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We sat in section 411 yesterday, so we had a pretty decent (maybe too good) view into the Brewers' bullpen. I noticed some blue shirted people kneeling in the bullpen and realized, hey, those are paramedics...and they're clearly doing chest compressions on someone, and it wasn't just for a few minutes. Until it was apparent that it was not a Brewers player or coach, I was thinking, man, how much more bad can this team absorb? Of course, a non-roster loss is bad too. Someone in our group hoped out loud that Yovani could go deep in the game, because how would a reliever keep his mind on the game after witnessing something like that close up? Like others in this thread (and I'm sure others reading it), I feel bad not only for the employee and his loved ones and colleagues, but for the bullpen occupants who were present when he took ill. I know they're paid to focus on the job when needed, but that's a hell of a distraction to overcome. I'm pretty sure I'd be thinking about it at least through the rest of this homestand, while occupying the same bullpen.

But was it the richest?

Honestly, if it can't be Milwaukee in the NL Central, I'd most rather see the Pirates leading.

The hangdog expression on Randy Wolf's face after he served up another Diamondbacks home run was sad for Milwaukee fans and priceless for Arizona fans. Does standardizing the spelling of Wolfottaras count as groundbreaking word usage? Because I managed to do that on Twitter, though the spoken word originated with Randy Wolf.

I remember back in 2003 or so, we were collectively looking for adjectives to describe the Brewers and someone (maybe batman) suggested hangdog. I don't remember if it was intended to describe the offense, pitching, defense, or all three. But I propose hangdog as a word to use one of these months.

Thanks. I guess I can't unsee that.

I was just about to ask if you meant a 5-run lead. But you showed me. Or Livan did. Or Ryan Ludwick.

For those of us without access to FSWI...could you explain that a little more?

I think Daron's previous Brewers connection makes his current issue with Arizona of enough interest to warrant a separate thread. This statement from the ESPN link especially caught my eye: The phrasing makes me skeptical that it is 'years' worth of problems prompting this suspension. The "personal stuff" quote later in the story makes me hope that Daron straightens out whatever in his life needs it. Beyond that, I'm not particularly eager to hear details, substantiated or otherwise.

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Looks like a suspension now applies to Daron Sutton: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8099919/arizona-diamondbacks-suspend-broadcaster-darron-sutton?utm_medium=twitter I wonder what the new on-air dress code entails. No more buckethead t-shirts? Anyway, though I'm not super enamored with Daron, I hope he gets his stuff straightened out.

Quiet, you! They'll see this and make one! It's bad enough there are Pujols shirts in this design (though they are clearance priced at $9.99: http://www.champssports.com/searchresults/brand:Three60%20Gear/) As for those Remetee models, I don't think you're supposed to be looking at anything but the shirts.

Gah, my vote is no. The only redeeming thing would be that my Daron/Bill bobblehead would have renewed relevance, and that would be the most wafer-thin of silver linings. No, really, I'd mute the TV and listen to the radio call even more often than I already do, were Daron back with the Brewers. He's not my style. Edit: whoops, I didn't realize there was another page of replies. Here are two more reasons why I wouldn't want Daron back: Those are both a little more bridge-burning than bridge-maintaining.

Scott Rolen desperately needs new at-bat music.

Ah, but the folks who brought the world that ugly Youkilis shirt above also have one for Ryan: http://static.stylemania.com/img/products/7/6/7/0/977162/ryan-braun-three60-gear-photo-image-t-shirt---mens---multi-full.jpg http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$%28KGrHqN,!hsE2RHzhUIWBNpKkpQ-fw~~0_3.JPG It's from three60gear.com, a site which does not load for me at present. Ever since the first one I saw (featuring Joe Mauer), I've thought they were the ugliest baseball shirts ever - so when I saw reillymcshane's thread subject, I immediately thought of these.

"Add foe"? What an apt turn of phrase.

With apologies to persons with the actual disorder, I have more than once (privately) referred to the phenomenon of ADHD Sundays at Miller Park. While sitting in the family section may result in our observing more up/down behavior, it's so definitely not just kids and families who are oblivious to whether they're blocking an at-bat, or even the national anthem.

I think we can expect these changes in access from all area Gannett and Lee newspapers. The Lee Enterprises newspapers in Wisconsin: Baraboo News Republic Beaver Dam Daily Citizen Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls) La Crosse Tribune Wisconsin State Journal / Capital Times Portage Daily Register Racine Journal Times Vernon Broadcaster (Viroqua) Westby Times The daily Gannett papers in Wisconsin: Appleton Post-Crescent Fond du Lac Reporter Green Bay Gazette Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter Marshfield News-Herald Oshkosh Northwestern Sheboygan Press Stevens Point Journal Wausau Daily Herald Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune The issue (pun unintended) of newspaper access arose recently at my library, which for decades has microfilmed or bought commercially produced microfilm of Wisconsin newspapers for long-term access. A few years ago, my library stopped buying film for most Wisconsin papers, instead purchasing the digital files for each newspaper that belongs to the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Most of these files are visible to Wisocnsinites through Badgerlink (http://www.badgerlink.net - you need to either be in a Wisconsin library or enter data from a Wisconsin library card for access). This was OK until Gannett decided it didn't want to participate in Badgerlink, so at present the Badgerlink interface has no access to the Gannett papers listed above, and our microfilm records generally end in 2005 or soon after. We are all in the midst of a sea change for access to local information. It will be harder for future researchers to gain access to local news - not because of technology, but because of information owners/producers limiting access.

The SO and I visited Kauffman Field last week and we both came away thinking the food selection at MP is broader and more imaginative. Yes, Kauffman has barbecue products, but if you're not into BBQ, the food variety drops like a rock. As a teetotaler, I can't comment knowledgeably on beers. It's unfortunate that the 'contest' has taken kind of a mean turn. Miller Park probably doesn't quite warrant overall #1 status, but neither does it warrant the scorn that the four-letter network is throwing its way.

I know, the spelling is different; but come on, how many of us got this earworm since the noon hour already?

I saw that tweet earlier today, and after thinking to myself, "what the hell?", figured if he wants to give Brewers fans bulletin board material, why stop him. Besides, the voting helps me warm up in case a Brewer is on the ASG final vote ballot. I'd originally envisioned going all carpal-tunnel for Luc on that ballot, but given the timing of his injury it probably won't happen.

Chiming in relatively late: we took my 6 year old nephew and his dad to Wednesday's game. Even in shaded seats, I could feel sweat running down my back before the Brewers' half of the first. However, four home runs will do wonders to keep a 6 year old interested, so I was glad they picked this game to do that. On the way out, in the Molitor lot, the guy whose season tickets are directly behind the Brewers' dugout (Brewer Bob?) saw us walking and offered Nephew a ball. What a kind thing to do. Nephew was already jacked up from the day, and that was possibly the topper. Edit: The guy who gave Nephew a ball isn't Brewer Bob, but this guy ("that cat who looks like Judge Ito"). I knew I'd find this thread from 2009 eventually. Anyway, stand up move. Ok, I found out who he is, his name is Rick Schuller (I'm not sure how to spell his last name) but he is the guy that sits across from Baseball Bob and has glasses and wavy hair. I also forgot to mention that he ALWAYS brings a glove to the game. Rickey Original thread: http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=18335

Sorry in advance; a hawing rant is probably forthcoming. I have been following the madison-dot-com policy changes of the last two weeks with moderate interest. Once JSonline began charging for content, I figured it was but a matter of time before they followed suit. But I much prefer the approach taken by the JS: they announced their intentions a couple of weeks in advance and were up front about saying they would charge, how much, and what the subscription options were. In contrast, madison dot com: - Implemented its "registration required" policy with zero notice. The explanatory story was posted to their website at 12:15 AM the day the change took effect. - Said nothing about $ in the initial "registration required" story. - Didn't disclose the subscription costs, or that a paid subscription would be necessary, until at least a day after registered users began to see the "five free premium views left" screen. Then they made that explanatory story (and a related FAQ story) "premium content," so if you'd already unknowingly looked at too much local content, you can't even read the explanation or FAQ. I'm not saying they should give it away. It wasn't "free news" when it was only in print - I get that. But their approach was unnecessarily abrupt and frankly seems sneaky. I see no customer-focused value to doing it that way. Had they announced that "in two weeks we're going to change access and here's how," I'd be more likely to feel like participating. Charging print subscribers for online content (even if it's less, and even if it's just $1.95/month) is also mind-boggling to me. The State Journal's remaining print subscriber base - it's dropped in the last year-plus - is likely hanging on to the print edition because they're into reading news in print, and they are probably not the audience to try to woo with "online extras" like being able to post your own hateful anonymous comments or whatever. (Using my mother as an example, she's decently Internet-savvy for her pre-baby boomer age group - but she's deaf and will get nothing out of madison dot com video content unless they start to caption it.) I realize this was inevitable, but Capital Newspapers took a customer-unfriendly route to get there, which is disappointing but unfortunately not surprising to me. Lee Enterprises, their corporate parent, is the suck in my mind.

Someone said that this year? I was originally thinking that "dumbest segment I have heard in sports talk history" is a pretty strong statement, but you may have a point. Anyway. Thanks for trying, Brooks.

This might reveal my naivete, but I think if you were plainly told to expect a call on a particular day and that day passed with no call, it's perfectly fine to contact the would-be caller and ask if there was a delay. Bugging me today...having to kick a longtime problem patron out of the library. Among the problems (plural) with this case was that my supervisor should never have given him a second chance. The dude is unstable, rude and the subject of his "research" is moderately creepy. He somehow convinced my supervisor to let him try again and promptly reverted to the same bad behavior. We had a police officer deliver the news and escort him out, so I wasn't in direct contact, but getting our ducks in a row for this kind of thing is more time-consuming than you'd think. My grocery store peeve is when people ahead of us in a checkout line leave their cart in the checkout aisle rather than move it to the end of the aisle when they leave. You're steering a full cart of groceries; I don't think you're physically incapable of moving an empty cart. Either we have to move it or the checker does. Lazy.