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no, I read that they do have a definite date (the aforementioned April 2010 date in the episode) that they will actually resolve it. The article (from Entertainment Weekly a few weeks ago, in case you are wondering) stated that the writers do not want to do another "Lost" story line when they just drag the viewers on and on and on without answering questions. They said that they will definitely answer a lot of questions in the April episodes, culminating in that final episode. I just have to hope that it makes it that far.

isn't The Sporting News based out of St. Louis? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif While I do agree that Bonds was definitely the player of the first half of the decade, it's fairly obvious to me that Pujols is the Player of the second half of the decade. Add in the fact that others have stated about Bonds being done a few years before the decade is finished while Pujols has done it the whole time (minus 2000) and he would be my winner, too. Oh, and this is not aimed at any specific poster, but if my winner does not equal your winner, I'm okay with that. You can pick whoever you wish to be the winner.

I enjoyed it. It definitely has promise. And I like how they ended the episode. Knowing my luck, this will be another one of those shows that I absolutely love and will get canceled either in-season or at the end of season one. Both of those seem to happen too many times to me.

I was just over at my folks house. They have 3 cats. They are about to have 2 cats. What bugs me about is that they aren't doing anything about it. Just a couple of weeks ago, this cat was quite normal. Now, he is down to skin and bones (not malnourished) and looks like he's in agony. He just laid on his cat climbing thing and looked outside. When I approached him, he slowly (I mean very slowly) turned his head to look at me. He didn't even look like the same cat. I could tell he had likely been crying, too. Mom says they know he's dying and they're just going to let him live out whatever he has left in peace. But how peaceful is it, really? Sorry to muck up your fun from the previous 20 posts or so but couldn't they have at least checked him out with a vet? It kind of disturbs me and it's hard to get the image of his sad cat face out of my head.

it seems awfully early to do a contest like this. The roster could be completely different on October 1st, December 1st, February 1st, and April 1st. Does your contest make sense? Sure it does. But the winner is likely going to have only the core guys and some of the current backups and then total and complete lucky-picks of free-agent acquisitions, rule V picks, etc. This contest would make more sense to have a deadline for entry of December 1st (prior to the Winter Meetings) or just as free-agency opens.

let's see: Brewers vs. Cubs, Heroes, CSI:Miami, Big Bang Theory. Of course, I won't get any of it watched tonight (maybe the Brewers) since it's my turn to host MNF for our fantasy league. So 14 of us guys will be watching Colts vs. Dolphins for 3/4 of the game. Thank you for the goodness that is called "Tivo!"

pretty sad. Considering the way the season has gone since July 11th, I am way too surprised, no, SHOCKED, that it took over 2 months in between posts in this thread. And we're from Wisconsin. So ashamed . . . .

I saw that jersey (or one like it) when I visited this summer. His aunt lives here in Kingman, AZ and is a realtor. Maybe I could buy it and then get a discount on my next house?

just a guy in Lederhosen.

I laughed at the intro, then didn't laugh again until the last 5 minutes of the show when they were finding out about all the rumors, as others previously posted. It was an okay episode but not non-stop laughs. Same with Parks and Recreation. Community was dumb. I'll give it a few more episodes and it's gone.

He'll always be the grandfather from "The 'Burbs" to me. Or the neo-nazi from "Blues Brothers." RIP Mr. Gibson.

I was informed that Mannheim Steamroller would be performing in Appleton in December but when I look to buy tickets there are only singles available from the box office. If I want to get four seats together, I have to buy from ticket outlets or whatever for prices that are WAY over-priced for one of their concerts. (Seriously? $200.00 a ticket? $150.00 a ticket? Are these printed on gold?) Thankfully, Trans-Siberian Orchestra is in Las Vegas in early December and their tickets go on sale on Saturday. And Mannheim is in Vegas the following weekend, but the tickets are not for sale yet. Interesting that they are pretty much sold out for Dec. 20th in Wisconsin but not even on sale yet for Dec. 13th in Vegas.

yeah, me, too. I was disappointed to see Coffey in a 9-1 game last night. That was the perfect time for Axford. Of course, Macha is probably thinking, "well, we're not out of this yet. We're going to win 2 in a row, St. Louis has now lost 2 in a row. We still have a shot, so no rookie is playing on my watch while we still have a chance."

I do wear glasses, but mine was the white Cerveceros jersey, not a t-shirt. Don't know if that makes a difference.

tonight was Hispanic Heritage Night at the ballpark, thus the Los DBacks jerseys. I was sporting my Cerveceros jersey, though (was going to wear it last night until I found out it was Heritage night tonight). Bigger crowd, more alive crowd. Gave and received a lot of high fives with fellow Brewer fans. A bit louder, too, tonight. Hawing, even I thought that first inning blast by Braun was going to leave the yard and I was in the park. There were a bunch of drives that were way gone off the bat but just died once they hit the outfield. Steve Braun, Ryan's brother, was limping on his crutches on his way to the service/player family elevator following the game and my wife cut right in front of him doing the ol' concourse walk. I recognized him immediately (looks just like Ryan) and apologized and then made my way to catch up to the Mrs. Tonight was a much better game. Go for the "s" word tomorrow. We've already clinched a winning record in game's that my wife and I saw the Brewers in person for the year (6-2 record, hurray!)

wow. What a game! Non-stop excitement! Thrills galore! Long balls, great defense, tons of great pitches! ZZZZZZzzzzzzzz! Yeah, this game, even though the Crew won, was a dead affair the whole way through. Crowd was just out of it. I think the fireworks show following the game got more cheers. The wife and I enjoyed the game because it was a ballgame--we're just happy to be there. But boy oh boy was the crowd dead. It was nice to see Braun hit #100 even though I think everybody in the ballpark thought it was going off the wall. It was also nice to see Trevor pitch in person for the Crew, since he didn't throw once when we were in Wisconsin this summer for four games. Prince sure was over-eager to swing with the bases loaded. Pretty embarrassing. I would say the crowd of 19,000+ was about 60-40 D-backs to Brewers fans, but both sides were just dead, dead, dead. Did I mention the crowd was just dead. It was fun to get looks when we'd do a "Let's go BrewBacks! *CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP-CLAP*" cheer. We're fans of both teams so we have to mention the background story to numerous people everytime we're down here. Two more games and then back to the rigamarole of work. After the 3 hour drive. At least Phoenix's light rail system works well and saves me about $12.00 over the course of the weekend.

the wife and I were here for #100. Congrats Ryan! Even though most of the crowd (including us) thought it was going to bounce off the wall.

hooray us! Supposedly, we were on several times during the real broadcast but were only shown on that classic version during the Cirillo inning. BOOOO goes out to the editors.

I can't wait to see what the team does the next time they hit a walk-off homer (this year or next year). Maybe they'll all gather at home plate as if they're going to jump around but the batter just runs across the plate, past the players and into the clubhouse. Maybe they'll all offer congratulatory handshakes all around. Very gentleman-like. Or maybe they'll do what I would like to see. Everyone gathers at the plate just standing there with stone faces--no smiles or anything. The batter crosses home plate and the team turns, as one, and walks back to the dugout as if they're leaving a funeral. No smiles, no crowd recognition, nothing. Just as if it was a walk-off loss. Either that or on a walk-off homer, the entire team just stays in the dugout and heads to the clubhouse.

okay, since I forgot about this until this AM, send me a PM with your details and I'll get them out to you.

considering Milwaukee is one of the few places in MLB that still emphasizes bobble head giveaways (Arizona does, too, but I've heard a lot of teams have brought it down to a trickle. Maybe I'm wrong?), I think fans should be glad they still have them. I like a Seattle Pilots bobble. How about Jim Bouton? (okay, Harper is a better choice, but this one would be pretty funny) I like a Henry Aaron bobble. Maybe some return to Milwaukee versions with retro Milwaukee Braves in a limited edition run. I like a Prince bobble. C'mon, he's the top player on the team. I like a Yovanni bobble. If he's the staff ace and hasn't had one, it's just common sense. I like a Todd Coffey bobble if he returns. But make it bobble legs so it looks like he's running in from the bullpen or something. I like an original Brewers bobble, if you want to go retro. Like the original bobble heads, made of ceramic with the baby face on them and the big belly gut. I still remember the one I had when I was a kid. I felt so bad when I knocked it off a shelf and half his face broke off. Glued it back together but the crack was always there mocking me. I like a Teddy Higuera bobble. I like the idea of a fan bobble vote. The D-Backs did that this year in the first half and the winner had a bobble made of them. So on Saturday, I get my voucher for an Augie Ojeda (yeah . . . I know. . . ) bobblehead. (The Ojeda bobbles are delayed in China due to the big typhoon, which prompted the D-Backs PR dept. to make up a "Where's Augie?" campaign, including pictures of the bobblehead photoshopped on the Great Wall, in Tienneman Square, etc.) Aw, heck. Why don't the Brewers just guarantee 25 sellouts and do one for the entire roster. Heck, 40 sellouts and do the entire 40-man roster.

hmmm, this is a very good topic. I'm sure some of it is that players (i.e. free-agents) have a desire to go to a town with a baseball history (recent and long-past), have a history of great fans (whether they are or not is truly up for debate), have perennially good weather (that's debatable, too, depending on your personal definition of "good weather"), and whatever intangible there may be. But that doesn't answer the question of trades. I still would like to know how Oakland feels now that Holliday is raking the way he is. Sure, he had no protection in Oakland, but he played seriously uninspired baseball until the trade. St. Louis is technically considered a "small-market," by definition. At least, I believe that I read that somewhere. But the money flows like milk and honey. It probably helps that they have a steady income stream from a profitable television contract and a fan base that stretches out throughout the midwest in all directions. Who knows? Maybe they hire a hypnotist or something. Maybe they take all the real players and lock them up in a dungeon while their cyborg dopelganger takes the field night after night (see ESPN Pujols commercial.) Then, when they cut a player or trade him or whatever, they release the real guy to the new team while destroying the android. This is indeed a baffling case. You could say the same thing about several teams, I think. But I know and understand how you feel, AJAY. The Cardinals do, indeed, have some sort of magic to them. And it is very perplexing. It doesn't bug me much that they are a good team as it does me wondering how the Brewers could get to that level. Maybe someday, we'll see this kind of thing in Milwaukee. I've got to think about this some more. I might have more to say tomorrow.

I was kind of perplexed that he didn't get into tonight's game, what with Parra leaving after one. Instead of using Coffey in the 5th and 6th, why not try Axford there? Or earlier? Yeah, this is IGT material, but it also applies in this thread. Maybe he'll make his first appearance in Phoenix and I can applaud him making his MLB debut in person.

Meant to do this during the afternoon, but school lost it's internet service around lunch time. I've got a post in the Trading Forum about free tickets for 9/18. If you're interested, here is the link.

just an FYI, if you drive to Vegas, a stop at the Grand Canyon is definitely out of the way and will expand your trip by at least a half day up to a full day. It's funny when you look at a map and think, "hey, it's right next to Vegas!" But it's not. Not even close. The roads make you go way out of the way from Las Vegas. Trust me, I live here.