“Anat” is Pittsburghese for “and that” for those of you not familiar with the dialect spoken in the City of Champions. I have a fondness for books and look forward to retirement so that I will have an extra six hours to read each day. I actually work more than six hours and you have to add commuting time to get a better picture of how much additional time I will have.
Now that football season is underway, I, of course, wanted to write about my favorite sport…Hockey. Growing up in Steelers’ Country and when the Pirates actually won was great, but I always loved hockey more. Back when I was a teenager, hockey games were affordable and my friend Lenny and I would get tickets and go to games. The Penguins were a so-so team, but that did not matter, we loved to go.
We had different favorite players; he like Jean Pronovost and I like Greg Malone. Pronovost was the better scorer, but Malone was the hard-working player that reflected the grit of the city he played in. It was really cool when Malone’s son, Ryan, played for the Penguins years later.
