What's bugging you? **2025**

[Brian]

Reds DFA Jake Fraley after hyperextending his knee vs Brewers, must have been a career ender.  Not sure how the DFA process works but I sure hope the Reds have to pay him the remainder of his contract being it happened in a game. 

https://www.mlb.com/news/reds-designate-jake-fraley-for-assignment

[Brian]

Tommy Pham at it again:  Benches clear after Pham, Heineman exchange words in Pittsburgh. I say it's time for the MLB to take action against a guy who thinks and acts like Conor McGregor on a baseball field.

https://www.mlb.com/news/benches-clear-during-game-between-blue-jays-and-pirates 

 

[Samurai Bucky]

On 8/9/2025 at 11:54 PM, Jim French Stepstool said:

Do Jeff Levering & Brian Anderson have it written into their contracts that whenever a Brewer strikes out on a breaking pitch, they're mandated to call it 'nasty' regardless of whether or not it actually was?

A new drinking game would be to drink every time somebody says, "[the best] in all of baseball."

[Jim French Stepstool]

4 minutes ago, Samurai Bucky said:

A new drinking game would be to drink every time somebody says, "[the best] in all of baseball."

Or when Bill Schroeder says "Not even close". 

He's not being used on a regular basis anymore though, so if you're big on inebriation it might not work.

[nate82]

People drinking wine with a straw.  All I can imagine is a very angry Italian yelling at them for doing this.

I am not a big wine drinker but this bothers me a lot.

[nate82]

I have been having some bad luck with flights this year.  First my flight from Venice to London was delayed due to an unexploded ordinance from WWII.  This caused me to miss my flight home to Phoenix from London.  Now my flight home from Cancun to Phoenix gets diverted to Tucson.  Spend like 1 hour on the tarmac in Tucson waiting for immigration agents and the jetway.  Then another hour going through customs to wait for my bag.  Then another two hours in the airport for the plane to be refueled.  If you see me on your flight it is probably going to be bad just saying.

[nate82]

Ugg and now the refueling cart broke down.  Gremlins have infested my flights!!  

[Brian]

Watching MLB Network for the past 2 hours. They have talked about Shohei Ohtani at least 4 times and a quick 1 minute blip on the Brewers and 1/4 of that was about bark at the park day. 

Mark DeRosa finally came on and promoting the club and how we play "the right way." 

[nate82]

Whoever made the NFL commercial about the floats needs to be killed and then revived and then killed again and then revived and then finally killed again. That was the most cringe commercial ever.

[Jim French Stepstool]

On 8/30/2025 at 9:07 PM, nate82 said:

People drinking wine with a straw.  All I can imagine is a very angry Italian yelling at them for doing this.

I am not a big wine drinker but this bothers me a lot.

OMG my wife is sort of a 'wine snob'. I hope she never witnesses such a thing.

And yes, we both have Italian roots.

[Samurai Bucky]

The Milwaukee City Municipal court system is a crap shoot.  Don't get any type of citation in the city, and don't expect to discuss any type of plea.  Just like moving cattle -- 90 seconds and you are done.

[wallus]

I really hate that I have to be an ***** to get anywhere with most customer service places these days. 

I always start out polite and it gets me nowhere 

[wallus]

I have been a really patriotic guy my entire life but that keeps waning more and more and it makes me very sad.

[hawing]

I'm bugged by the Cardinals.  That's evergreen, of course. 

[LouisEly]

What a poopy weekend for WI sports teams.  

[Samurai Bucky]

2 hours ago, LouisEly said:

What a poopy weekend for WI sports teams.  

Badger volleyball beat #15 Florida.  Does that help?  😉

[Jimbo]

54 minutes ago, Samurai Bucky said:

Badger volleyball beat #15 Florida.  Does that help?  😉

As well as Marquette.

[GAME05]

14 hours ago, Samurai Bucky said:

Badger volleyball beat #15 Florida.  Does that help?  😉

Nope. I know the Florida coach personally and he's a good guy.

[Brian]

Are there any MLB teams that Brewer fans dislike more than the Cards and Cubs? 

[SeaBass]

32 minutes ago, Brian said:

Are there any MLB teams that Brewer fans dislike more than the Cards and Cubs? 

The Cardinals have been on my list since 1982. The Cubs only joined the list in 1998. Before that I actually mildly rooted for them. I didn't actually mind their 2016 championship either, the Brewers weren't affected by that. But I had a deal with myself that once that happened it would be the last time I was ever pro-Cubs.

The Yankees have always been a team I hated and I don't think I need to explain why, though these days that feeling isn't quite so strong (it'll always be there though).

The Dodgers are the new Evil Empire and they're a constant obstacle to Brewers post season advancement so they're definitely up there rivaling the Cards and Cubs.

Astros might be up there too but there's not actually that much emotion attached there really. I'll probably let that go once the last remnants of the cheaters are gone for good.

[GAME05]

Don't much care for the White Sox after the Albert Belle/Fernando Vina incident.

[nate82]

I hate the Giants they are like the little brother to the Cardinals.  Th Red Sox also at least their fans they are a more insufferable Cubs fan.  

[TURBO]

I don't hate any teams as much as the hate I feel for the Cardinals and Cubs.  To be honest, I hate the Cardinals far more than the Cubs, but that stems from the 1982 world series.  I was a senior in high school at the time, and it is still with me today.  It always will be until the Brewers can finally win one.

I hate all teams that aren't the Milwaukee Brewers, but some more than others.  My loyalty lies with one team and one team only.  All other teams are the enemy.

I'll never understand how anyone can claim to be a fan of more than one team, for any reason...  That ideology makes zero sense to me, and you simply can't convince me that you can like more than one team.  

It's one team per sport, and one team only.  

[BrewerFan]

On 9/15/2025 at 2:20 PM, wallus said:

I really hate that I have to be an ***** to get anywhere with most customer service places these days. 

I always start out polite and it gets me nowhere 

This is... a bit graphic... but I think aligns with the general sentiment. 

 

https://youtu.be/F57SA6GG1bc

[SeaBass]

17 hours ago, TURBO said:

I don't hate any teams as much as the hate I feel for the Cardinals and Cubs.  To be honest, I hate the Cardinals far more than the Cubs, but that stems from the 1982 world series.  I was a senior in high school at the time, and it is still with me today.  It always will be until the Brewers can finally win one.

I hate all teams that aren't the Milwaukee Brewers, but some more than others.  My loyalty lies with one team and one team only.  All other teams are the enemy.

I'll never understand how anyone can claim to be a fan of more than one team, for any reason...  That ideology makes zero sense to me, and you simply can't convince me that you can like more than one team.  

It's one team per sport, and one team only.  

I'm pretty much the same. My team is my team, then there's all the rest. There are teams that I can enjoy watching in a neutral setting but I'm not a "fan" of those teams. I don't read articles or keep up with the entire roster of players and their stats and personalities the way I do for my team. And when my team plays those teams? Not even close. I can go from liking a team to hating them real quick and it doesn't take much at all. A hit by pitch can sway my feelings about a neutral team in an instant.