Gates will open at 1:00 p.m. and state employees can get in early to:

-  watch batting practice
-  have a private autograph signing session
-  Bounce House for the kids
-  free, inflatable games for the kids - pre-game
-  tryout to sing the national anthem - send a tryout tape or CD by July 7, 2008 to:

Linda Uliano
Great Lakes Loons
P.O. Box 365
Midland, MI 48640
(989) 837-6125