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Anyone have a Barrelman bobble that want to trade for the Brewers 2008 Season DVD Voucher?

Anyone else interest in getting some engraved metal plates? I'm going to be placing an order shortly.

I should have an extra one that I would trade for a Barrelman Bobblehead. PM me if interested.

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My brother and I sent in some stuff as well. My jersey came back fine and so did his, but they still screwed up part of the order. His 2007 All-Star ball was in Blue ink, not Black (like requested and writting on the tape on the ball box) and didn't have the CY inscription. He ordered another ball with an inscription and that didn't have the CY on it either. He then had to go there just to get refunded for the inscriptions he paid for but didn't get. I'll probably get some signatures from them in the future, but the mail in stuff was pretty shotty. Let's just say their general organization with signings is about as good as the quality of the jerseys that they get signed and sell. (i.e. pretty crappy)

I know that there's a lot of activities that go on with the All-Star game every year, but does MLB do any kind of activities in the Parking lots during the playoffs? Or are there going to be that many vehicles for the extra TV crews and staff? Any Ideas?

Section 435 Row 8 I may be up high, but I'm in the seat that everyone else without tickets would do anything to get!

So this is something I've been thinking about since I saw someone mention something about it in a previous post. Although it's not really possible for us to get a 0.1% sales tax passed by the government, there has to be some ways in which the fans of Milwaukee and the Brewers can in some way do our part to help this team retain CC while still keeping them from losing money. Just some general suggestions as to possibilities... First off, I think since CC has been in Milwaukee, he kind of represents that kind of hard working, grind it out, type of workforce that we here in the Midwest are known for. I know that he obviously is in the prime of his career and it's a big risk to invest such a large portion of the team's salary into one player. But at the same time, the example of work ethic and the leadership along with the confidence he brings to the younger players on this team, can have kind of the "Reggie White" effect on our players in the future. Baseball and Football obviously have very different business models in regards to payroll and revenue, but the Packers have built a successful team that is driven around community ownership and a non-profit organization. They have successfully sold stock in the team and turned the team into a marketing giant. Mark A has had some similar success with marketing his players and the Milwaukee Brewers brand in his short time here. And I think that we've all seen how much the Brewers fans can contribute just based on the attendance alone this season. Being ranked 9th in the MLB in attendance for one of the smallest markets really says something about the fan base. So how can we accomplish raising more money to keep a player of CC's caliber in Milwaukee? Obviously he is going to get a HUGE raise and I think the fans specifically will need to contribute in some way, shape or form. The following are just a couple of ways that we can help raise the payroll enough to Keep CC on for 5-6 more years... Stock ownership for the public - Not sure if there are legal issues with this given that Mark A and his ownership group actually own the team, but the way that the Packers have it set up is basically that the fans get a souvenir piece of paper and are invited to attend a yearly shareholder's meeting which is basically a "State of the Packers" address. For the Packers in 1997, it raised over $24 million. Spread that over 5-6 years and you're talking about $4-$5 million of the payroll that the fans are picking up. Raise the seat cost at Miller Park - I realize this in an unfavorable option because then eventually it starts to price out certain fans and families from coming to the ballpark, but if you look at the math, it could be very beneficial to the payroll not just in the short term, but in the long term as well. The Brewers had 3,000,000 in attendance this year. Let's estimate that in a normal year Miller Park could bring in 2,700,000 fans. If you raise the price of tickets $3, that's another $8,100,000 for the payroll next year. Again, it wouldn't completely cover the cost CC's salary, but it eats up a large chunk of it. CC Sa-back to Milwaukee Fundraiser - This would probably bring in the least amount of revenue, but I have to believe that with the marketing that the Brewers have had over recent years, they can do some kind of fundraising effort(s) to generate revenue for the team. They could adopt a similar model to the Minnesota Twins On Deck event where they charge a fee for Twins autographs of both current and former players. The Twins however do it for charity, but maybe they could put some kind of spin on it where charity gets a certain amount of it. Things like that maybe. All of this is said under certain assumptions. 1) It can overcome the population of people that say no one person should be paid that much money for playing a sport when that money can be used elsewhere. 2) Mark A doesn't get all "Selig" on us and decide the Brewers are best suited just to turn him a profit on minimum investment. 3) The fans and community realize that there is a certain amount of investment that we need to make as a community to continually field the most competitive teams even though we are in a much smaller market. Let's face it, this team helps to put Milwaukee on the board and could in the long run, serve as a Miller or Harley type product where when they think of Milwaukee, they also think of the Brewers. Sorry for the long post. I'm really just kind of thinking out loud here. I'm just looking for anyone's thoughts, ideas, or any ways that people can get their voice out to look into these types of things so we can keep Sabathia and, in the long run, maybe create a little more of a payroll to spend wisely and keep this team at or near the top!

Add me to the list of people looking for a wild card hat like they were wearing yesterday. Let me know if anyone has any available.

I like the way this thread is going. A couple questions... 1. Talking about going with the UV glass and acid free matting, where can you find that and how much does it usually cost? I got my matting from Hobby Lobby as well and it was actually 50% off that week. I wasn't aware that they will cut the matting for you, so that's good to know. I think with the 50% off it was $4 per sheet which I think it comes in a 32" x 40" sheet. 2. Those of you that get the UV glass, where do you get your frames? Do you just get a standard frame and then replace the glass with the UV glass? One more thing as far as metal plates goes for the frames. I found a guy on ebay that does custom sizing and inscribing on metal plates. I've used him 4 times so far for plates for frames and I couldn't be happier. It's about $10 for each plate and it has the player's name, number, team, and the team logo inscribed in it (even was able to do the Milwaukee Braves logo). The ones I've gotten are black with a gold based so when it's inscribed, the writing shows up gold on the black. Here's a couple of the different things he can do: http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/50e15d968e37dc0a1fd16efff96c5437c64d2af.pjpg If anybody would be interested and we can get a good number to order, I might be able to get a discount on a bulk sale of them. He ships pretty quick (usually get it within 2 days of my order). I'm planning on ordering 3 or 4. Let me know if you're interested.

The mat board is your standard mat board from like a hobby type shop. I've used it in the past and never had a problem with it, but I also don't have any of my pictures in direct sunlight either. I will get some pictures up when I get them finished (probably within the next week since I will be gone) I just kind of researched it on the internet and played around with a mat cutter. My biggest problem so far is just finding the right size frames for the standard sized pictures. When you get into odd shaped pictures that's when the price starts to shoot up with custom sized frames.

So I bought a bunch of stuff to do my own framing/matting a few weeks ago and have been framing my stuff double matted in team colors. I'm doing 2 different kinds of framing, one with an equal border all the way around, and another that I have a metal plate inscribed and stick that in the frame.

Updated my trade list. I added: Prince Fielder SS ROMLB Ben Sheets SS ROMLB Mat Gamel SP ROMLB (Pending) Ogunleye Football (Not an Official football, but a good looking one) Ahman Green Football (Not an official)

Alright, I posted on here once before with some stuff to get rid of. Some things I got rid of, other things I would like to unload to make room for more stuff... Football: Reggie Bush Signed Goodell football Tri-Star Authenticated w/ Reggie Bush Hologram 3 different Greg Jennings 8x10's Legends of the Field Authenticated Baseball: Paul Molitor SS ROMLB Rickie Weeks SS ROMLB Jason Kendall SS ROMLB Bill Hall SS ROMLB Corey Hart 8x10 Looking for other memorabilia in a trade. Would be willing to move the brewers baseballs (other than Molitor) for blank ROMLB's. Other than that, I'm looking for HOFer's on baseballs (3,000 hit/500 HR), or current stars today. Photos are in my bucket. The Bush football is under Football/Footballs http://s527.photobucket.c...ums/cc354/sopagd19/Trade/

BrewCityUnit - I will buy you a 12 pack of Miller if it happens for your prediction. I'm on board to support this. On a side note, I would bet money that next "It's gonna happen" will become TM of the Chicago Cubs, just like those stupid W flags that I want to burn every time I see them. How sad is it that a team needs W flags and a stupid fight song for every victory you get. I guess 100 year of losing will do that to you. Albeit not necessarily appropriate, next year I'm starting a movement at miller park that anytime you see a cubs fan with a W flag, an "it's gonnahappen" sign, or someone singing that stupid song, you have free reign to sucker punch them in the face. Not that I'm bitter. ;o)

Agreed to all, this has been one heck of a year, but maybe this will just bump all the wanna be Brewer fans off the bandwagon so those of us that truly support the Brewers year after year know who we are. It's easy to be a fan of a winning team, but it's more rewarding to be a true fan of a team that struggles through and prevails. GO BREWERS! F- the Mets (and as usual... the Cubs)! P.S. Is it bad that I hope that in beating the Mets that Soriano and/or Zambrano breaks their arm and is out for the season? ;o)

Does anyone else see a strong resemblance between how Ned Yost handles his team and how Mike Sherman handled the Packers? Both of them seem to care more about hurting their player's feelings than actually winning a game. And honestly, this whole thing with the Veteran's not pressing when they lose a big game. "We go home, relax, and come back tomorrow and try to win." Sooner rather than later there's not going to be a tomorrow to come back and try to win!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

So I have a couple extra ticket stubs from last night's game when Brad Nelson got his first Major League hit. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to trade for Mat Gamel/Alcades Escobar/Angel Salome ticket stubs when they get their first hits or Major League Debut. I have tickets for Friday and Sunday, but just in case it happens any of the other days this week. Just let me know.

Anyone have any luck at the player's lot on Labor Day with the September call-ups? Were they all there yet?

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A couple of items I have fore trade are as follows... SS OMLB Prince Fielder Robin Yount Manny Parra Jason Kendall Rickie Weeks Bill Hall Tim Lincecum 8x10s Greg Jennings (3 different poses) Corey Hart JJ Hardy Bobblehead (White) Ryan Braun Bobblehead (White... Missing Bat) Looking for: Eric Gagne SS Solomon Torres SS Other Stars/HOFers for baseball (Hanley Ramirez, Chase Utley, Etc.) Blank ROMLB's PM me with any offers. Edit: I have Pictures availablie for all of these items.

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What section/row are the seats in? I didn't catch that in the post.