After reading @TheIrrelevantWriter's introductory blog, I thought I would follow suit. My name is Chris and I'm currently living in New Mexico but grew up in southeastern Wisconsin. I was the only person in my family who was really interested in sports but somehow quickly became obsessed with baseball. I'd listen to the mid/late 90's games on WTMJ with Uecker and Jim Powell and collect the Brewers' cards from the local police officers. I only attended one or two Brewers games growing up and went to a handful more of Timber Rattlers games (cheaper tickets, probably).

But somehow, I became obsessed with Roger Clemens and instead of following the local team, I was a Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees, and Astros fan. As such, and along with the Timber Rattlers being a Mariners affiliate at the time, my Brewer fandom was never very firmly entrenched. Then I moved to New Mexico and eventually discovered some of the new baseball stats that were becoming more popular, thanks to The Book by Tom Tango/MLG, and websites such as Fangraphs and Baseball Prospectus. I started to get more involved with the internet sabermetrics crowd on Twitter and eventually started writing some articles myself. That eventually took me to a Tampa Bay Rays blog, which opened the door to my Rays' fandom. After that, I started submitting articles to Fangraphs Community and Beyond the Box Score, the latter of which brought me on as a writer. That opened the door to a position at Baseball Prospectus, an article on ESPN, and a chapter in the 2015 Hardball Times Annual.

Eventually that part of life was over and I hung up the keyboard for quite some time. With the advent of MLB.TV, having been more of a general baseball fan, I've been able to rekindle my Brewers fandom, which has been especially easy with their consistent competitive nature and "David beating Goliath" story line ever year. I eventually stumbled on this little corner of the internet and have appreciated both the analysis and the relationships that some have built with the actual organization. Having a beat writer with media access to the team and prospect writers who can talk to the players, along with a sense of community and willingness to discuss more than just surface metrics is just the place for me. I'm glad to be here and hope to help contribute to the discussion moving forward!