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Celebrate National Roller Coaster Day with Skyliner, the official coaster of the Altoona Curve

ALTOONA, PA. - April 11: Harrisburg Senators RHP Stephen Strasburg delivers a pitch under the Skyliner roller coaster that just past the right field wall professional debut against the Altoona Curve on April 11, 2010 in Altoona, Pa. on April 11, 2010 in Altoona, Pa. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images} (The Washington Post/Getty Images)
By Chris Landers

Yes, today is National Roller Coaster Day -- a day to celebrate everyone's favorite amusement park attraction (well, everyone except for Billy Hamilton ). And while you might not think that coasters have much of anything to do with baseball, the Double-A Altoona Curve are here to prove you wrong. Say hello to Skyliner:

Originally built at Rosemont Park in New York, Skyliner moved to Lakemont Park in Altoona after Rosemont closed in 1985. The wooden coaster now sits just beyond the right-field wall at PNG Field, where it's a prime spot to catch the Pirates affiliate in action -- and hey, maybe even catch a home run:

Skyliner is even painted with the Curve's logo and colors, with "Go Curve" running along the side. Alas, the coaster's dips and drops didn't give the Curve their name: That comes from the Horseshoe Curve, a stretch of railroad that cuts through the nearby Allegheny Mountains.

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