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I am officially at a loss now as to what to say. The pressure!

Bob Uecker? Hmmm..... I guess if I had a top 3 as to who to look for, I would either want a quote from Uke, Yount or Molitor.

Hello all. I have been given the honor as co-best man to give the wedding toast to my brother Saturday and have been trying to be creative with it and I want it to be a slam dunk speech. I should know how to do this since I did study public speaking and my minor is speech, and don't want to steal a quote off the internet or something. Both the groom and bride are diehard Brewer fans and I was thinking of something a Brewer player once said during a retirement speech or something or a tearful press conference to lead off with.

ESPN reported that some of Sheffield's former black teammates with the Yanks said Torre treated them the same as white players. Even Darryl Strawberry made a rebuttal to Sheffield's assertion. Strawberry saying it says a lot about Sheffield since Straw's teammate with the Mets is Sheff's uncle (Gooden). SI.com wrote a column that hit the nail on the head in regards to Sheffield:

Brewers get: OF Ken Griffey Jr. Reds get: OF Geoff Jenkins OF Tony Gwynn P Chris Cody http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z317/jaybird2422/Griff.jpg Brewers get: OF Kenny Lofton P Akinori Otsuka Rangers get: OF Gabe Gross UT Vinny Rottino P Zach Jackson http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z317/jaybird2422/Lofton.jpg http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z317/jaybird2422/Otsuka.jpg Brewers get: P Javier Vazquez Sox get: OF Kevin Mench P Dave Bush PTBNL Imagine coming soon.

I remember back in my day as a kid, I used to be outside every day doing something. Me and my friends used to have neighborhood baseball battles at the nearby elementary school park against the neighbor kids in the next area of our city for fun. When we weren't playing baseball, we always used to dig forts and also have koolaid stands and trade baseball cards. I am only 24 yet the stuff I did in the late 80's and early 90's were oddly similar to the stuff my parents did back in their day. When Mortal Kombat first came out, the only kids who played it were the "outcasts." Now it seems like everyone plays these games. There probably wasn't a day that went by during the summer that I didn't play baseball. Only when it was raining, me and my friends decided to watch movies or play Legos. Welcome to the video game age fellow Brewerfan.netters, where kids are disillusioned with not only sports but also society as a whole.

mothership, Bless our American health care system. It would just make too much sense for HMO and other providers to throw in $500 now and save later rather than not spend a dime and spend thousands later.

Maybe I should purposely go over to the mlb forum and act like a total yutz. I should just say I am a 400 pound former football offensive lineman who sits on the couch all day and watches Stump the Schwab.

I know this may seem odd, but if I had to compare myself to a Simpsons character, it would be Lenny. Only difference is that I don't have a Carl and I am not "that way."

I am 24, soon to be 25 in October, and didn't even pick up my first cigarette until I was 21 and I went from a pack of cigs every 3 days to almost a pack a day. The weird thing is, when I am at the Brewer game I feel like a total putz in the designated smoking area every 3 or 4 innings when I should be watching the game.

"Buy low?" Griffey is having one of his best seasons since coming to Cincinnati. I can't even remember the last time he had this consistent of a season with the Reds and actually deserved to be an all star starter.

Yes, I am one of "those people." Today is the day I would like to quit smoking, but I just don't know how. My coworkers told me to not quit cold turkey, but to start limiting myself and then start sucking on suckers. Any remedies any of you all know of?

Good luck trying to find free or cheap parking near the Capitol/campus. When I lived in Whitewater, I sometimes went to Madison to visit a politician friend of mine at the capitol and all I could find were the parking garages. I always used to park at the Mifflin St. parking garage. If your wife is staying in Madison, the only idea I would have is to find a place near mass transit. UW-Madison has a free shuttle (at least that is what I knew when I visited there a few times) for students, so my best bet would be to find a place to stay that you can transfer from Madison mass transit and then transfer to the UW-Madison transit service.

Something tells me he is either... a) on anti-depressants that make him moody whenever someone approaches him... or b) he is clinically moody or bipolar.

Who doesn't belong in the Hall that was inducted already? I just think Sheffield should not be in the same elite class as Willie Mays, who actually did the game good when he played, unlike Sheffield who will always be known as an idiot and selfish player.

The Hall of Fame will become extremely diluted within the 30-40 years. Like someone mentioned before, 500 homers was considered the plateau, and now it seems like an afterthought. I am a purist in a sense and the way the stats are these days, it is becoming ridiculous to me. The Baseball Hall of Fame is now becoming an open door to almost anybody in baseball. Manny Ramirez is close to 500 career and I could never put him side-by-side with the likes of Frank Robinson, etc.

If or when Sheffield goes into the Hall of Fame, what hat will he wear? The guys has been on more teams than Larry King has had wives. If anything, they should just write "dunce" on the cap for his plaque.

When will Gary Sheffield realize that he simply does not have anything bright to say? And when will he actually grow up and become a consumate professional? My God I am starting to wonder if his mother dropped him on his head when he was a child. If he gets his 500th home run, he should NOT be in the Hall. What has he ever done for the game that has been positive? All the malcontent does is wear his welcome out for every club he has ever played for and everytime he leaves a team, fans have a sigh of relief (ie. Braves, Dodgers and Brewers). He talks to the media like Barry Bonds, only Bonds keeps his mouth shut if he knows he is going to say something stupid.

I may be an idiot but this is the first time I ever have asked dumb questions about stats. I have been a lifelong baseball fan, mostly concentrating on the actual mechanics players are undergoing on the field and never really concentrated much on OBP, OPS and SLG. I understand what a good batting average is and all of that stuff... but what is considered an "average" OBP and OPS? EDIT: Changed the title so users know what the threads about. - cth

Most counties in the country have bans on homeowners owning pit bulls because of its violent nature. When I was a news intern in Waukegan, Ill. there was a debate of pit bull ownership when one maliciously attacked an 8-year-old girl, which caused her to be sent to the ER for stitches and she had to undergo counseling for it. Thank God for some Good Samaritans nearby or else the girl would have been dead.

For you insomniac Brewerfan.netter's, I was wondering if you all suffer the same side effects I do when I take PM if I am restless at night. I don't feel sleepy at all, I just feel sedated and then wake up with a headache the next morning and feel as if I had a few the night before. Anyone have any bad stories about this OTC drug?

I believe it was Ernie Grunfeld who traded Ray Allen for Payton. Karl was just the coach. What was worse is Payton and Cassell had to find a way to co-exist in Milwaukee that season.

For kicks and giggles, here is a mock article I just wrote up: MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired veteran outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. for a trio of players from the Cincinnati Reds. Cincinnati will be receiving outfielder Geoff Jenkins and prospect Tony Gwynn Jr., along with recently acquired minor leaguer Chris Cody in exchange for the 19-year-veteran. Griffey, 37, is batting .286 with 23 home runs in the National League and is 14 career home runs shy of reaching 600 home runs. ?With the injury to Bill Hall and his undetermined return to the lineup, we felt it was necessary to get (Griffey) on board,? said Brewers? General Manager Doug Melvin. The move brings the Reds closer to a major overhaul of their roster after suffering it?s 50th loss of the season before the All Star game, setting a pace for the worst losing season in Reds? history, surpassing it?s 1982 campaign when they lost 106 games. Griffey is expected to be in uniform for the Brewers Friday when it hosts the Colorado Rockies at Miller Park. Phone calls to the Griffey home in Cincinnati went unanswered. Jenkins, 33, was less than 50 home runs shy of being the Brewers? franchise record holder in home runs, set by Hall of Famer Robin Yount with 251 home runs. ?I am in the state of shock right now,? Jenkins said on the Brewers flagship radio station in Milwaukee. ?This organization has been so good to me. I have been through a lot of losing seasons and have stuck by them.? Gwynn Jr, 24, has bounced back and forth between Milwaukee and its Triple A affiliate in Nashville most of the season and has shown promise as being a catalyst with a .301 batting average, but has fallen out of favor with fans for low power numbers. Cody was recently acquired from Detroit in exchange for right-handed pitcher Jose Capellan two weeks ago and was set to begin his stint with Double A Huntsville. Melvin plans to use Griffey in left field when Hall returns from the 15-day disabled list with an ankle sprain.

I just had some fun making a headshot of Ken Griffey Jr. in a Brewers hat and was wondering if anyone could tell me an easy way to transfer a simple .jpg image from my computer to post on here as part of my post?

AJAY, all I did was take Griffey and Ben Sheets' headshot and cut the Brewer hat off Sheets and dragged it onto Griffey's head. Then I added some Brewers' coloring to anything that was red on his pic. TCSM, try the link again.