Texas's first non-weekend game of the year is an exception in more ways than one. In addition to being on a weekday, of course, this is a day game. Texas seems to draw the short straw on these day games in Chicago more often than most.
The club will have reinforcements in tow as they roll into the Windy City. Joel Hanley and Rhett Gardner were both sent down by Dallas yesterday. For Gardner, today's will be his first game of the season in a Texas Stars uniform. He was recalled before the season even began followed the spate of injuries on opening night in Big D.