December 2011
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30 Day Brewers Challenge - Day 5: Brewers...
I didn’t always have Brewers memorabilia. In fact, the first year that Max and I purchased a 20-game deal, I had no Brewers attire, except for a 2008 pin. My first player T-shirt was a Corey Hart and I got 20% off because of a coupon we received.
Then as time progressed, I collected bobbleheads. This past 2011, Max and I were at almost every bobblehead game. I currently have Casey Mcgehee,...
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30 Day Brewers Challenge: Day 4 - Brewer...
As far as “traditions” are concerned, the following are what I’d consider to be “traditions” or things I do every year, aside from renewing my season tickets.
I don’t tailgate (lame, I know). I still say the crazy things I say about the Brewers players each year. Like for instance, I joke about Corey Hart and how he’s probably got a farm full of tractors...
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30 Day Brewers Challenge: Day 3 - Favorite current...
Corey Hart #1 - Right Field
I’ve been a fan of Corey Hart’s since 2010 when he hit a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 9th against Johan Santana of the Mets on May 28, 2010. I remember the game like it was yesterday. My friend and I scored awesome seats and sat behind homeplate with the yuppies. This little girl in front of me kept giving me strange looks. She was literally...
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Phonics and baseball
For the past two days I have referenced Brewers players in my lessons. Once with Kameron Loe, because we were looking at words that have the OE vowel team. It says the long “o” sound. The second is with Zack Greinke, alluding to the time this past season when he accidentally wore his Bierbrauer jersey to bunt. The lesson is looking at ER and when we find it in a word. The sentence I am using is:...
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30 Day Brewers Challenge: Day 2 - First Brewers...
This is a little difficult for me as my interest in baseball didn’t start until after I moved out of my parents and into my own place when I was 18-years-old. If I’ve ever been to County Stadium, I don’t remember it. I did go to a Brewers game once in high school, during my sophomore year with a friend, when Miller Park had just opened.
My earliest memory has to be of this...
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Yuni Betancourt signs with the Royals →
Well, ol’ Yuni Bear is gone, for those who were anticipating this.
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30 Day Brewers Challenge: Day 1 - Introduce...
Carolyn
23-years-old
Currently employed as a Literacy Instructor for kids with dyslexia and learning disabilities for a nonprofit organization.
My backstory: I’ve been a Milwaukee Brewers fan for over six years. My mother was a Brewers fan in the early 90s, circa Jim Gantner, Paul Molitor, and Robin Yount. However, my family is more of a football family than anything. I have been going...
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Happy holidays from the 2011 NL Central Champs! →
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A new possibility for Braun →
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“Milwaukee is a baseball town, by far the best in the major leagues. Baseball...”
– Sports Illustrated article about baseball in Milwaukee, 1955. (via wisconsinforward)
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Caught in a Run Down: *sigh* →
redsoxchach:
Baseball isn’t a sport, it’s a way of life. Baseball is waiting all winter for the blessed sunshine of Opening Day. It’s dedicating your entire day to a double header. It’s waiting 2 hours by the TV through a rain delay. It’s staying up until 1:00 in the morning to see that last out on a warm July night. Baseball is becoming family with your fandom. It’s crying over losses. It’s...
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“…what they’re doing is using fast-acting testosterone — creams, gels, orals,...”
– Victor Conte on Ryan Braun’s elevated testosterone levels.
I highly doubt it’s steroids. Ryan Braun doesn’t take them. You have to have faith in the man.
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Who should sign Prince Fielder? →
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I WANT ONE! →
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It's not steroids, just medication! →
Braun could still face a suspension, however, for not having MLB approve it. I told you all along, it’s not steroids. The MVP doesn’t need to take steroids and he doesn’t!
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I Believe Braun campaign! →
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Hey everyone! There is a campaign supporting Ryan Braun on Facebook and Twitter. On Facebook, there’s an I Believe Braun page to “like.” On Twitter, you can follow the campaign @I_Believe_Braun. As a fan you can show your support for his reputation and keep updated on the arbitration procress.
Go Brewers!
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Oh, and, fuck off John McCain →
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Avoid 'rush to judgment' on Braun →
I haven’t come across too many yet, but people who are quick to judge Ryan Braun should deserve gun shots in their feet. Consider his past and his performance. The guy has played extremely well ever since he debuted. PLUS, he knows better not to take supplements or anything that is or potentially can be banned. Why would he start cheating now? I seriously believe the test was tampered. Ryan...
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STILL GOT MY BRAUN SHIRT ON!
I’ve been proudly displaying my Ryan Braun apparel this week. I know my boy is innocent. Anyone who is a real Brewers fan knows he is. <3
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Was anyone else shocked to see that we traded Casey McGehee to the Pirates? I knew he had a bad season and all, but the year before he was the Brewers MVP. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER! I was shocked, I really was. At the same time, I wondered how they would work out their third basemen situation, especially after Jerry Hairston Jr. signed with the Dodgers. I suppose it would just cost us too much to pay...
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Teams wary of signing Fielder past five years →
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Albert Pujols, the Angel →
Phewww! Now the Brewers and NL Central don’t have to worry about him!
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LaTroy Hawkins signs with Angels →
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Good luck with the LA Angels next season, LaTroy Hawkins! Thanks again for an amazing beastmode season!
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K-Rod accepts arbitration →
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restless-waves asked: I cannot agree more with your post about the Winter Meetings. I'm anxious to see what comes of it. A little nervous too.
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I don’t understand how you can say you love baseball and not give a shit about what’s going on in the winter meetings right now. SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED!
Albert Pujols and Jose Reyes have been signed. Jerry Hairston, Jr is not coming back. The Cubs want Prince Fielder. The Brewers say they don’t want LaTroy Hawkins. THE BREWERS HAVEN’T EVEN MADE A GODDAMN OFFER YET ON...
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All the info you need on the winter meetings →
If you’re not following what’s going on the winter meetings, which a lot has happened so far, then go there, NOW.
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@Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
Confirmed: #Marlins have made 10-year offer to Pujols. Source says two sides trying to work through no-trade issue. MORE #MLB
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The Milwaukee Brewers Shortstop Situation →
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MLB Winter Meetings
I swear I think my phone with Twitter open should be surgically implanted into my hand. I’ve been looking at MLB Trade Rumors and following ESPN writers on the winter meetings all week, every hour.
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Albert Pujols Rumors →
If Marlins acquire Pujols, they’ll trade for Gaby Sanchez? This could also work in our favor, Brewers fans. If the Cubs bypassed Fielder and acquire Sanchez if Pujols becomes a Marlin.
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Hairston signs with Dodgers →
Jerry Hairston, Jr. signs with Dodgers for a 2-year, $6mm contract.
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Miami Marlins sign Jose Reyes to 6 years, $106 mil →
This makes one less shortstop to consider for the Brewers.
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Brewers interested in Octavio Dotel →
Old Time Family Baseball: Things You May Have... →
oldtimefamilybaseball:
With the Winter Meetings kicking off tomorrow morning, prepare for the largest torrent of free-flowing information that you’ll see all offseason. Here’s what happened before then.
Pedro Martinez officially retires. Despite not pitching since 2009 and having a fastball that wouldn’t hit 90, I…
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I really think the city of Milwaukee should have a Ryan Braun Day and give him the key to the city.
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Brewers still holding out hope for Fielder →
