JimH5

One is done to get a person back to their full natural health. It is also done with the approval of authorities. The other is done to take a person beyond their natural abilities. It is often done in secret, without authority approval, and without knowledge of or regard to long-term impact. I may wear eyeglasses, but I may not inject fertility drugs. Isn't that it? Are you just against there being an authority figure being able to tell people what they can and cannot do in the world of athletics?

It's not just the media. Alzado himself suggested steroids contributed to his illness. Brettac1, your own avatar is of Curt Hennig (who I thought was an AWESOME wrestler). But he's dead, and his own father Larry The Axe Hennig thinks steroids and painkillers contributed to Curt's death. I love wrestling, but have to acknowledge some conflict with my own selfish love of the show with the premature deaths of so many of it's stars. That's a different thing than Gaylord Perry's ability to throw the spitter.

Are you unwilling to recognize the difference between a guy doctoring up a ball and another guy doctoring up himself? One results in an altered ball, while another results in an altered body, without knowledge or regard to how that body will respond years later. Lyle Alzado's died as a result of using steroids. Nobody died because of a shine ball. Plus, Perry's crimes were done in full stadiums, in front of opposing players, managers & coaches, in front of umpires, fans, tv cameras & spectators. Through sleight of hand, he fooled everyone. McGwire's crimes were done in the private locker room bathroom stall with Canseco on the other end of the syringe. There's a difference between the two. Guys who cork bats don't do it in the on deck circle. That's why people applaud Penn & Teller, while Bernie Madoff is in prison.

George Scott played with the Brewers for 5 years. Twice during that time, he lead the league in total bases, including 1975 when he also lead in HR and RBI. He won a Gold Glove at 1B every year he was with the team. He missed almost no time due to injury, and put up OPS+ seasons of 124, 144, 124, 140 and 121. I wonder what made the voters exclude him? Only 5-years with the team? I don't know what else he could have done to merit inclusion. He got 4 "yes" votes and 35 "no" votes. Ben Oglivie was with the team for 9 seasons. He won a HR title, was a regular on their only pennant winner, was a 3-time All Star, and put up OPS+ seasons of 143, 131, 153, 107, 118, 129, 100, 117 and 95. He got 12 "yes" votes and 27 "no" votes. But the huge omission is Del Crandall. . .8 time all star, 4 time Gold Glove winner, regular on 2 pennants and a World Series winner. He was on the Braves almost throughout their whole stint in Milwaukee. And then he served as Manager for 600 games during the infancy of the Brewers. He got 8 "yes" votes and "31" no votes. None of those guys even came close. The guys currently on the walk are: Aaron, Fingers, Molitor, Yount, Selig, Cooper, Uecker, Dalton, Gantner, Thomas, Money, Kuenn, Mathews, Spahn, Quinn & Burdette. If the voters are waiting to find more guys like that group, they won't induct anyone. Modern economics & sabermetrics aren't going to allow us to have guys with careers that are both great and long. Braun and Melvin are the only ones who could make it.

No Star Wars for me, either. None. I have NO interest in science fact, let alone science fiction. I don't want to travel in space, don't want to watch space good guys vs. space bad guys. No Star Trek, either. Part of it is the experience of watching movies, which I find intolerable. Just sitting there for 90 minutes or more.? . .Bah! How can anything fictional hold your attention for that long? And then I'm reminded that I watch Monday Night RAW every week, so maybe my inner nerd is just pointed in a different direction.

Congrats to Larkin. He's a classy guy with a great resume. Totally deserved. I'm fine with the BBWAA being very demanding. I would rather have that group be on the exclusive side. The HOF will always have other committees who are charged with considering people who didn't get the writers' approval.

MTV launched in August of 1981. I graduated from high school in 1980, and that summer, me and two buddies went to Florida for a few weeks. One of the highlights for us was to watch a local cable channel that aired music videos for maybe an hour each day. Their library was so limited that they aired Lipps Inc. "Funkytown" and The Cramps "Garbageman" every day. That was the first time I saw music video outside of the Don Kirschner's Rock Concert shows that were performance/lip-synch. . .Soul Train, Solid Gold, etc. Dick Clark had been doing that type of show for years. Later, I worked at a bar that subscribed to RockAmerica, which was a music video service that sent monthly (?) 3/4" U-Matic compilation tapes, and then later they changed to VHS.. That was after MTV had launched, but I think RockAmerica had been established prior to MTV. The tapes were about an hour long, with 12-15 videos. I suspect you could subscribe to a variety of formats, but videos were just one after the other on tape, without any beat-matching or other segue between songs.

Its called overhead. Newer media sites don't have it (the vast majority of their writers are either unpaid or paid ridiculously low sums along with a complete lack of a physical plant that you have to pay mortgage and taxes on) and old media has been laying off people for years in an effort to streamline their businesses to fit the new model.I remember reading this a couple of summers ago in Milwaukee Magazine about Journal/Sentinel and their financial problems: http://www.insidemilwaukee.com/Article/242011-PaperMoney I thought there was some backlash for some of the details in the piece, but it's still a good (if long) read. . .

Like JimH I'm ancient in that I'm a 7 day a week subscriber. I grew up in a household where my dad read the paper religiously every day and when I got older I did the same thing and I can't imagine not having the paper in my mailbox every morning. I may be ancient, but I'm still wired. I have a laptop, smart phone, and I just purchased a tablet. However, when I sit down at the breakfast table in the morning I don't want to read from a computer screen, I want to have the physical paper in front of me. Same goes for when I'm eating lunch and reading what I was not able to get to at breakfast. I guess it's just a comfort thing. WTMJ is not "horrible" for local coverage, but the local stations web sites are. While Sports is a large part of what I'm looking for, I'm also looking at information about other local stories and events. My only issue with the Journal/Sentinel is how they sometimes put their own political slant on different stories, but I know this is not the correct forum to get into that discussion. I'm with Patrick on my adoption of technology. I subscribe to the paper, but acknowledge that a lot of its content is old. To me, it's just a comfortable habit. My dad subscribed to the Milwaukee Journal, which was delivered every day around 4:00 p.m. (That sounds so incredibly archaic to imagine a daily evening paper). But to me, that was an adult thing to do, to read the newspaper. We have moved around a lot over the past 13 years, so wherever we have gone, I have subscribed to the local paper, at least for awhile. It gave me good info and ads about the local happenings. And when we came back to the Milwaukee area, it was just a natural thing. I recognize that the JS leans left, but as long as you know that going in, that's fine. The Shepherd Express leans wayyyyy left, and I'll occasionally read that. I don't need to surround myself with only like-minded thoughts. At the same time, I'm becoming a real fan of Twitter--it's much more useful than I ever thought it would be for instant news. I have it on my phone now, but only just recently got a smartphone. Prior to that, I'd check it on my computer. I don't have a tablet. My little 10" Lenovo laptop is portable enough for me. As for WTMJ or Fox6, etc., I just think there's a LOT more going on in SE Wisconsin that we don't ever hear about, which is why I wish the local media would cover local stories. Television is only going to cover a crime or a fire or something they have video of, and then interview some local rube to get his reaction to what we've just seen on said video. That formula is so tired. As for their websites, I haven't really ever thought to check them. . .Do Hank Stoddard and John Drilling post stuff? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Best wishes on your dog. I hope it all works out for the best. You've done heroic work in bringing her into your family, and regardless of how this episode ends, you should feel good about giving her a better life than she would have otherwise had.

Three adjectives. I'm honored! The Wall Street Journal has paid content, and they seem to make it work. It's unique, however, in that it's a national paper with an affluent readership. Newsday tried it and failed a laughable failure. http://www.observer.com/2010/media/after-three-months-only-35-subscriptions-newsdays-web-site I'm a dinosaur in that I am a 7-day subscriber to the Journal-Sentinel. There are some days when I spend less than 10 minutes with the paper, but I like to read it for events calendars and features. I think people will pay for content, but it's got to be unique and specific to the audience. We'll see if they can pull it off.

I don't have a problem with people getting paid. Nobody likes to give away their work for free. I do wish the Journal/Sentinel did more local news. There isn't really any go-to site to get SE Wisconsin stuff, and that would be a natural fit for the local paper.

Don't feel bad, Bike. . . I never turn down an opportunity to publicly wallow in my own lameness. I love to play "woe is me", whether I have a platter woe or not.

I like MLB and the Brewers miles and miles ahead of anything else. I would like Marquette to have a good men's basketball team, though my interest is really only because of hometown pride. That's really about it. No hockey, no football, no auto racing, no NBA, no tennis or golf. . . MLB satisfies my sports needs all year round.

The Bellas new outfits are dangerous. And I liked the Kane entrance. Was he waiting there for two hours?

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Lindy's is good. I also have liked the feel and look of Athlon's. Not sure if they still publish that. I picked up the Shandler 2012 yesterday to do some fantasy research. I only wish they didn't use such a small font in the issue. Not good for these aging eyes. To me, I know the season is getting closer when football playoffs are underway.

Househunters Lame indeed. For my own entry into the lame derby, my wife, daughter and I saw a matinee of We Bought a Zoo earlier this afternoon, then on the way home, we stopped by Target to pick up a box of cereal and a 12-pack of diet Coke, then had our NYE dinner handed to us through a drive-thru window (Mrs. H5 went with the Arby's and me and daughter chose McDonald's). Now I'm sitting on the couch with MLB Network on, watching a rerun of the Gibby Awards. Whee! Living Large. . .

Have them signed in blue ballpoint. Then put them into a cube or other holder that has UV protection.

Agreed fully. The Packers sucked throughout my childhood and were largely irrelevant up until I was about 30. My dad often had County Stadium Packers tickets and we couldn't give them away. So while football games will always be treated as an event, the great Packer idolitary will fade after a few 4-12 seasons. But that's only if there is another winner to replace them with. The great Brewers teams of the late 1970s and 1980s were fortunate to be playing in one of the worst eras of Packers history, so they got lots of interest from people looking for a winner--and for the good times that accompany.

I piqued my own curiosity on this item and found that I bought it from a Maryland ebay seller in September of '09 for $6.00 plus $2.25 shipping. Quite a bit cheaper than I thought, which makes me happy. And then to top it off, I got a 2011 holiday card from the Brewers in today's mail.

It is indeed on an actual Christmas card. I bought it a few years ago, and I honestly can't remember from where. . .maybe MEARS, maybe eBay, maybe the National or one of the memorabilia shows out east, or a different auction house. I don't remember the price. . .under $50 for sure. Maybe $20. . . I wasn't aware of the actual date, so I'll go with RockCoCougars and say it's from the 1970s. There isn't a date on the card, and it didn't come with an envelope. Inside it's printed with a holiday greeting from the Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club and it was signed in what looks like a felt tip pen by someone whose name is unfamiliar to me. I loved the image and have been meaning to post it the past couple of Christmases, so I finally got off my butt last night and figured out how to post scans on here. Glad you liked it. . .

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the Brewerfan community. Safe travels to all, and may Santa fill your stocking with Tararrel. http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h341/JimH5/BrewerChristmasCard.jpg

Good to know. . .There are some weekend games in the package, so hopefully we'll be able to score the Kohl's card. . .or at least make it onto the big screen. My wife and daughter will appear in beautiful HD color, while I remain in grainy B&W, with a heavy wool suit and permanent scowl.. . . Section 217, Row 4, three seats "on the aisle", though I didn't ask which aisle it was. . . The package doesn't start until early June. I wonder if they're going to rename it "Games 51 and beyond". . .

Wow--it's been nearly two months since someone has posted on here feeling "unbugged". It's been a rough couple of months, I guess. . .Playoff loss, Cards win, No Prince, Expensive 8th inning guy, Braunie speculation. . . What's NOT bugging me is that for the first time since 2002, I'm back to being a partial season ticket holder. We have been living away from the area for all that time, but we are back, and I just picked up a 10-game Hot Summer Nights package in the family section. Plus they throw in a free game, too. They're not advertising the 10-gamers now, but they'll sell them if you call. . . Now I just need to convince my 7-yo daughter that baseball is fun. . .