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We could probably have a thread devoted to annoying in-game fan behavior at the ballpark. Some of you already know that we've been family section ticket holders for a long time (going back to County Stadium). One result of that is I pretty much expect a lot of up-and-down action from fans in our section. When kids are involved, I understand it a little more, but it's not limited to youngsters at all. Among my pet peeves: - Waiting until the END of a mid-inning break to get up and leave your seat. I get wanting to watch the sausage race or be part of the 7th inning stretch, but this also happens during the innings where the main "event" is the grounds crew touchup. - As mentioned above, standing up to leave and then pausing (while standing and blocking other fans' view) to make sure you know what to order for everyone in your group (or whatever). If your sibling can't decide between a brat and a hot dog, maybe it's time to sit back down until s/he's ready. - Late arrivals who barge into their row regardless of the point of the game. We attended the Friday and Sunday Nats games this weekend, and in each game I missed Bryce Harper's first at-bat because of fans arriving late and insisting on getting to their seats. I'm not that into Bryce Harper - it was just coincidence that he was the batter both times - but other ballparks actually try to enforce not interrupting at-bats, and I wish Miller Park would follow suit.

The only thing I like is the size of the lettering. You can actually read player names from the Loge level. Otherwise, the front is too bare, the color is odd, and the style of the lettering is off. NIEUWENHUIS takes up at least a 180-degree arc on Kirk's back, on that jersey. That's visually overwhelming. Imagine if the Brewers had Saltalamacchia; there would be no room on that jersey style for the number.

If there's already a non-winter weather thread out there for 2016, my cursory search didn't pull it up. My observation today is less about the weather itself and more about how/whether radio stations convey severe weather anymore. The hawing household has been in/near severe thunderstorms several times in the last month, but there hasn't always been commercial radio communication about it. Example 1: The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, we were heading for bensheeps' house for his son's graduation party. It was sunny in Madison but dark to the southwest, which is where we were headed. By the time we decided to turn around (at about Barneveld, which if you remember 1984, you'll realize why we had second thoughts then), there was a severe thunderstorm warning for Lafayette and Iowa counties - but no mention of it on WIBA AM. I tuned in to that station on purpose both for the Brewers broadcast and because they bill themselves as the news/weather station. We were home by the time the storms got to Dane County, and I gave up on radio coverage, so I didn't follow to see if they began to care only at the Dane Co. line. Example 2: Two Sundays ago, we were driving from Kenosha back to Madison via Hwy 12. Between Fort Atkinson and Cambridge, a severe-warned storm loomed to the north of us, with a strong (not severe) storm in front of us. Still no weather information on whatever station we consulted - I think this time it was 94.9 from Madison. The severe thunderstorm warning was for portions of Dane and Jefferson counties. Do radio stations just not make severe weather announcements anymore? Is that kind of local coverage too expensive for outfits like Clear Channel? Are commercial radio stations not staffed for weekend coverage? Is it only important if it's a tornado watch or warning? (Listening to today's Brewers game, I noticed that TMJ is occasionally mentioning the current tornado watch to the northeast of Madison.) Might they all assume we're getting weather information from the internet or TV? TV doesn't work in a car, and even internet doesn't always in the parts of the state we occasionally visit. I'm just curious, as well as a little peeved, about it.

My S.O. caught two foul balls today, and had a chance at a third. The first one was the one he missed. The second opportunity was off Jonathan Villar's bat (I think in the 3rd). The third was off Cespedes in the 8th and that was a screamer headed toward my face. He kept the Villar ball and gave the Cespedes to a little girl across the aisle. If you follow the Brewers on Twitter, they posted a photo of S.O. posing with the first caught ball. I'm visible too, for those of you who didn't already know but always wondered what I look like.

We're going to see Jimmy AND Bartolo?! Tonight's gonna be a good, good night.

I haven't compared his team-stated weight this year vs. last. I do think shaving his facial hair made him look 10 years younger just like THAT.

Same here! HBOBB is what appeared in the "scoring" section of the ribbon board. I added 2U to my scorebook as well as "HBOBB" (in quotes). If the Brewers ever bring back Baseball Bingo, I hope they use HBOBB for a square. Zach wasn't so much "pitching really well" as "pitching well enough." Even before Billy Butler got himself on my baseball enemies list, I realized that the pace of Zach's pitch count wasn't consistent with lasting nine innings. Still, a nice effort, and if he's the odd man out when Garza comes back, I will be unhappy.

I remember buying a Quevedo locker nameplate at a clubhouse sale a few years back. I'll have to figure out where I stashed it. RIP.

No offense to Dead Simmons, but one of the quickest ways to my Brewer fan heart is to be effective vs. STL. I was already taken with Zach when we met him as part of a SSH thing last fall, but the fan crush is all there now.

Team hawing has been to 11 games this season and we've yet to see any starting pitcher besides Zach, Jimmy or Wily. Our games this homestand? Tonight, Sunday, and Tuesday. Not a complaint, just a statement.

If anything gets brewerjamie back to BF.net, it might well be this thread.

That commercial was amusing once. Its extreme overplaying now makes me want to actively avoid Associated Bank.

Godspeed to Brewers fans attending this series. I could cling to hope that the invasion might be less bad since it's a school night, but why?

What is Rougned Odor's SLG now vs. before Sunday? The brawl itself isn't funny, but my SO somehow came up with that zinger at lunch today. I can't believe I got to Tuesday without thinking of it or reading it elsewhere.

It's like real-life Rock'em Sock'em Robots. Right down to the red and blue participants.

I think my stash of extras probably covers the same time frame as gypcasino's, but if there turns out to be a gap, you know how to reach me. Note that for at least a few years, there have been some Spanish-language pocket schedules too. I specifically remember one in like 2006 with Carlos Lee on it. I don't know if I have an extra of it, but if I do, I know where it will be.

It's not the best year for Patty Duke Show cast members. William Schallert, who had about a zillion TV and film credits (with one of the longer lasting ones being Patty Duke's dad on the aforementioned show), has died at 93. Linkage http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RxMwJdGHuA8/UZ5fHDW3ifI/AAAAAAAABGc/xs-nIXdaJOo/s1600/Travel.jpg

There was a WOO guy at Miller Park during the May 1 game. Dude put the hood on his hoodie up after a while. It didn't help.

At the last game we attended (May 2), I remarked to the SO that the good thing about our not having another game until May 15 was that we'd be spared the Andy Grammer clips between so, so many innings. Then we realized they're showing them about as often between innings on the TV broadcasts. I hadn't heard of him before this concert was announced, but man, do I remember the snippets of those three songs now.

My mom said in an email to me recently that she wishes the Brewers could clone Jimmy Nelson...three or four times. Of course, she grew up in the "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" era.

Stepping back a couple of games, I appreciated that the Brewers kept trying when they were *thisclose* to being no-hit Friday night. It would have been easy to give up. That they went from 0-6/thisclose to zero hits, to "winning run at the plate" at the end of the ninth was more impressive yet, not to mention entertaining. (You could argue that a near-no-hitter by the likes of Adam Conley+ doesn't belong in the positive post thread, but my belief is that other than a few rare, N. Ryan or Verlander-type arms, no-hitters are largely random.)

Early in yesterday's game, I was trying to remember whether it was kay-ler or koh-ler for this Koehler. Then I got distracted when one of the two women sitting behind us was all "Why don't they just call him MARR-tin?" (about Maldonado). Another observation from this thread: We hear references to "tonight" alllll the time during day games, and it drives my SO crazy. Back to the actual reason for this thread, though: It was nice to have what I think is as close to a laugher game as the 2016 Brewers might experience (being on the good side, that is). I hope Craig is realizing that pairing Wily and Maldy as often as possible will help.

Please get a hit, Brewers.

Fixed that for you. Hope I'm wrong.

You've put a baseball in his left hand already, right? Congratulations!