Bob Batz Jr.
@bobbatzjr
Journalist. Pittsburgh.
One more piece of Pittsburgh from a recent Canada trip: At the Hockey Hall of Fame, among many other items, a Pittsburgh Hornets AAA jersey.
Another slice of Pittsburgh in Canada: Bryan Trottier is on a new postal stamp.
There’s no one I’d rather share a birthday with than this guy, and I can’t wait to see where he goes from here.
The missiles that once protected Pittsburgh: www.post-gazette.com/life/goodnes...
Turns out those of us who went on strike for more than three years were right from the very start.
A lot of emotion in the @pghguild.com newsroom this weekend as we make, edit and publish what looks to be the last Sunday strike paper. It's full of champions and winners, doers and helpers. And I'm talking about its journalists: www.unionprogress.com
Follow along as the @pghguild.com strike paper's @johnnysantapup.bsky.social covers college 🏈 and Brad and Steve work all day this championship Saturday @acrisurestadium.bsky.social. Meanwhile here are the PIAA playoffs results, and the Mon Incline is open for Light Up Night: www.unionprogress.com
The Friday @pghguild.com strike paper gets you ready for championship Saturday @acrisurestadium.bsky.social; reports on the Mount Washington Transit Tunnel reopening and the United Way IMPACT Awards, and shares a SNAP update from the Pittsburgh Media Partnership's Erin Yudt: www.unionprogress.com
The Thursday @pghguild.com strike paper gets ready for Saturday's Western Pennsylvania high school football championships: www.unionprogress.com
Wednesday's strike paper: The United Way seeks free tax prep volunteers, Ed Blazina has a distinctly convoluted Pittsburgh roadwork report, and @stevemellon412.bsky.social is there as @pghguild.com's Goldy loses his locks: www.unionprogress.com
Monday morning at the @pghguild.com strike paper: @johnnysantapup.bsky.social lays out the district @ncaafb.bsky.social playoff picture and Ed Blazina reports on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's annual service report: Missed trips are down, but on-time performance is an issue: www.unionprogress.com
The Sunday PUP is packed with all the district high school and college football, a rekindled Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy podcast, and news for toll scofflaws: the Pennsylvania Turnpike is coming for you with state Attorney General Dave Sunday: www.unionprogress.com
Ham, quattro formaggi, crushed pineapple, fresh Thai basil, spicy marinara, olive oil, lots of black pepper.
FOOTBALL! Saturday's @pghguild.com strike paper has what happened Friday night and what's happening today, which our Steve, Brad and @johnnysantapup.bsky.social will have tonight. Follow? Plus news on the Mon Incline closure and @attacktheatre.bsky.social going "Game On." www.unionprogress.com
The @pghguild.com sports guys are taping up for a long weekend of football, including Saturday college championships and playoff pushes. @johnnysantapup.bsky.social reports. Helen Fallon previews America Recycles Day. And Ed Blazina says PGH Transit debuts ReadyFare cards soon: www.unionprogress.com
"We’re excited about getting there on Saturday," one coach tells the @pghguild.com strike paper's Steve Rotstein. Another tells Brad Everett, "All that matters is 6 o’clock on Saturday.” Two championships. Plus Ed Blazina has a status report from the Commercial Street Bridge: www.unionprogress.com
The @pghguild.com is still strike papering. Here are Steve Rotstein's and Brad Everett's previews of Friday night's high school football playoffs semifinals games and Ed Blazina with some mid-week roadwork: www.unionprogress.com
The @pghguild.com's @stevemellon412.bsky.social has two important stories today: One about how his fellow strikers are feeling after Monday's court ruling in their favor, and another about the ongoing struggles and mutual support of people in East Palestine, Ohio: www.unionprogress.com