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  1. Bring Back the Stein
    I think I posted this once before, but this poem still pops into my head every time I think of Ned Yost: "Who is in charge of the clattering train? The axles creak and the couplings strain, And the pace is hot, and the points are near, And Sleep has deadened the driver's ear; And the signals flash through the night in vain, For Death is in charge of the clattering train."
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    Being a Brewers fan is to suffer. It's like the thousand-year death in the mouth of the Jabba the Hutt pit monster, except that Ben Grieve is there.
  3. Bring Back the Stein
    Any Hardy news?
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    Enron Park is one of my least favorite in the bigs. I'd compare it in architectural finesse to Cowboy Stadium. The few restaurants and businesses around are typical of Texas, cheaply-made, steel-and-glass and without character. I actually found the "ghetto" area, as one person put it, to at least have some character, and some decent barbecue. But the biggest sin, unpardonable in my book, is the prohibition on tailgating. That is something that no self-respecting Brewers fan can abide.
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    All's I'm saying is that this is not like some sports radio goof who breezes through for a quick quote. This is a guy who knows the game and the people in it and is not some chump. He gave his informed impression, just as we now are giving our impression of his impression. For what it's worth, the more ridiculous the Brewers make him look the happier I'LL be.
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    I respectfully disagree with the criticisms of Richard Justice. Along with Paul Sullivan at the Tribune, I think he's best positioned to offer these sort of magisterial pronouncements about the division. Not only because he's earned his chops, but because he does do a great deal of reporting. And even if you don't agree, sometimes third-party observations carry more value than those offered by the embedded beat writers (and that conversation already has played out on various other threads here). The bottom line is that the narrative is believable when it comes to the Brewers. You have players competing for time and complaining publicly. You have folks looking at a big contract to one star, with others waiting to cash in. You have high expectations and, so far, middling results. And you have a manager who, at least in his public comments, seems petulant. I don't know that it's such a far-fetched claim. Now whether a bad clubhouse means a bad season is another question altogether.
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    Well, we stole one and we blew one, so 3-3 is about right. I'm glad my prediction of 2-4 was wrong. Now time to rack up some home wins, get JJ healthy and get our 3b situation settled. With what's likely to happen with the 1 and 2 in the division, I like our chances to be within 5 by the break.
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    The sheriffs could have arrested the entire bleachers for those series in the 70s and 80s. I don't remember leaving County NOT covered in spilled beer, or NOT seeing the Paddy Wagon leaving full of passengers. Now THAT was a rivalry.
  9. Bring Back the Stein
    The Red Sox manage to combine the worst of the fan base of the Yankees and the Cubs. Insufferable fan base totally in love with themselves and their mythology (though it is funny how the weaklings of the American League are now so puff-chested). That what happens to "The Nation," as ESPN gratingly is calling them now, apparently, leads all the broadcasts makes sense in that they are the defending champions. But I'm throwing all my sympathies to the Rays. I see them failing gloriously, but this Crisp thing is just the latest reason to dislike the Red Sox.
  10. Bring Back the Stein
    Innings, innings, innings, pour on the innings on the Cubs pen.
  11. Bring Back the Stein
    Utley's having the better season by the metrics that matter, by my mind, but Hamilton's story is more compelling. I'm not down with throwing Jebus in everyone's face, but I've been won over by how openly he speaks of his weaknesses and addiction and what inspiration he's providing folks who've dealt with it themselves or with loved ones. Plus, Utley's got nothin' on Hamilton's tats.
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    Garry Howard is a clown, but no more a clown than the rest of the editors at that paper. Race has nothing to do with it. They're clowns without regard to their skin color. The suggestion that someone got a position because of their race is highly inflammatory, no matter if you believe it or not. In any case, I don't think it's appropriate for this venue.
  13. Bring Back the Stein
    Garry Howard is a clown, but no more a clown than the rest of the editors at that paper. Race has nothing to do with it. They're clowns without regard to their skin color. The suggestion that someone got a position because of their race is highly inflammatory, no matter if you believe it or not. In any case, I don't think it's appropriate for this venue.
  14. Bring Back the Stein
    Garry Howard is a clown, but no more a clown than the rest of the editors at that paper. Race has nothing to do with it. They're clowns without regard to their skin color. The suggestion that someone got a position because of their race is highly inflammatory, no matter if you believe it or not. In any case, I don't think it's appropriate for this venue.
  15. Bring Back the Stein
    Garry Howard is a clown, but no more a clown than the rest of the editors at that paper. Race has nothing to do with it. They're clowns without regard to their skin color. The suggestion that someone got a position because of their race is highly inflammatory, no matter if you believe it or not. In any case, I don't think it's appropriate for this venue.
  16. Bring Back the Stein
    Sheets is no lock in Colorado, and Houston's due. I think the schizoid nature of the season continues and we go 2-4.
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    The Cubs will burn in a fire of their own making. It will be a beautiful fire, a divine fire, reaching to the heavens and meant to teach mankind about the folly of hubris and the wickedness of arrogance. Here's to another 100 years.
  18. Bring Back the Stein
    Sigh. Yeah. Being polite is a sign of being effeminate.
  19. Bring Back the Stein
    Does this mean that Dillard's going to be in the rotation soon?
  20. Bring Back the Stein
    The benefit of t-shirts like this is eliminating any guess work as to whether the person wearing it is a jerk or not.
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    If anyone knew that "BEACH" thing without being a Braves fan or employing the Internet, then they win the baseball geek prize (i say admiringly).
  22. Bring Back the Stein
    Hope Billy gets a nice round of applause tonight. At least for his first at bat.
  23. Bring Back the Stein
    The Nationals MASN production made FSN look like a David Lean feature. The graphics and announcers routinely misstated the pitch count, the score, the inning. They even misidentified players. This was on top of Don Sutton yesterday announcing with laryngitis, about as unpleasant as listening to (not watching) Scarlett Johansson do those Tom Waits covers.
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    Absolutely!!! Totally agree with the direction of this rant! His inability to help pitching today from the bench was simply inexcusable! I would also fault him for the injuries to Riske, Gagne, Sheets, Capuano, and Gallardo. Stupid of me, and I get it (I have to work today and caught the game on the MLB function). Doesn't excuse my gaffe. But my point about Kendall remains the same.
  25. Bring Back the Stein
    Does Kendall bear any responsibility for Parra not being able to finish off batters? He averages what, 16 pitches per inning and has sometimes electric stuff. Kendall got some serious man crushes going with his hot start. Is his game management part of the problem here? Edit: He was on the bench today, my error pointed out down below.
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