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Everyone is always so offensive-minded when it comes to Corey. I say the first and biggest thing that needs fixing is his defense. With runners on, learn to get set, catch the ball in front of you, and charge it a bit, Corey. And put a bit of your body into the throw, please. His defensive blunder to end the 2008 all-star game was embarassing and only barely atypical for him. WAY too many off-balance, non-chalant catches above his head, on his heals, with lame flat-footed throws in to the infield.

I thought regular WI vanity plates allowed 7 characters, why are we so sure that the Brewers one won't? Because the Packers one doesn't? Does the Packers plate only allow 6 or 5?

I'm still waiting for them to bring back O'Boises. They were so freakin O'Boisterous!!

A rich preppy northern suburb Ferris Bueller wannabe Cubs fan jerk? I will be sending WTMJ so much hate mail after every Cubs game, pointing out every little teeny tiny thing that can be construed as pro-Cubs from this goofus. TMJ deserves it for this awful, awful, terrible, awful decision.

I find the Milwaukee-Nashville reciprocity to be pretty neat. Nashville doesn't have MLB baseball, but their AAA team is a Brewers affiliate. Milwaukee doesn't have an NHL team, but our "AAA" (AHL) hockey team is the top affiliate of the Predators. I hope it stays that way for a long time. ....And Milwaukee is known as the "German Athens" while Nashville is called the "Athens of the South". It's a neat kinship.

Another vote for dark. I think it looks really good.

Bucks are the best drafting NBA team of the last 20 years, eh? http://www.82games.com/bestdraftingteams.htm

How does this compare to the rest of the NL central? (Or can you provide a link so I can look it up myself?)

In addition to what's below, now selling last year's Baseball Prospectus for $10 obo. 605 pages of pre-season analysis on the 2008 season. Gallardo is one of six players with a small headshot on the cover. The two items below are still for sale and I've lowered the price. Both are OBO. The Nike shirt I bought following the Crew's post-season berth at midnight from the Miller Park FanZone. It's a pretty sweet shirt, but I've only worn it once and might never wear it again. Three-quarter length sleeves and a really cool, smooth, soft, mesh fabric. Paid $70.00, it's yours for $15 obo. Size is Small, but it's pretty big for a small. Pictured at bottom. College Hoops 2K8 for the PS3 - $12 obo. Bought this new about two months ago for $25, played it only twice since then. From what I undestand, the 2K8 college game is supposed to be the best out there, and there was no 2K9 made this year for the PS3. http://www.iit-sourcetech.com/emp/IMG00097.jpg

Check the fans first, but my first reaction was a capacitor going bad on the motherboard or in the power supply.

No kidding, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It's like the first half was written by real writers magically transported from season 2 and second half was written by interns who watched part 1 and just thew some recycled and unfunny stuff together. Pretty awful.

2.8 million would be where I set the over/under too, about 10% less than last year. The carryover excitement from the previous season is a benefit 2008 attendance didn't have, but I think it will be offset by more frugal fans and a team that isn't in the race come September. Still, I have a lot of faith in the Attanosio-driven Brewers marketing department getting us close to 3 million again.

Yes. Very disappointing that we will likely lose him....

Really? I hate it. No ballplayer should say they're okay settling for second place before the season even starts. That's terrible. It's not very comforting to know that one of the young stars on your favorite team is perfectly fine with a hated division rival being 25 wins better. We finished with nine more wins than the Cubs as recently 2006 ... and now they're suddenly insurmountably good? Where's the competitive fire, Corey? I'm sorry, it's just a stupid quote to me and disturbingly defeatist. Maybe he's just setting the bar low so he can continue to make awful, off-balance catches and flatfooted throws out in rightfield.

Him and Frank Thomas.

This ESPN.com mega-article suggests via question that the injury might be due to an off-season workout: http://sports.espn.go.com...&page=rumblings090206 ... that's a rumour. Baseless, perhaps, but where there's smoke.....

The first thing I'd check is the filter/screen at the faucet nozzle; might be a case of sediment/rust/etc clogging things up right there at the tip of the faucet. Usually only takes about five second to unscrew something there at the tip and get the screen out of the way and check it out. Test the water pressure sans screen to eliminate that variable.

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I hope the deal falls through. I didn't even want one more year of the butterball DH playing 1B, let alone two.

I'm bitter, feel no happiness for him, and do not wish him any good luck in Atlanta at all. But that's my personality.

Not at all. What you're seeing is the equivalent of a fan club, a membership fee to get access to a community message board, commercial-free access to archives of his radio show, etc. Ramsey is an author, radio show host, and TV show host on the Fox Business Channel. I wouldn't call selling books a scam, and the contents of those books can actually be obtained for free by listening to his shows (and probably browsing the free areas of his web sites). Ramsey's over-arching tenet is to live debt-free. His steps include: - building a small emergency fund while banishing credit cards from your life and budgeting strictly - then paying off all debt by starting with your smallest and working to your largest. He admits that mathematically, you could come out ahead by comparing interest rates, but psychologically you're better off ignoring interest rates, paying off the smallest loans with extra going to principle, "snowballing" that payment into the next highest to combine with the minimum you were making there and on and on until you're debt free except for your home. It's about seeing debt disappear before your eyes. - then building a real emergency fund of 3-6 months' expenses - then paying off the house. Ignoring the mathematics of investing at a higher rate than mortgage borrowing -- it's psychological -- pay off the home and OWN it, no more payments, no risk. Definitely debateable, but most of us would not refinance our home to take out $50,000 to invest in the market, so why would we invest $50,000 of our income in the market before putting it towards principle on the house? - then, with NO PAYMENTS in your life, build wealth investing 15% income, give generously by donating to charities, and have fun with all the money you're not giving to banks and credit card companies! He preaches never borrowing for a car (and definitely not leasing), instructing instead to buy a $1,000 beater until you can save for an upgrade (and then save for another upgrade...). The overall motto is "act your wage" -- if you're borrowing for something, you can't afford it and shouldn't be buying it. (Exception of house.) He's also constantly stressing hard work and picking up extra jobs. Filing bankruptcy is almost never necessary in his eyes. There's a lot more that he offers in his teachings. It's common sense stuff, but he's got a gift in his firm and inspiring delivery. I recommend anyone go to www.daveramsey.com/tdrs and listen to archives of his radio show (it's free).

Second the Dave Ramsey suggestion.Thirded.