Game 38 - Iowa at Kansas

March 21 at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, KS
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Couple quick things from this game, which Iowa won 6-4 to even the weekend series at one game apiece.

* When naming a child, sometimes parents make horrifying choices.

Such was the case with the Parks family out of Boca Raton, Florida. Mrs. Parks birthed a son on February 14, 1995 and decided to name him Fenway, which would make his full name Fenway Parks. 19 years later, he's attending the University of Iowa and playing on its baseball team.

If it was up to me, and I think it should've been, we would've gone with Astrodome Parks.

Also, let's not get into who hates the Redsox, or even which mid-30s editor of this site burned Josh Beckett baseball cards as recently as one year ago. That's not what's important here.

The main problem is: Fenway isn't a first name.

* Blake Hickman, a 6-5, 210-pound junior right-hander and pro prospect wasn't great - 4 2/3 IP, 5 BB, 4 ER - and neither was Connor Grant (three batters faced, two walks and one hit batsman), but Luke Vandermaten and Nick Hibbing were, combining for 4 1/3 innings of hitless relief. Hickman had a 4-1 lead before allowing three runs in the fifth, then Grant couldn't get an out, but excellent work from the final two Iowa pitchers.

* Nice day for Iowa's No. 8 hitter Nick Day, who went 3-for-3, including a sacrifice, and drove in an insurance in the eighth inning with an infield single.

* The top 5 from espn3.com crew Steven Davis and Scott Heitshusen:

5. "Making a plus play in the field"
4. "You're worth your weight in gold"
3. "Line drive through the 6-hole"/"that's through the 4-hole"
2. "Letting the baseball travel"/"let's the baseball get deep"
1. "Some guys are just ballplayers"