Iron Chef Napalm

That was fun.

Woah baseball solvdd

Just don't have the words.

Woah...

I doubt it would happen, but I think American Family could enhance their community standing and displace all the Miller angst by going in a slightly different direction. Maybe something like Uecker Field presented by American Family Insurance. The company gets the name recognition, a ton of community goodwill by embracing a local legend, and the fans get to call it The Uke. Sounds better than AmFam Field.

The official media guide is always fun to read before a new series. Which bizarre fact or bad pun will one of the announcers quote to look clever tonight? http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/documents/4/9/4/273654494/April_24_at_Kansas_City.pdf KC version http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/documents/2/3/0/273647230/Game_21_vs._Milwaukee.pdf

Procrastination time! I’ve only been to a few MLB parks (Toronto, Colorado, St. Louis, Kansas City, Arizona and Baltimore) and so I don’t have that much experience to draw on, but it’s the internet and so I have opinions. Things I would like to see changed at MP. (random recall order) 1. Live local bands playing before the game over the PA. Colorado had this and it was fun. 2. Get rid of the gray. The grayish green they painted the roof is depressing and makes the place seem drab. A nice dark, glossy green like Camden Yards would pep the place up. 3. Ushers that make you wait until a break in the action to go back to your seats. They do this in Toronto and it was Canadian politeness at its finest. Not having to miss that critical pitch on a 3 and 2 count because some dolt decides that it’s the perfect time to walk back to their seat was fantastic. 4. Less seats per row. I may have faulty recall, but I believe that Kansas City only has rows that are only 10 seats long. Not having to do the way every inning while someone shuffles past from 20 seats down was a blessing. 5. Bring back the mug! KC has the fountains and it give the old cement circle some style. MP needs something distinctive. Make the mug better, stronger, faster. Maybe fill the thing with actual beer that you tap and sell. (like a clear double hulled shell on the outside and not a puddle that Bernie slides into and gets wet) Or have the level of liquid rise each time the Crew scores? Something that says Milwaukee. Just don’t copy the Marlins. 6. As many employees to direct parking out of the lots as they do to bring people in. 7. Dividers between the urinals. Too fisted sloppers have bad aim. 8.More areas to view the game while walking around or standing. 9. Safety nets around the entire lower seating bowl. The best seats in the house behind home plate have them and it doesn’t ruin the game. Watching grownups wrestle children for a cheap souvenir and seeing my father-in-law almost get his skull smashed by a foul has jaded me on this topic. 10. Better stupid games between innings. Most other places I've been are worse with their games, but this year at MP has been bad. Guess a number and win a prize from Associated Bank, guess the price of some groceries, and how about not having the attendance number always be the highest. LAME. Take a page out of the minors and have more silly physical on field contests with fans. It worked for those sausages. 11. SABR Mondays. On Monday home games, change all the stats to more interesting and accurate stats. Use the time between innings to educate the fans? Things I’m glad they don’t have: 1. An in game host announcer. The Brewers tried it and it was awful. Colorado still does and they reminded me how awful it was. 2. Restrictive carry-in rules. MP is great from bringing in my own soda and food. We often bring pie. Can’t do that in most cities. 3. A downtown location.

A lot of these close plays seem to occur at first and as long as we are using tech to augment the umpire's job, I would love to see sensors in firstbase, the players' shoes and first baseman's glove. The ump wears something like Google Glass and if the cleat touches first before the ball hits the pressure sensor in the glove, it shows up on his display. For 99% of the plays, the ump uses his eyes and knowledge of the game and the play goes quickly. On the super close play he can get that nanosecond assist without the time stoppage of replay.

Maybe they can tie it so Wang can pitch?

Geno's back? This season might be interesting after all. The returned level of cynicism adds a rainbows and sunshine to my day. My expectations of a manger were so crushed by Yost and Macha that I can't drum up any fervor over milquetoast Roenicke.

This makes the Braun decision even more fortuitous. Many people have been strangely antagonistic toward Hart for years and this is not going to help. Hopefully he will be back in playing shape by early April. This team is going to need his power.

At least they get a good player and potential trade bait. It guess it could be worse, the Brewers could be in the running for Albatross Pujols until he is 50 for $270 million.

wow

Drat. I may have to get cable now.

They have yet to give an official tally, but the field level is almost completely full and the spots under the press box are filled. Bleachers and upper decks are empty. Update: 11,312 Walla just smacked a solo hr off thornburg to make it 2-0. The blue team still only has 1hit.