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I never liked beast mode, because that is what I call my neighbor lady. She's got this horrible cough that goes on all day/night. When she goes into those fits I always called her a beast because it doesn't even sound human. I have asked her to cover her mouth to muffle the noise a bit, but she still lets it rip. Anyways, I think this should be in the what's bugging you thread!

I'm not really a golpher, but my sister's husband worked as a caddy at the Straits for a few summers or so. I know he took the job pretty serious, and made it seem as if the caddies were expected to know the course very well and be able to off up advice.

The Diamondback announcers made points during the game that the Brewers and Kennedy were not matched well to produce double plays. If I remember correctly, Kennedy hasn't induced a single double play all season. Overall I liked Yost as our manager. It took me a while to warm up to Macha, but I don't really have too much toocomplain about him. The quotes from Macha and Weeks don't appear to be in conflict to me. Macha wasn't saying to take a pitch regardless, more or less I took the quote to make sure the batters are swinging at strikes. --------------------------------- Moderator note: The original intent of this topic (disdain for Brewer managers in general) has long since run its course and is now focused mainly on Ken Macha. Because similar discussion is occurring in the "anyone else seeing big changes ahead?" topic, I'm closing this and directing any further discussion about Macha over there. --1992casey ---------------------------------

I should have whipped out the camera on Saturday when Salamone was visiting Vargas on the mound. Yikes, that looked weird with the height difference.

I was at the game on March 6th vs. the Giants. Every inning the team came in from the outfield, Edmonds appeared to be coaching Braun or Hart on something. His arm sure looked great that game also when he gunned down a runner a third by quite a bit.

The Diamondback games I can watch on local FSN-AZ. I am unable to watch the Padres. This is the downfall of MLB.TV.

I guess I am a person that always liked that baseball doesn't send half the league to the playoffs. I don't think the wild card is too bad. One thing I always thought of was a best of 6 first round series. The division winner needs 3 wins to advance to the next round while the wild card team needs 4 wins. The thing I don't like about that idea is when the wild card is a superior team to the division winner.

I moved to Tucson, AZ in 2006 and have used MLB.TV since then. I like it. It was nice because I could use both audio and tv. A lot of times I was at work, so I could still use it. If I purchased the Extra Inning from DirecTV I would harldy get to use it. MLB.TV lets you choose which set of broadcasters you want also. It improves each year. The only thig to worry about is which games you a blacked out from. Tucson is the Diamondbacks, Padres, and maybe one other team. The diamond backs I get with the normal Cable package though. If you live in an area with many teams blacked out, you may not like the package so much. Also you can go back on watch previous games any time you want. I still wish I could just order FSN-WI, but it just isn't that easy. Anyway, I am just adding another endorsement for MLB.TV. Just watch out for blackouts.

I always loved Ben's sense of humor. I think it made most people think he was dumb as a stump, but I always loved interviews with him.

I bought a tablet right before the release of Windows 7, am I eligible for the upgradw too? I meant to look into this before the Spring semester started, but I didn't have the time. I purchased the computer on ebay. I am fine with the way it runs now, but I was told the battery life improves with 7. I was originally afraid of driver issues, but a good deal of time has passed since the release and I am not as concerned anymore. This is not my primary computer either in case a few small bugs hit in the conversion.

Did you actually get the Bing Cashback? I bought a tablet on ebay for $700 with 8% cashback. I guess I haven't checked paypal to see if it actuallu showed up though. As far as laptops I have been purchasing HP's with decent luck. I am writing this from a convertible tablet computer. It's pretty cool. A lot of co-workers keep asking about it, but I tell them don't get a tablet unless you have a good reason for it. I am a engineering student, so it comes in handy for school. Overall HP's have been good to me. I am not opposed to other brands though.

Thanks for the great interview. I was just thinking about Spivey the other day, little did I know that he was playing right here in Tucson. Too bad I was busy with school all summer long. I live about 5 minutes from where they play and the HR guy for the Toros used to work where I do. I remember Junior being pretty popular, along with Overbay, at the On Deck event the year he was traded. I remember some guy thanking him and hoping he would stay in Milwaukee for a long time. Junior handled the question great even though I am sure he knew the writing was on the wall with Weeks. Once again, great interview. Junior seems very happy and content with his life.

Well Bear meat is pretty darn good if you can get some. The boss of my first job was a hunter, so we would get to try some not as common meats. My uncle is a big hunter and actually killed a bear with a knife. I still laugh every time I think of that - it just doesn't sound like a good idea. Maybe if you buy him a new knife, he will go get you a bear!

I don't think you would have trouble buying tickets the day of the game for any Brewers home games, but all the other teams might be a little trouble. There are always scalpers just like at Miller Park though. I like the Angels park a lot, but it is pretty small and usually sold out.

Well the playoffs do not appear all that likely anymore, but a winning record and 2nd in the division is still very possible. I still like keeping up with the team as reading about the Brewers is still one of the first things I do with internet leisure time. I haven't really been able to use my MLB.TV subscription much this year and that kind of stinks. I was looking forward to listening to see how Provus compares to Powell. The little bit I have heard, he is pretty good. All in all a busy life (10+ credits/semester and summer courses of upper level engineering courses along with 40+ hours working this season) keeps me from following as close as I would like, but the misfortunes have probably kept me from putting in the extra effort. My girlfriend keeps asking me if I want to go up to Phoenix for the Brewers series, but I keep telling her to wait and see how that weekend looks when it gets here. If I had the opportunity to blow everything else off for a weekend, I would still go despite the season's results.