Pirates of the Caribbean: at World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a video game based on the Pirates of the Caribbean films Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, published by Buena Vista Games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PSP, Nintendo DS, and the Wii. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End follows the events of The Pirates of the Caribbean movies Dead Man's Chest and At World's End with some additional missions and characters. In game location include locales such as the Black Pearl, the Flying Dutchman, Tortuga, Davy Jones Locker, Shipwreck Cove, Port Royal and a prison. As Captain Jack Sparrow the player visits several locations to find the pirate lords and tell them of the meeting at Shipwreck Cove requiring the player to battle the pirate lords and their guards or perform favors for them. Near the end of the game the player must battle across the Flying Dutchman as both Will and Jack for the Dead Man's Chest. The battle ends with Will killing Davy Jones and remaining behind as Jack returns to the Black Pearl. On the Pearl, the player has to defend the ship against the Endeavour and Lord Cutler Beckett until the Dutchman returns under Will's command and destroys the Endeavour, killing Beckett. After the battle Barbossa has another mutiny against Jack. Jack later runs into Black Bart along with Scarlett and Giselle.

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Hindu Pirates

Hindu Pirates, a rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 2009 and currently consists of Austin Ferreira on lead vocals, Casey Snyder on lead guitar, Ben Tinsley on drums, Derek Bostelman on bass, and Giussepe LoBasso on rhythm guitar. The group came together during their high school career at Edison High School (Huntington Beach, California). In 2010, the band release their first self produced album Pelican Daze. In 2012, the band was sponsored by the clothing brand, Hurley to produce their EP, Hurley EP. The band has played at numerous local venues such as the Constellation Room in Orange County. The Echo in Echo Park, and at the US Open of Surfing in 2012. Hindu Pirates have opened for bands like Grouplove, Delta Spirit, Tijuana Panthers and Cold War Kids. They've also performed with bands such as Los Angeles-based Santoros, El Segundo's Froth, San Francisco's Cool Ghouls, Allah-Las, Har Mar Superstar, JJMAZ, Gantez Warrior

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Transportation to/from Pirates ballpark?

Most hotels have shuttle service that will take you to the Ball Park or at least to Station Square where you can catch a river shuttle to the game for just a few bucks... There is a hotel right across the street from PNC - it's the Marriot Springhill Suites - North Shore And if you stay in Downtown, where most of the hotels are, you can walk to the game in under 10 minutes.

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Pirates losses

Homer in the Gloamin'For most of the 1938 season, the Pirates had led the National League and seemed on their way to a pennant. But in the final month of the season, they started to falter, losing a 6.5 game lead in the beginning of September and by the time they played the Chicago Cubs in a three-game series at Wrigley Field late in the month, they were only up by 2. The Cubs won the first game, narrowing the lead to 0.5. The next game on September 28, 1938 was tied at 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth inning. With an 0-2 count, Gabby Hartnett hit a Mace Brown pitch for a home run to win the game for the Cubs. The Pirates lost four of the next five games to close out the season while the Cubs went on to clinch the pennant. The Heartbreaker IThe Cincinnati Reds had overcome a 2-games-to-1 deficit in the 1972 National League Championship Series to force a deciding Game 5 in Cincinnati. The Pirates claimed an early 2-0 lead in the game, then traded runs in the middle innings with the Reds to take a 3-2 advantage into the bottom of the ninth inning. Three outs from returning to the World Series as the defending champs, normally dependable Pirates closer Dave Giusti surrendered a home run to Johnny Bench, tying the game. After allowing two base hits to Tony Prez and Denis Menke, Giusti was replaced on the mound by Bob Moose. After coaxing the next two Reds batters to fly out, Moose unleashed a wild pitch with runners on second and third, allowing the winning run to score. For Pirates fans, it seemed that the heartbreaks surrounding this game would continue for almost four years: only two short months later, star right fielder Roberto Clemente was tragically killed in an airplane crash off of the Puerto Rican coast; and four years later, pitcher Bob Moose was tragically killed in an automobile crash en route to a celebrity golf tournament. Announcer reactions One and two... The wind... And the pitch to Bench... Change hit in the air to deep right field, back goes Clemente...! At the fence...! She's gone! Johnny Bench, who hits almost every home run to left field hits one to right. The game is tied.- Al Michaels on the call for WLW-AM.The stretch... And the 1-1 pitch to McRae... In the dirt - it's a wild pitch! Here comes Foster! The Reds win the pennant! Bob Moose throws a wild pitch and the Reds have won the National League Pennant!- Al Michaels call on the series-ending play.The Heartbreaker II/The 20-Year CurseTwenty years later, history seemingly repeated itself for the Pirates. In the 1992 National League Championship Series (NLCS), the Pirates (who had "three-peated" as division champs) faced the Atlanta Braves in a rematch of the previous year's NLCS. The Game 7 series decider, held on Wednesday October 14, was its most memorable contest. The Pirates' Doug Drabek pitched masterfully for the first eight innings, holding the Braves scoreless. His only real scare came in the sixth, when the Braves loaded the bases with none out. But Jeff Blauser lined into a double-play and Terry Pendleton flew out to end the inning. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh was not doing much with Atlanta starter John Smoltz, but they did manage single tallies in the first on an Orlando Merced sacrifice fly and in the sixth on an RBI single by Andy Van Slyke. The play The Pirates took their 2-0 lead into the bottom of the ninth, when their season imploded. Drabek allowed an inning-opening double to Pendleton. In what would prove to be a crucial play, normally sure-handed second baseman Jos Lind then booted David Justice's easy grounder. A walk to Sid Bream loaded the bases, and Stan Belinda replaced Drabek. Ron Gant then plated one run with a sacrifice fly to make it 2-1, and Damon Berryhill walked to reload the bases. Pinch-hitter Brian Hunter popped up to second base with nobody scoring, and it looked like Pittsburgh might escape. But pinch-hitter Francisco Cabrera singled to left to score Justice and - just ahead of Barry Bonds' throw - Bream. The Braves piled onto Bream at the plate, the stadium erupted, and Atlanta went back to the World Series. Meanwhile, it took the Pirates twenty-one seasons to return to post-season play - and compile a winning record for a season. Announcer reactions Swung, line drive left field! One run is in! Here comes Bream! Here's the throw to the plate! He is... safe! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! Braves win!- Skip Caray's call of Francisco Cabrera's game-winning hit in Game 7.He hacked at the 2-0, now the 2-1 - Line drive and a base hit! Justice has scored the tying run! Bream to the plate... and he is safe, safe at the plate! The Braves go to the World Series!- Sean McDonough's call of Francisco Cabrera's game-winning hit in Game 7.Notes Sid Bream played for Pittsburgh from 1985 to 1990 and has long made his home north of the city. The Pirates had found themselves in a familiar situation during the 1992 NLCS: down 3-games-to-1 and facing elimination going into Game 5. In fact, they had come within one out of re-accomplishing the feats of the 1925 and 1979 Pirates in overcoming such a deficit in post-season play (albeit this time in the NLCS rather than the World Series).The Sausage incidentAt Milwaukee on July 9, 2003, Randall Simon, who played first base for Pittsburgh at the time, was arrested, suspended and fined for swinging a baseball bat from the dugout at the head of a Milwaukee stadium Sausage runner's costume. The tap did not hit the actual head of Mandy Block, who was wearing the Italian sausage costume, but did knock her over causing a chain reaction that took the "hot dog" costumed runner down with her. The Polish sausage helped the Italian sausage up and all sausages finished the race. The Pirates lost the game 2-1. Simon later apologized and Block asked only that the offending bat be autographed and given to her. Simon obliged. Later that year, Mandy Block received a complimentary trip to Curaao, Simon's home island, from the Curaao Tourism Board. Since the incident, T-shirts and other memorabilia have been sold with the slogan "Do not whack our wiener!" Later that season, Simon was traded to the Chicago Cubs, and when they visited Milwaukee later that season, during the sausage race, his teammates playfully held him back, while manager Dusty Baker guarded the bat rack. At that same game, Simon had also bought a pack of Italian sausages to a random section of fans at the ballpark. Worst Call EverAt 2:00 am on July 26, 2011, in the bottom of the 19th inning (the fourth-longest game in franchise history), the Pirates were ironically handed another disheartening loss against the Atlanta Braves, this time in the form of a blown call by home plate umpire Jerry Meals. Posting their best regular-season record in 19 years and on pace for a wild-card playoff spot, a night game tied at 3-3 in Atlanta dragged on into extra innings. In the bottom of the 19th inning, Atlanta placed runners on first and third with one out. Atlanta's Scott Proctor hit a ground ball to third base which was fielded cleanly by Pedro Alvarez. Alvarez threw home to Pirates' catcher Michael McKenry, who appeared to apply the tag to the Atlanta base runner, Julio Lugo, in plenty of time. To the shock of everyone watching, home plate umpire Jerry Meals indicated that Lugo had avoided the tag by signalling "safe." While this was only one loss in what was otherwise a winning season to that point, the play seemingly resurrected too many "ghosts of '92", and put the Pirates into a season-breaking tailspin from which they could not recover. After this game, the Pirates lost 10 games in a row, and in no time, fell out of the playoff race and secured their 19th straight losing season.