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A-Rod jacks two homers for the Yankees in the seventh inning tonight, bringing his Major League-leading total to 48.

How bad are the Orioles this season? They lose 30-3 to the Texas Rangers earlier and now they are getting a 17-2 drubbing from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. If I were a player on the Orioles, I'd go into the Witness Protection Program after the season.

American League scores: ChiSox 1 Tigers 1 Top 6th Seattle 2 Yankees 1 Bottom 6th Toronto 3 Boston 1 Bottom 6th Baltimore 0 Tampa Bay 9 Bottom 4th FINAL SCORES Cleveland 6, Minnesota 2 Oakland 6, Angels 2 National League scores Pittsburgh and St. Louis - Game delayed Florida 2 Washington 3 Top 5th Dodgers 0 Cubs 1 Bottom 2nd Giants 2 Rockies 0 Top 1st Later game: San Diego @ Arizona FINALS Mets 0, Reds 7 Phillies 8, Braves 9

Hunter Pence just gave us a free home run there! Go Fielder! 41!

In-Game chat down? I am in the room, but everyone who enters gets booted or they post this: ##########. Fielder needs to hit one out on this at bat. No excuses for not scoring a run with a man on 3rd and one out.

Haha. They got bags of water hanging in each dugout. Who would be the most likely candidate to start a campfire in the bullpen to deter the mosquitoes?

I have a few good and bad moments with Ray King as a Brewer. During autograph Friday at County Stadium, I asked him what his favorite pitch was and he sarcastically said, "My favorite pitch is strike 1." I thought it was a joke and asked him again and he laughed at me and then the usher who was with him laughed with him. A cool memory was at Wrigley Field and me and my buddies shouted for him during batting practice and he stopped and chatted with us and gave the Cubs fans the shaft and told the Cub fans, "These guys are from Milwaukee, I gotta talk to them."

Brian, the Charity event was an apparent success in Racine, according to the Racine Journal-Times. Here is the article published in Tuesday's edition and also the Astros took part in the festivities since they were in town anyway and just basically offered to pitch in as well. I made a thread about this yesterday but did not realize this was already posted. Good guys help a good cause Hanel's teammates help Koos for Kids fundraiser BY PHILLIS SIDES Journal Times Monday, September 3, 2007 10:49 PM CDT MOUNT PLEASANT - If success is judged by the number of people who attend an event, then the Koos for Kids annual fundraising dinner and auction was an unqualified success. By 5:30 Monday night, the event had sold out, Dave Robbins of Racine said, as he greeted people attending at the Racine Marriott. "We're limited to 600 people. This is our third year, and it's getting better and better every year," Robbins said. Koos for Kids is the charitable organization founded by Milwaukee Brewers bullpen catcher and Racine native Marcus Hanel. Hanel and a number of Brewers players came to the event after a game in Milwaukee against the Houston Astros. Robbins became involved with the charity because of his friendship with Hanel. "We went to high school and played ball together. And we go to the same church. He's a great guy, very giving," Robbins said. Nicole Ramczyk, Hanel's sister, said their goal is to help local disadvantaged and special-needs children. "We're not working to help a specific charity but individuals. We might help with a kid's wish list or medical needs," Ramczyk said. Jenni Mai and her sons can testify about the Koos for Kids' good works. "All three of my sons have autism with special needs, and the baseball camp Koos (Hanel's nickname) put on for special needs kids was tremendous," Mai said. "It's long overdue for organizations to put on things for special-needs kids like they do for usual kids. My kids had a ball." The camp was a positive experience for the whole family, said Deb Szuhai, Mai's mother. "The people who ran it were tremendous," Szuhai said. "It was tremendous for us as a family. We all enjoyed it. We enjoyed seeing them enjoy themselves." Because this year's special-needs baseball camp was so successful the organization plans to set up its own baseball league next year. According to its newsletter, the group wants the kids to be on teams of their own and to play actual games against each other. They're also working on securing their own baseball field so the kids can play all summer long. Players Ryan Braun, Racine's Vinny Rottino, J.J. Hardy and others from the Milwaukee Brewer organization were joined by staff and players from the Astros for an autograph session at the fundraiser.

I suppose I oughta answer my own question since I started this thread. My first "official" job was as an uncredited brief writer for the Racine Journal-Times my sophomore year of high school. All I did was sit and wait for the phone to ring in the sports newsroom and type out box scores for track, soccer, softball, baseball and bowling and then wrote little one or two paragraph blurbs on each high school contest that I got calls from. I spent time listening to crying coaches who were forced to call in their scores after their team lost some nights. Here is a little synopsis on what I have done. - Blurb writer (Racine Journal-Times) - Cashier (ShopKo) - Sales Associate (Target) - City of Racine Utility Laborer (summer temp job in between college years) - DIRTIEST JOB - University Bookstore (UW-W) - Wal-Mart demolition man (remodeling the store) - Sports reporter for Beloit, Kenosha, Oconomowoc, Whitewater, Palmyra-Eagle, Waukegan (Ill.) - News reporter in Waukegan - Sports editor for student newspaper at UW-W - Caregiver for adults with mental illness, etc. - TIED FOR DIRTIEST JOB - Front desk attendant at a UW-W residence hall - Mail sorter at UW-W

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People are also forgetting that along with this move, they also called up Mike Rivera from AAA Nashville. Could this mean Estrada or Miller's roles will be greatly reduced?

After the game against Houston yesterday, several players of both teams got together and signed autographs in Racine to benefit Marcus Hanel's charity, "Koos for Kids." Fans wanted a piece of Geoff Jenkins and there was a picture of a woman in the Journal-Times who was thrilled to meet JJ Hardy. Here is the article.

Looks like the George Foreman Grill will be a fixture in the Brewers' clubhouse again. You think Estrada will take it over and start a fight over the use of the Grill? But this is a decent move. Could Zach Jackson be removed from the 40-man?

For Brian's eyes. I went to college with her and she and I shared the same major in journalism. Welcome the Madison's CW spokesmodel who was a UGHS Grad of 2001. http://www.uww.edu/marketingandmedia/common/images/db/57_Emmy_Winner2.jpg As a matter of fact, she and I had a couple journalism classes together and she lived in the same residence hall as me at UW-W. I lived on the 7th and she was on the 5th in Wells East.

I know Union Grove a little bit because of, well women. When I was at UW-W, I met a couple of girls from UGHS class of 2002 and they screwed me over. But then again, a hottie who graduated from UGHS in 2001 is now a spokesmodel for the CW station in Madison.

Brian, I know Racine county very well. When you say, "Willow Road" I always think of Johnson Wax. UGHS? Wow.

Brian, Sturtevant? I always thought you were born and bred in Waukesha? I know Sturtevant really well since my best friend from WAAAY back in my middle and early high school days lived in Sturtevant. I had no idea that Sturtevant even had a Subway?

As a cashier at my first job, I had the awful honor of working the Christmas rush as a cashier at a retail store. I sometimes rung up 2,000 dollar purchases during the holiday rush and one lady had three shopping carts full of stuff and it took me an hour to bag up all of her purchases because she was so specific.

Funny how you mention "gunk" mothership. My first ever day as a college laborer at the Wastewater Plant with the City (the City of Racine has a program for all college students, which allows them to work with diff. departments with the City during the summer months and I joined up, good money for a poor college student), they basically said, "Jason, you will be washing off the sludge presses!" I had to get in a rain suit (raincoat, rainpants, rainboots and face shield) and spray the literal crap off the presses. I went home smelling like sewage my first day.

CNC work is tough. My dad went through that and he had to head to occupational health a lot for bacteria due to contaminated coolant. He told me he wore the necessary protectants and still ended up getting some infections. What I learned as a cashier when I first started my "working career" was that elderly customers complained about everything. I remember when I finished my school day and headed to ShopKo and took over for this 70 year old cashier with a 70 year old in the same checkout lane and she gave me a mean look because I took over for the old lady and she likely had a "vendetta" against youthful folks because she wanted to rip me apart verbally. Oh and the weirdest thing ever, Brent Moss, former Wisconsin Badger RB and Racine native (I lived in Racine) came in my lane one time and bought a ton of kids stuff for his kids such as a "Power Wheels" deal. He was kinda arguing with his "significant other" at the time of the cash transaction.

I know its not even 9pm yet, but felt like crap after a Brewers loss and a highly stressful day at work which I worked 18 caffeine-induced hours, including 16 hours of time and a half.

Whats up all? I have been thinking about his for some time. I know some or most of you are professionals, but what was your first ever job. I have often heard of people starting off at a McDonalds or something and ending up as an engineer or something. What was your first job, what was your worst or dirtiest job? My first job was as a cashier at a ShopKo retail store when I was 16. My dirtiest job was as a student laborer with the Wastewater Utility. I spent my summer after my sophomore year of college diving into sewers near industrial plants collecting water for the City.

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With this deal, why haven't the Brewers pulled the trigger on any waiver wire deals yet? It seems like Doug Melvin is asleep at the wheel. The Brewers got 10 hours to find someone or else we can call it a season. But then again, he does have the slowest delivery in all of baseball, so teams could steal on him the entire game. Are the Cubs playing anybody with legitimate stolen base potential? I know the Dodgers are in Chicago, will Trachsel start against them and face off against Juan Pierre?

When I was in geography class in middle school, one of our oral assignments was to find countries on a world map. Our teacher would pick a student's name out of a hat and a country out of a hat and we had to physically walk up to the front of the class to locate the country. If we got it right, we got 10 bonus points for the class and if we got it wrong, we were docked 5 points from our final grade.