bani1717

Wow... crazy to think that the Brewers will likely have had 2 players on that list at the same time for a 5-year span

The only thing that I didn't find impressive in that video was the music

I've only had one problem with anyone ever on this board, and it was resolved quickly. I wouldn't hesitate for a second to trade with any regular poster on this board... I worded my sentence poorly.... what I meant was, for just about anything other than this board, I would not trade with anyone through the mail.. On the other hand, I would generally be comfortable trading through the mail with someone on this board. However, I would still exercise reasonable caution as a buyer/seller (just as I would with most transactions). I would be especially cautious if there is a large sum of money or valuable items involved, and I would use common sense to make sure nothing seems fishy. Basically I'd give the benefit of the doubt in most situations when trading with someone on this board, but I wouldn't blindly trade anything with anybody in any situation is what I was trying to say.

Slightly off-topic, but it's interesting that the name Bill Wenz came up... I only knew who this guy was only because of his Brewer bobblehead business. My brother actually sold a bunch of bobbleheads to him on Ebay a few years ago http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/29518939.html Edit: Did a little more digging on Wenz and found this. Evidently his scams aren't limited to sports memorabilia being sold through the mail: http://online.drl.wi.gov/decisions/1998/ls9809301reb-00071908.pdf The fact that you could easily be dealing with someone like this is why I would never do a transaction through the mail unless it's with someone on this board (and even then I'd be cautious).

Not sure if you'd be interested as it's not a ROMLB, or not but I have a signed game-used Carlos Gomez batting helmet that I may be willing to part with for the right price. I bought the (then un-signed) helmet at a charity auction last year in March. It has a broken brim... I think it was from him slamming down the helmet after a strikeout in a game in 2010. I believe it has a MLB sticker and number to show that it is really game-used. I got the auto in person last year in Chicago (so no real COA for the signature). If you're interested, feel free to PM me and we can talk price.

Where do you get 43% from? IIRC, it was 15% from the buyer + 10% from the seller = 25% of the total sales price. Even if you take that as 25% of the seller's share, Stubhub gets .25/.85 = 29% of what the seller gets

Personally I don't agree with a vast majority of the bobblehead whining that goes on around here... we live in a capitalist society where each party to a transaction has alternatives and where the value of something is what someone else will pay for it. If Kent Meyer wants to sell his own bobbleheads and make a lot of money (relatively speaking in terms of bobbleheads), then so be it. No one is forcing anyone else to pay those prices. Everyone has to make choices about how to spend their limited resources (ie money), and I think that a lot of the animosity with regard to these bobbles being sold is sour grapes from people who want the bobble without spending that kind of money. (Even if you argued that he should have given them all away since they were a gift, I feel like that would only decrease a collector's chances at seeing one, so I don't really buy that argument either.) The other major aspect of bobble-whining that I don't agree with is regarding the alternate versions. I made the decision a long time ago to not even bother trying to collect all the alternate "rare" versions, and I have sold every single one I have gotten through the years, because the money is more worthwhile to me than having a second similar but slightly different version of the same bobble. My theory is what is the point of having a "complete set" just to say I do, if it will cost me a lot more time and money to get a bunch of bobbles I don't even care about all that much once I've already got the original. That again to me is the beauty of capitalism... I buy something if it's worth it to me and don't buy it if it's not worthwhile to me.

If I were you I'd call up your ticket rep and tell them that you think it's a load of crap that they're announcing after you've already made your decision the requirement that you need to sign such an agreement. Maybe if you give them the feeling that you're unhappy with the apparent lack of information when you made your gift choice, they will let you choose something else. Then again, is such an agreement even enforceable?

This made me laugh out loud. Look on the bright side... at least he's not batting cleanup. The whipping boy on this year's team is the first baseman we don't have.

You will either be 5 rows behind where Mark Attanasio usually sits or in the 2nd row behind the dugout.

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My wife entered the game on Monday through one of the club entrances and evidently didn't get a magnet schedule... I don't really care since I don't collect them anyways, but I thought it a little weird. Did anyone else run into that?

How was the situation today for those who tailgated?

If I were you/them, the first thing I would do is take a look at this link: http://brewers.auction.mlb.com/ If that doesn't work, then I have the following advice: If they care about sitting together then do not wait. If they are content to get single terrace tickets and stand somewhere, go for it. I have done it before. If you try to buy 4 tickets from a scalper, then you will pay a pretty price on Monday. Most games you can talk the scalpers down pretty far from their original prices, but that probably won't work on Monday. If you want to try to get a good deal on tickets, the best advice I can give is to get there early and put in some time and effort for the ticket buying process. There will be opportunities for a deal, you just sometimes need to act quickly (e.g., if you're near a bunch of scalpers, they will be all over anyone selling tickets cheap in no time). It also helps if you start thinking like a scalper or, better yet, like someone who may have extra tickets. It may look dorky to put up a couple fingers in the air to signal the number of tickets you need as you walk through the parking lot, but it also can work. Not everyone who has extra tickets will know/care how high demand of a game it is, they may not know how to sell a ticket in a parking lot, etc. My general rule is that I always wait and scalp tickets if it's just me regardless of what kind of a game it is. If it's me plus one more person, I'll consider it depending on how high demand is and what tickets are going for, but in a group of four for opening day there is no way I'd wait because I wouldn't want to mess around to try to get 4 together.

3. All fields of play to follow uniform spec in the future. You can add "charm" to your ball park without a tree growing in right field or a whirling hot-dog machine at third base. This would go right down to locations of camera wells, width of warning track, etc. No more injuries because of architecture. How about a giant flag pole in fair play 430 feet from home plate?

Gasser is another guy I've never been sold on. He seems like another Jarmusz, a WI kid who people look to give him more credit than deserved because of where he is from rather than actual talent. Seriously? Gasser as a freshman was better than Jarmusz ever was. I understand the point you're trying to make, that you think Gasser is over-rated, but there is such a gap between the two talent-wise that it's a stretch to say the least. I don't care where Gasser is from, he will be one of the most talented players on the team next year. I expect the backcourt consisting of Gasser, Brust, and Dekker to be very good next year. I just hope that our best option doesn't end up being something like Jackson-Gasser-Brust-Dekker-Kaminsky. We really need our big men to step up so that we can preserve some of our guard depth and keep our guys at their natural positions.

Nice on the Braunie - when did you send that one? I am no less than shocked that he returned something TTM... maybe he's not getting as much anymore after all the recent negative publicity...

Yeah, if the Badgers win out (with the only tough game being @ Michigan State) and Michigan beats Indiana at home in their last game, the Badgers are at worst in a three-way tie for first with Michigan and Indiana. Since the Badgers beat both Indiana and Michigan in the lone meetings with both those schools, we could be looking at Wisconsin getting the #1 seed in the Big Ten Tourney. By no means is there an easy road to that point, but the fact that it's even possible at this point seems unreal to me. If that happens AND the Badgers somehow win the Big Ten Tourney, what kind of a seed do you think that earns them? I would think 3 for sure at that point even with their eight losses...

I think I would probably be more interested in the WBC if they played games in Milwaukee. I understand we'll probably never host the championship, but hosting some games in which the US plays would be cool I think.

My source also told me that it would have a syringe sticking in Braun's arm.

Exactly. That's one reason why I think he's very smart for not saying a whole lot right now and largely keeping his mouth shut. People who believe him will continue believing him, people who think he's a liar will continue to think he's lying, and people who aren't really sure likely won't be convinced by him talking. So if Braun is innocent, I think he's very smart to not talk about this more than he needs to and to just focus on getting ready for the season, as opposed to worrying about what the public thinks about him.

What do you do? And does your "first day" exclude weekends/holidays? Just curious... I could not imagine myself working every single day for 5+ years straight...

To respond to these statements: Sure, it wouldn't be lock down proof, but it would be more than just him making his single statement and us being left with questions. There will always be people who will never believe his innocence, but there are others of us who can be sold on his idea if he'd just show more effort. Yeah, I don't know that I need to necessarily have him produce any evidence that backs his side at this point, but I would at least like to hear from him why he can't. I really don't know what you guys are hoping for. Here are some snippets from his original presser almost one year ago: "I want to take a moment to especially thank the fans, all the fans who have supported me as well as the fans who withheld judgment as I respected the confidentiality of this case.... I’ve tried to respect this process, even though the confidentiality of the process was breached early on." and then at the end: "I’ll try to answer all of your questions, but please respect the fact that I can’t get into many details of the process because it’s supposed to be confidential, and because of potential ongoing litigations and the fact that I am considering all my legal options. There may be some questions I can’t answer." He already gave the answer you wanted - he can't produce more evidence because of the confidentiality of the process and potential ongoing litigations. We've seen legal experts say that they wouldn't advise their clients to publicly release more info either. That is enough for me that I'm not going to assume he's guilty or be swayed in that direction simply because he's not releasing every detail. He did make a slight reference to possible future legal battles, but I would like to hear him reiterate and elaborate on that. I don't think he would be violating any labor agreement rules or put himself in any legal jeopardy if he just said hey, there is much more to this story, but my attorneys have advised me not to disclose this information at this point and time. I think he could even be a little more specific and state "because of subject matter waiver" issues and/or "MLB labor agreement issues" I'm unable to fully give my side of the story at this point. Again, he's already done that, so what does "reiterating" the point do exactly? Would you like to have him testify in front of congress? Or maybe have him deny for years that he never took PEDs while winning 7 straight championships? None of that really adds any value to anything he's already said. How long did you meet with Bosch? Was it in person? Where? Who else was there? When was the meeting? Why do you think there is a dispute regarding his fees? Have you made a payment to him? I don't expect answers to all those questions, but those are things that an innocent man might be willing to discuss, especially if he wants more of us to believe him. Again, I'm not sure these details would add anything to the story. If he is lying, what's to stop him from making up these details? He already gave a plausible story, and I don't really expect him to give additional details right now. I feel like the only way some of this will come out is through results of legal proceedings. I don't know that this would cause anyone who thinks he's 100% guilty to suddenly believe him, but it would help give a little more faith to those of us who are starting to have our doubts about him and why he seems to not really want to do anything to protect his name and reputation. If you are truly innocent, you can only take the "high road" for so long. You have to give a better reason and be a bit more specific as to why you are not speaking out more. Why does he need to? I look at it this way - is his behavior consistent with how an innocent person would act or how a guilty person would act. If I were in his shoes and innocent, I don't think I'd come out with the entire story. It may feel good for him to do that, but you have to consider that he's facing more than just the PR/fan opinion/reputation aspect of it. I believe his behavior is also consistent with how a guilty person could act. But quite frankly, looking at the Bosch note in isolation, there is no way I'm going to even consider that as evidence that he's guilty. For me, that adds zero weight to the likelihood that he took any banned substances, since he gave a plausible explanation and since his name was linked to his lawyer moreso than to any banned substances. So then we're back to whether the overturned failed drug test is enough for me to call him guilty based on that alone. But even that has all sorts of questions behind it, so essentially what I'm saying is that I don't see how anyone can say one way or the other at this point, but the Bosch note certainly shouldn't have any bearing on people's opinions IMO.

Dekker had just come out of the game when Evans went in (following the 6th foul), so by rule he could not re-enter until after the clock started after the inbounds. Anyone on the bench except Dekker could've replaced Evans in that exchange, but Dekker could not since he had just left the game. There's a follow-up story here: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/190720831.html

Bo made it sound like Bruesewitz was trying to foul, but in any case you can't fault the Badgers' D there at the end of regulation. Hardaway made a very difficult fall-away three with Bruesewitz's hand in his face. It also sounded like Michigan was trying to foul us on the ensuing inbounds but just couldn't get it done. Looking at OT, I also question the decision making in putting in Evans (though there was some confusion about whether or not we were shooting on that foul or the next one... inexcusable either way IMO though). We should have fouled with three to give at the end of OT, but it worked out. In any case, great win. That's now two teams the Badgers have beaten this year who have been ranked #1 at some point this season.