Lame-Duck Lynx Know How To Party...Lamely

With the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate, the Ottawa Lynx, ready to move to Allentown at season's end, Canada is recruiting some of its most famous sons to properly send off one of its two remaining minor league franchises (the low-A Vancouver Canadians are the other):

The Lynx official website is currently selling tickets to a Nickelback concert at their very own Lynx Stadium on July 5. That's right--butt-rock pioneer Chad Kroeger (a.k.a. Canadian Jesus) is all set to rock the house of Lou Collier, Jim Rushford, and Eude Brito. Plus he's bringing Daughtry and Puddle of Mudd along with him.

A concert given by Canada's biggest band a day after the Fourth of July might mean something if there were a single Canadian on the Lynx. Thankfully, this entire situation is a skillful compromise. The Lynx get to celebrate America's independence by starting a five-day road trip in Rochester, while Canadians and middle-aged dads the world over get to enjoy songs written while Kroeger was screwing around on his Flickr account.