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For some reason, I am especially enjoying the "rain" smell outside our house tonight.

Those links (and your endorsement) do give me a favorable impression of the guy...and I'm not even a stat-head. What would be hyper cool is if he were acquired and we could persuade him to join the forum.

The first thing I thought, upon seeing that catch, was Gabe robbing the Dodgers at LA last year. Watching the 9th on ESPN and hearing the Sox TV guys makes me glad I don't have to listen to them regularly...but tip of the cap to Buehrle anyway.

Ah, geez. The link provided by NMF a couple of posts up includes this photo which I hadn't seen before, with my workplace on the right side of the picture. This appears to be taken from the front of UW-Madison's Memorial Union, looking south. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/document/tor/images/tor062304/msntornado4.jpg Yikes! I know OWBC is probably ready to wet his pants with excitement, but I really don't need anything like this while we're on the road, either to or from Milwaukee.

As with so many, many stormy days and nights over the last 20 years, we were at a Brewer game on the night NMF refers to. WTMJ broke in to the game broadcast so often that I almost started losing track of the game. I think every county from south central Wisconsin east to the lake had a tornado warning that night, except Milwaukee County. I remember hoping that the game (a close one with the Rockies) would go into extra innings so we wouldn't have to leave just as the severe thunderstorm reached Milwaukee, but no such luck. Then, on the way home, someone on WTMJ casually mentioned that there had been a tornado in Madison. So I called my sister in Middleton, who I knew would be up (with her then-five-day-old daughter), but couldn't hear much over the baby crying. Then I called our answering machine at home, and found a message from my brother in Darlington, saying he'd seen on the 10:00 news that Madison was hit by a tornado and he hoped we weren't out at a Brewer game or anything. So I called him and got the word that there wasn't widespread heavy damage. We got home and found our then-neighborhood (just south of campus, as NMF stated above) looking pretty much normal, went to bed, and thought little else of it. UNTIL we looked at the next morning's paper, the front page of which showed the Choles Floral on Regent St with a funnel cloud just above it and to the south...which meant it was pretty darn close to our then-house. So, not a day I'd particularly care to relive, but we're due to go to MP on Friday, which means we might. I swear, if we had a dollar for every bout of severe weather we encountered on our many round trips between Madison and either County or Miller Park...it's not like we could sign a stud pitcher, but we could probably have a decent tailgate.

Or 3TO4VR.

Or they become moderators. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

Given your character limit, I vote for either BRUCRU, BRUFAN/BRWFAN or GOBREW. MKEFAN suggests that you are also a fan of the Bucks, Admirals and/or Fonzie (not that any of those things is bad, but it doesn't specify the Brewers).

So...did this soap opera really begin when Ryan hit that walkoff slam last fall and then had the audacity to be happy about it? Because hanging onto it that long is insane. Not to mention, name me a Pirate who would just put his head down and run, were he in the exact same, playoff-hope-resuscitating situation.

Thanks for the tip, but given the stormy forecast (in the sky, not on the field), the decision has been made to not add PIT to our itinerary.

I think of an "injury replacement" starter as something different than an experiment...but indeed, if you're rocked by PIT, that's not good. On the slightly less bleak side, if PIT wins tonight, their fans might be less likely to jump us out of sheer anger if we darken the door of PNC Tuesday night.

My father left when I was 13 and my siblings were 12 and 8. Since he was just plain not on the scene anymore, I didn't observe the kind of animosity that seems to often present itself in, say, custody or other court battles. However, his decision to just drop out of the whole marriage and parenthood realms was more than bad enough. It was unilateral selfishness which me and my siblings and especially my mom had to just absorb. It's been nearly 30 years and it still affects me, not to the good for the most part. Having said this, given the sheer volume of divorce in the world during our lifetimes, I have to think (hopefully, I guess) that some relationships must end more amicably than the horror stories many of us have either heard about or lived ourselves. Another point: some divorces, despite the pain they bring, are ultimately for the good (or relative "good"). I was devastated when my father left, but having observed (from a distance) how the rest of his life turned out, I believe that things might have been worse had he stayed. He had been a heavy drinker since age 15 - he died this January at 71 - and did not hit 'rock bottom' for another 12 years after he left us. His second wife died in an OWI car accident caused by him; what are the odds that would have been my family, had he stayed? It makes me wonder at times whether his selfishness was a blessing in disguise.

He didn't mention hawing? I'm devastated.

The Seattle Times had a link this morning saying not to expect him in the lineup...and this mariners.mlb.com link kind of backs that up. I choose to believe that Russell realized I was in attendance and willed himself to have a 3TO day. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

We have tickets elsewhere for that game, but I would like to support iHARTbrewCREW's statement that the location is great. We have spent many a night with a good view in TB 417, and this would be one section closer to home plate.

Craig's been solid for sure, but I know I keep wondering how long his knee is going to hold up. So I for one welcome our new leadoff-hitting overlord.

If you're giving away the McClung 5x7, I'll take it. PM about to be sent.

Yeah, he delivered the full 3TO experience today. I suppose I should move this post to the what's not bugging you thread. At least Russell took away the sting of watching the Brewers' fortunes slip on the out of town scoreboard.

We saw Russell in the Seattle @ Cleveland game today. 2-for-4 with a homerun, strikeout and walk. I am in 3TO geek heaven. As the S.O. said after Russell's 9th inning walk, "There's his career in a nutshell, all in one afternoon." http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Russell Branyan is likely to be held out of today's Seattle-Cleveland game, with a bad back. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif As a fan who planned a trip to Cleveland around the opportunity to see him play, I'm devastated.

Those of you in last night's rain delay chat noticed that the S.O. and I are in Cleveland for a few days. We're going to Sunday's game to see Russell Branyan, I mean, the CLE-SEA game. On the way here Saturday, it finally dawned on us that since we're 3/4 of the way to Pittsburgh, and leaving here on Tuesday, why not drive to PIT and catch Tuesday's game with the Brewers. It looks like tickets for the game are not going to be a problem (I'll lay off the blue text there out of respect for the fine facility that is PNC Park), but a downtown hotel room might be. Last time we were in PIT, we stayed at the hotel directly across the Clemente bridge (the one you can see in all the skyline shots), so we didn't have to think much about navigation. Unfortunately, that is one of the wealth of downtown hotels that is booked for Tuesday. [The nearest hotels to PNC that weren't completely booked for Tuesday are the Hilton (which is undergoing construction, got poor reviews on Tripadvisor, and looks pricey to boot) and the Sheraton.] We're now contemplating staying farther from downtown and driving in to the park. If any of you has done that, is it a huge hassle to get downtown and find a place to park? I've seen Brewerfan come through with great advice before, so I'm hoping for some help this time. It is, however, time-sensitive. I'd like to get the room booked Sunday night or Monday. This would be the first time we attend a road Brewers game, so between that and my general fondness for PNC as a ballpark, I'm pumped about the opportunity. Anyway, thanks in advance for any lodging/navigation options you can share.

Yeah, except he didn't capitalize it. Almost the same...not quite. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

No squirrels in that scenario? Seriously, though, is programming like this podcasted? I won't be at a radio or a computer during this blockbuster appearance.

I know a lot of you like the movie Anchorman...but Walter Cronkite was an Anchorman.

I know a 3 run deficit shouldn't feel insurmountable...but it kind of does at the moment. Feel free to show me otherwise, Brewers.