YutakaEnatsu

I'm speaking up here as a Midwest employee... I don't think it's over yet. Midwest still has a majority on its board that is opposed to a takeover, and Wisconsin law allows them to drag this out a long time even if AirTran gets a majority of the stock. A lot of people think there might be a private investor or consortium out there who can make a better deal for Midwest than AirTran can, and Midwest can buy enough time to make that happen. That said AirTran succeeding is the most likely outcome. Most employees are against this - they've promised to keep jobs and they may even add entry-level jobs (think airplane cleaners, baggage handlers, $8/hour types) but almost all white-collar jobs will move to Orlando or disappear. (Mine is one of the many.) For the community, air service would probably actually increase, at least for a while - AirTran desperately needs a new hub and MKE is it - they claim to have plans for massive expansion. If you ever wanted a nonstop flight from Milwaukee to Montreal, Manchester NH or Wichita, this will be the time to get it. (And the planes will be nearly empty, too.) I don't think you need to worry about cheap flights to Vegas and Florida going away - every city in America has those and the demand will always be there. One interesting thing is that Midwest has a strong record against competition, especially in MKE where we've driven away expansion attempts by Northwest (3 times), American, AirTran and others over the years. AirTran, on the other hand, has a horrible record - sometimes pulling out of a city before flying starts because someone else started to compete against them. So I bet, if they succeed, we'll see rapid expansion into MKE - Northwest will ramp up flight again, JetBlue will come in, maybe even Southwest will finally show up here. In the end, MKE's airline is likely to be someone like JetBlue, at least partly because they're not AirTran (and they're only airline that holds a candle to Midwest in customer-service surveys- and you'd be able to watch Packer games on Sunday flights.) I'm personally going to miss the suite at Miller Park if this happens. Plus, Midwest flies the Brewers everywhere they go; wonder if the team would stick with AirTran or look elsewhere for their charters.

Team Canada, do you drive a diesel car or truck? I'm pretty smug right now too - my VW TDI gets 45 mpg anyway so I'm lapping the field on the whole gas-prices issue.

Hamilton is right in between Toronto & Buffalo... I suppose it would work considering how hockey-crazy Canada is - it wouldn't be that unlike how the Islanders, Rangers and Devils are around the NYC metro right now. I personally think Halifax needs a team, and it needs to be called the Halifax Explosion. (Look it up if that doesn't make sense to you.)

(exhale)

Is this Tony Jr's first start? Congrats to the kid, if that's the case. Good to see 'rillo get the start again, too.

Wise is up, I think.. Edit: Agh, Shouse?? Wrong I am.

It happened to me in the Screech thread. It must have been there for a while because a couple of other posters quoted me. If I was "moderated" nobody let me know about it (and I can't imagine why I would have been). Edit: I just looked and the post is back. Very strange.

BOO! This is brutal. BRUTAL.

DISASTER. Winky's a great story, but this isn't working.

No, it's cool. Reverse jinx, right?

The Bobblehead Curse rears its ugly head. Sigh.

Of ALL the games this season to not be televised. I've been saying it since they got the NFL - Fox ruins everything.

You mlb.tv guys agree with Uke (& Tschida) that Brady just got drilled intentionally? Retaliation is dumb to start with, but retaliating for homers?

Wow, just like that it's a tie game! The Crew aren't the only team with a questionable bullpen, kids.

http://www.urbanites.plus.com/troll.gif

That's the trick. ip2location uses the same kind of tool that mlb.com uses to figure out where you are located, so that's why the game works for you. Enjoy...

Hey, you guys in MKE with mlb.tv working - where does ip2location claim you are located?

U-G-L-Y. Time for the Bow to put out the fire.

Capellan has been awesome tonight. Completely dominant, and ringing up 97 on the radar gun.

THAT is what your 3-hole hitter is supposed to do. Good piece of hitting by Jenks. The Lima implosion is underway.

Agh! Looked like Sveum held Brady up a couple of seconds after he'd already rounded third. He JUST got back.

Daron said that Prince HR was the second-longest in the history of Miller Park. It went off the Time Warner "Roadrunner" sign on the outfield wall (well up the wall!). Only He Who Must Not Be Named has hit one further.

BILLY HALL!

I, for one, am at a loss for words.

I'm not one to complain about officiating, but the Crew got jobbed this time around. Tough loss tonight.