Super Steeler Babes

Thursday September 10th

Tennessee Titans at Pittsburgh Steelers (-6)

I didn't want to give a cliche' start of the season preview and predictions that you're use to getting. Instead I wanted to just bring you my pick for Thursday's game and then let you drool, mind numbingly over the epic amount of hot babes in Steeler gear. There's 44 pics in honor of Super Bowl XLIV that will be played this year. Yeah ..... That's a much better start to the season than some crappy prediction. Go Steelers!
Prediction: Steelers -6

She doesn't make bad calls

Who will play touch with her?

Cougars are fans too

Steelers and fishnets ... who knew?

Friends don't let friends cheer for the Ravens

Or the Browns

No worries ... nobody cheers for the Bengals anyways

Steelers and Whiskey?!? A woman after my heart!

Mmmmmm

Ooh ... Steelers bag!

Three of them ... so you can share one with a friend

Okay. So technically not all of them are wearing Steeler gear.

Please say this is the new ball girl. Please say this is the new ball girl. Please say .....

This dress says "I want to be formal but I'm here to party!"

May be the hottest chick with Steeler gear on .... ever!

Alyssa Milano can't keep her hands off champion merchandise.

Just ... a little .... lower!!!

Perfect technique on the cradle

Bonus: Steelers Babes in Video!

People videos

In retrospect .... that video was kind of gay.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING!!!

Rainy Day. Fitting of The record breaking clincher.

Seventeen. Seventeen long years ago the Pirates ownership and management set out on a quest to produce one of the worst professional franchises in history. Aided only by a boom in the steroid era, free agency, and awful management they finally achieved the record of losing more consecutive seasons than any other franchise has in any of the four professional sports.

Our Quaker Steak and Lube Lady

Me and my good, drunken buddies, set forth to witness this history in the making. Armed with only our nameless Pirates gear and a shit ton of road sodas (or screw drivers) we arrived fashionably late to the game .... somewhere around 4th inning. The Bucs were already down 3-1 and we were already down about 8 shots of vodka (in a 30 minute span).

We walked up to the usher and had this conversation:

Usher: Tickets? ..... You guys are in row M .... great seats! They're out in the rain though. Do you want me to sit you in some dry seats under the grandstands?

Irish Road: Naw ... We've survived 17 years of this shit so far ... It will only be fitting watching this one in the rain.

Usher: Good Point.

So we go an sit in the rain. Runhigh promised me that the weather front was going to pass soon. I don't know if I believed him. The irony of it all was that in my baseball fanhood these were the best seats I've ever had. Seventeen years. In a downpour. On the day that they clinch the losing record. My fitting life as a Pirates fan. Bill Simmons eat your heart out.

Cub fans we shouted insults at

The Buccos never really threatened but these Cubs fans did. I came armed with a plethora of insults for them (who seemed to almost outnumber the Pirate fans) and a few impromptu ones on the spot. Some of them include:

"Hey Cub fans! We might be earning number 17 but you assholes are starting season 101!!!"

"Hey Cub fans! Say hi to my buddy Steve Bartman!!!"

"Hey Cub fans! Do you know what we have in common? We'll both be watching the playoffs from our couches!!!"

From the Cubs fans: "Hey! I don't see you with a girlfriend!"

Irish Road: "Hey! I don't see you with a cute girlfriend!"

"Hey Cub fans! I saved you some seats in front of us. Number 19 through number 08!!!"

By the way that last on pissed them off the most. It also got a huge laugh from the ushers and other Pirate fans nearby.

Yes ... it takes a special person to be a fan of the Pirates for 17 straight losing seasons. Year in ... Year out ... Bad trade after bad signing after bad trading after horrible free agency signing. Yes the Buccos through and through are awful. And today we clinch the Record Breaker.

Cubs Fan in a Pirates Labor Day Hat

So .... um ... Let's go Bucs! And remember ... for Pittsburghers there is a light at the end of the tunnel. For some it's the Steelers and the Penguins. For others it the knowledge that you aren't a Cubs fan.

Go Bucs!

Port-O-Pong ... Dual Purpose Beer Pong

So a few weeks ago my friends at Port-O-Pong send me their product an inflatable beer pong table. It's suppose to be used in the pool and trust me I'm still dying to use it in one. Anything that involves a pool and drinking is awesome by Irish Road standards. But being a city resident in Pittsburgh makes it hard to have easy access to a pool ... at least a pool you can drink in too (Note: If you have a pool and would like to kick it with Irish Road and my awesome new beer toy just contact me).



But this little set back won't stop me and my buddies from being the most inventive drinker I can be. So what do we decide to do? What all good Pittsburghers who love beer and sports do ... Tailgate! Fuck ... an inflatable table can easily be propped up on shit and still used for it's intended purpose. You know ... drinking. But this table has some advantages over normal tables that you can bring to a tailgate.


1 - It's inflatable. For those of you who are drunk while reading this, first off I applaud you for being drunk while reading my site, but more importantly it means it's compact. Less space is taken away from your beer coolers, grill and portable chairs. Then when you're finished you just pop the valve and it is deflated and packed up.



2 - The cups are held in place by the table. This is necessary when playing at a tailgate. There is always wind in the parking lots by the stadiums. On any normal table the cups would blow away and dump your beer. On this table they're stable and actually pushed down into the raft/table. Bonus! Use your table for a game of liquor pong! Since the cups aren't moving you don't have to worry about the pong balls not going in. The table isn't going anywhere because the company was smart enough to include rope to tie it down.


3 - It holds 10 cups. That's right .... 10. And it has a place for the water cup too. Seriously you have some game options.

Seriously this is one of the coolest beer accessories and products I've ever had or used. We're trying to figure out other ways to use it and have some ideas in the works and we'll bring them to you as soon as they are field tested (aka as we get drunk). I won't lie ... we made quite a mess and got beer freakin everywhere. But when we got back to the house all we had to do was hose it off and it was clean. We had zero problems attracting chicks over to the tailgate while playing this either. Yeah ... Port-O-Pong is a chick magnet ... err ... raft? Whatever.

We were trying to come up with stories on how the guys at Port-O-Pong came up with this idea. Our best one? They were probably at a buddies house working on their tan while getting hammered and floating on a raft in the pool. "Dude ... you know what would kick ass?" "What man?" "If I could play beer pong right now!" "Yeah man ... let's go inside and play!" "No dude! I mean right now ... while floating on this raft! I don't even have to take off my orange floaties!"

Yeah ... that's exactly how it happened. Um ... okay .... probably not. But a huge thanks to the guys at Port-O-Pong and we'll look forward to drinking with their next invention!

If you want to get your own table check them out at http://www.portopong.com/

The Pirates Sinking Ship

With another August almost under the Pirates belt and 37 games remaining the Pirates stand at 53-72, 19 games under .500. At this point the Buccos would have to pull off an amazing 28-9 record to break even and avoid being the owners of the worst consecutive losing seasons in professional sports. Unlikely. Okay … very unlikely. Alright … fucking impossible. Let’s face it, these guys are and have been downright awful. They should get an ESPY just for an unprecedented level of crappiness. It would probably look something like this.

But lets face it the moves made this year were pretty good. I mean who did we get rid of? Nate McLouth, our best player, is out on the DL right now. His replacement McCutchen is better with worlds of potential to skyrocket into greatness within a year or two. Freddy Sanchez is solid. He was a clutch hitter. But Delwyn Young has given us no reason to think that he can’t hit or field just as well. I tend to believe he has a little more power too.

Adam Laroche? Laugher. You could replace him with one of those kids from LLWS and not lose any Major League production at the plate. Anybody we put there can’t be any worse.

Jack Wilson? Please. The guy, as loveable as he was, is a mediocre shortstop at best. Jack Wilson is like that mole on Cindy Crawford’s face. You can call them charming and a trademark all you want but the end result of removing it just makes the product even better.

Nyjer Morgan? Now that one is a toss up. But I think the experts were right when they say his replacement, Lastings Milledge, if harnessed and attitude adjusted, can be a really solid and possibly all-star quality player. You can already see the change in him just from playing with Andrew McCutchen. I think he looks up to McCutchen and drives to be as good. These two can be one of the most dynamic duos in the outfield that Pittsburgh has seen in a long time. And depending on where Garret Jones ends up people may start talking Bucco baseball if for nothing else but the best outfield in the league.

Now if we could just get some consistency from the bullpen …