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Yeah, but didn't we start out like 10-1 in Millers starts. You could just as easily twist it around and say, we're 10-12 (or whatever the number is) in Millers last 22 starts. Lets not forget Estrada was the starter when things were going great too. I agree with the post above that say that the pitchers have to execute.

What Gorman bobble is it?

Upper right hand corner there is an "inbox" link. If your "Navigation" bar is grey, you have no messages. If it turns blue (I think) you have a message. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/ilookback/help.jpg?t=1186544635

I vote navy blue game jersey. I've got one of each (home white, road grey, navy blue and an old blue bp), except the retro. I hardy wear anything but the blue one. Blue!Blue!Blue!

well i got a call from another guest relations person and was told that for my troubles i will get a damian miller auto ball. now they want to help. thanks Matt, did you call them again? Or did someone perhaps come across a certain message board and realize that bad customer service + the internet = bad idea. Either way, good for you.

There is a prevailing myth of huge pockets of empty seats during these giveaways, and it's just not true. How many people are really leaving the game once they get their bobbles? Not many. I know it's a "large" amount in terms of numbers, but what about %? Truth of the matter is that that place was packed on Sunday, all game and most people who come for the bobble stay for the game. Of the 43,000+ announced attendance, how many are still in the park in the 5th inning? 41,000? 42,000? 42,500? It's not like the place empties out after the bobbles are handed out. The only place I noticed a lot of empty seats on Sunday was up in the Dew Deck, which is a group section not available on a per game basis anyway. And I don't think people are getting worse tickets than they otherwise would. If anything the "bobble resellers" are buying the cheapest (worse?) tickets that can find. There are always some groups that buy out a few rows and never make it in, you see it at every game. And surely there are people who buy a bunch of tickets for bobble heads and don't use all of them, but they are in the minority. Besides most of the people buying tons of tickets for the bobbles are buying Bernies tickets, standing room only tickets or they stand in line for Uecker tickets. Thats arguable the two worse (and smallest) seat locations and standing room. Very few people are getting shut out on tickets simply because of the comic book guy. (And yes, I collect bobbles, but just for the record, the most tickets I've ever bought "just for the bobbles" was 2, and I did it once.)

Doug Melvin has to set a playoff roster before the September 1st callups. However, there are a number of exceptions that allow teams to change their rosters from series to series. Right. If I understand things correctly, the playoff eligible list has to be set by August 31st. Your playoff eligible list is the 25 active players on your roster, your 15 day dl, your 60 day dl and anyone on the bereavement list. Before each round of the playoffs the team builds a 25 man roster from this pool. For each person on the 60 day dl, you get to add one replacement player from your 40 man roster to your playoff eligible list . So for the Brewers that means that we will (would) get to carry someone else in place of Corey Koskie. The catch is that the replacement player has to play the same position as the DL'ed player. So in this case, were talking another third baseman. Now here's the question I have. Do we bring Weeks (or Gross and Gwynn for that matter) back up before the September 1st call ups to make them eligible for the postseason? The way I read the rules, if we wait until 9/01 to recall Weeks he would not be eligible for the postseason.

Don't these new boards have a block feature?

Oh no you didn't just play the age card! http://static.yuku.com/v2//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif Seriously though, once you challenge this crop of ushers and security, your done for. I'm guessing that it had more to do with the fact that these guys are never wrong. Seems like the easy answer this year is to toss someone out of the park.

I remember during the Gorman Thomas bobble night, some guy was sitting in his seat near us and every 10 minutes or so, he'd stand up - sometimes during the game itself - and scream (scream), "Gorman for 20 bucks! Who wants Gorman!!" He kept dropping his price but not his voice. It was annoying, but whatever. People started to yell back at him, he had no takers. By about the 6th inning, he stopped. If you want to enforce a rule, start with that guy.

Whaaa? I had to look this one up...very odd indeed. I did not know that.

Do you know what Mike's last name is? Was it Gittens?

That is remarkably similar to an exchange I had with a security "boss" during the SanFran series a few weeks back. I asked for assistance and the situation quickly turned to my season ticket holder status.

Anyone else notice that the board seems to be loading much more slowly since the Yuku switch, at least occasionally? Yep, EZBoard was slow at times, but I've noticed the new board ranges from regular (like ezboard was, sometimes slow, sometimes fine) to molasses. But, it's worth the wait. I'm starting to dig some of the new features and I like the over look of the board, plus the larger avatars.

laser bomb wrote : Not accusing you personally of anything Yet you very clearly did. "Let's see, 5000 blue ones out of let's say 40,000 every time, that's 1 in 8 or or a 12.5% chance at the gate. To pull in the long odds every time, am I figuring it wrong or is that a 0.00000000018% chance? You sound pretty sure of getting the whole team together. People who care more about bobbleheads or pay a lot for their sets might call someone like that a lucky fan, or a born winner. " Wow, so many words about nothing. He's been trading for and buying all the blues he's missing, why did it bother you so much? Seemed like you went out of your way to start trouble with someone who has done legitimate business here before in the trading post, where the collectors hang out. By your own admission, your not a collector. Why come here and try to discredit someone else you know nothing about? You don't need to be a "born winner" to collect bobble heads. Like BHF said, it's very easy to increase your odds, though not guaranteeing anything, by choosing your entrance carefully. To begin with, the boxes are clearly marked "White" and "Mixed". billyhallfan wrote forget all the percentages, it is not that difficult to get one. I don't understand why you are so upset about it? Ditto.

I think the Ebay guy with 10+ bobbles is a completely legitimate topic, but I don't think it was in any way related to the original post. berniebrewer4life wrote: Yes, they made up this policy on the spot. Come on, it's most likely a new policy this year(or even since the ASB), in order to deal with the people getting way too many bobbles. BS. I've been to 24 games this year, I've been a season ticket holder for most of the last 13 years, I've been to every bobble head game for a last few years now and NEVER have I seen any enforcement of a "No Selling Bobblehead" policy. Heck, there were tons of people doing it yesterday right behind home plate. And IF this is a new policy, which I'm positive it's not, then they are certainly selective in their enforcement. IF you have this policy, apply it uniformly - not only sometimes. Complaining on this forum won't get anything done. I strongly encourage you to call the Brewers PR, and talk to them. I don't think he was complaining here to "get something done". I think he was venting. And seeing as how there has been much talk this year about the terrible customer service from the ES staff at Miller Park this year, not to mention the fact that most of our traders/collectors read this forum, I think the thread was perfectly fine. And just a question, have you tried to deal with the ES staff this year? They are terrible. Obviously not all of them, but the fail rate is higher this year than ever before. Case in point, Sundays game. We were in section 117. Half way through the game someone from the lodge level dropped a bottle of water that landed in the lap of some kid, part of a family of four sitting a few rows ahead of us. The usher came over and looked up and shrugged it off. I'm not exactly sure what he really could have done, but ok. An inning later, another beverage comes down, this time landing on the ground in front of the family and splashing up. The usher? He was too busy talking to Corey Harts wife, he gave he family the "one second" finger wave, the "hold on" motion. A few minutes goes by and the family of four, sitting in $85 seats get up and walked out. As they walked by us, the mother said something to the usher, who was still in conversation with Mrs. Hart. The usher looked at her, rolled his eyes and went back to his conversation. Like I said, I'm not sure what he could have done, but at the very least, you try to convey some sympathy to the family who feels they need to leave the park, you don't brush them off because this is you first time working the players wives section and your awestruck.

i was then told i would have my bobbles confiscated by the police and kicked out of the park for attempting to purchase bobbles on stadium grounds. That is illegal? Yeah, show me where on my ticket it says I can't buy someone else's bobble? Point out one sign at the park thats says as much. Show me one scoreboard announcement reminding me that I can't offer an out of town Phillies fan $10 for their alternate bobble. This is just the latest example of the Event Services staff failing miserably at their job.

I think his problem comes from Hitting the Red player in the face and now it has become more of a mental problem. Wasn't Wise allowed to go three innings recently? Could one of our stat heads trace Wises troubles back to either that extended outing or the accidental beaning of the Pedro Lopez?

I've had cable, DishNet, & Directv (including Dish & DTV at the same time for a while) and Directv wins hands down. Better equipment, better quality and, though it has slipped some in recent years, they still have superior customer service to cable.

"I kind of wish the fans wouldn't boo," Fielder said. "I wish they would stay positive like we are. They probably get frustrated as well, but this isn't New York. Hopefully, they can just stay in it, eliminate some of the boos and stay loud like that." Interesting that he mentioned it twice because that is a different comment. The one I was talking about came during his post game interview on FSN. his will also come into consideration when free agents are thinking about where to sign. We can't pay as much as other teams, so we have to have some appeal. The appeal will be a chance to win.

As a matter of fact, Yuku offers a nifty Firefox extension that I recommend trying. Very cool, thanks for the tip.

I think that this is a direct result of the change over. On the old system, when we got a new message we saw an alert on the top of the screen telling us to check our inbox. Not so anymore. I know that's why BHF made the "looking for 20fry" post. He sent me an inbox message, I didn't see it. Once everyone gets used to the new board I'm sure those posts will go away. I don't remember many of those kinds of posts before.

Attendance is great. I talked a few weeks ago about how the crowds, while populous, had large pockets of uninitiated fans who managed to stay quiet even while cheering (if that makes any sense). I've been waiting all year for a crowd like tonight. I don't think Miller Park has ever been louder. That was great. I did find Prince's post game comment interesting though. If anyone missed it, CC asked him about the large crowds and the atmosphere at home and he said something along the lines of "It's great, but I wish they'ed stop boo'ing us, thats poor". Anyhow, I can't wait for tomorrow. I hope the "MVP" chat is strong tomorrow.

they will have to stop autograph friday's, bandwagoner's ruin it for everyone. Agreed, but let me take it a step further. The Brewers are in new territory in terms of dealing with large crowds on a daily basis, but they need to step up right now. The (lack of) reaction from the ushers and stadium staff was an embarrassment. I go to a lot of games, I'll be pushing 35-40 games this year. I've been a season ticket holder 8 of the last 13 years and I've never been more disappointed with my stadium experience that this year. Yet what I find funny is that when I was in line for Yost, I stepped aside to let a family of 4 people pass through the line and I had an usher pointing to me and yell, "Get over, you can't stand there". I just said, "Can I let these people pass? Geez" and he said, "on the right (side), get over". This was the same usher who would allow a guy to bring his two kid straight to the front of the line to get an autograph. He walked right in from the left and asked the usher if it was ok for his kids to get an autograph. I looked at the guy and said, "wow, and all this time I thought I needed to stand in line". He says, "I'm not getting one, just my kids". And the usher just waves him through! Unbelievable.

The line for prince was out of control last night. My son got in line no problem, but I didn't. I saw the huge mass of people pushing into each other at the top and decided to skip it. I've got Prince before, no biggie. So I got a Yost sig and went to a concession stand for a soda. I walked by the Prince line, which was 4 rows deep. The inner most row was the "original" row with 3 rows to the right were just people trying to skip. People were pushing and screaming at each other. There was an usher standing right at the top of the seating bowl watching this mess unfold, letting people pour in even though people were screaming "The line starts back there". So as walked by I said to another usher (one section over) "those people are going to kill each other" and he said "They have an usher over there, thats her problem". I said, "seriously, you need to get someone over there" and he just looked past me and ignored me. I couldn't believe it. I know there has been much complaint about the stadium staff this year, but this still surprised me. Eventually they cut off the row at the top step, which meant 95% of the people in the legitimate line, and nearly everyone in the "mob line" got shut out. It also didn't help that Prince was late getting out, but either way I felt bad for all the people standing in that line.