I don't know what it is, but it feels like every year there are less and less Brewers players that I really like. I look over the 25-man roster and I see only half a dozen guys that I care much about and enjoy having on the team ... it kindof sucks. Not really a talent thing, just general level of intrigue/connection/allure. It's sad to look at another team, like the White Sox or Orioles or Mariners or Rays or Twins or Braves, and feel more fascination and appeal to their players than those on the Brewers. Maybe my cynicism is just reaching new heights, or maybe I'm trying too hard not to be a fanboy, or maybe the grass is just always greener on the other side, but I miss getting caught up in the individual players -- at this point it's just basically hometown pride and a love of baseball that keeps me so interested in the crew. Hopefully transactions on the horizon will bring in players less painfully dull than the Wolfs, Davises, Vargases, Geruts, Edmondses, etc. ...Not a direct response to the OP, but a somewhat related discovery I've been wrestling with recently.