Brian the Automator

No, the Twins won their last WS in 1991.

I know that the guy doesn't have a leg to stand on, but I wanted to use it as an opportunity to open things up a bit and make sure we didn't have tunnel vision on anything. I probably won't make the entirety of the private messages he sent public, but be assured, he is quickly in my "top 5 brewerfan whackjobs of all-time" list. I've only had one other person make an attempt or offer to meet us in-person in order to make a point about how we're not good people.

How do you know about our secret mountain base?

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You're right, subject line fixed.

2 for the Automators...

It has come to my attention that members of our staff are getting several long and bile-filled messages from a former poster, Imaji, with accusations of racism. He is threatening to take his case public, to the Journal/Sentinel. He is also threatening to disrupt our 2007 Fanfest even by passing out fliers indicating that we are are racists or promote a racist agenda. This issue started when the user in question created an account with the avatar with the word "Jewboys" on it. The ability to display an avatar was removed from this user's account, because after a staff discussion, it was deemed to be an anti-Semitic slur. If you Google the words "jewboy" and "slur", you will see that it was a logical assumption on our part. After hearing this gentleman's replies about the avatar in this thread, I felt that the initial reason I had for banning his avatar no longer applied. I removed the restriction, despite my personal feeling that the avatar was still on shaky ground, because it partly violates our rule against religion, politics, etc in the forums. Given that the avatar is not only based on religion but ethnicity, and neither being of that religion or ethnicity, I went on the safe side and left it be. One or more of our staff members took exception to the term "Jewboy", despite the fact that the originator of the avatar said that he was of Jewish heritage (and I have no reason to disbelieve him). This or these staff members are in a different position than I am regarding heritage/religion, and I feel very much have the right to weigh in on the topic. A staff member asked if he would consider changing his avatar, which was changed from the "Jewboy" avatar to a hockey team with the star of david (see linked thread earlier in this post to see what I'm referring to). That was fine by all of us, as is another avatar for the username "Hebrew Hammer" (a fan name given to honor Ryan Braun, who is of Jewish heritage). To be clear, the term "Jew" was not the offensive term, it was "Jewboys". I would like to have an open dialog with our community, as I've really gone as far out of my way as possible to keep all prejudism against race, sexual orientation, or religion off the site. For example, a user in the chat room a while ago stated that "MLB.tv is a bunch of jews", and was banned immediately by me, as the usage of the phrase was obviously derogatory. Users have been given strikes and/or banned for using the term "gay" to refer to things not of a homosexual nature as well. I've always done my best to provide the most respectful atmosphere to discuss the Milwaukee Brewers. I don't want this topic, at least yet, to stray into other areas of improvement for the site, although we're always encouraging users to post here in the Issues forum with comments & suggestions. I would like to keep the focus here on prejudism against race, religion, and sexual orientation, as I feel those are the three areas of diversity that are targeted the most by people who are motivated by hate. I would like to hear from those of you who feel that we handled this right and those of you who feel we handled this wrong. I would also like to hear from those of you who have been or are offended by something relating to this topic. Thanks for your time, Brian

It got deleted by their moderators.

The Salome & Palmisano ones look legit, but the Braun and Weeks ones are obviously fakes... The more personal the photo, the more likely it is that it's legit.

You evaluate a manager by record, factoring in injuries to the team and available talent. I don't see how you can evaluate on wins/losses alone.

Let's try to keep political figures out of the mix, as it will lead this thread own a bad, bad road (plus it's against site policy).

There once was a pitcher from Duke His performance so far makes me puke His splits versus Rockies are surprisingly shocking Plus let's hope for some great calls from Ueck

That's great news, Matt. I'm glad someone got a clue.

Ok, so maybe the Cubs have a player to take over the leadoff spot, that's fine... but telling me that replacing the 2nd or 3rd best offensive weapon in the lineup isn't a big deal is ludicrous. It's not as big a blow as Sheets just because he was our best pitcher and the length of time he's been out, but it's still a really big hit.

Yeah, out of curiosity I asked some non-Brewerfan people what their first impression was when someone showed up with a "Jewboys" avatar. I asked if they thought it was anti-semitic or not, and their initial reaction was "yes". Lesson learned for us, I guess.

A very wide variety of dogs can be trained as service dogs for a wide variety of ailments.

Where exactly does LaPorta play in the field? I hear his defense is questionable. He can't play 1B either. He'll be in left field unless he proves he can't hack it. I'm assuming he's at 1B now because his quad's not at 100%.

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Well, there's always Zach Jackson, Tim Dillard and Dennis Sarfate. They're not on the same level as Gallardo or Parra, but you never know if one of them might break out or not.

Do you know what Mike's last name is?

Weak freaking sauce.

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Could you be more specific as to how your conversation went?

You know, that's all I can think of as well whenever I hear DeJesus's name.

Has nothing to do with yesterday. It has everything to do with the fact this team hasn't shown it can win on the road all year. I don't expect that trend to just stop. I mean, I hope it does. But I don't seriously think it will. Once this team learns how to win on the road, look out. I guess I don't see how they can "learn how to win" on the road. I won't deny that it's been the trend, but really you play the same game whether you're on the road or at home, except for some managerial differences in the latter innings depending on if you're leading/behind/tied.