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I could see a position player coming up, initially..especially if Braun's calf is still a lingering issue...and then if the bullpen which is rested now has a game where they have to eat innings in the first 2 or 3 games, they bring up a bullpen arm for a couple of days and send the bat back down.

The blackouts go by zip code. When I lived in Nebraska and travelled to Iowa with MLB.tv...you would have up to 6 games blacked out...they do it by IP address, not subscription. Also, for some reason, one zip code 68120 in Nebraska is considered a home area for Milwaukee....why I have no idea, I was one of the few Brewer fans living in Omaha.

Let them talk about the Phillies....Stay under the radar, and win it in the last week.

Optimism is a good thing. The local press seems to think that we'd save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves. Me, I'm for wasting sportswriters' time. So I figured we ought to hang around for a while and see if we can give 'em all a nice big shitburger to eat!

Get to 71-71....Takes a 142 games to get to .500... and then play their asses off the last 20 games and let the chips fall where they may.

I stood in line today waiting to ride Space Mountain...with my wife and my daughter and just in front of us was none other than Chris Dickerson of the New York Yankees. I was wearing my Milwaukee Brewers hat and he asked me how the Brewers were doing this year...(at this point, I don't think he knew that I recognized him...as we were in line for 20 minutes already.) My response back was that the Brewers were doing much better this year thanks to some good pitching and then I mentioned that I appreciated his time with the Brewers last year...I think that took him back, I don't think he gets recognized very often. We had a nice conversation and he mentioned that he talked with Ryan (i assume Braun) and that Ryan told him that things were going much better this year. He asked where I was from and when I told him that I was from the Quad Cities, he talked about how he played against them when he was in the minors when they were the Quad Cities Swing...and was suprised that they changed their name back to the River Bandits. I asked him if he liked playing in New York and he said he loved it....I wished him good luck and told him that I would be pulling for him Saturday night when we go watch the yankees play the angels (but I said it is still hard for a Brewer fan to pull for the Yankees). I was very impressed with him, very nice guy....and I told my daughter that he probably has the best job in the world....he gets paid very well to play baseball and very few people recognize him, so he can stand in line and not be bothered....(had he not talked to me first, I would not have bothered him....I said to myself, that I need not bother him as he was just here with his girlfriend(who was very hot) and he was just finding a way to relax on his day off.

I have been doing my weights MWF....i have not gotten the number of cardio sessions I need, but am working at that....as the weather gets nicer, it will become easier, as I love to get out on the bike. I had been struggling with food, but just had some test results and my numbers were not so good, so I have been very dedicated to eating better in the last week....(as my daughter pointed out, that I am in search of the World's best Grilled Chicken sandwich...as that is the only thing on most menu's that isn't horrible for me...or at least isn't the great unknown when ordering off a menu) Here are my test numbers.....I am getting tested again in 3 to 4 months (38 years old for reference) Total Cholesterol 186 mg/dl HDL cholesterol 30 mg/dl Tryglcerides 230 mg/dl LDL cholesterol 110 mg/dl Chol/HDLC Ration 6.2 Glucose 89 mg/dl Waist Circumference 44 in Blood Pressure 130/80 This is the highest my Blood pressure has ever been....and My doctor has put me on Niaspan in attempts to get my good cholesterol number higher (I have been taking 1500 MG of Niaspan a day for 2 years and my good cholesterol number has not budged) This is also the first time my Trygycerides have been elevated and it is the highest my LDL cholesterol has been.

I think stealing when down 10 is more of a risk/reward thing. You need 10 runs, so you need to keep people on the bases, so it is not worth risking an out to move up a player one base...when you really need a big inning...(not manufacturing one run)

Try living in Iowa.....MLB.TV blacksout all local teams....which is crazy...none of these teams should be blacked out in Iowa. The below-listed Club(s) is within the searched home television territory, and MLB.TV is subject to blackout for all regular season live games for these Club(s): Chicago White Sox Milwaukee Brewers Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins Approximate Zip Code: 52722

I just read that the HTC EVO Tablet is coming out this summer... and the HTC Flyer (I think is what they will call the WiFI version.

Why leave Estrada in after a guy reaches second base.

I went to the John Deere Classic here in the Quad Cities.... If you want to see a lot of different golfers and get a feel for the whole course.... I would suggest walking the course backwards....Starting at hole 18 (once players have gotten to 18) and work your way backwards...you will see the entire course and since you are going backward and the players are going forward, you get to see pretty much the hole field...Also if you keep track of the pairings, you can manage to get a good spot when you know one of the top players is coming up....Because you can "pause" your walk backward when you know that Tiger or Phil is coming up in the next group or two.

I was shocked to read the dislike of this trade... anytime you can get any pitching for 4th tor 5th outfielder...I think you take it....I think you can find serviceable outfielders all over the place...but pitching is tough to come by.... Mitre is no world beater, but he does have some experience....and has had some successes along with some failures.

Southpaw Thanks for the tips....I will get put my goal at 2500 calories a day...and start from there. I work from home and generally work out from Noon to 1 Pm on Mon, Tues, Wed and Friday. (MW, I have been doing the p90x Weight workout, on Fridays I have been doing the upper body Weight training videos from the Insanity program...one of the bonus CD's that mixes Cardio with weight lifting) I am pretty good at mixing in Cardio workouts, from Treadmill, elipitcal, biking outside, Swimming, basketball and occasionally jogging....I will try to get up in the morning and get in some cardio before breakfast (not a morning person, and have to get a daughter off to school, so I will have to work on that) As for weight lifting.....What I struggle with is knowing what exercises to do...my upperbody has never been very developed (always have been weak), but my lower legs have always been great...I have had body builders ask me how I have such developed Calves...they must come naturally, but I have worked out with guys that are weight guys and while I could never lift what they did on upper body exercises, I could usually do whatever they were doing when doing Leg exercises. do you have any specific workouts with reps that you would reccomend...assuming I did weight training MWF... Thanks....i appreciate you advice.

I will Capuano...I was pulling for his comeback, but it seems we won't get the benefit of him coming all the way back.