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The more things change, the more they stay the same. sigh First quarter just as blah as before

I am hopeful that something similar will happen. This is a different kind of excitement and anticipation that I haven’t had for this team. To see a Badger squad being a threat through the air as well as the ground? It’s been a while….(Russell Wilson?) I'm hoping for 41-7

I used Dane Iorg in one that involved STL and World Series champions. That got 0.03% the lowest I've seen when I've tried to play. I guess that's sort of Brewers related, but not to your specific grid.

Wasn't there an article/story/rumor that came out when uniform patches were still rather new about how the Brewers were going to put local tavern patches on their uniforms. I laughed so hard at the absurdity that I kind of wished that they had done it. That would've been great!😄

I joked with my cousin that maybe someone should set up a GoFundMe for the Brewers. I'd contribute. I don't want the team moving to freakin' Nashville or anywhere else. Maybe there's enough other fans around the country/world that would want to keep the team in Milwaukee, too. I understand that people don't want to pay taxes. And there are plenty of people that don't give two hoots about the Milwaukee Brewers or any sports teams.

That was pretty wild. I still remember attending a Brewers-Twins game at County Stadium and Jim Gantner and Steve Lombardozzi got into it at second base, causing a Donnybrook with several side fights. My cousin and I were loving it. Our fathers gave us death stares to “knock it off” and stop promoting the violence. I need to look this up. If I remember correctly it was either the day Roger Maris died or the day Kate Smith (of “God Bless America” fame) died. I was at both games only because I remember them making a big deal about both on the County Stadium scoreboard And, yes, my dad and my uncle both were very sad about both announcements.

if you could 100% guarantee that the Brewers were going to make the World Series with Shohei on the Brewers roster (not necessarily win it, but at least make it that far) I think I would make that trade nine times out of ten, even if it cost Chourio, or any of the others. If it cost all three? I think that would be too high of a price. But no one can guarantee that. No one. So I'll keep my choice of "amusement".

He's the Jim Gantner on this club, except for Bryce has excellent defense as opposed to average (maybe above average?) defense. I still enjoy seeing him play ball. Maybe he'll improve next year. And maybe not. I'm willing to give the kid some time. I don't think anybody thought he would be a top notch, can't miss hitter when he was drafted, or am I incorrect?

I still think that a lot of Burnes' resurgence in the last handful of starts is due from him knowing / being told that he will not be traded. All season long, he seemed (to me) to be pressing--"I gotta make a good start in case I get traded" [doesn't make a good start] "Dammit, now I gotta be even better the next time!" etc. etc. I think it got in his head. Since that alleged talk with Matt Arnold in NYC, he's been lights out, almost as if he now fully relax and play ball without the pressure of possibly screwing up his trade value. Just my take. . . .

What’s with Bally’s doing the “green screen”ish digital adds behind the plate and on the mound? It’s distracting (because it’s different and looks unnatural)

I do find it interesting that our offense and the fun (read as: a different looking team compared to last season) seemed to disappear once Garrett Mitchell was shelved for (presumably) the season. To me, it seems like he was something of an “igniter” (not to be confused with the “Ignitor”) for this team, with his energy being a catalyst for the hitters. Don’t get me wrong: both Turang and Weimar have some of that energy, but they’re both rookies and learning how things work, while Mitchell, at least, had a bit of time last year with success. I am hopeful that the Crew can at least hang in there and maybe make a move or two at the deadline.

Maybe this will be like Henry Rowengartner, only in reverse!

As others said, it seems that he got a bit “testy” (to use a Uecker-word) once he got hit by that line drive. I’d hate to see us give up on him, but it is the nature of a rule five player. He certainly has flashes of goodness. As for Gott and Topa, it’s the same thing. They flashed some good stuff for us but weren’t consistently good (or healthy, in Topa’s case.). There’s no guarantee they would have performed for the Brewers this season the same way they have in Seattle (due to coaching, usage, or some other intangibles.). You tip your hat to them for finally finding “it” and you wish them luck. Relievers are a dime a dozen and seem to be the one position where you can be great one year and absolutely crummy the next. And everyone accepts that.

I think, at this time, it is unlikely that he would be back this season. But I'm sure, as always, there is a slight chance that he could be available at the end of September and into October. But, again, this is extremely unlikely.

MLB TV app on my Roku is bugging me. But only some of the time. My wife and I have decided that all home games we will listen to the radio call while we watch the video feed from Ballys. Since we live in AZ, we can’t just get ok’ Ueck on the radio like normal WI fans. The great thing is that the MLBtv app automatically syncs the audio and video for you and, when it works, it’s glorious. However, starting last season and continuing into this one, the app will crash multiple times during the course of a game. We will be watching the game and listening to Ueck and then WHAMMO! It’s a crash to the home page of the Roku. It does this several times a game. Mind you, when we just watch the video feed with the Ballys audio, it doesn’t crash at all. The “radio crash” happens on both of our Roku players. I’ve checked for updates, but there are none. I’ve done the uninstall/reinstall that people on the internet have suggested with no luck. Even the app support says it’s because my internet connection is not good, which is completely false since every other app we stream does so flawlessly (the wi-fi router is literally ten feet away.) We’ve resorted to playing the Ballys video feed, muting the tv, and playing the radio feed off the mlb app on our phone or iPad. That leads to constant manual syncing as best as I can each half inning. I guess that works but it sure would be nice if the radio crash didn’t occur.

You could take the OP’s post and paste my username in front of it and most everything would apply to my situation, as well. I’ve gone to therapy for about three years now to deal with my anxiety and depression-type issues. It has been a godsend for me. And I, too, would have always been one of those , “I don’t therapy” kind of guys. But if you find the right therapist it can change your life. im still a devout introvert but it look at myself more of an omnivert (or even an extroverted introvert.). If I know you, I can be the life of the party or talk to you about anything. But if I don’t know you, it would be easier for me to have a root canal than to go over and try to talk to you. And sometimes, I just want to be left alone to do my own stuff. I’m glad that mental health, especially in men, is coming more and more into the forefront and, likewise, more and more people and accepting and understanding.

I’ll say 16-11 but wouldn’t be shocked if there’s a rainout in St. Louis

Their banter while eating grasshoppers today was gold, Jerry, GOLD!!! My wife was rolling! I think they are both very good and improving every day. I’m glad to hear BA when he’s around. Rock is a legend, both for how good he is at his job and for how bad he is at his job. Again, as others have said multiple times over the years, we are extremely blessed to have the television and radio announcers that we have had over the past decades. When you sit and force yourself to watch/listen to an entire week’s worth of games from some other team’s broadcasters, it is plainly obvious how good we have it.

My wife and I have begun looking into this topic in the last year. She hits 30 years next school year. I will in 2026-27. In Arizona, teachers can “double dip” by starting to collect your pension and still go back to work at a slightly reduced year-to-year contract. I’m having a tough time convincing her to “double dip” while I finish up my career, as we could easily bank that extra money to help pay for a good portion of health insurance until Medicare kicks in at age 65(???) or whatever age it ends up being. But she wants out. She is so frustrated with the system and the politics of a low-income school that seems to be more and more focused on test scores while behavior (student and parent) has gone down the toilet. She’s already promised a colleague that she’ll do year 31 because that colleague’s daughter will be in her class. So I keep asking her why not at least do one year of double-dipping, you know? It’s better than nothing! But I’ve kind of given up battling with her over the other couple of years. Past that, I think there’s a very good chance that we’ll just stay here in Arizona. If we somehow won the lottery (big problem: you gotta play to win, and we don’t play) then we would probably buy a place in Wisconsin and do the snow bird thing. But otherwise, my wife is officially done with snow, cold, mosquitoes, humidity, severe storms, and other Wisconsin things. I’m pretty sure I’d be fine with it, but whatever. Happy wife = happy life, right? The extreme heat isn’t that big of a deal, it really isn’t. So that’s not a problem. The mild winters are great and, where we live, we’re good for one or two days each winter that we’ll get snow—although we’ve actually had a couple of snowpacalypse events for our area in the last three years. But it was all gone in a day or two (it was so funny watching the natives try to deal with it!) We’ve got many investments to go along with our pensions so we should be fine with retiring at 55, although I wish the markets were better. Thankfully, we won’t be touching those investments until we’re well in our sixties—at least that’s the plan—so hopefully things will turn around. I AM concerned with social security and whether or not it will exist by the time we’re 67 (or, again, whatever age it changes to) but I don’t want to make it any more political than that. I am thankful that the light at the end of the tunnel is getting bigger and brighter. I never thought it was going to happen.

I see some Pedro Cerrano in him at the plate. yes, I realize he’s a fictional Major League player

I don't believe it's back yet on Youtubetv. Now that Sunday Ticket has at least some prices, it'd be nice for Youtube TV to get their act together with MLB Network. I'd kinda like the discount on the Sunday Ticket prices. Knowing my luck, they'll resolve things on June 9th, just a couple days after the early bird prices expire.

This sounds pretty awesome.

I came here to this thread, expecting to read about fights or something unusual happening because of the thread title. Am I wrong, or was there none of this? And, if there was no fights or unusual behavior by fans, then, clearly, I am not the target audience for this thread because I don't get it. 🤨

This isn't MLB news, per say, but I saw this also on Quick Pitch last night and wanted to comment. Yesterday, Miami and Minnesota played a game in Miami with the roof open and their "windows" open. It was beautiful! Probably the best I've ever seen that mausoleum, er I mean stadium. It's too bad that they can't play more games with the roof open down there. Darn Florida rain . . .

Weimer’s grass stains on the front of his jersey have multiple shades of green and blue (?). Is this proof that the field is artificially green (I.e. painted to look better than it should in early April?)