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  1. Patrick425
    Yes....that's what my post indicated (post #10).
  2. Patrick425
    It's a regular car, but when I see it, it has a sign on top. I don't remember what it is, but I think it's a pizza place. Not a national chain, but some local place. I'm guessing he takes it off his car when he's not working.
  3. Patrick425
    I like the format. Switching back and forth between the actors in a docudrama format and the actual people in more of a true documentary format is interesting to me and I think it gives more credibility to the actors depiction of real events. I also enjoy the quirkiness of occasionally breaking down the 4th wall and some of the "one-off skits" like the rappers explaining things during the Netscape-Microsoft meeting. It's different and interesting to me.
  4. Patrick425
    Funny thing is one time I saw a HOF 19 parked at Miller Park (same as mine, just the other way around). My favorite Brewer plate that I ever saw was HEY 19. It was on a food delivery vehicle. Also being a huge Steely Dan fan I was upset at myself for not thinking of it. So, one time I'm walking downtown and I see the car parked on State Street and the driver inside looking at his phone with the window down (this was actually during the playoffs this last October). So, I had to stop and talk to the guy about his plates. It was a younger guy that said he was mainly a Steely Dan fan by way of his father.
  5. Patrick425
    I believe 'Valley of the Boom' officially debuts this Sunday on the History Channel, but the 1st two episodes are currently available on demand on Spectrum (and also probably on any History channel access if you don't have cable). Watched both of them, really enjoying it so far.
  6. Patrick425
    A) There is no proof that everyone in MLB is making an "immoral" amount of money. B) Owners in any business own the business for the purpose of making money. If you own the business, you take on the risk and you make the rules. You should make the "lion's share" of the money. C) If you believe that there is zero risk and that owning a MLB ball club is a sure way to get filthy rich then whenever a team goes up for sale anyone with any money should be making a bid - Gates, Bezos, Buffet, Dimon, all of them. The fact is, nothing is a sure thing, there is always risk when investing in something. The players take on zero risk. All of their contracts are guaranteed. If you want a solution, get rid of the guaranteed contracts.
  7. Patrick425
    I thought my plate was cryptic - 19 HOF. For most on this site they would know what it means, but I have had several people ask and or make bad guesses. One time when parking at Miller Park, the ticket taker said..."Hey, love your plates. BJ Hoffman was a good one!" Was not sure how to respond, so I just let him assume he knew what he was talking about. edit: I have always been hesitant to post my plates. I'm an aggressive driver. Sorry if I have offended anyone on this site who has encountered me on the roads!
  8. Patrick425
    [sarcasm]It bugs me that I have to open a separate thread in order to reminisce on all the things that were bugging me in 2018.[/sarcasm]
  9. Patrick425
    We usually do one annual visit to Fridays in January or February and get a seat by the window. I like the surrealistic vibe of looking out a dark empty stadium in the dead of Winter. There is generally not many people there (in Fridays), especially if we go on a weekday.
  10. Patrick425
    I guess I became an "old fart" at about the age of 24 or 25 (over 25 years ago). That's when I stopped going to opening day because I was fed up with the drunken fan antics. Also started sitting in the family section around that time. I like to drink and I can tolerate a drunk in a bar. In fact it can be amusing in that setting. However, I have zero tolerance for sloppy drunks at a sporting event.
  11. Patrick425
    Does that mean no more High School sports games televised by the cable company?
  12. Patrick425
    Our best starting pitcher? Who are you referring to? Gonzalez? He was only with the club for what..2 months? Or maybe Miley? Maybe, but I really don't think there was a clear "best starter" for the Brewers last year. Also, both of those guys are still FAs and could still sign with the Brewers. I'm also guessing you are referring to Moustakas as the lost starting infielder. Again, he was only one of our starting infielders for a fraction of the year and he is also still a FA.
  13. Patrick425
    Does this post "add" to the forum? Does every post have to "add" to the forum? I consider what you posted as being your opinion and that's fine. Saying you do or don't like a trade or even saying you think a trade is terrible is just part of being a fan. Perhaps if you just come on and say a trade is terrible with no reasoning behind why you think that way, then yes, that's probably somewhat of an empty post. Usually people don't do that. Usually they provide some reasoning behind why they feel the way they do about a trade that was made. I have no problem with someone disagreeing with a trade that the Brewers make. I also have no problem with someone calling that person out on that comment 1-3 years down the road if the trade, in hindsight, actually turned out to be pretty good.
  14. Patrick425
    Not the first time I ranted about this, but sorry, I think it's just cathartic for me to complain about this every so often. So here it goes: The inability of many drivers to make proper right hand or left hand turns. People make turns as if they don't want to make any effort at all, feel the slightest discomfort, or have any small degree of centrifugal force disturb them or their passengers. If you are making a right hand turn, get to the right and out of traffic prior to your turn, and just turn the wheel a little more. It really is not that hard or uncomfortable. When you are making a left hand turn, stay in your lane throughout the entire turn. For this, I'm not talking about big intersections where there are multiple lanes that turn left. I'm talking mostly residential side streets. Don't cut across the oncoming lane of the street you are turning on in order to make the turn. Again, it really is not that hard to start your turn a little later and turn the wheel a little more. http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~gdguo/driving/UseofLanes_files/image009.gif
  15. Patrick425
    Smart really. Get arguably the best young reliever in the game in exchange for taking on a contract they can afford instead of giving up big prospects. So if you can afford something, then it's perfectly acceptable to overpay? Also, who's the reliever you are talking about? I must have missed that.
  16. Patrick425
    I think you're correct. The Brewers are an LLC, so any profits would carry forward to the owners. Therefore, it makes sense for them to find a way to invest any excess revenues back into the team so they are always operating around break-even. Buying a minor league franchise, rebuilding Maryvale, and renovating the concession area are all ways for the owners to build equity while not paying a lot of taxes. I would not expect a higher payroll until the team expects a sustainable increase in annual revenues. I wouldn't expect a jump in payroll beyond around $100-110m until the new TV deal kicks in. I believe that's after next season, so I would expect this to be a relatively quiet offseason. On the other hand, wouldn't another deep playoff run and possible WS appearance help them get a bigger new TV deal? Perhaps you gotta spend a little more to make a little more?
  17. Patrick425
    I would not be a fan of giving up anything of value for Cano. 36 years old, 1 PED suspension in the books and power numbers will probably continue to decline. No thanks. Edit: Aren't most of us looking forward to having Braun's contract off the books? So we want to replace it with a similar player making more all the way through 2023? If Seattle get Kelenic and another prospect, it's highway robbery for them.
  18. Patrick425
    Soo....the Mets are talking to teams about Syndergaard and also trying to obtain 36 year old Cano. Huh??
  19. Patrick425
    This is from a story on JSonline today: "Earlier that day, Wesley had found a bizarre "notice" taped to a front window of the home, where his father had lived until his death a few works earlier, in May 2017. The paper was riddled with spelling and grammar errors and virtually devoid of punctuation." Ah, the irony.
  20. Patrick425
    Is this just some random guess, or do actually have some inside information that the rest of the general public does not have?
  21. Patrick425
    Sadly this is true. There are some subjects that are over emphasized in school and yet this is one subject that is clearly not communicated enough, if at all. My son frequently complains about how simple money skills are not taught in primary education. I work in the financial industry and the company I work for is heavily involved in a Milwaukee organization called Secure Futures (formally called Make a Difference). The organization's goal is to teach financial literacy to teens. One of the ways it does this is by sending volunteers form the financial community into schools to educate students on a range of different real life personal finance lessons.
  22. Patrick425
    What I tell my son (he's 20) is when he get his first "career" position, whatever the starting annual pay is ($30K, $50K, $80K, whatever), pretend that it is at least 6% less and that is what you live on (the remaining 94%). The 6% goes into retirement savings and you don't think about ever touching it until you retire. If you are fortunate enough to get employed by someone who does some sort of match on more than 6%, then do whatever percentage is the max for matching, otherwise you are just refusing extra money. Then every time you get a raise, add another 1% to your annual retirement savings. Save as much as you can (at least 6%), as early as you can. I think there are too many people who don't have a grasp on how money grows over time in an appropriately balanced portfolio (heavier equity weighted at a younger age), so they decide it's not worth it and that there are other things they feel are more important to spend their money on now. Then they get to age 40 or 50 and realize that they should have been saving for retirement much earlier.
  23. Patrick425
    Gold Glove is an absolute joke. We know how good Cain is. It’s a shame for him that he’s unlikely to ever get a Gold Glove, but if he gets another ring, I think he’ll find a way to consider his career fairly successful. Go Crew. I agree that the Gold Glove awards have been historically inconsistent to say the least. However, the normal knock on them is that the voters tend to pick guys that also have good offensive numbers or "star quality" names over players that actually deserve the award. In this case Inciarte is not a better offensive player than Cain and is really not any more well-known than Cain, so that narrative does not really fit here. As sveumrules pointed out, their numbers are fairly close, so it seems like perhaps the voters actually may have done some homework and Inciarte may have just been able to get an extra vote or two (to they show detailed results anywhere?).
  24. Patrick425
    While I agree, didn't Yelich hit better when being more aggressive earlier in the count? Yes and it was on purpose. The theory is that pitchers are more likely to throw in the zone early in the count. Rather than wait for the pitcher's "out" pitch you attack early. It can be frustrating to see guys ground out on the first or second pitch but obviously can't quibble with Yelich's results. I don't mind being aggressive early when the pitcher is throwing strikes, but when the pitcher just walked the last guy on 4 straight pitches or 5 pitches and showing signs of not having great control, I don't get it. I may be imagining it, but it seems like I saw this a lot this year.
  25. Patrick425
    Not sure the hitting coach has anything to do with this, but would really like to see Brewer hitters show a little more patience at the plate after following a guy who just walked on 4 or 5 pitches.
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