Springer sent down to Quad Cities

[Reuben]

for rehab assignment, per Chron story.

[Nate in IA]

Maybe I'll have to make it a point to head over there for a game in the next few days...

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Maybe I'll have to make it a point to head over there for a game in the next few days...

Where in Iowa do you live?

[Nate in IA]

Where in Iowa do you live?

Cedar Rapids.. home to the Twins low-A team, the Kernels.  Quad Cities comes to town a few times a year and this year they're all late season appearances.

[Uncle Charlie]

Hope Springer was pulled tonight due to the rain.

[Nate in IA]

Game was suspended at the end of 5 due to the rain.   Springer DH'd and had two walks.

They may get to finish the game tonight...

[Duman]

Word on twitter was that the removal was move weather related.

[Dark Star]

Moline, Davenport ... Bettendorf?? ... and _____________ ??

Is this where the Quad City DJs came from ?

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Moline, Davenport ... Bettendorf?? ... and _____________ ??

Is this where the Quad City DJs came from ?
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[Nate in IA]

Moline, Davenport ... Bettendorf?? ... and _____________ ??

Is this where the Quad City DJs came from ?

Rock Island is the fourth

[Nate Colbert]

Rock Island is the fourth

And East Moline is the fifth but that whole "Quint Cities" thing never caught on.

[Lefty]

Rock Island is the fourth

It's a mighty good road.

[NeilT]

It's a mighty good road.

is it a road or a line?

[jbm]

Isn't the line a road?

[Aussie Astro]

is it a road or a line?

Both, listen to the song.

[Aussie Astro]

Isn't the line a road?

Yep, aka the track, right of way or permanent way.

[NeilT]

Both, listen to the song.

Done, and well worth the effort.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBeZPJ03lW0

ETA:  I kept thinking, how come the Aussie is telling me about the Rock Island Line, and then I thought, railroad man, as I recall.  That's great that you knew.

[Aussie Astro]

Done, and well worth the effort.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBeZPJ03lW0

ETA:  I kept thinking, how come the Aussie is telling me about the Rock Island Line, and then I thought, railroad man, as I recall.  That's great that you knew.

I know a guy in Houston used to work on the Rock Island (the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific actually), he ended up with the SP in Texas.  I got to know him while he was consulting over here a few years ago with a bunch of other SP guys.  The SP guys didn't have a high regard for the Rock Island, always called it a broke dick operation.  I loved teasing them ol' boys and tell them it didn't matter, Rock Island had the cool song and that's what counts.

[Dark Star]

Rock Island is the fourth

Thanks.

And ... cities?

[Nate in IA]

Thanks.

And ... cities?

Sorry, not sure what the question is asking?   The four towns that make up the Quad Cities are Bettendorf, Davenport, Moline, and Rock Island.

[Ebby Calvin]

Sorry, not sure what the question is asking?   The four towns that make up the Quad Cities are Bettendorf, Davenport, Moline, and Rock Island.

I think this is what he's getting at.

[NeilT]

Sorry, not sure what the question is asking?   The four towns that make up the Quad Cities are Bettendorf, Davenport, Moline, and Rock Island.

The guy from Beaumont is questioning whether Bettendorf, Davenport, Moline and Rock Island are cities.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Do you hear the whistle down the line? I figure that it's engine number 49.

[Nate in IA]

I think this is what he's getting at.

Well, I guess that all hinges on what qualifies as a city.  By Iowa standards I think all four qualify.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Iowa3.html

[Nate in IA]

George is DH-ing again tonight.

[Bench]

George is DH-ing again tonight.

And was pulled from the game for "medical reasons after a double and is headed back to Houston."

Oof.

[Bench]

And was pulled from the game for "medical reasons after a double and is headed back to Houston."

Oof.

McTaggart mctweets he was tweaking his quad.

[Limey]

Well, I guess that all hinges on what qualifies as a city.  

I believe it requires your conurbation to have a cathedral.

Thus, when someone describes some thing as "the cathedral city of...", they're being redundant.

[Dark Star]

The guy from Beaumont is questioning whether Bettendorf, Davenport, Moline and Rock Island are cities.

Beaumont is one of the cities of the (coastal) plain.  :sniff:

Aren't you from Waco, or somewhere?

[Bench]

Beaumont is one of the cities of the (coastal) plain.  :sniff:

All Beaumont's full of penguins and I'm a-playin' it by ear.

[NeilT]

Beaumont is one of the cities of the (coastal) plain.  :sniff:

Aren't you from Waco, or somewhere?

Nowhere near that large.  Vernon, the minor league baseball team of which was fittingly the Dusters.  I'm not sure if that was oil related or just dust related.