPitt campus, I asked a student nearby where the field was. His reply: “You’re standing on it!” Wow…duhhh. Turns out that the old home plate is located inside Posvar Hall and that the center field fence is still standing 457 feet away. To make the story even better, I happened to run into Robert Lavelle, an original attendee of the famous 1960 World Series game where Bill Mazeroski bashed in a home run in the 9th inning to beat Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees (Roberto Clemente was playing for the Pirates then as well). Yay for history coming alive! I took a picture from the Cathedral of Learning to give a bit of modern-day perspective on the original LIFE photo and got a good shot of Carnegie Mellon as well.
It’s starting to get a little colder and darker here in Pittsburgh, which is a nice change. Fall colors are just around the corner!
Until next time,
Nolan
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- Robotics Club--Swarm Robots
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- The RobOrchestra Project
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- Robotics Lecture (don't let the Powerpoint fool you...it was cool)
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- Kiltie Band!
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- The Kiltie Officers Leading A Cheer
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- The Home Plate of the Old Forbes Field
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- Pitt Students Cheering on the Pirates at the 1960 World Series
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- An Explanation of the Poster
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- Forbes Field Marker
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- The Center Field Fence
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- Robert Lavelle--Attendee of the 1960 World Series Game, A UPitt Native, and Historian Extraordinaire
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- UPitt's Cathedral Of Learning
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- The Site of Forbes Field (the concrete building is over the infield)
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- Carnegie Mellon from the Cathedral
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- A Colorful *Triceratops*
If I'm not mistaken, that "rhinoceros" is actually a triceratops.
Cooper Riley Ottum | September 29, 2008If I’m not mistaken, that “rhinoceros” is actually a triceratops. But it has been a long time since I though dinosaurs were the only thing for me.
Anyway, those are some sweet buildings… hooray East coast I guess.
Hope all is well.
Oooh, right you are Cooper. Lemme change that right quick.
admin | September 30, 2008Oooh, right you are Cooper. Lemme change that right quick.
Hi Nolan, It was great talking to you just now!
aunt sandi | October 25, 2008Hi Nolan,
It was great talking to you just now! Oh—-to be young again. Have a great time on the
rest of your retreat. Talk with you later.
Aunt Sandi