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If ESPN is blacked out, Extra Innings will be too. :evil:

No Banedon, when games are on WCIU and ESPN they are always blacked out here. (Here being Des Moines) I'm hoping todays game is different, but it doesn't sound like it will be.

http://www.frogwosh.com/images/green_van.jpg :lol: LoL your supposed to put another picture of a GEO up for soto A 1938 DeSoto? http://www.fantasyrides.com/photos/38DeSoto5.jpg Yeah, GeoVanDeSoto is probably as close as we'll get. :lol:

its a Van, I couldn't think of anything to put for "E" though :P

http://www.frogwosh.com/images/green_van.jpg :lol:

Anyone know how the blackout restrictions work for WCIU games? Is it the same as WGN games? (aka, will I be able to watch the game in Iowa or am I going to have to start sending letter bombs to the commissioners office?)

Did Pat really just say "Murton gleefully scampered in from third!"? :lol: wooooooo first place!!!!

:lol: Thanks :D That part of it was kind of rhetorical. I pretty much just wanted to tell the story about the evil hat. :twisted:

Ok I have a question... I accidentally trashed my good Cubs hat (motorcycle + thunderstorm = bad) last thursday on my way home from work. Since then they've run off 7 in a row. Was that some sort of evil reverse-lucky hat, and do I have to wait until the streak breaks to go buy a new one?

I sent in this... We'll see if he replies or not. "Rothschild may be one of the best, but even he can't do anything with Glendon Rusch. Any explanation as to why Dusty keeps running him and his 8+ ERA out there instead of one of the kids they have on the bench or in AAA?"

Well on this team, he'd certainly have time to recover between pitching appearances...

Pat said during the broadcast yesterday that Dusty calls Blanco "the fixer" and sends him out whenever a pitcher needs "fixing". So I guess he was hoping Blanco could call a better game and help Wood out. (yeah that went well)

I think whitewater university (the water park) might be closed, not sure though. Besides the stuff everyone else mentioned, theres also "Sleepy Hollow Sports Park" sort of over by the fairgrounds, nothing special really, but they have go-karts, batting cages, mini-golf, and a par 3 golf course. The new science center is suppose to be really cool, I haven't been down there yet though. I'll probably take my niece one of these weekends :P I'm not really a fan of big chain restaurants, heres a couple of my favorite restaurants around here... Tumea & Sons, old school italian place, and its right by the stadium Claxon's, bbq/rib place, its in Altoona (east suburb of DSM) or Kin Folks texas bbq (across the street from the claxons actually) if you're in a hurry Iowa Beef steakhouse is good too, although I havent' been there in awhile. Sam's Egg Roll on the south side, its a tiny place in an old strip mall but some of the best chinese around here. http://www.dmjuice.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=juice Thats probably about the best site for finding random stuff to do on a specific date in des moines.

I couldn't find the shirt, but in my search for it I did come across this, which I thought was worthy of a post. http://www.deadspin.com/sports/baseball/random-youtube-finding-of-the-week-168271.php

Its 75 and sunny here right now, and the Apr 25th game is a noon start. :P I think I'll get tickets monday morning. If I get to see Kerry, great, if not, I still get to skip work and go to a game. :twisted: