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Yes, but he was only in the upper right hand corner. Off the top of my head I can think of a few Brewers on the cover of SI. Fingers in 1982, Yount in 1982, a second Yount in 1982 and Deer in 1987. I think there was also a 1970's issue with George Bamburger on the cover too.

Waukesha Sports Cards. Full sized game models with proper decals $80.

I'm not sure I'd declare that the elites "can't" get the ring, but are far less likely. That said, most (if not all) the shelf stock - of all the models - was produced after June of last year and therefore should be in the "safe zone" with regards to the ring of doom.

I thought it was supposed to show his dominance over all things PacMan.

Didn't see it myself but the guy on WTMJ said he was in an airport in Dallas Saturday watching CNN when they ran a story about fans lining up for Brewer tickets.

I was able to snag 14 tickets to the bobble head games - all front row - online. We also got an outdoor table for Fridays for one of the bobbleheads games over the phone. Not to bad considering I had to sit in the "Virtual Waiting Room" for 46 minutes. I actually got in at 9:00 and 9:03. Both times I went to add tickets to my cart I was booted back to the VWR.

The shadow box was $20 or so. Walmart again, but of course when your buying from walmart be careful because for every one good shadow box, there were 10 defective ones. As for the glass frames - they come in many sizes. Just decide on if you want to display it open or folded and purchase accordingly. I like to have about 2 inches of clearance on each side. I use a black matting to create a nice boarder (cheap black poster board will work too).

I looked for one at Negro league shop (or Negro league baseball shop or something similar) and couldn't find the exact one your looking for. They did have mil. bears stuff, but not the matching one for your jersey.

Weeks has always had a large core. Some angles are less flattering than others. I snapped this on last season. Looks bigger there (imo) than in the current photo. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/ilookback/weekcore.jpg

Typically I use (glass) one inch thick frames ($10-$12 at walmart). I do have one paper (my signed 1982 "Go Brewers Go" Sentinel) in a shadow box frame. You can even custom make frames from large poster sized plexi glass frames. The price is ok ($6-10) and they hang nice. I don't have my camera at the moment, but I'll see if I can find some photos soon.

It's worthless. Total trash. You should give it to me. But seriously, I'm not sure that it will have any real dollar value in the near future and probably not much in the long term either but(!) it's the kind of item that adds to a personal collection nicely - especially framed. Value in this case might be more of a personal value type thing as opposed to monetary. I have several newspapers framed in my office. None of them worth much, but I think they are great. I'd love to get a copy of that paper and you can bet I'd hang it in my collection.

No I have not. I would have been all over it if I had. The poster is one of the things I get asked about the most too. Paul Molitor was in town this past weekend and I actually had a brief conversation with him about the poster. He told me he was (quote) "just talking about it" with someone. He said it was a controversial poster at the time and that you just don't see many of them around. He asked where I got mine from and how much I paid for it. I told him it was a gift, but that the going rate for an unsigned poster was in the $125 range. He smiled, signed it and said "lot of money".

The Gonzaga hall show costs a dollar, which gets you in the door and a raffle ticket. The 8x10's were for my own collection. I don't usually sell them.

I try to go the the gonzaga hall show as many times a year as possible. Of the remaining shows in the area, I think it's one of the best. The vendors are all pretty good and the live auction is usually fun. Some months are better than others. This past weekend was kind of so/so. Many of the vendors were no shows (I'd guess do to the weather). There are times when I come home loaded with stuff, other times I return with very little. The only items of note I got this weekend were in the auction. A small lot of autographed 8x10's (all inscribed 1982 World Series). Nice, but given the weather I'm not sure worth the trip. The gonzaga hall show is held monthly. It's in West Allis a block south of 92nd and Greenfield.

I'm awesome.

No luck today. The card show I attended was missing about 50% of the regular vendors. Many of them did not try to make the trip into town with the roads as terrible as they were. So, no I was not able to find anymore today. Sorry. I really thought I'd be able to help out.

I'll keep an eye out. Should have an answer by this time tomorrow.

With regards to the poster, I may be able to come up with another one this weekend. If I can find one, I'm pretty sure I can get it cheap. I'll let you know tomorrow.

I won't pretend to be an expert at this as I've only had to buy a new car twice but I'll offer my advice anyway. In addition to doing the required research - don't go to the dealership without financing! Go to your credit union or bank or even online and get the financing you need first. Not only will it save time, you'll know in advance exactly how much your monthly payment will be. You'll know what you can afford and more importantly you'll throw your salesperson off their game. Knowing what your payment will be right off the bat really puts you in a better position to negotiate as it takes away a lot of uncertainty and makes you more comfortable. Long story short - I once had only a few days to buy a new car (work related). The first day and a half I spent calling around/online looking for financing. I wound up getting a loan through an online lender. ($22,000 @ 7%). Once that was done I very quickly started my research. I had an idea of what cars I wanted and I knew in advance what I could afford so that helped. The check was in my hands two days later. That afternoon I deposited the money into my checking account. The next day I went to the dealership. I found the car I wanted and got the salesperson to quote me a price. This was the important part - I never tipped my hand that I had my financing in place. I asked him to give me a final price. He did so. I'm sure he was thinking he could just start tacking things on as he walked me through the financing process but I had other ideas. As soon as he began talking about financing I pulled out my check book and said, "I can just write a check to cover the entire cost today". He looked like I just kicked his dog and spit on his mother. He immediately asked me if there was any way he could convince me to finance through them. I played hardball for a bit until he dropped the price by $2,000 and offered me a 5.9% interest rate. My final price was cheaper than what I was quoted. My monthly payment was lower that I anticipated, and the interest rate was better. I was there in the dealership for about 7 hours (until 11pm) but I walked away with a deal. The salesperson dropped the car of at my house the next day. Not bad for a guy who HATES dealing with salespeople. The whole process took about 6 days. As for the original loan, I paid the entire amount back on the following business day.

I second that. I lived in Milwaukee for 25 years - most of those in the north side of town near the Washington Park area. I attended South Division High and thought MPS was bad and getting worse at that time(13 years ago). Even though I love Milwaukee and always will - when it came time to place my first child in school I looked long and hard at the surrounding area and those school systems looking for an alternative to MPS. We did wind up moving out of town - at a great monetary cost - but I think it was worth it. My Mom works for a MPS grade school and tells me stories. She also volunteers from time to time in my sons class in our school district. She knows - and points out - the many differences but I'm not going to sit here and bash MPS, they do a great job of that themselves. I just know I made the right decision to move.

Not really a design for this contest, rather just a desktop wallpaper I made last year that I slapped a slogan on. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/ilookback/bfmademe.jpg

This might have something to do with the change. "Yahoo Buys FoxyTunes"

Fear not, you'll get Brewers games. On Dish, FSN-WI will show up only on the day of game. So if the game is on Tuesday night at 7, that's when FSN-WI will pop up. Not sure what channel though. I know that on Dishnet the channel changes from day to day.

Any official word yet? So far just a former tv exec claiming a deal was reached a week ago. I know the late night talk show hosts have been hinting at the possibility all week and I won't be surprised if it's all sealed up by next week, but I'll wait until the contracts are signed before I "celebrate".