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I don't even know where to start. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif OWBC, I was flat out asking the Brewers to come through for you. I love it when they "listen." And I was happy to meet you 'for real' as well. I had remarked to the SO before the 9th that if I had to choose between successful Brewers and a successful LTR, I'd pick the relationship. However, tonight we were extremely pleased to have both. So now the Brewers are 6-13 in August 6 games since we became a couple. You take what you can get. I really thought the Inglett Crush (how can there be such a phrase?) was headed foul. Only once we got home and saw the online highlights did we realize it hit the pole. I hope Robin19 was at this game, since his season ticket seats would have afforded a fine view of the path that ball took. Corey headed for home on Prince's single is usually the kind of play that makes me duck my head and avert my eyes, but this time I confidently watched the whole thing. I just knew he would get in there. I really hope someone was in the chat room rocking rally caps during the 9th. As Diego occupied the on-deck circle in the 8th, I turned to the SO and said, "Can you hear keyboards melting? That would be Brewerfan's response to Macha replacing Cain with Edmonds." But it seems to have escaped the IGT, at least. This game reminded me of a sports blurb that appeared recently in Madison's Isthmus newspaper, especially this part (emphasis mine): I know this game doesn't change the Brewers' microscopic chances of making the postseason, but that won't stop me from enjoying the hell out of an exciting, if quirky, comeback. Nice work, home team. Edit: I forgot to add that Uecker's call of the game ending play is...what do you guys like to say? epic. It's fortunate for him they didn't have an ending that wacky before he had his heart surgery. It's definitely worth a listen.

I understand wanting to make sure Cain was available for tonight. Given the nature of Gogo's injury (and with the Corey Koskie experience presumably still on the Brewers' minds), I might have made the DL call sooner...like Tuesday or Wednesday. But that may be one of many reasons why it's good I'm not a baseball manager.

Correct, Ross. Had the Brewers been enough in contention in August 2009 to be in a position to ask season ticket holders for "just in case" postseason deposits, the drop from 2009 to 2010 would probably have been somewhat less. I know it was easy for us to commit to 2009 knowing that the unused postseason $ from 2008 already covered about 3/4 of our 2009 ticket bill. So, a combination of crummy economy + lack of postseason deposits from 2009 + 2009/2010 on-field results. The exact ratio, we'll never know.

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Per Don Walker at JSOnline. This shouldn't surprise anyone here. It would be interesting to know how much of the drop can be attributed to the 2009/2010 on-field results and how much to the economy - but I don't know how one could determine this without polling fans (especially the ones not buying tickets). The Brewers do still rank 11th in MLB attendance, though. Woohoo?

But gimpy Diego has more veteran grit in his injured Achilles tendon than Hart + Inglett combined have in their whole bodies. I'm glad they've decided to DL Gogo, though I wonder why they felt the need to wait until midday Friday.

Today marks 21 years since my first date with the S.O. Naturally, it was to a Brewer game. Since 1989, the Brewers are 5-13 in August 6 games. Fortunately, our LTR has been more successful. Anyway, we are hoping the Brewers' August 6 record since 1989 "improves" to 6-13 tonight; and it would be nice to see a Cain start to boot. Come on, Ken, give Diego's Achilles a rest.

It does sound like the Pirates' brass and/or fans could opt to sit there when the Brewers host Pittsburgh and legitimize the nickname "PNC West." I suppose as corporate entities get bigger - and perhaps as the number of corporate entities that choose to/can afford to do big sports sponsorships shrinks - the chance of a major sponsor appearing more than once in MLB or other sports leagues increases. Diskono, I believe PNC acquired National City banks. Last year the Major League Moment sponsor was National City, and now it's PNC. You and I wouldn't notice this in Madison, because neither bank name has made it here so far. Edit: like Diskono, I thought maybe BSC had visited the Pirates' equivalent of the Club Level and was posting a review. So I added a bit of clarification to the thread title.

There's something about grit.

It was bad enough that Z was in the Brewers' clubhouse during that Houston hurricane series. http://verynoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/omg-do-not-want.jpg

If I could go that night, I'd take Jake up on that offer. Cool - thanks for posting.

Not to take this too far off-topic, but zachlaka and anyone else interested can still get a bubbler t-shirt, or apparently a mug or magnet even. Back on topic: I emailed our ticket rep the other day to see if he knows who in the Brewers' organization could identify the source of the photo, but he's out of the office until next week. If I get more information, I'll post an update.

Don't give it back, Manny. (The lead.)

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Most people who buy the "stitch n pitch" tickets because of their interest in needle arts (not just to get the bobblehead) are probably women, but pitchleague is right - knitting and sewing have enjoyed a resurge of popularity, among a wider age group than you'd think. I am not among them, but that's because I'm not very handy/crafty.

Not to be nit picking, but since you kind of asked, you're thinking of "cohere."

Edgar Diaz rocks. Or rocked.

OK! Now here's hoping that the Brewers don't figure a series win is enough.

For God's sake, someone remove that post before DM sees it and signs Ankiel. Why did you post in blue, Nottso?

Well, the Brewers scored first. I hope that's not the best news to come out of tonight's game. Edit: Yikes, talk about crickets chirping. The chat room is occupied if you want some hating-on-the-north-siders company tonight.

You'd think Corey could reach more errant throws to first than Prince can.

No doubt the cover photo would be something like this: http://capronzoocrew.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/cute-lemur-with-sandwich.jpg?w=249&h=189 I can only hope that's a cheese sandwich. A philosophical question for another thread: why would a website have a "lost book"?

A buffet can feel pretty good when you're starving. For tonight, I'll rescind my usual "save some for the rest of the series" stance.

A five-spot is a beautiful thing lately, even more so when the Cubs are the opponent. The chat room is working for several of us, so stop in if you'd like.

There are currently three chatters in the Brewerfan room. The counter in the chat room says 0 users but the forum home page has the count right.