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Put me in, as well. Thanks!

I kind of want them to stop using up all their scoring mojo. Also, Prince is MOVING around the bases tonight.

Congratulations! Don't be fooled by ages as road markers. In my head I think, ok, middle school is the boy-girl time, but I had my first major crush in third/fourth grade. That doesn't sound so bad until you realize that put me in the 8-9 year old age. I have a hard time putting my head around that, but there you are... I was (am?) a huge tomboy. I played soccer on all boys teams til they got taller and skinnier and I rounded out instead. I started at age 4. I wonder if this was all part of my dad's plan. It was an accomplishment the first week of high school to wear neither soccer shorts or a tournament tshirt for an entire week. My most expensive piece of clothing for many years were my goalie jersey and gloves. So you might want to push her on the tomboy route....

I hate mushrooms but the boyfriend always talked about morels and one year I worked at a larger corporation that had an in-house electronic bulletin board on which someone sold morels, so I bought some and made them for him. You have to purge them for quite a while, I think it was a salt-water bath and it changes the ph levels and forces all the bugs out of all the crevices.

I refuse to buy a nicer grill for this very reason. Walmart makes one that has a handle that snaps in place over the lid which is hinged and contains a hinged shelf for buns, etc... and also has legs that fold out and it's $9.88. It's the most beautimous tailgating grill ever.

Are you kidding me!? Chris Duffy just ran laps between first and second.

Remember, it could be worse. It could be Estrada

In just a week of playing we've seen a lot of improvement over last year in places - especially in plate discipline/patience, but man, the guys LOB are killing me!

JJ has looked better the last few days, had hit a jack earlier in the game, and had better numbers against Weathers than Prince or Braunie, I didn't mind seeing him there.Agreed. I'm just impatient and really think we needed to score that inning and while I think JJs coming on, I think that he pretty much used it up already this inning. It's much the same with Kendall. Last time he was up he had two singles, a run and a walk. So of course he hit into a DP. That's how things work.

Is it wrong that I would rather that Braun or Fielder swung at stuff outside of the zone than have JJ with the runs on the line in that situation? I'm not down on JJ at all, just know that he's struggling right now...

Tonight feels like one of those nights that every time Rock or BA says a definitive statement about a player, they go do the opposite. Maybe I'm just feeling karmically screwed after last night, but it's like they were just talking about how DiFelice is pitching well and can handle this situation - whoop, a double.

They just played Go Getta for Braun here in the 6th. I haven't been paying close enough attention to know if that's been happening all night.

Braun changed his music from last night - that was Go Getta, from last season

I'm not sure what putting him at the back end of the rotation accomplishes. I have a theory that Macha, et al. know that we don't have a guy that can compete with most aces out there and therefore have loaded our rotation to put us in a situation to win against some of the lesser pitchers out there. It's clear that they aren't willing to put YoGa in the stressful ace role, so any arguments to that effect are out. If we can't out-pitch other staff's aces, why "waste" YoGa's stuff or Bush's consistency against them? That's the short description, and maybe I'm giving the coaching staff too much credit, but it's a theory...

I discovered the slushes at the kiddie food stand behind 422-ish last night and feel that for $1.75, those will be nice over some of the hotter summer days. Don't forget that you can bring in sealed 20oz sodas/waters/juices with no problem. Considering how many games I go to, this is nice because it allows me to bring whatever flavor I want - sometimes a girl can only have so much diet pepsi. Also, I want to be the designated driver coupon lady when I grow up. She's great. My boyfriend finds her hair fascinating and calls her "the poodle lady." I yell at him for this.

I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE that the opening package has been "sold out" and is completely corporately sponsored by US Cellular.

I sold the one I had, sorry folks.

Got mine at the Kohl's on 27th between Oklahoma and Layton, but it was the only one I saw. Didn't even find it in the correct area, but near the fitting rooms, shoved on a rack. I was at the Kohl's at Bayshore today and didn't see ANY clearance Brewers merch, FYI.

I bought the navy thermabase and decided not to keep it. The boyfriend has one and we try hard not to match. Men's Large. Just looking to get back the $38 I paid ($36 plus tax). I live on the East Side, work downtown, and will be at the games on Sunday and Tuesday this week.

We had a Sam's membership and switched to Costco. One of the deciding factors for us was that we felt it offered a better selection, sent out the coupons, has the large online site and is just cleaner and nicer than the Sam's in the Milwaukee area. I live on the East Side (and used to live in Glendale) so my closest options are 27th and College or 76th and Good Hope, neither of which are particularly well-stocked, clean stores. It's as quick for us to hop on the freeway and head up to Grafton. They've also developed the area quite nicely in Grafton and there's a Target, Kohl's, Best Buy and Dick's there, as well as one of the large pet stores (don't remember which one.) Living on the East Side, we have to travel to run our errands no matter what, since there's nothing nearby. I appreciate all these things being in one place so I can run all the errands in one trip. Kirkland's brand has tested well against all kinds of brand name competitors, as mentioned above. Our main reason for going every two weeks is for dog food. I have two permanent dogs and am a foster home for a rescue, so often have more than just those two. We were feeding Iams, which is about $38 for 40 pounds, give or take and depending on where we purchased it. Kirkland's 40 pound bag matches comparatively (and sometimes better). It's well-received among breeders and rescues and it's about $26 for the bag. That right there paid for our membership. For the electronics geeks out there, my brother is one of those must-have top of the line, biggest and bestest kind of guys. He has a 70 some inch TV. He has surround. He has Blu Ray. He has it all and he's bought it all from Costco considerably cheaper than he found anywhere else. Most recently, they had a Garmin available in store and online for $100 cheaper than that model could be found anywhere else. I would think if you're contemplating any electronics purchases, this would also pay for itself. Plus, it's all available to look and compare online, which I'm a big fan of.

What's up first place! I have a feeling my picks won't hold up for any more rounds, so I'll live out this glory for awhile!

I cannot get over how expensive tickets are or what a difficult time I had getting through for single game tickets. They contract out to Tickets.com for single game and whenever I talked to a Cards ticket rep, they basically told me too bad, so sad, can't help you. We're going for the series in May, meeting up with my brother coming in from Memphis. Four of the cheapest available tickets to two games ran me $264 dollars. There were, however, a lot of tickets available on Craigslist, so I'd definitely check that out. For anyone looking to stay down there that will have a car, Collinsville, IL is right across the border, has good chain hotels, and the rates are much cheaper. You're talking a 10 minute drive. Growing up in high school we spent every Easter in Collinsville for a soccer tournament.

Sidney Moncrief for me, please! Very cool of you.

The picture loaded really small here, I don't know why, but I also have it up here, if you want to see more details. The pitcher is Ben. In the upper left hand corner is the Two-Fisted Slobber and the right upper corner has the "Calvin peeing on the Cubs logo" thing.

I already took a 10% pay cut - we had them company wide. Actually, the big wigs took them a few months before and then we all got them about a month ago. We're a small company and losing anyone makes my job harder, plus, I feel like if the choice is a pay cut or lost jobs, I'm going with the pay cut because that cut could be me.