def __init_tweet(self, game):
		content 		= self.__compose_tweet(game)
		is_doubleheader = self.__checkIfDoubleHeader(self._date)
		game_num		= game['@game_nbr']
		game_id			= str(game['@id'])
		game_start		= dateutil.parser.parse(game['@start']).replace(tzinfo = dateutil.tz.tzutc())
		# new_time 		= game_start.replace(tzinfo = dateutil.tz.tzutc())

		time_tweeted 	= datetime.datetime.now(timezone('America/Chicago'))-datetime.timedelta(hours=5)

		if self._environment == 'production':
			db = MyDB()
			db.db_cur.execute("INSERT INTO tweets (content, is_doubleheader, game_num, game_id, game_start, time_tweeted) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)", (content, is_doubleheader, game_num, game_id,game_start, time_tweeted))
			db.finish_query()

			twitter = self.__twitter_connect()
			twitter.PostUpdate(content)
	def __did_tweet(self, day, game):
		db = MyDB()
		db.db_cur.execute("SELECT * FROM tweets;")
		tweets_list = db.db_cur.fetchall()
		db.finish_query()

		# if checkIfDoubleHeader(getXMLData(createURLFromDate(day))):

		tweeted = False
		if self.__didCardinalsLose(game):
			for entry in tweets_list:
				if entry['game_id'] == game['@id']:
				# if self.__parse_date(entry['game_start']) == self.__parse_date(day):
					tweeted = True

		if tweeted:
			print "there was already a tweet for this game"
		else:
			print "No tweet yet"

		return tweeted