I was hopeful to see the Big Ten baseball tournament this evening at Target Field, the Twins stadium. Thankfully I did see the game as the weather held up. I didn't know until arriving at the venue as to what teams were playing. There were three teams left in this double elimination tournament: Indiana, Ohio State, and Nebraska. There was a game in the afternoon, and it determined the matchup in the second game. Nebraska won and faced Indiana. Nebraska won 7-6 so the two teams must play again tomorrow to determine the champion. When going through highlights, sponsored by Motel 6 in the 6th inning, the video board revealed it was a blown call on an Indiana home run: it was foul. But Nebraska won in spite of it, but needed extra innings, they won in 11. The crowd was what I expected, as college baseball doesn't interest most people, it was just over a thousand. I liked seeing the out of town scoreboard there so fans could follow the major league games.
I also went to see the State Capitol Civil War tour with my date. I've been there many times before, but I did find something I hadn't seen before. It was a painting of the Sioux Uprising- or Dakota War- in a hearing room, it was where we started the tour. It was revealed how a notable benefactor of the building construction was the Grand Army of the Republic, explaining why there were Civil War soldier statues on an upper level of the building. I did get a souvenir there, a pack of 6 trading cards of some of Minnesota's Civil War soldiers. There was a man near me when I was checking out and he kept wanting to talk about this subjects, a very specific one, and I knew very little about so I was bored. I am thankful it didn't take long to pay as I didn't want to be stuck talking to him for long.
I also found a hobby shop in Little Canada, after lunch at the nearby Subway shop, that had a state quarter map for the National Park series. I have 13 of the first 15 quarters. Would also like to find a map where I can place the 6 quarters from the territories on the Series One state quarters. At the outset Congress approved just the 50 states, so all I had was a quarter map with 50 slots on it. It may be hard to find so I am prepared to look on E-bay for it.
I also went to see the State Capitol Civil War tour with my date. I've been there many times before, but I did find something I hadn't seen before. It was a painting of the Sioux Uprising- or Dakota War- in a hearing room, it was where we started the tour. It was revealed how a notable benefactor of the building construction was the Grand Army of the Republic, explaining why there were Civil War soldier statues on an upper level of the building. I did get a souvenir there, a pack of 6 trading cards of some of Minnesota's Civil War soldiers. There was a man near me when I was checking out and he kept wanting to talk about this subjects, a very specific one, and I knew very little about so I was bored. I am thankful it didn't take long to pay as I didn't want to be stuck talking to him for long.
I also found a hobby shop in Little Canada, after lunch at the nearby Subway shop, that had a state quarter map for the National Park series. I have 13 of the first 15 quarters. Would also like to find a map where I can place the 6 quarters from the territories on the Series One state quarters. At the outset Congress approved just the 50 states, so all I had was a quarter map with 50 slots on it. It may be hard to find so I am prepared to look on E-bay for it.
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