Julia Morales didn’t get to celebrate her birthday at home Wednesday as she spent the afternoon in her role as an AT&T SportsNet field reporter during the Astros’ game in Pittsburgh, but the Pirates staff did help her enjoy her day at PNC Park.
As she was doing a live read in the top of the sixth inning of the Astros’ 7-0 win, a Pirates staff member delivered her a slice of birthday cake — vanilla with a raspberry filling — complete with a lit candle.
The hot mic even caught the staffer giving Morales the warning as he passed down the cake-filled plate and a plastic fork, “The candle IS LIT.”
Morales’ spot near the Astros dugout is usually visible to the crowd, so it’s not out of the ordinary for Astros fans to occasionally drop off something from the concession stand for her, but the Pirates went above and beyond with the cake as well as a PNC Park special: Pickle Curds, which is a basket of fried cheese curds topped with sweet pickles and dill ranch.
“I’m so happy,” Morales said after the special delivery. “Fried pickled cheese curds and a cake. Good pairing.”
PNC Park does ballpark food really well as Morales also showed a night earlier when she posted photos of mini pierogies topped with pulled pork and cherry pie funnel fries.
“Oh, I’m living my best life down here,” Morales said an inning later while mentioning that Astros pitcher Framber Valdez was jokingly giving her a side-eye while she was chowing down by the dugout.
An April birthday means Morales, who has been the Astros’ field reporter since 2013, often celebrates her birthday at the ballpark. Bo Porter, who was the Astros’ manager in Morales’ first two seasons with the team, made it a special birthday in 2014, when he delivered her an entire cake from the dugout during the broadcast from a game in Arlington.
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