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No, it shouldn't. But, generally the drunken stone heads (let's face it, for whatever reason, they found it necessary to blurt out some beer induced derogatory comment about the team you are rooting for in the first place) that you respond to don't have the capacity to carry on an intelligent, witty, good natured, back and forth regarding the merits and short comings of both teams involved. Misplaced pride usually gets involved and things tend to be taken personally and escalate from there. So, again, why even respond?

Realistically, though, why let some other fan belittle your team and not respond? I think the better question here is why respond? Is it really that important? Most of the time, that's what they are hoping for. The minute you respond, you let them know that they are bothering you, and in essense, they have "won". Kind of reminds me of this: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33426

Regardless of their credit scores, that seems extremely low. The lowest rates I have seen lately have been aroune 4.75 (and usually the advertised rate is the lowest rate they offer to people with excellent credit). I'm not doubting you, but I'm guessing they had to pay points on that. If not, I'm curious as to where they got it. I refinanced a couple of months ago at 4.875 with no points for 30 years. Closing costs were around 1,300. If you live in the Milwaukee area and are looking to refinance, State Central Credit Union always seems to have the best deals (when you combine rates, points, and closing costs)....and no, I don't work there.

I really don't know anything at all about cigars (I don't smoke them) and/or humidors. So this may sound really ignorant, but I'm just curious why they don't just sell them "ready to go". Why do you have to prepare them?

brewtank, I always thought about this as well. However, then I think of the other perks of being a season ticket holder (many all ready mentioned) and it outweighs the fact that they occasionally throw in a game that is already half priced. I really don't know if my tickets (200 level) are included in these promotions. One thing also not mentioned is that season ticket holders (at least 20 game and above, not sure about 9 game packs) get a discounted rate already on their seat and also do not pay the marquee prices for marquee games. The other advantage of being a season ticket holder is that if you can not make all the games in your package, they make it extremely easy to sell them on stub hub. With the popularity of the team, and the crowds they are drawing, I can usually get at least my money back on the tickets.

Wow, I had no idea these things were so complicated. I thought they were like refrigerators. Bring them home, put your cigars in them, the end.

Having two or three beers, I can see. But to spend $20 for a ticket, and then $5 (or whatever it is now) per beer and have one every inning for the sole purpose of getting drunk, I can't fathom it. I can see it possibly for the age group from 21-24, but that's about it. It takes it a little bit beyond "fun" Taking your kids to a ball game (Cubs/Brewers or otherwise), should not be like taking them to an R rated movie. Yes, I have every right to be upset at grown adults who are inconsiderate or oblivious of the fact that there are kids present and I don't think an usher should hesitate to remove fans that exhibit this kind of behavior. I shouldn't have to tell my son, "Sorry, we can't go to Brewers/Cubs games because some adults don't know how to behave". Since when is a baseball game considered an adults only event?

Many of you follow the minor leagues a bit closer than I do. However, I was wondering why this guy does not get more attention? Why is he ranked 36 in the power 50. Seems like he should be much higher. He had a 1.81 era last year in 114 IP and has a 1.93 ERA this year in AA. Seems to be doing better than Jeffress. The only thing I can figure is that he's a bit older and that I have seen some refer to him as a finess pitcher. It doesn't seem like he can be that much of a finess pitcher. He had 93 Ks in 114 IP last year and has 26 in 32 IP this year and he has better than a 3 to 1 K/BB ratio both years. I don't have his complete stats from 2007, but it looks like he did well then as well (1.77 ERA with Class A West Mich in 14 starts and 3.60 ERA in 5 starts with Brevard County. I don't really understand why this guy is not listed as one of the Brewer's better prospects up there with Gamel, Escobar, Lawrie, Jeffress, Salome, etc. If I'm Cody, I'm thinking what do I have to do to get noticed. It would be hard to pitch any better than he has over the last 2 or 3 years. What other Brewer minor league pitcher has put up better numbers? edit: I just saw the article posted recently in the Huntsville Stars thread regarding Cody. I guess I can somewhat understand that it's hard to get to high on 25 year old who's fastball tops out at 85. However, it's also hard to argue with his numbers.

No kidding. Why do people need to stand while they are talking on the phone? I mentioned this before, but I also get quite irritated when I'm sitting there waiting for the game to start (might be an hour before the game watching BP or just 10 minutes before the game) and people in front of you arrive at there seats and feel the need to stand for 10 minutes. It's bad enough when they are 3 or 4 rows in front of you, but it's really annoying when they are right in front of you. Like I want to sit and look at your behind. It's really not a situation where I feel comfortable asking them to sit down because the game hasn't started, but it's very annoying none the less.

I'm pretty sure this is a Brewer fan (from Sunday's game). So, goes to show that obnoxious fans are obnoxious fans regardless of the team they root for: http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/23515b9a75f19a111d2d0cd1fe5aa36f1260719.pjpg

From what I have read, there does not seem to be a big difference. The symptoms are very similar. I believe the issue is how easily it is spread. I think we have built up some immunities to the usual flu viruses, but we are much more susceptible to the swine flu virus.

I would never attend a Cub/Brewers game and sit anywhere outside of the Family section. We were at Saturday night's game and for all the comments I'm hearing here about fights and other happenings at that game, it was relatively calm in our section. We had two cub fans sitting next to us. They were in and out of their seats all night. When they were they they cheered loudly for the Cubs, but nothing different than any fan for any team would do. There was also a whole row of cub fans about 3 or 4 rows in front of us. Many of the cub fans I saw in our section didn't seem to understand or know that they had seats in the family section (or just tried to get away with it anyways). However, I didn't see any big arguments once the usher informed them of the rules. They just got up and finished there beer in the concourse. I think the guys next to us were not in there seats a whole lot for this reason. The most obnoxious fan I saw was a Brewer fan who was yelling obscenities at our usher. I'm guessing he either didn't have tickets for our section or was drinking and didn't like being told that he couldn't. I was a little worried when the lights went out. I was worried that there would suddenly be a complete blackout. That would not have been good.

Well, if Free Credit Report's target audience is pre-teens then they nailed it. My son (who's 11) and all his friends know all the words to the Free Credit report comercials.

Can't believe I forgot all about Mike Deane. Thought he looked familiar. Think the fans will still vote Manny into the All-Star game? That would be a really awkward situation for MLB.

dlk9s, Sorry I'm a bit slow. I don't understand the relevance of the picture. Al McGwire and who? ..and what does it have to do with this issue?

So, when does this end? What's in store for the future. Genetic enhancements at birth that predetermine who will grow up to be the next generation of sports superstars?

Talk about a trip down memory lane. I still remember some of those covers from the late 70's/early 80s.

I do realize that it's fluke streak and nothing to get too excited about. However, why can't anyone in the media provide a better history of streaks of this nature? What is the all time (or since 1900) streak record winning streak for one team vs another team? Can anyone answer this? I'm just curious.

Was WTMJ possibly just referring to this (from the article in the JS)?: Police were investigating whether the vandalism may have been related to a protest earlier Friday evening by a group of self-titled "anarchists" in the Riverwest area, police spokeswoman Anne Schwartz said.

Ok, this is exactly a Wisconsin golf related topic...but I didn't wan't to start a new thread. What is up with Tiger? I don't recall him ever being this big. Look at his arms. I noticed this during the Masters as well. This is a photo from this weeks event: http://images.yuku.com/image/pjpeg/cb41549575fc901737b69d72b97b7ffbbfe724d.pjpg

Thought I would start a thread on this. Just reading an article in JS online regarding a flu outbreak in 1918 (Will swine flu follow pattern of deadly 1918 pandemic?). Found it interesting. However, there seems to be a possible typo: In a typical flu season around 36,000 Americans die. Most flu viruses infect between 5% and 20% of the population, and less than 1% of those cases die. First of all..really? 36,000? Seems like a lot. Then if you do the math. 20% of 3 million is 600,000. 1% of 600,000 is 6,000. Something doesn't add up there. Edit: Nevermind...300 million, not 3 million...DUH. (fixed link --1992)

I will also state that the CBS sportsline message board is too simple as well. It does not even allow you to edit your posts and it's easy to make a mistake and accidently send a trade offer to the whole league when you only mean to send it to one other owner.

How does that work? Would the parking lots be open then? I've always wondered about eating at Fridays before the game as well. Also, if the gates to the stadium are not open, how do you get into Fridays? Do you just tell them that you are going to Fridays? How do they make sure you go there? When you leave Friday's how do they make sure that you don't just stay in the stadium without a ticket?

I didn't know this. Had to double check with the ticket office. Yes, that's correct, I guess you can purchase at the stadium up to 4 hours before game time for the advanced price ($12). So, I guess my price will be $10 - or best offer.

I've been involved in a fantasy baseball league since 1984 (started it in our senior year in HS). We have gone from manual stats entry, to a software program, to our current provider - CBS Sportsline. We have been using CBS for the last 10 years (? guessing). I think most of the owners really like it and it would be hard to get us to change services. It costs $140 (a little more than $10 per owner) and they seem to make improvements each year. Their live scoring feature is great. Also, they keep a archived history of our league. So, sorry, it would be a pretty hard sell to ge us to move. In regards to other sites in which we get information. I think Rotoworld is one of the favorites among the owners in the league. Although I think the Rotoworld site can be slow at times. I do like that you can search for player news by League or even filter out just to get news on minor leaguers. In regards to sites like Rotoworld, Rotowire, etc. These are the types of things I would like to see that I don't currently see now: - During spring training, I would like daily updates of teams rosters (not just depth charts or 40 man rosters). Along with this, daily updates of which players are likely to be starters and were they will bat in the order or pitch in the rotation. We have an 11 owner NL only league. So, we get down to platoon and part time players on our rosters. This information would be good to have going into the draft. An example of what I see now - About 5 days before the season started this year, I was scouring fantasy sites for roster information. Most sights still had Escobar listed on the Brewers roster or active depth chart. I knew there was no way that Escobar was breaking camp with the Brewers and this made me doubt the validity of every other teams roster/depth charts. - Most fantasy sights/publications/radio and tv shows, etc are focused on non keeper straight draft type formats. We have a keeper league. You can keep as many as 15 players (out of an active roster of 23) each year and you can LT players up to 6 years. This is based on Rotiserrie rules that were set up more than 20 years ago. This causes the value of some players to vary widley from what the publications report. I also laugh when I see these publications/web sites show sleepers like Dexter Fowler or Michael Bourne. In are league, these guys are long gone and far from being "sleepers". Sleepers in our league are guys like Chad Gaudin or Nate Sheirholz. So, I would like to see a sight that goes a little deeper in evaluating bench players and their potential. - Kind of related to the above. Would like to see more news on minor leaguers including guys that are possibly having breakout years and possibly establishing themselves as real prospects. Also ETAs on all minor leaguers is alway a helpful tool. Sorry to be so long winded. Hope some of this helped.