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  1. Bring Back the Stein
    Pitch him until his arm falls off.
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    1. Jr. (the anti-Bonds) 2. Overbay (he needs the cheering) 3. Ichiro (hits like it's Little League) 4. Torii Hunter (hustle) 5. Cabrera (the wily 10-year veteran 24yo, who's letting himself go)
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    Gary Sheffield admitted to booting balls so that he would get traded from the Brewers. In some respects, that is more damning than his having taken steroids, since those actions at least try to enhance performance. But Sheffield admitted, rather haphazardly, to outright sabotage. Never has he repented and yet he's bound for the Hall of Fame, and that's forgetting the thousands of sins against the game he's committed since then (along with crazy good numbers, but I think the Hall deserves better). On a related note, I would bet good money he wears a Cubs uniform before he's through. Since we're spared his antics, though, hatred, I mean, a strong dislike, for Zambrano seems particularly healthy. I especially like the way Uecker's whole fare-thee-well tone changes to as close to scorn as he can get when Zambrano's on the mound. "Not jumping around so much now, is he folks?" after a home run, is my favorite.
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    "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, by way of Rev. Theodore Parker
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    I hope that Costas is invited when they autopsy Bonds after he's shot down from the Empire State Building by Air Forces biplanes. Costas will be able to remark on the brain that's shrunk to the size of a grapefruit and on the withered knot where Bonds's manhood used to be. I take back any criticism I had of Costas. If he is going to lend his voice to the cause of Henry Aaron and get called names by Bonds in the process, then he's on the side of the righteous.
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    The emotional investment in a ROTY race is not as high as in that of a pennant race. Freed by Brewers pitching from that burden, I'll be able to get my fantasy football knowledge up-to-speed. Thanks Coco!
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    The problem with Lake Geneva, beyond all the little rich kids-or maybe precisely because of them-is that there are too many Cubs fans. That said, maybe he enjoys an extra measure of anonymity, since they can barely name their own lineup, let alone that of the team that sits atop their crumbling stadium's flagpole. Other than meeting George Bamberger at some bar on National, where he accepted my dad's offer of a beer, and seeing Teddy Higuera shop for discounted sweaters at the Grand Avenue Mall, I don't recall having met a Brewer outside County/Miller. Oh, wait, there was that time at Stormin' and Vuke's....
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    Actually, reading these posts have led me to re-evaluate my feelings about nationa sports and baseballl announcers. Turns out, by comparison, I have a man-crush on Costas, especially when it comes to his imperviousness to the slavish attention paid to the Coastal teams. And he was the national announcer more than anyone that broadcast the virtues of our secret stadium sauce. I'll give him that. Leads me to wonder, what would "Baseball Tonight" look like if Costas produced and anchored? He may even have mentioned during all the Pumpkinhead hoopla this weekend that the Brewers are in a pennant chase.
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    Since it sounds like there are Costas experts in this thread, does anyone know if there's any truth to the rumor that Uecker made up his back problems as a reason to get out of calling games with Costas? I heard that a long time ago, but listening to the two together this weekend, and hearing Costas refer reverentially to Uecker when he has the chance, it sounds like there was no bad history between them. (And my two cents on Costas is that he's too prissy sometimes, but give me his learned skepticism over Peter Gammons' whoring anyday.)
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    There is some justice to Bonds coming to Milwaukee nearing the record. In this way, his toxic and cloying self-pity can be counterposed with the regal dignity of Henry Aaron. Every time Bonds' name is mentioned in the same breath as Aaron, his pumpkin-headed legacy seems to shrink to the same diameter as those of his steroid-ravaged testes. Light the candles on the Henry Aaron plaque and let Bonds be eclipsed in his thieving of the record by the real record-holder, who, God-willing, will be on the 10th tee at the time.
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    Given that Jenkins concealed a broken pelvis (!) from the rest of us, I can't help but think Hardy is injured. Back. Knee. Foot. Whatever. Before he was taken out a few weeks ago, and sat out for a few days, he was walking like a grandma. And, not even referring to the obvious stats, remember how he was just cracking the ball at the beginning of the season, seemed to be right on everything? Not so much anymore. His glove has been fine, but this is one more thing to put in my Dread Queue. (And, by the way, I love this site for its statheads. You do the work that the people who get paid to cover the Brewers should be doing.)
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    I kind of like that the organization is being priggish about this. Shows that they're paying attention and are glad to have the promotion be what's on the field, not the good-natured goofiness in the stands. It was great to have the brigade keep the fires lit in those dark years, even though I'm not a Sutton fan.
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    Classic description from Yost: "the A4 little holder-on to the tendon on his finger." Is connected to the, wrist bone.
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    I hope someone who can't get into the game thinks to hold a vigil at the Henry Aaron plaque, or at least leave some votive candles to ward off evil.
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    I share the Parra excitement, but my sense of dread over the Sheets situation is overpowering. We've barely gotten 100 innings out of him and I was looking forward, unrealistically, for him to continue anchoring us against streaks and taking us strongly into the dangerous months of August and September. This still may happen, and let's pray that it does.
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    Whoops. You are absolutely correct about the Brewers not having played AZ. However I, do flip through a lot of the games (love to listen to Scully, for instance, and shudder at the elder Sutton in DC). That said, I swear on the eyes of my brothers that I remember listening to Sutton dissing MKE.
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    I wasn't going to say anything for fear of rousing the ire of the Sutton devotees, and I understand they are legion, but consider this: I get the MLB cable package, since I'm out-of-state, and heard the away feed for our early-season series versus Arizona.* Sutton was lampooning Milwaukee and the Midwest and regurgitated the "Rust Belt" epithet in the process. The action on the field and the converstion in the booth did not call for his commentary, I remember remarking at the time. Instead, it had a mean-spirited, amateurish feel. In the interest of full disclosure, I've always considered Sutton clownish and immature as an announcer, so take my sour assessment with an outsize grain of salt. That said, I have nothing but scorn for those like Sutton who have fun at Milwaukee's expense, the city or the ballclub. I'm sure he will two-facedly proclaim his love for Brewtown while he's here. *I recognize my error, which I correct below.
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    The idea of Kane charging racism is, predictably, overstated, if you read his column. He is merely lauding the increase of black and brown faces on the Brewers roster, albeit with some odd triumphalism that is out-of-place. He's not a very good logician, or writer, for that matter, but his points are valid. The main of the column is dedictated to celebrating diversity-a concept that whites from the suburbs find threatening, for the old hackneyed reasons, and which is why Kane is often attacked. This is mainly since there is no other voice in the local media talking about race, except to cry racism whenever any member of a minority group asks that this subject be discussed; or to bring up unrepresentative and outlandish expressions of calls for racial justice. (Using Michael McGee Jr. as a metaphor, for instance.) It's a straw man set up that whitewashes (pardon the phrase) the real and serious issues surrounding race that linger in society-and in baseball. Anyone from the City of Milwaukee, or even the suburbs, who believes that race is an inconsequential or an outdated topic is deluded or worse. Just ask Henry Aaron.
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    I lived on Addison, two blocks from Wrigley, for about four years. I enjoyed the neighborhood. The Cubs fans, most of them from ridiculous north suburbs, devalued it. They peed on my stoop, drove their SUVs stupidly and, with their sense of entitlement and wretched manners, made life miserable. Yesterday, and I don't want to mention anything else, they celebrated their victory by throwing trash on the ballfield. I was with a group of Cubs fans and was in amaze as they threw plastic bottles onto the field as they cheered. It made no sense. I was left with the undying conclusion that we are morally superior to them. And therefore the games with the Cubs are proxy morality plays, with them in the role of Lucifer. God, how I hate their whining, their ballclub. Cleanse me, Ben Sheets.
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    One of the coolest baseball moments of my life was going as a kid in the 80s to an El Paso Diablos game, when they were still affiliated with the Brewers and played at their rickety old stadium. It was quarter beer night and they were playing an exhibition with the Juarez team from across the river (which, incidentally, is where Higuera came from). Busty cheerleaders atop the dugout, strange mascots, constant whistling and chants in Spanish: it was as exciting a baseball game as I have ever seen.
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    Good point: OPS is blind to race and I'm not trying to direct the discussion the way the execrable Gary Sheffield would have, but, for instance, Spanish-language games and promotions with the Milwaukee Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have shown what kind of class the Brewers organization has. If anyone wants any more reason not to work this afternoon-and you want to bone up on your taunts to Carlos Zambrano-check this out: www.baseballhalloffame.or...panish.pdf
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    My ma came from Mexico (de Tamaulipas) so I must note with some pride that the Brewers' resurgence has coincided with the reappearance on the roster of people with vowels at the end of their name, and I'm talking the brown kind, not Corey Koskie (no offense). I'm being light here, but how long was it that we were without Latins on the roster? A Valentin here, a Quevedo there, but now some of the studs of the team are Hispanics. Coco, Villanueva, Estrada and now, of course, the Michoacano that wears Teddy Higuera's number. When I was a kid, my cousin and I would eat a jalapeno slice (from the County Stadium nachos) for every strikeout Higuera threw. The stress to our digestive tract was worth it. Now, we not only have the Chiorizo, but we've got a new mejicano wearing #49 and I'm loving it. Viva los Cerveceros!
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    mlb.mlb.com/news/article....p&c_id=mlb What a coup if Prince makes it in on fan balloting. After yesterday's well, frightening jaunt around the bases, I think his highlight reel is pretty much complete (though, since balloting ends June 28, he's got time to smack a few more).
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    Watching Turnbow pitch is like having a one-way mirror's view into a room where a recidivist sex offender is changing my toddler's diaper. I can't takes it!
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    With seats near the where the first George Bush typically sits, we have a sign that reads, "Our Bush is Better" for the game tomorrow, though are open to other suggestions.
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