I've collected so many Milwaukee Braves cards I feel like I lived through those years....this close in '58 and '59.
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Why doesn't M'waukee get more recognition as a great baseball town?
I think ESPN has jumped the shark....they've made some bad, bad positioning positions ( i.e taking the Asian-American broadcaster Robert Lee off of a Virginia football game). Don't piss off the paying customers in order to be edgy and "with it"
...and at this very moment I realized they've eliminated their always monkey-poo flinging "comments" section"
Dammit.
I went there before I even went to the articles. 
I think Milwaukee is a pretty good baseball town, but they've been such a poorly run organization for 75% of their existence that there just hasn't been enough buzz to keep consistent interest in them either locally or nationally.
All that said... these last 2 seasons, they have the look of an organization that is well run from top to bottom and that is a breath of fresh air.
Sogard ERA is over. Notre Dame connection be damned. This explains when Orf hit the homer why Counsell got all emotional. He knew Sogard was dun.
Bushville was the talk of the baseball world back in the mid 50's. Great team, great attendance and great success. Then came the move to Atlanta and the wheels came off.
The Brewers have a great fan base but not enough of a track record to relate to the nation. The Bambi's Bomber and Harvey Wallbanger years did not last long enough to create a country wide following. How many meaningful games have they played in September over all these years? For a good percentage of their years they have been essentially out of it by the all star break.
Im hoping that this version of the team can stay together, remain healthy and finally get some national buzz. It's tough to break thru and stay relevant for years and years.
Blair Kiel posted:I think ESPN has jumped the shark....they've made some bad, bad positioning positions ( i.e taking the Asian-American broadcaster Robert Lee off of a Virginia football game). Don't piss off the paying customers in order to be edgy and "with it"
Their decision to pivot from including MLB and NHL in their coverage and to instead pour most of their resources into the NBA and NFL definitely demonstrates they had cultural demographics in mind. Even FIFA to bring in the European crowd. They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.
That and their complete shift to Democrat party politics and talking points has sealed their fate. They brought Olberman back for Pete’s sake- this guy is completely unhinged, but he’s brought back? Yikes- eson is a network dying a slow, painful death. For sports networks, I never understood this idea... even Michael Jordan said “Republicans buy shoes, too.” Why would you deliberately lop off a significant portion of your audience/customer base?
Getting back to baseball after a strange derailment, a 5-1 lead almost gone in a flash. We have 3 good bullpen guys, the rest, blah.
Maybe you need to add Jennings to the "good"?
I have a Manny crush.
That home run by that Jesus fella....my goodness.
A little Jennings crow on a Friday night tasting pretty good.
Music City posted:Blair Kiel posted:I think ESPN has jumped the shark....they've made some bad, bad positioning positions ( i.e taking the Asian-American broadcaster Robert Lee off of a Virginia football game). Don't piss off the paying customers in order to be edgy and "with it"
Their decision to pivot from including MLB and NHL in their coverage and to instead pour most of their resources into the NBA and NFL definitely demonstrates they had cultural demographics in mind. Even FIFA to bring in the European crowd. They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.
That and their complete shift to Democrat party politics and talking points has sealed their fate. They brought Olberman back for Pete’s sake- this guy is completely unhinged, but he’s brought back? Yikes- eson is a network dying a slow, painful death. For sports networks, I never understood this idea... even Michael Jordan said “Republicans buy shoes, too.” Why would you deliberately lop off a significant portion of your audience/customer base?
the cbssports website always has an article on each major league baseball game. ESPN's web page does not. Not even last night's Brewers-Braves game, a game between what were division leaders (Braves now a shade behind the Phillies).
I kid you not. Not even an on-line article on the game. Incredible to me.
Those commie bastards! Seriously, that is true and hard to believe.
Hits are hard to come by today
Finally get the Crew on our MN fox station.....and they arn’t looking like the best team in the big leagues. Ugh...... come on Brewers.
and can someone tell me what’s on the Brewers jerseys??? I’m not familiar with that logo or what it means?? Thanks.
I mean when you can give Zagurski another inning even though you have 3 studs in the pen, you gotta do it.
Pikes Peak posted:Cerveceros.....Brewers in Spanish.
Thanks. 
Three double plays thru 5 innings. Junior in some trouble but the defense bails him out. Brewers lead 5-1.
I'm waiting for Jesus to turn the water into box wine. Barnes in with a 10-1 lead.
464 feet on Thames is impressive too.
It hasn't landed yet.
MLB will be there to drug test it when it does.
RatPack posted:I'm waiting for Jesus to turn the water into box wine. Barnes in with a 10-1 lead.
464 feet on Thames is impressive too.
Kiel would love that (who am I kidding, so would I)
Goldie posted:Finally get the Crew on our MN fox station.....and they arn’t looking like the best team in the big leagues. Ugh...... come on Brewers.
I found some REALLY good streams of the Brewers games on reddit. I can't even tell it's streaming most of the time. Just search "brewers stream reddit"
Music City posted:That and their complete shift to Democrat party politics and talking points has sealed their fate.
Do you have any problems with them hiring an actual conservative pundit with no sports background whatsoever? Or are you only SO SO ANGRY when it doesn’t align with what your Republic Party (HURRRRRR you morons and your “Democrat” party schtick never gets old. How fukking clever!!!! See it’s funny! DURRRRRRRR) talking heads tell you what to think?
Because I bet your hate has nothing to do with bitching about “stick to sports”, it’s just that it isn’t always 100% spouting what you have been told to think.
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