The Offi cial Newspaper of the 2020 Milwaukee Brewers Fantasy Camp Monday, January 27, 2020Volume 13, Issue 3

OPENINGDAY

OPENINGDAY

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Batting Average LeaderboardName Team Name BA

David Crawford Money Clip 1.000Bob Grass Prodigal Turd Mongers 1.000Wayne Haddon Money Clip 1.000Terry Jannsen Where's Gumby 1.000Lew Krisberg Sweet Colonel Sanders 1.000Peter Mcfarland Silk Crimsons 1.000John Nygaard J.J. Makes Me Hart 1.000Bob Steffes J.J. Makes Me Hart 1.000Tim Webber Prodigal Turd Mongers 1.000Dan Zier Silk Crimsons 1.000Mike Ejercito Where's Gumby .750John Hagenow Slaton & Augustine .750Steve Hepp Where's Gumby .750Justin Hraby Where's Gumby .750Jon Molstad Slaton & Augustine .750Ron Schoenbach Slaton & Augustine .750James (Ed) Alf Sweet G's .667Bob Bahlman Slaton & Augustine .667Mark Courchane Sweet G's .667Brett Eulberg Slaton & Augustine .667Chris Fitzpatrick Sweet G's .667Bruce Gilbert Silk Crimsons .667Christopher Grossmann Prodigal Turd Mongers .667Doug Johnsen Sweet Colonel Sanders .667Keith Koszarek Sweet G's .667Ryan Kotowski Money Clip .667Joe Kuborn J.J. Makes Me Hart .667Derek Niemi Sweet G's .667Chris Peters J.J. Makes Me Hart .667Steve Phillips Sweet Colonel Sanders .667Brad Polczynski Sweet Colonel Sanders .667Don Quinones Silk Crimsons .667Chris Ramirez J.J. Makes Me Hart .667Roger Rustad J.J. Makes Me Hart .667Robert Slak Sweet G's .667Scott Spaeth J.J. Makes Me Hart .667

A BIG THANK YOU TO SCOTT ABRAMS FOR COMPILING THE STATS.

Fantasy Camp StandingsAfter 1 game

W LSilk Crimsons 1 0Where’s Gumby 1 0Sweet Colonel Sanders 1 0J.J. Makes Me Hart 1 0Sweet G’s 0 1Prodigal Turd Mongers 0 1Slaton & Augustine 0 1Money Clip 0 1

Fantasy camp is a blast from the past. A little bird told me that there might be a diamond in the rough among the campers. Some say he or she might be the best thing since sliced bread. But that’s a half-baked idea. A cliché is defi ned as a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. And as you can see in the opening paragraph, I didn’t bat an eyelash by using an array of clichés. It’s a guarantee this week you will be hearing and saying many clichés as you and your team try to carpe diem. I emailed campers and asked what their favorite clichés are. It didn’t even have to be sports related. Some replied with clichés, while others gave me their favorite quotes. Either way, excuse my French, c’est la vie.

Steve Gilboy - Your best pitch is always “Strike One.”Lew Krisberg - Don’t be so humble, you’re not that great.Eric Sodemann - Rub some dirt on it.Tom Sweinberg - We didn’t really lose the game, we just ran out of innings.Tim Adamany - We’re fi ring on all cylinders.Mike Arnold - The more things change, the more they stay the same.Scott St.Clair - It does not matter how good you are, the referees can blow a call and cost you the game.Tom Kilbey - What hell is wrong with you guys!!!Cap Wulf - I never saw one go in that was short yet.Joe Wojtasiak - Don’t let your mouth write checks your butt can’t cash.Ian Gonzalez - Teamwork makes the dream work.Tim Webber - Still got your health, kid.Malcolm “Slash” Hatfi eld - The only thing that got hurt was my feelings.Vinny Savino - Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.Dan Rooks - Any day you wake up looking down at the grass instead of up from it, it’s a good day.David “Fish” Crawford - I’m the player to be named later.Paul “Colonel” Bishop - This is a ‘must win’ game.Sam Seiler - Never put off until tomorrow, what you can put off until the day after tomorrow.Mike Dietzen - Sometime you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.Paul Tunak - He didn’t have his best stuff today.George Carufel - That’s why we play the game.Dario Melendez - You hang ‘em, we bang ‘em.Terry Jannsen - You can’t win them all if you don’t win the fi rst one.Bill Gasper - Throw the high hard one. Can’t hit it and can’t lay off it.Randy Brandner - Baseball is 90 percent mental, and the other half is physical.Keith Koszarek - It’s a wonderful life.Chris Knorr - Wine glasses are dainty, if you’re

any kind of man you’ve broken many.Paul Herrington - I just want to do the best job I can and not let my teammates down.

Thank you to all campers who played the game. Elvis has left the building.

If you haven’t fi gured it out, my Easter, 4th of July and Christmas starts the weekend -- the commencement of the 2020 edition of Milwaukee Brewers Fantasy Camp in balmy Phoenix. Here are the rules of Fantasy Camp for the uninitiated:1) What goes on in Fantasy Camp stays in Fantasy Camp (unless of course someone does something incredibly stupid, then it will be posted all over Facebook)2) Don’t get hurt (over the years I have broken two fi ngers, one toe, one rib, tore two hamstrings, ripped out a 2 inch piece of fl esh, gotten a concussion and a black eye -- so, suffi ce it to say I don’t follow this rule real well)3) Take it easy, no one will get drafted from Fantasy Camp4)Try not to get fi ned more than one Ben Franklin in Kangaroo Court (I’ve managed to follow this one, though I’ve been “close”)5) Whatever you do, please don’t get cut from your Fantasy Camp team (another one I may have been “close” on in the past -- lol!)6) Tip the trainers and clubhouse guys well -- they become essential assets to the players (in the past I’ve been attached to electrodes like a frog in a 7th grade science experiment, but it works -- it’s like Oral Roberts heals you for 90 minutes)7) Support your fellow campers in all endeavors (unless, of course they do something totally stupid)8) Drink plenty of fl uids -- especially the carbonated ones manufactured from wheat and barley9) Strive to win, but in the end, its about fun, and good natured competition -- jerks are not well-tolerated; I have seen some unusual (and entertaining) ways of handling jerks...believe me, you don’t want to be a jerk10) In my case, load up on Celebrex to numb the aches and pains of constant baseballs striking your body11) Wear your uniform with pride -- no slovenly attire allowed on the baseball fi eld -- remember, looking good is feeling good12) Re-unite with old friends and make new friends -- I have accumulated many new friends over the years -- remember you all have a few things in common -- love baseball, love the Brewers and by spending a load of money for a frivolous week of baseball, are obviously partial nerd/geek/dork13) Final rule of Fantasy Camp -- have fun, laugh copiously, repeat.......Whether its your fi rst camp, or your 15th (like me), it should be one of your highlights of the year -- enjoy every second! PLAY BALL!

Sports Clichés

Rules of Fantasy Campby Camper, “Grasshopper”

any kind of man you’ve broken many.

During the 2020 season, the Milwaukee Brewers are celebrating their 50th anniverary season. Last November, as you all may know by now, the Brewers unveiled new uniforms and an updated version of the ball-in-glove logo. “We know there are going to be some people who wanted us to go back to the old ball-in-glove without any changes,” Brewers Chief Operating Offi cer Rick

Schlesinger was quoted. “At the end of the day, I would sell this: We have elements from all of our historical brands and logos and uniforms. If you liked one particular system of our history, you’re going to fi nd it somewhere,” Schlesinger said. Campers, enjoy wearing the beautiful looking unis hanging up in your locker. And as the Brewers celebrate their golden anniversary, let’s take a trip down memory lane at

the April 7, 1970, Opening Day starting lineup for the Crew. Tommy Harper-2B, Russ Snyder-CF, Mike Hegan-1B, Danny Walton-LF, Steve Hovley-RF, Jerry McNertney-C, Max Alvis-3B, Ted Kubiak-SS, Lew Krausse-P. The Brewers, in front of 36,107 fans, were shutout by the California Angels, 12-0. The Brewers could only muster four hits in the game, three by Hovley, and the one by Harper.

Sunday’s Results

Afternoon Games

Money Clip - 2 Silk Crimsons - 9

Sweet G’s - 10 J.J. Makes Me Hart - 12

Where’s Gumby - 18Slaton & Augustine - 12

Sweet Colonel Sanders - 12Prodigal Turd Mongers - 7