april fools day today. fun for me. torment my roomates hee hee! survivor, prairie pickin' and hockey. not necessarily in that order. just another thursday. just need the baseball regular season to start. the trappers pcl baseball team begins its (sob) last season here before moving to round rock, texas. hall of fame pitcher nolan ryan bought the team and moved the team there. the team name in round rock - the express. theres a chance edmonton may have a nothern league team in 2005. the northern league has been around awhile. its an independant league so no worries about call ups. we will see though. more to come.

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