DuWayne Steurer

I recall the article in question as well, and as my memory serves me, it does seem that the writer suggested signing/acquiring black players, just for the sake of having black players. I do remember being disgusted with the way the article was written. I think Al's point is that some people have an unfortunate ability to make a situation about race when it really isn't or shouldn't be. Back to the topic, nobody mentioned Claudio Vargas!

If we don't talk about Yost mismanaging the bullpen, what is there?!? On to my vent...... I'm venting that Yost feels compelled to warm up Cordero every single time there's a remote possibility that a save situation could occur. 6-2 lead with a man on first and Coco is throwing. Getting up, stretching out, and firing a bunch of pitches is just as stressful on a reliever as actually pitching in the game. Doing that near every night is as good a way to blow him out as actually using him in a game. If a guy gets on, and it's 6-3, there's no reason Wise or Turnbow couldn't get that last out or 2, instead of justifying running Cordero out there every time a statistical chance for a save presents itself.

Last call? Can't beat this deal!

2. We have a gentleman in the bullpen whose sole job is to get left-handed hitters out. I'm not going to deny that I'm not a Brian Shouse fan, but that's what we pay him to do. He sat there while Chris Freaking Spurling pitched to one of the most dangerous left-handed hitters in the game. I know we're not supposed to quote big bits, and then say "I agree", but........... When the inning started, the very first thing out of my mouth was "Why is Spurling being allowed to pitch to the lefthanded AL MVP?" (Ask my wife, that's exactly what I said) Spurling stinks on ice. He's got a decent ERA, but his WHIP is atrocious, and his BA against is well over .300. Over time, I expect his WHIP and OPS against to start making that ERA look less attractive. Hopefully when Capuano comes back, Melvin will decide that there's 6-7 better options in our bullpen than Spurling.

Ok. it's 2 tickets, section 425, Row 10, seats 14 and 15. Also, as I said, a preferred parking pass. The tickets have a face value of $13 each, and the parking pass 10. Total value of 36 bucks, yours for $20.

I noticed today that the "cappy getting hurt" thread was locked, because a moderator (or moderators, I don't know) said the discussion "had run it's course". It seems to me that that's kind of an arbitrary decision to make. I know that many people found the initial post absurd, outlandish, whatever, but at least the poster presented some points, (and reworded his initial argument) that at least showed his side. If a discussion has run it's course, won't it dissapear of the page eventually? If posters are still posting in a thread, it would seem that the discussion hasn't. As for "the same points being made", that happens in every thread in every forum ever created.

A friend of mine has season tix, and can't use his for Monday or Wednesday. I'm using the pair monday, but he can't use his wednesday tickets. The tix for Monday is for section 426, but I don't know row or seat. I don't know if the tix for Wednesday are the same, I'm just assuming. I'm picking them up sunday, and will post more info then. The pair of tickets does come with a preferred parking pass. I'd be happy to get $20 for the tickets and parking pass if anyone is interested. As it'd be tough to get them out in time in the mail, I'd hand deliver, assuming a decent proximity. I live in Janesville, and work in Madison, so if you're generally close to Rock or Dane county, we could work something out. I'll also be in Milwaukee monday night for the game, if that would work. Again, I'll get the tickets sunday, and I'll post the seat info as soon as I get a chance. Post here or message me if you're interested.

I don't put a lot of stock into lineup, but I do think there's a lot to be said about consistency. I wouldn't care what the lineup is, so long as for the most part, it would be the same day in and day out. Moving guys around in the order isn't going to make them score more runs...that's not the answer. The problem is the team is just scuffling right now (Hardy, Hall, Jenks all not hitting), and sliding guys around isn't going to change that. I think hitters can get comfortable hitting in certain spots, and moving them around every night can have a detrimental affect to a guy's mental approach. I know, a professional hitter should be able to perform his duties regardless of the number before his name on the lineup card, but these guys ain't robots. All that hullabaloo being said.......here's my lineup (assuming everyone's healthy) vs RH 1. Hart 2. Hardy 3. Braun 4. Fielder 5. Jenkins 6. Weeks 7. Hall 8. Estrada vs LH 1. Hart 2. Hardy 3. Braun 4. Fielder 5. Hall 6. Weeks 7. Mench 8. Estrada

2 runs on 11 hits vs. Padilla in less than 5 innings. Maybe it's perception, but there seems to be a lot of games like that recently. Granted, they have 6 runs in the 7th inning (on 15 hits), but wasted opportunities are really running rampant lately.

Perception......the Brewers are stranding a godly number of runners lately. Another perception......Yost is slow to pull the trigger on pitchers who seemingly hit the wall late in games. Fact. A sub-.300 OBP hitter smack in the middle of your order hurts your offense.

I really got into Batman Begins. I was also pretty entertained by the new Star Wars, especially Episode 3. I did like Batman Begins. It was a fresh take on a series that had gotten beyond stale. The new Star Wars stuff was pure crap. (IMO of course).

only that the complications don't have much/any emotional weight to them or payoffs. I agree with that. Other than Will and Elizabeth's story line, everyone else is pretty much left unresolved. Not that that's a bad thing, necessarily. Bloom and Knightly said they were done, but Depp said he'd be open to coming back. Haven't heard anything about Geoffrey Rush. Also, there's been rumors of a prequel, which I would hate. I'm not a fan of prequels. Movies in general are fairly predictable, and nothing's more predictable than a show in which you've already seen the final act. On a side note, I think I'm going to see Hot Fuzz later this week.

On Aug. 9 that season, in the first game of a twilight doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, Meyer struck out twice in his first three appearances against 26- year-old Roger Clemens, already a two- time Cy Young Award winner. But he redeemed himself leading off the bottom of the ninth by knocking the first pitch he saw - it was a 95-mph Clemens fastball - into the right-field seats to seal a 3-2 Brewers win. Like LouisEly, not only was I there, I was about 10 feet from the landing spot. Easily one of my best County Stadium memories right there.

The thing that sticks out to me lately is that Benny is striking guys out with his curveball out of the strikezone. That's when he's at his best, and that's when he's striking out a lot of guys. Hey, another 3-4 win month might get Benny into the A-S game (with JJ, Prince, and Coco) the way he's going.

Ok, the family and myself went to see Pirates 3 today, and after expecting to be disappointed by everyone saying it was overarching, confusing, and didn't resolve any storylines, I was mildly surprised. Only confusing if you severely don't pay attention. Heck, my 12 year old kid got it, and he's as squirrely as they come at movie theaters. Most of everything got wrapped up, and the stuff that didn't........eh, who cares?

People expecting us to do bad in this stretch of games. "Well, we're going up against the Pads, Dodgers, Mets, Twins, so I didn't expect a whole lot here, but we're still 5 up on the division". Ok, so in the last 17 games, which are against playoff caliber opposition, the Brewers are 4-13. I'm not at all saying the Brewers are "in trouble" or anything like that. It's my own personal assumption that they're just not playing good right now, but will be in fine position to still win this division come september. The rant is that I'm hearing people who expect us to lose at a 75% clip vs. playoff teams. What's the point in hoping you make the playoffs if your team loses 3 out of 4 to potential playoff teams?

I'm starting to understand why a site like SOSH limits it's membership. (1800 members, IIRC) As we're talking about people saying stuff like "I agree", or using a longer sentence to say the same thing, it brings up a valid point. As the site here grows, there's more and more people joining these discussions. I find that a lot of times as I click on threads that have interest to me, by the time I get to them, everything I could think of to say has already been said by somebody. I don't think it's automatically "wrong" to repeat a point in your own words, or even expand the thought further, that's just not something I do personally. Consequently, I've seen my posting numbers drop dramatically. Not that post count matters one bit, I'm just sayin'........ I'm not concluding that BF should try to limit membership or anything along those lines, I'm only suggesting that this is the reason we're getting a lot of "I agree" type posts. There's only so many different opinions that can be had on a subject, and when there's 2,000 + people discussing it, there's only so many ways it can be said. I also wanted to comment, Brian, on your line here..... I'm not going to bastardize the maturity of the site's content to appeal to a larger audience. If that means people calling us elitists, so be it. Um.....I agree! Seriously though, this site is what it is because of the "elitist" atmosphere, and I hope that never changes. If there's people that want ESPN type posting, (LOL, Jenkins SuXoRs!), that place will always be there for them.

(Man, this thread hasn't bumped in a while) Lot's of movies come out that you hear and read are "can't miss" good. I listen to what people say, I read IMDB and other sites to see what's being called a good movie. I know what shows have buzz around them. I make sure I check these movies out. I'd also like to think I'm a reasonably smart guy. If there's a message, or agenda, or a political commentary, I'll usually *get it*. Sometimes though, you're so caught up in the hype, that a movie that turns out to be "pretty good" is a disappointment because you expected more. So with all the hype about what a great show Pan's Labyrinth is, we decided to give it a rent. At the end, I could only wonder why this movie got the buzz that it did. Yes, it was visually stunning at times, but in this day and age, any movie with a decent budget is going to look good. CGI isn't that big a deal anymore. So onto the problems with this movie. 1.) The gore. I'm not turned off by gore, but I know a lot are. I didn't think they needed to go over the top as much as they did to display what a despicable character the Captain was. 2.) Predictability. I think the hallmark of a *great* movie is one that keeps you guessing, but this really stayed on the track the entire way. 3.)Lack of interpretability. I think another thing great movies do is make you think about how things happen, or if they did at all. Yes, there's some gray area about the reality of Ofelia's fantasy world, but that's about it, and that's not really a new concept. (Yes, I know everything in cinema at this point is borrowed from somewhere else) In the end, I was left feeling like I didn't get what was advertised. I think it was a decent movie, but on first viewing, I don't feel like I enjoyed it as much as I could have if the expectations weren't so high. So, the wife and kids also rented Arthur and the Invisibles which I didn't even plan to watch, as I'm not a big fan at all of anything animated, but I found this to be a pretty decent movie. Maybe a little creepy when the character voiced by Madonna is flirting with a character voiced by an 11 year old boy, but whatever. Happily N'ever After. Let's just say if you rent this, you'll be pissed. Terrible movie. I'm betting most people know that going in with Freddie Prinz Jr. being one of the main voices.

Tow trucks have rules and regulations they have to follow to prevent accidents -- they have to get the vehicles off the road as quickly as possible, set up flares, etc... it could be possible that they are entirely responsible for this accident. Entirely the tow truck's fault? According to the report, his flashing lights were on. Given that this was after midnight, I'm guessing the visibility factor of flashing lights was pretty high. As a person who spends a lot of drive time on the road during dark hours, you have to be trying NOT to see something on the side of the road with flashing lights. I'm not even going to say it couldn't partially be the tow truck's fault, but to say it could be ENTIRELY the fault of the tow truck when the guy that hit it was drunk, high, and on a cell phone is seriously, seriously stretching it. EDIT: And for all that, it became Hancock's fault the very second he decided to get behind the wheel of a car while drunk.

+13 does look a bit better, yes. I don't think one should simply dismiss that the RD is low because of "blowout losses" though. The fact is, the Crew has been blown out a healthy number of times already, and if nothing else, it's an indicator that they've been lucky so far in the distribution of when those runs have been given up. That stuff will average out over the course of a season. As long as Turnbow and Cordero can continue to pitch at an all star level, they'll continue to have a good record in close games, but if even one of those guys falters, that good luck could swing the other way pretty quick. It'd be nice to have some other quality options to pitch in a one run game in the 8th inning just so Turnbow doesn't have 75+ appearances over the course of the season.

Getting picked off is not excusable at the best of times. Getting picked off of first when there's a runner on 2nd is just downright stupid. Don't know what happened today, but just by the radio account, it didn't sound like the boys had their heads in the game today for a good amount of the time. I'm not a "rah rah" guy who likes (s)crappy hustlers, but I DO want the team to give 100% effort out on the field.

The wife and kids wanted to see Eragon tonight. Yeesh......... That's all I have to say. Ok, maybe it wasn't that bad. (Maybe it was). Sure seemed like the people in charge of this figured if it looked enough like Lord of the Rings, with certain plot similarities, that movie watchers wouldn't notice what a craptastical movie it was.

Been a while....... Even though I've saw Casino Royale at the theatre, I rented it this weekend anyways. And I liked it just as much. I'm not really analytical of a movie at the theater, I'm just there to be entertained. I really liked this film. Craig is a fantastic Bond, and he did a wonderful job (in my opinion of course) of portraying the "rookie greenhorn" Bond. The plot in this one is much darker and has a lot less "one liner" type humor than the Pierce Brosnan Bonds. The movie seems a bit disjointed, in that the main plot is more or less wrapped up a good 45 minutes before the end, but the end makes sense in that it really helps develop the Bond persona, and gives some insight into his character. I didn't expect to like Stranger Than Fiction, but I did. I guess you must know that you shouldn't expect any Will Ferrel type humor in this one, as it's really nothing close to a comedy. Although I can say I liked the movie, Will Ferrell seemed wasted in the role. He's the last guy I'd cast as a person who has absolutely no sense of humor. Alas, that's just me. Lastly, this one has a bit of back story. Way back when I was a wee lad of 12 or 13, and my brother 10, (I believe this is either 87 or 88 this happened) we were driving past County Stadium one fine summer morning, when we saw a sign that advertised a need for extras for a major Hollywood movie shoot. Of course, unless you live under a rock, you know this is the movie Major League. They filmed a pile of the opening day scenes, and a bunch of Wild Thing "strikeout" scenes. This involved piling everyone in behind the plate, and jumping up and cheering as the batter whiffs. In the last strikeout, you can clearly see my little brother and myself in the front row jump up and throw our arms up (little brother wearing a backwards ball cap) in earnest. We were talking this weekend about my silver screen debut (and only appearance, thus far), and realized my son had never seen the movie. Being a big baseball fan, we figured it was mandatory, so when we rented movies, we also picked this one up. Now, having seen it only on tv for at least the last 10 years, I had forgotten all about the massive, massive amount of F-bombs and general vulgarity this movie contained. I can think of only South Park that might have more dropped F-bombs. Now this doesn't bother me, but maybe not appropriate for a 12 year old kid! Anyways, I'm biased, and a homer (Uecker!), but this movie really stands the test of time, despite the obligatory overuse of every sports cliche in the book.

I think what it boils down to is that people would rather hash over "made up" trades that at least have some basis of possibility, something that could be tweaked here and there. This one, is really just a bunch of bad or old (or bad AND old) players for an absolute stud, which doesn't ever happen.

As others say, sure, the Brewers would, in a heartbeat. A truckload of crap for one of the premier players in the game. The thing about Manny is that the Red Sox are not in a position where they "have to" trade him. His salary is not a hindrance for them. The only reason they've shopped him is because he repeatedly asks to get traded. But as he asks to be traded, he continues to perform. So they're not going to just give him away, they're going to expect a good return. Jenkins is on the downhill and declining. Mench is average or below. Counsell is old and not good. Turnbow is coming off a terrible season. Hendrickson is not a prospect. Clark is a 34 year old corner outfielder with no power. There's nothing in that batch aside from MAYBE Jenkins that the Sox would have any use for at all. There's no reason at all to think they'd be compelled to add so much crap to their roster for the ability to shed themselves of one of the best hitters in the game.