spalmer69

Not a problem. You can dial it back to, say, seven kinds of stupid. (That's as random as your 1,342,826.) http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gifthx!

hahaha thx for the welcome!It's ok to have homer-ism on your own teams board! Thats what they're made for!Good moderation of a board goes a long way and keeps people coming back day after day. I hesitate to admit this but what the heck....I help run a Bengals (quit laughing at me! lol) forum and I've seen first hand how lack of moderation will kill participation on a board. I don't know if it's fortunate or unfortunate but I'm loyal to my hometown teams. Even the Bungals. I despise the ownership and things will NOT get ANY better until after he passes on. His old man has been rolling in his grave for 20 years now over decisions he has made or hasnt made. The dude hasnt a clue about how to run a football team. He knows how to make money and as long as he is doing that (and he IS) he is being successful. A lot of other owners have other businesses where they make money and owning a football team is more of a hobby. Unfortunately, the Bengals ARE the family business and as long as they are making money things are good for him. It's our own fault though. We keep buying the tickets and the merchandise. By the way.....congrats to all you Packer fans for last season http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Thx Greg!I've got a nice pretty patch of gray in my goatee!Glad to see there is a good amount of 40somethings on here so I can fit in!

Thx Truth!As I've said in another thread....If our kids were playing good, sound fundamental baseball......I may admit that there is/was a shot BUT......In the position they are in and the fact that it's August, you cant expect to pull yourselves out of #+%++% when you miss cutoff men, make boneheaded base running decisions, throw to the wrong base (giving up an extra base to your opponent) etc etc etc. Their heads are NOT into the ballgames. The 13 year old select baseball team that I coach play a better fundamental game than these guys do right now. History shows there is still hope, I guess, but not the way we've been playing all year. It's not been pretty from a fundamental standpoint. Just calling it as I see it on a night in/night out basis http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif and then throw in todays loss to the Cubbies. More of the same mental errors. It pains me to say but....It's officially a two team race. In the past 5 days we have lost 3 of 4 to the NLCentral bottom feeders.

Thx Joe!I can already tell im gonna like it here. Love the knowledge. Love the decency. Love the sense of humor. From what I've read so far.

Thx! "tolerating" your walk down memory lane? no way! I WELCOME it!As I've said.....I'm a huge baseball fan. In love with the game. I'll walk down the memory lane of baseball with you guys anytime you want to. I don't have the greatest memory in the world and I can't spit out historical facts of baseball like a lot of you probably can but I love this game and the memories I have of it (especially from the 70's and early 80's) bring a smile to my face on a daily basis. I can't spout out a lot of history about the Brewers but I can tell you that Robin Yount and Paul Molitor were two of my favorites growing up. Mr. Fingers also. The baseball cards of Cecil Cooper and Gorman Thomas are still two of my favorites for some reason. I just remember always liked seeing those cards lol I've never HATED any team in baseball (although the Cards are close) because each and every one of those teams, pre-expansion, make my love for baseball what it is, In one way or another. If that makes any sense at all.

Before I respond any further......it has been kindly pointed out to me that I was quoted as saying "thx man!" in response to a welcome post from Hawing. I was informed that Hawing was a woman and I feel 1, 342, 826 kinds of stupid http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/ohwell.gif I obviously do not think sometimes before I get my fingers moving and just wanted to apologize to her.Sorry Hawing!!

Hey D!Brewer/Badger/Packer fans have always struck me as such! While I have been to Wisconsin once (and only for a few days) I have not been fortunate enough to visit Miller Park. Travelling to other baseball parks is something I've always wanted to do, but having been a single Father to two kids MOST of my adult life, I havent been fortunate, financially, to do so. Both my children have been involved with "select" sports since early ages so between everyday expenses and the costs for them to participate, I've not been fortunate to "build the bank" up for those kind of things. I am currently married to a baseball lover and we've talked about doing these kind of things once our kids finish up school and graduate. I sure wish you guys would let us in on the formula to beating the Cards and the Pirates because we've had a hard time handling both the past few seasons. Especially the Bucs THIS season lolLook forward to interacting with you here!

Thanks for the picture splitter. My first reaction was to say "awesome picture." Unfortunately....a picture I've seen one too many times over the years. Same picture, different face in this particular one. Very sad period in baseball and a very sad period in society in general.

Thanks for the response splitter!1. I agree with you 110%He came back to Cincy last Sunday night with ESPN for the Sunday Night Game. Me, my wife and boys were down by their set before game time and the love the fans showed him gave me goosebumps. There were some hard feelings between Larkin/The Reds/SOME fans for a while but the welcome he received last Sunday night was a BEAUTIFUL thing. 2. Pinson is a very loved man with older Reds fans. A little before my time but I've heard my father and grandfather rave about the man. Certainly a vital piece of Reds lore. 3. While a very rich and giving woman, Marge was a little too old school and uneducated when it came to running a MLB team lol She meant well at all times however. You're talking about a woman who made Eric Davis pay for his own flight back to Cincy after suffering the kidney laceration diving for a ball in Oakland during the '90 WS. He remained in the hospital when the team flew back to Cincy for the next game. 4. Herm was certainly never a superstar but I always liked Herm. Always seemed like a good dude and always played hard. 5. I'd say MOST fans of most teams are decent, I know that I've encountered opposing team fan on all my trips to games over the years and have always enjoyed those encounters. With the exception of a few weeks ago during the Cardinals series. The wife and I went down to the game where Philips hit the walk off HR (landing about 5 rows in front of us) and our whole section was filled with St. Louis fans. The majority of which were very pompous "you know whats" so it was nice to be able to walk out of there seeing their heads down and their mouths quiet http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif I think thats becoming the feelings of more and more baseball fans across the board. Especially after the series with you guys.

Well, you might find a few people here like that, but not all of us. Nice to have you aboard (not to mention someone else born in the 1960s). Brandon Phillips, for me, falls into that category of "players I'd probably love if they were on my team, but they're not, so..." Had a Brewer said what he said about STL last season, I'd have been wincing on the outside and cheering on the inside, though. Thanks man!I certainly did wince when I heard the quote that night on the news lol but I certainly agree with everything that was said by him. And they just keep proving Brandon right day by day by day by day...........

Being a Reds fan......I've defended Dusty up until about midway through June of this season. That quickly turned as I saw him make more and more bonehead decisions. I quickly fell into the majority as far as how Reds fans feel about him. The general consensus is that we won last year in spite of him. I'm not one to quickly point the gun at the manager but I'm now at that point. Not just because of the type of season we're having. Just a LOT of his moves makes you scratch your head until a bald spot appears. As far as Cueto goes...he is a good kid for the most part and about the kicking "antics".....I would never condone ANYTHING like that in baseball unless you're pinned up against a wall and a net and a group of 40+ plus men are being pushed your way. I'm not so sure I wouldnt have done the same thing had it been me in that situation. Just my opinion of course. We all see things different ways however.

Thanks for the welcome man! I can already tell I'm going to like it here! I am 42 years old and believe it or not, despite my undying love for my Reds and baseball in general, I've yet to participate on a Reds message board/forum. I'm NOT painting with a broad brush here but it's hard to stomach some Cincinnati fans. No matter what sport. A lot of them are never happy with ANYTHING. As far as Philips goes.....my favorite current Red, by far. A lot of outsiders have ill feelings for him and I can see why. I guess.....but, he is a terrific dude. Just a great all around guy on and off the field. He is just out there having fun and not trying to cause problems. Well, with the exception of the Cardinal comment last season lol He is a GREAT asset to the city as well as the game of baseball.

and I would respectfully agree with that if it weren't for little league base running errors, throwing to the wrong bases, missing cutoff men etc etc etc. You can't get into August and have your team still making boneheaded mental mistakes. I would expect some of that in April. Not at this point in the season. I mean, it happened in our last (losing) series with Houston these past 3 days. You just cant do that type of stuff and expect to pull yourself out of a 7 game hole.