Batting Average Leaderboard

Paul Camacho - Buy a Vowel - .706Thomas Kilbey - Catch-22 - .706

Greg Beaubien - Latin Connection - .667Dave Gillette - Afternoon Delight - .667Randy Rautenberg - Gets Some - .667

Robb Slak - Gets Some - .650Jim Stephenson - Gets Some - .643

Brannon Guyette - Catch-22 - .632Steve Bogue - Gets Some - .625

Tim Webber - Afternoon Delight - .619Marc Balcer - California Quakers - .611

Dave Pangallo - Afternoon Delight - .600Mike Zimmerman - Latin Connection - .600

Jeff Matthews - Catch-22 - .556Jim Plaisted - Catch-22 - .556

Ron Quiñones - Afternoon Delight - .556Erick Scott - Afternoon Delight - .550

Bob Garvin - California Quakers - .529David Lonsdorf - Gets Some - .533

Snoopy Abrams - Buy a Vowel - .500Gary Anderson - Gets Some - .500

Frank Hanford - Catch-22 - .500Terry Jannsen - California Quakers - .500

Pete Parker - Gets Some - .500Matt Pruitt - Catch-22 - .476

Yogi Riskin - Buy a Vowel - .474Matt Varney - Buy a Vowel - .474

David Froehlich - Gets Some - .471Steve Hepp - Buy a Vowel - .471Jack Ohringer - Catch-22 - .471

A BIG THANK YOU TO SCOTT ABRAMS and GREG BEAUBIEN

FOR COMPILING THE STATS.

2012 saw the passing of those listed below who were part of the Milwaukee Braves or Milwaukee Brewers organizations. Year(s) of service in parentheses:

Jeff Adcock, 51, Brewers Grounds Crew (1980-2012)Michael Hershberger, 72, Brewers outfi elder (1970)Dave May, 68, Brewers outfi elder (1970-1974, 1978)Andy Replogle, Brewers pitcher (1978-1979)Robert ‘Hawk’ Taylor, 73, Braves catcher, outfi elder(1957-1958, 1961-1963)

IN MEMORIAM

Q & A with Tom TrebelhornQ. What were you feeling going through the 13-game winning streak?

A. We thought we were a pretty good club. We worked a little bit longer, a little bit harder with little bit more emphasis on a few things. Then you start thinking ‘Well, this is the way to do it; now I’ve got this thing fi gured out. It’s a reinforcement of all this great coaching philosophy I have that if you take care of business and you do these things, you got a chance to play very, very well. But then this game has a way that as soon as you think you’ve got it fi gured out, it has a way of slapping you down a little bit. The effort was really good and I liked to express to the players, the harder work you and the better you play, the luckier you’re going to be.

Q. What do you remember of Juan Nieves’ no-hitter?

A. Juan was the type of guy if he was around the plate with his stuff, he was hard to hit. Period. He had a knack of being tough to square up. He had a very nice pace to his game. We were hitting a lot and were on the fi eld very little, so it had a really good pace to the game and was fl owing along. (Jim) Paciorek made a great catch in left fi eld to save a hit...better than the one Yount made to end the game by far. When that happened...it was kind of interesting, because that was a sure hit. We kind of just plugged along. Like I said, he had a great pace to the game, throwing a lot of strikes, getting quick outs, and we had a nice pace offensively. I don’t know how many innings we scored in, but we had a really good fl ow. Brock had a big night, I remember. We get to the seventh...the eighth...the ninth, and he fi nished it off. Baltimore was not swinging the bats really good at that time...and he took advantage of it.

Q. There’s always been the debate as to whether Yount needed to dive to catch Eddie Murray’s drive to right-center to save the no-hitter. What do you think?

A. Well, to end the game of a no-hitter...We’re all in the entertainment business. I thought it was fantastic. It was a da-nuh-nuh, da-nuh-nuh; whether it was or not, we’re all showbiz. What more do you want in a no-hitter to end the game? I don’t think he did it for any other reason than I think he thought he had to dive and he was going to make sure he got to the ball...I think when it went off the bat he thought, “Oh man, this is a diving play.” So when he got there, it ended up being a dive.

Q. Easter Sunday, going into the ninth inning, you’re down 4-1 to the Rangers. “It ain’t over, ‘til it’s over,” as Yogi Berra said. Is that how you looked at it?

A. You come to the realization that we haven’t done much, and they’ve played pretty well. We knew that at the end they were having a little trouble at the end of their bullpen. We knew if we could hang tough and get something going, anything can happen. As a result, it happened; Deer got the big hit and Sveum got the big winner.

Q. Did you have any sense of invincibility during the 13-game winning streak?

A. Realistically, you always think this thing is going to end. The thing we have to avoid is going in the other direction, which we didn’t do. You know this can’t continue, but you’re going to ride it as long as you can, and then hope you can take advantage of a good start like that. Unfortunately, we didn’t. I always had a realistic view that sooner or later it’s going to end. We just hoped we could parlay this into a terrifi c advantage and avoid giving too many of these games back.

Q. Rick Manning was part of one of the strangest fan responses after a game-winning hit. With Paul Molitor on-deck, hitless and trying to extend his 39-game

hitting streak, Manning delivered a one-out single to score Mike Felder andgive the Brewers the victory. Unfortunately, the fans showered Manning with boosbecause they wanted to see Molitor bat one more time. What did you think of the crowd behavior?

A. You don’t fi nagle results. He had plenty of chances to get hits before that. If you get a base hit to win a ball game, you get a base hit to win a ball game. That’s the whole goal, to win a game. It would have been nice, like the perfect ending, I suppose, if he got a walk there and Molitor comes up and gets the game-winning hit to keep the hit streak alive at 40, and goes another few.

Q. How dominant was Teddy Higuera as a pitcher?

A. Teddy had a knack for pitching. He had a knack of getting the breaking ball over when behind in the count. He had a knack of getting the fast ball over when he wanted to. He threw a 3-2 curveball almost everytime; it always amazed me that hitters looked like they were surprised. A 3-2 curveball, 90% of the time, and guys swung at it. I could never fi gure out how nobody would look for a breaking ball. I know this: if he threw a 3-2 curveball to Molitor, Molitor would whack it, you know, he’d look for it. When Teddy was healthy, he could give you some great outings. He was quick and very precise. He had a nice pace to his game, did everything very well, and was a good teammate. It was very sad to see his shoulder problems really end up short-circuiting what looked like was going to be a pretty good career.

Q. During the 12-game losing streak, how was the morale of the ballclub?

A. We came to the park the same everyday. Instead of winning games 6-3, we were losing 4-2. We had some injuries but weren’t quite the same team. The games were close and we played OK. I think depth of the club hurt us. We got a little over-exposed in a couple of spots. We lost Molitor, in the leadoff spot; that hurt. I think Higuera missed a few starts and was slow to get back in there again. (Dan) Plesac was banged up a little bit. We just weren’t quite the same club.

Q. Do you ever think how the season would have ended for the team, if it wasn’t for that 12-game losing streak?

A. No. We were right where we deserved to be. When we played well, we won. When we were banged up, we didn’t. I think anytime you have a team that’s a little thin and doesn’t quite have the depth to withstand...you’ll see seasons like that.

Even though the 1987 Brewers ended the season in third place with a record of 91-71, they left their fans with a lifetime of memories. Thank you, Treb, for leading the way.

Trebelhorn, 65, is currently employed in the San Francisco Giants organization.

I didn’t include all of the responses in yesterday’s newsletter, just in case others wanted to respond. Below are the rest.

IN YOUR PRIME AT-BAT MUSICScott Maslen - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - BTOJoe LaBarbera - Crazy Train - Ozzy OsbourneLanny Schimmel - Summer of ‘69 - Bryan AdamsDave Gillette - Queen of the Riches - Queensryche

NOW AT-BAT MUSICScott Maslen - The End - The DoorsJoe LaBarbera - I Love This Bar - Toby KeithLarry Schimmel - Rockin’ Robin - The Jackson 5Dave Gillette - Queen of the Riches - QueensrycheDan Borchardt - Strangehold - Ted NugentPaul Bishop - The Marines’ Hymn - Unknown

At-Bat Music: Part II

Thursday Morning Results

Catch-22 - 12Latin Connection - 2

Afternoon Delight - 4Buy a Vowel - 3

Gets Some - 7California Quakers - 5

Thursday Afternoon Results

Gets Some - 10Afternoon Delight - 6

Catch-22 - 7California Quakers - 5

Buy a Vowel - 7Latin Connection - 4

Fantasy Camp StandingsAfter 6 games

W L

Gets Some 6 0

Catch-22 5 1

Afternoon Delight 3 3

Buy a Vowel 3 3

Latin Connection 1 5

California Quakers 0 6

Game Day ScheduleFriday Morning Games

Team 2 vs Team 5Team 1 vs Team 4Team 6 vs Team 3

Friday Afternoon Games

Team 2 vs Team 6Team 5 vs Team 4Team 1 vs Team 3

It’s Better To Give...

Kangaroo Courts of years past have always left campers laughing, and this year was no exception. Judge Mike ‘Tiny’ Felder held the gavel and read each case brought forward by campers or coaches. Guilty verdicts included: Coach Jim ‘Gumby’ Gantner being brought in front of Judge Mike by Frank Hanford. After seeing a picture of the Dalai Lama in Wednesday’s newsletter, Gantner wanted to know what Fantasy Camp team His Holiness played for, and wondered why they hadn’t met. Mike ‘Grasshopper’ Martin saw the judge after Paul ‘The Colonel’ Bishop wrote Martin up for posting a picture of his own athletic cup on his personal Facebook page. Martin admitted that the picture had received 23 Likes, and Judge Mike saw no humor in the misdemeanor and fi ned Martin $23: one dollar for each Like. Coaches of the Latin Connection, Juan Nieves and Teddy Higuera, were found guilty and fi ned $4 each for failing to draft any Latino players. The case was brought forward by the Quiñones brothers and Paul Camacho. Robert Slak received a standing ovation after donating $500, and asked each camper to donate $5 on top of any other fi ne they incurred during Kangaroo Court. Thank you, Robb!

The fourth annual Texas Hold ‘em poker tournament, organized by Pete Miller and B.J. Riskin, was held Thursday night. The fi nal outcome was not available by press time, but the winner received a Ryan Braun autographed ball for outlasting the rest of the competitors. The money raised between the two events will be given to the Wounded Warrior Project. Thank you to everyone for giving to such a worthy cause.

Powering Their Way to the Championship Game The baseball gods must have something for Gets Some, as they have already run their record to 6-0 and clinched a spot in Saturday’s Championship game. However, those same gods must have something against the California Quakers. For the third straight day, the Quakers were on the verge of winning their fi rst game of the season, only to have it snatched out of their mitts by the cruel hands of fate. Gets Some met the Quakers in the early game on Thursday, and in the fi rst inning the Quakers made their own noise by knocking in fi ve runs on fi ve hits, highlighted by Bob Garvin’s two-run single. The lead was short-lived as Gets Some returned the favor with a little extra to boot, and scored seven runs on four hits, including RBI’s by Randy Rautenberg and Gary Anderson. The Quakers never got it going again and were held scoreless the rest of way, losing 7-5 in the end. Afternoon Delight, the team formerly known as Coooop, pounded out 13 hits and scored four times to beat Buy a Vowel 4-3. The Delight had four players with two hits each, and Dave Gillette went 1 for 2 with two RBI. Vowel’s Scott Abrams had three hits,

with Matt Varney and Peter Holzwart each driving in a run. The Latin Connection, who won their fi rst game of the season yesterday in the early game, hoped to have the same fate when they met Catch-22, but it wasn’t to be. Catch-22 scored three runs in the fi rst inning and never looked back, eventually winning 12-2. Eleven of the twelve 22’s each had at least one hit, including Brannon Guyette and Tom Kilbey who each had three hits, and combined for fi ve RBI. Joe Polacheck went 1-3 with 2 RBI. Those fi ckle baseball gods, again, weren’t with the California Quakers in the afternoon either, as they lost a heart-breaker to Catch-22, 7-5. After being down 3-1 through one inning, the Quakers couldn’t get anything going and it looked like they would fall again until Chad Swoboda cracked a one out, 2-run double to tie the game. After RBIs by Marc Balcer and Rich Casselbury, the Quakers were three outs away from getting in the win column. But alas, it wasn’t meant to be, as Catch-22 ruined any celebration for the Quakers by scoring four runs in the top of the seventh, highlighted by a two-run

double off the bat of Jim Plaisted. The fi rst eight batters in Catch-22’s lineup combined for 17 hits and 7 RBI, Powered by a 16-hit performance, Buy a Vowel slipped past the Latin Connection, winning 7-5. The Vowel had six batters with at least two hits and Robert Jacobson led the way with three hits of his own. Going into the late game, Afternoon Delight hadn’t yet lost in the p.m. But they hadn’t met up with the undefeated Gets Some either. True to form, Gets Some dominated the Delight with 23 hits and scored eight runs in the fourth inning, and two more in the sixth to win 10-6. Robert Slak, Steve Bogue, and David Lonsdorf each had three hits, with Bogue driving in two. Five others had two hits apiece, including Pete Parker who also knocked in two. Dave Gillette went 3 for 3 with one RBI, while Dave Pangallo drove in three runs on a third inning double. Catch-22 is a virtual lock to meet Gets Some in the Championship game, but stranger things have happened. Remember, this IS Fantasy Camp. So Don’t Stop Believin’.

The Offi cial Newspaper of the 2013 Milwaukee Brewers Fantasy Camp Friday, February 1, 2013Volume 7, Issue 6

TODAYThe fi nal regular season games of the season. Have fun!

TOMORROWFantasy Camp comes to a close with the 5th place, 3rd place, and Championship Games on the Main Diamond.

Picture packages ORDERED by Tuesday with Scott, the SPORTSEYE.com photographer, will be available on Saturday. If you ordered PRINTS, you may pick up your photos and TAKE THEM HOME WITH YOU! Custom posters are also available and your photos are available online. Campers can also download lo-res photos from camp.sportseye.com to put on their facebook pages, etc.

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