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If we wouldn't have burned our last timeout with over 40 seconds left that situation never happens in the first place... both teams were out of timeouts with over 40 seconds left, which to me is inexcusable in the NBA. The big advantage with timeouts in the NBA is the ability to move the ball up to about where Jennings launched it from. I don't see the point in calling timeout to set up a play with 40 seconds left when there's a good chance you'll need it after that.

Braun clearly bought 10x the level synthetic testosterone compared to what others buy. That explains his test results and his enormous bill. But seriously, the theory that Bosch may have been the leak is especially intriguing... Honestly with everything that's happened I could see Braun being guilty or innocent, but I'm kind of leaning toward innocent at this point.

Just wanted to point out that the Braun photo inscription is for ROY, not MVP

This is ironic as just two days ago, I was at a charity event that involved a small silent auction and a raffle for various items. One of the raffle items included an oil change, plus signed baseballs from "Randy Wells" (which evidently is how they read Randy Wolf's signature) and Alex Gonzalez (whose ball they had placed in its holder upside down). I couldn't do anything but shake my head and mention to my wife that on top of all that, they had items from two players who weren't even on our team anymore, unless of course the Brewers re-signed Gonzalez. Two days later, boom, here we go.

Does this make any sense to anyone? Why don't they just give the students the scores they earned. If you get a 3.21 in a class, then count the 3.21 towards the overall GPA. Why is there this need to make an adjustment up or down? I am not a teacher, but it kind of makes sense to me... You get "points" in a class, but your class points are not equivalent to GPA points. Your class points determine your letter grade, and each letter grade corresponds with a certain number of GPA points used in calculating your weighted average overall GPA. Think of it this way - if the class was based on 1000 possible points, then we still need to convert that to a letter grade to assign a GPA. It seems as though the school probably assigns everyday homework/test grades on a scale of 0 to 4 instead of by assigning letter grades or percentages to each individual assignment/test for a class. (That seems to be the only explanation that doesn't involve artificially boosting GPAs.) I had one teacher who used a similar system when I was actually still in grade school - then he somehow converted these "everyday" scores into a letter grade, which corresponds to a number of GPA points. I graduated in the mid-2000s from a high school where we didn't get "extra credit" for AP classes and where the max was a 4.0. My class was actually the very first one where they didn't offer a 4.3 for an A+. You could still get 3.7 for a A-, 3.4 for a B+, etc. (I think each score was actually rounded up to one decimal place, hence a 3.4 instead of 3.3 or 3.33 for a B+.) In my class there wound up being six people tied for a 4.0, but the school had a pre-set tiebreaker based on some combination of # of AP classes taken, ACT score, PSAT score, extracurriculars, etc. to determine who was the valedictorian and salutatorian. Just out of curiosity - is your son actually in 4 AP classes that he can get college credit for taking a test at the end of the year? Granted, I went to a private school smaller than any of the Waukesha schools, but they didn't allow anyone below juniors to take AP classes, and even then they wouldn't let you take more than 2-3 at a time, just because of the added workload. Does "AP" still mean a college-level class that prepares you to take a test to earn college credit, or does it mean just any "advanced" class?

The Bucks won 2 playoff series in 2001. (Plus, if you go back far enough, another one 24 years ago in 1989). Overall, the Bucks have a far richer tradition than the Brewers, and yet Milwaukee built a stadium for the Brewers back in the late 90's/early 2000's, when the Brewers were in a position close to where the Bucks are now. Yet even with the added tradition the Bucks have, including winning division titles in 12 of 16 straight years in the 70's and 80's, I don't think Milwaukee is going to build a new arena for the Bucks. Which I'm not necessarily against, but I don't think there's any arguing that Milwaukee as a whole has more hostile feelings toward the Bucks than the Brewers even when looking at a more comparable time period.

If you're only looking at the time from when the ball is pitched to when it crosses the plate, then yes. Looking at other factors (e.g. the break on the pitch), they're not necessarily the same but probably close.

Yes, it is nice. My in-laws stumbled across it in Maine this past fall. Evidently there is only one licensed panoramic photographer for all the professional sports leagues, and they're located in Maine. Here's the actual photographer's website (linked to the Brewers photos): http://robarracollection.com/Baseball/MilwaukeeBrewers.html

I haven't in the past, but for a while I was considering going this weekend when the Heat are in town. I'm not sure where NBA teams typically say, but I was kind of guessing maybe the Pfister. I feel as though I read somewhere that D-Wade may actually sign but Lebron is a no for sure... But I haven't really done too much more research since I have too many better things to do this week(end).

I got a couple cool things: 1. A large panoramic print in a nice matted frame w/ plaque from the last pitch at county stadium (the one shown at this link - http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-Brewers-County-Stadium-Panoramic/dp/B002BPW05K) 2. "Essential Games of the Milwaukee Brewers" (4-DVD set recommended elsewhere on the board) 3. A nice bags set for tailgating

Guess he won't be representing any of the Classies from St. Louis. How could Chris Carpenter explain that to his son?

Maybe we should start a thread on which Brewer has the ugliest signature of all time. My vote would have to be Carlos Gomez

Are you referring to last night's game? Ellis took a three to try to win it last night...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the Bucks have now been in sole possession of first place during the regular season in 2012 for longer than the Packers, Brewers, and Badgers combined. Who would've guessed.

There is no rule requiring use of a DH, so an AL pitcher CAN bat if he/she wants to. They just rarely, if ever, do (similar to how NFL players rarely play both ways, goalies rarely play offense, etc.) I am against the DH, but the other sports argument really isn't why. I just would rather see baseball played with more strategy and have teams use their benches more often (such that depth is important).

Like someone mentioned earlier, I would love to see a movie/special/TV series about the old Republic before Episode 1. I would like to see Jedi vs. Sith, how the Repubic came to be, etc. Having only seen 4-6 as a kid in the 90s when they were re-released, I had no idea that there was a "backstory," and so I was very excited to see everything in Episodes 1-3 when they came out. I would be very interested in seeing even more pre-Episode-1. Honestly, while I'm sure that 7-9 won't have the original "wow" factor as there is less to be told, I feel moreso like at this point I'm interested enough in learning more in general about the Star Wars galaxy, the story of the Jedi and Sith, etc. that I will be happy with anything that comes out.

Do the Brewers pay anything for the bobbles they hand out? They are all sponsored by someone (I'm just not sure if it's a full sponsorship or not). If so, and sponsors are continually willing to pay for bobbles, then the Brewers will offer as many as the sponsors will pay for. It helps the Brewers draw more fans (though this also follows the law of diminishing marginal returns - as more and more bobbleheads are offered, the incremental attendance boost is less and less - but attendance will still be higher on that 10th bobblehead game than if no bobblehead were offered at all). They could potentially turn the sponsorship money into a bigger attendance boost by coming up with more creative giveaways. But until they do that, I guess it can't hurt to keep giving out bobbles. And given that it costs little extra production-wise, I'm expecting alternates to keep coming as well, since they may create added excitement for some fans for the bobblehead games and may increase attendance further. Personally, I don't care at all whether the alternate versions, repeat players, etc. are offered. If I don't want it, I don't collect it. I don't care whether or not my set is complete, since I don't really see the point in collecting multiples of the same bobble just because the Brewers handed them out. But in any case, the only fault I find with the Brewers' many bobble giveaways is that they could potentially make more off of some more creative giveaways (which is easier said than done unfortunately) I will say though that I am excited to find out what is being given out this year.

On the flip side, you also have to look at it as FA-eligible players being overpaid. If the limits weren't around for the younger players, teams would have less to dish out to the veterans (unless you're the Yankees, in which case you go out and pay for overpriced free agents no matter what). The true value of a player is somewhere between what a pre-arby player and a free agent of the same talent level make.

I don't get why they don't just have him in the Kohl Center. You know, an enclosed and relatively secured area that is meant to hold large crowds and doesn't require a complete shutdown of every other building and road nearby.

Not to mention the fact that the winter league shortened his off-season... Just tacking those innings onto last year's total isn't necessarily entirely accurate. Without a doubt, pitching 128 during the season plus some extra in fall/winter ball is far different than if he had pitched the same total number of innings during the 2011 season.

THE LAST FEW GAMES WILL JUST MAKE NEXT WEDNESDAY ALL THAT MUCH MORE DRAMATIC!

We are 3.5 back with 7 to play. I believe 3.5 is the exact number of games we made up with 7 to play in 2008. The schedule is in our favor. Optimism!

So neither team did anything to "deserve to win," and the game came down to something outside of the control of both teams. I'm a lot more worried about the Packers' team right now than about the outcome of the game. They need to start playing much better or else they'll be so far out of the playoff hunt that Monday's game won't even matter.

That was an ugly game all around. I would argue that getting sacked 8 times in the first half equates pretty well to getting beat regardless of the officiating.

THIS IS THE OPTIMISM THREAD. PUT YOUR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS SOMEWHERE ELSE. RALLY CAPS!!!