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I understand why the Bucks chose Bogut at the time. They had no center and had both TJ/Mo, but in retrospect i can't see how anyone would rather have Bogut than Paul. In the vast majority of cases, good NBA teams are driven by an elite player, Paul is in that level. Without an elite players, the deck is stacked strongly against any team.

That's flat out nonsense

Just because something isn't required by a business doesn't mean offering a low cost courtesy to a sizable part of your customers wouldn't be a smart thing for making the game day experience more enjoyable. I know for myself and nearly everyone i know that attends Brewers games, tailgating is a decent sized part of why we attend the games and without tailgating, we'd attend less games. Some of the people i've gone to games with or people i know that go to games aren't huge Brewers fans or sports fans, but they love getting a group together on a beautiful summer day to tailgate and then see the game. At my last job, once or twice a year most of the employees would attend a game, the group tailgating was far more the draw than the game itself given how many attending weren't even baseball fans. Lots of companies do the same. Plus, for anyone that tailgates a lot, you can easily see that it's not just young folks partying. There are tons of families from 4-10ish people there to just cook out and socialize on a nice day while the kids play catch in the lots. Adding a few more portajohns to be sure to make the game day experience very enjoyable seems easy to do and not some big expense. I highly doubt the portajohn situation will ever be something to prevent groups to say, that's it, we aren't going to tailgate and attend now. In a business though that relies heavily on people returning often, IMO smart businesses go out of their way to do even the little things so that everything possible about a customers visit was positive.

I bought a puppy for my daughters birthday last April and at first was going to get a dog from the Humane Society. After waiting and waiting for a breed to arrive that i wanted, i gave up and decide to buy a puppy. While telling this to someone at the Humane Society, she implored me to not buy the dog from a pet store and instead find a reputable breeder. She told me that many dogs in pet stores come from puppy mills that not only keep their dogs in terrible conditions, she said the majority of problem dogs they take in were dogs bought from pet stores that likely were born in a puppy mill and sold cheap to a pet store. The bizzare thing is i don't watch the local news much and a few days after talking to that lady at the Humane Society, i happened to have the news on and they were doing a story on a few puppy mills that were raided. The conditions the dogs were living in were deplorable and the puppies i guess are not only living in terrible conditions, they are removed from their mother way to soon which causes long term issues for the dogs. Now i'm sure not all dogs in pet stores come from puppy mills, but i doubt the ones that are will be something a buyer of a puppy could know the difference and obviously the store owner isn't going to say we buy dogs from puppy mills. I bought my puppy on the internet because there were no Toy Fox Terrier breeders locally and that's the dog my kid wanted. I used a great site called http://www.puppyfind.com which listed all kinds of breeds and breeders of them around the country, along with pictures of the dogs they have for sale. My kid picked a puppy out and the breeder listed their phone number, i wasn't going to buy without speaking to the breeder. They also had a website up. After speaking to the breeder, they gave me a few references to call and the other buyers only had kind words. I asked for one more confirmation, a few pictures holding the dog with a sign with my name on it, they said that's fine I ended up paying 450 for Tyson along with 150 to fly him from South Dakota to Milwaukee. The 600 dollar price ended up being as cheap or cheaper than local pet stores selling puppies of that breed. He had his shots with full records of all the shots from the vet. The breeder has been so nice, Tyson is my first dog and i had questions early on, he said call me anytime. Buying a dog online seemed goofy at first, but it was a very positive experience and if some pet stores buy dogs from puppy mills, i didn't want any part of contributing to the practice by giving them my money.

I think the music by Nickelback is boring as hell and they aren't talented musicians, but i see no reason to hate them personally. A fair number of singers or bands make music more for the sake of trying to make great music and a lot make music just in hopes of getting rich and nailing a boatload of women. I can't fault any band or singer for making music more to get the second option, a bunch of cash and access to women begging to be your toy certainly has it's appeal. The history of music is full of Nickelback type of bands who are more than happy to cash in by making safe and cookie cutter music that many folks are more than fine with gobbling up. Beats working 9-5 in some cubicle for 30-35 grand a year. Plus, the guys in Nickelback very well might know that they don't have it in them to create music beyond the bland crap they put out, so for them it makes sense to keep recreating the same sounds that radio stations love to pump out and thus keep cashing big checks. If they actually tried deviating and making some good music, they'd likely fail at it anyways so their better off to keep putting out the stuff that gets them Top 40 airplay and adds zeros to their bank accounts. Not all bands are skilled enough to make music that's both really good and can also sell.

I agree that to me it seemed a lot of the emo scene was greatly influenced by bands like Green Day and Blink. I never was a fan of either band and when that huge emo barrage took over the airwaves, my then 13 years old daughter liked nearly every emo band that came out. It was pure torture on my eardrums as she played one emo tune after another for about a year straight. I think i'd rather listen to 80's metal before having to be subjected again to the horror of emo.

Agreed Jason, his Superman dunk wasn't all that good even if you ask me. Do you realize just how big of a man Howard is? He was off the floor and soared through the air like he was a skinny 6'6 small forward instead of a 6'11 270 pound man.

Prince would have to top my list I don't own any CD's by Christina Aguliera, but i really love her voice in slower songs

Those were the two things i loved about County Stadium. Like you say, i can still remember that smell as i walked in the gates. The bleachers were my home for so many games at County. I loved going to a day game on a blazing hot summer day with the beer flowing and shirt off. My really only beef with Miller Park is there is to much damn shade because of the roof. I get annoyed on a hot day when the sun is pounding on me and then the roof ends up blocking out the sun. The two nicest things about Miller Park for me are the bathrooms and concourses. During those big crowd days at County Stadium, man those bathrooms were just flat out nasty.

Why do i hate Nickelback? It doesn't sound good to my ears. I generally don't search to deep in music, i listen to something and it will fit in either 1. Sounds great to my ears 2. Is tolerable 3. Sounds like crap to my ears Nickleback fits behind door number three. I've never sat around reading their lyrics, i just know it doesn't sound good to me so when i hear it on, i change the station.

In my early teen years i once shared a few painkiller a friend stole from his neighbor and we washed them down with a bottle of vodka, sounded like great at the time. I proceeded to eventually pass out and woke up about 20ish hours later, next to a puddle of drool puke and for awhile not being able to grasp why it was dark outside and the clock said it was nearly midnight. Haven't drank vodka since, just the smell of it turns my stomach.

Kidd is still a good player, but the fact he's shooting a miserable 36% from the field and nearly 4 turnovers a game is part of the reason the Nets with Kidd/Carter/Jefferson are owners of one of the NBA's worst offenses. Harris is also a better defender than Kidd is an he shoots 47% from the field. I understand why the Mavs wanted to make this move if it goes through because they feel with their current roster that they can't get out of the West by standing pat. I'm just not sure this would be the move to get done their goal to win a ring. Diop is a terrible offense player, but he was clearly their best post defender and with all the quality bigs in the West, losing him would hurt more than his meager stats would suggest. Stackhouse was/is a high quality bench option and two first round picks were thrown in by the Mavs. Maybe Kidd would start shooting better and cutting his turnovers by playing on a team where he could win a ring, or maybe father time is creeping in somewhat even though he obviously still passes and rebounds exceptionally well.

I went to the old Tech and was far from an angel. About half way through my junior year i began being truant quite often and in my senior year was a chronic truant, pretty amazing i managed to graduate. Even with skipping all the time and failing multiple classes, little happened to me. I'd take pending suspension notices out of the mail from the school sent for my dad and Tech made no effort to contact my house when they got no response to notices sent to my house. I also wouldn't end up getting suspended. My dad was a big time alcoholic at the time and let me do as i pleased so even if the school has contacted him i wouldn't have got in trouble, but the point is that the school made no effort beyond sending notices that obviously were being ignored. Tech would also give me detentions all the time for being late to school, skipping classes, and for breaking various other school rules. At one point i had racked up something like 150-200 detentions, which of course i just ignored and never served them. Now MPS/Tech seems 50 times worse than when i went there. I saw my share of fights and even saw a teacher attacked by a student, but the violence looks to be much worse and prevalent now. I feel bad for teachers that still care, they can only work with what parents send them.

Man, MPS is such an incredible mess. I would work 20 hours a day digging graves or standing over a deep fryer before i'd stay in Milwaukee and put my kid in an MPS high school.

I'm old enough to remember those 80's Brewers in the AL and wasn't sure whether i'd like the move to the NL. Now that we are in the NL, i like it much better and would be very opposed to going back to the AL. I have no problem with watching pitchers have to hit and don't long for seeing often out of shape sluggers who can't field a position just bat 4-5 times a game. My viewing of AL games has nosedived since the move and i don't miss it at all. I'd much rather be in a division with the Cubs/Cardinals/Reds than the Twins/White Sox/Tigers. Plus, i want no part of being in a league with two teams that print money like the Red Sox and Yankees, along with the big spending Tigers and Angels. Thankfully i think there is little to this rumor

Well the contract situations are the sole reason for the difference in the returns for the Twins and Orioles. Teams in baseball knowing that any trade for Santana included shelling out 140 million dollars pretty much took away a lot of the leverage from the Twins. Very few teams were even willing to bother discussing a trade with the Twins for Santana because they knew they couldn't afford to sign Santana and of the few teams that were willing, they decided that giving up tons of young talent just for the right to pay Santana 140 million wasn't worth it.

Geno, i don't fully get what your really trying to get at. Are you saying that you'd prefer the Brewers had brought back Estrada instead of signing Kendall? I certainly don't think most here are thrilled to no end that we have Jason Kendall as our catcher this season. I think for myself and most here, we wish the Brewers had a better option than both of these guys, but of the two, just would rather have Kendall a bit more. I know that Kendall was crap last season and i'm not expecting much from him this year, i just didn't want to see Estrada back . I also understand that often the scrubby catchers get that he calls a good game label to justify having such a no talent on the team, but it's not only the Brewers who didn't think highly of how Estrada worked with the pitchers/pitching coach. The same stuff came out of Arizona that they weren't fond of it either, so that leads me to believe there very well could be something to it. When comparing these two catchers, i view them as basically rusted cars that don't run very well and i'd prefer not to have either one, but i'd simply rather drive the Kendall hunk of junk a little more than the Estrada one. I'm under no illusion that that if maybe the Kendall heap is given a tune up, he'll suddenly start making me think i'm driving a Lexus. Both would be a stop gap until hopefully the Brewers can develop a decent catcher on their own because there is pretty much no other way to get one.

Is there really a lovefest for Kendall? Or are people just glad that Estrada won't be here? I wasn't too happy when they signed Kendall, but I am ok with it just because it meant Estrada is gone. That sums it up for me, just watching Estrada play got on my nerves more than any regular player for the Brewers in awhile. Those first pitch hacking with men on base and then Estrada being half way down the first base line on yet another DP made me at times want to strangle the guy. The fact Kendall makes an extra few million more than Estrada would doesn't bug me given i don't see where that cost us another player we may have wanted. Neither guy is much of a player, but that's the catching situation in baseball for most teams who didn't draft and develop a decent catcher. So long as Nedly doesn't do one of his brainfarts and bat Kendall second, i can live with his signing.

This came down to one obvious reason, Kerr didn't think the Suns can get out of the West with a frontcourt of Marion at PF and Amare at center. I believe his thinking was likely correct there, it's just a matter if Shaq can be the answer. Nash is 34 and only a title will satisfy the Suns, Kerr rolled the dice and took a big 50 million dollar risk. IMO it's a great trade for Miami, how it works in maybe getting the Suns the ring they crave ride mostly on if Shaq can stay healthy and if he'll decide to work hard and get himself in better shape now that he's on a team that could win it all. His problem hasn't only been declining skills via age, most reports have mentioned that Shaq hasn't exactly been keeping himself in the best shape.

Good call, but pass on the Man vs Wild ones or you'll end up eating camel testicles and digesting food right from the stomach of a camel

Since others brought up guys i like, i'll mention a few others from the college level. Bilas and Lavin have called quite a few Badgers games and i like the job they do For college football i always liked Keith Jackson and feel Brad Nessler and Griese make a good combo

I semi-agree, but i wouldn't say i love New York fan, i just don't hate them nearly as much as Boston fans. The only two fans bases i hate are Boston and Chicago fans. The only problem i have with hating all teams Boston is i loathe the Red Sox, but am i big fan of Manny and Ortiz. I take great pleasure in seeing the Red Sox lose to the Yankees given their intense rivalry, but can't help but be entertained by Manny and his antics.

You act like some us want to waive Rogers. All we are saying is pro baseball history is littered with pitchers who threw very hard, but had serious control and command issues that never allowed for those pitchers to either make the big leagues or if they made the big show, to be very effective while up in the bigs, like our own Seth McClung. Mix in his injuries and right now Rogers wouldn't fetch much at all if we tried to trade him. That's why it would make little sense for the Brewers to include Rogers in any trade that they might try to make. If i'm the GM for another team, a young pitcher that only has one attribute, the ability to throw hard, but has massive control/command issues along with major health risks, i'd never consider Rogers as any sort of center piece in a trade for one of my players. The only way i'd consider Rogers as a big piece in a trade offer would be if he can show much much better command and that he can be healthy, but by that point, then the Brewers would be much less inclined to trade him. Rogers value is so low right now that IMO the only thing that makes sense for the Brewers would be to keep him and hope both his command/health improve.

Whenever most people bring up Rogers and what limits his value or prospect status, almost always it's injuries being the red flag. For me, the health factor would obviously be be a big concern, but i'd also be pretty as concerned by how he has pitched. Granted Mark was a high school kid and in three years only has 200 innings under his belt to evaluate, but the only thing at all impressive is the 235 strikeouts. On the other hand, Rogers served up a terrible 139 walks and for a guy who throws so hard, 190 hits allowed over those 200 innings isn't anything to get excited about. Mix both the health and performance concerns together and the deck looks pretty stacked against Rogers becoming anywhere near what the team hoped for they they drafted him.

Thanks for everyone who took time to respond, it's greatly appreciated. From what i've read from most of you, it varies but there was a fairly common theme of it's hard adjusting to not knowing friends/family. That's kinda what i expected, but i wasn't really sure. If i was a 20 year old college kid i wouldn't sweat moving at all, being in my 30's i wouldn't be at some college campus with 10,000 other college kids or more. While i despise the weather here in Wisconsin, it is nice to hang with a buddy watching a Packers game or go to a Brewers game. I not only have my own kid, i'm tight with my 7 year old nephew, it would suck having to mail his gift and just call him vs being there for his birthday parties. These are the kind of things that swirl through my mind when i strongly think of moving. If it's say a Saturday night and i feel like going out, but don't know anybody well enough in a new city, how bummed would i feel having to sit home by myself nearly every weekend? How bad would i feel having to call my daughter on her birthday or at Christmas instead of being there even though she'll be 18 or older if i do move? Then again, every time i see golf or something live on TV from a place with sunny warm weather and i look out my patio door only to see snow, slush, and frosted windows, i'm so envious of the people living in those cities. The bad thing is moving a long distance is quite a chore and seems costly, so moving back fairly quickly isn't like say moving back from Franklin to Milwaukee. I do though have a few years to think this out, my daughter is only 15 and a sophomore in high school and at the soonest, i'd move after she graduates. She has said she'd want to move with me, but her mom would probably then hate me quite a bit, not that i care all to much what she thinks.