If you’ve been following the blog, there have been a few previous posts with excerpts from “What The Feck?” Here are a couple articles from my high school underground newspaper. The first is a rant about the American Music Awards, and the second asks some hard-hitting questions (ha!) about some 1970’s teen idols. Feckian Music…
When I first started thinking I’d like to write a book about the Milwaukee Brewers franchise moving from Seattle in 1970, I kept coming back to a simple question: Who were the players, coaches, executives, and stadium workers? Not just their names, but who were they personally and what did they experience when the Brewers…
When I was a kid, I was fortunate to go on four fishing trips to Canada, starting in the summer just before my ninth birthday. Other kids would come back from summer vacation and say they went to Disney World, Yellowstone, or Mount Rushmore. I’d feel a little jealous as often kids do – but…
The week in review: The Milwaukee Brewers went 4-3 over their last seven games going back to last Tuesday. They swept a short two game series with Oakland and then split a four games series at home against the New York Mets. Last night their bullpen got roughed up in an 11-5 loss in San…
Much has been written and broadcast about the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers team that lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. To date this has been the only World Series in franchise history, so naturally there is a lot of nostalgia associated with that particular team. However, the 1981 team had great potential…
The week in review: The Milwaukee Brewers finished out their three game series with St. Louis by losing 10-3 last Tuesday and winning 3-1 to kick off June. They split a four game weekend series with Philadelphia with 4-1 and 6-3 wins and 6-3 and 8-1 losses. Offensively speaking: It’s the Jonathan Lucroy and Johnathan…
Bob Meyer has led quite an interesting life, starting with his career in baseball as a left-handed pitcher. Last year he was kind enough to answer some of my questions about his time with the Milwaukee Brewers. His input was extremely important as I started doing research for my book, so I decided to create…
