I never set out to meet Bob Uecker. It wasn’t anything I pursued. To me, Uke was the voice of the Brewers. An actor. A writer. A comedian. He was THE MAN. The guy I wanted to be when I attended broadcasting school. It was an impossible dream. I wouldn’t get to walk in Uke’s…
Big exciting news! I just submitted my Milwaukee Brewers book to McFarland Books so they can start the read-through/feedback process. This after months of my own reading and editing on paper followed by locating sources for all the quotes contained in the manuscript. So what’s next? I’m going to spend more time with family and…
When I was a kid I played Strat-o-Matic baseball. A lot. I mean, pretty much daily. For the uninitiated, the baseball version of this game started back in the 1960’s, but really took off about a decade later when “advanced” versions of the game were released. Each ballplayer has a stat type card with player…
The recent passing of MLB player, coach, manager, and all-around good guy Don Baylor made me recall when he spent a couple years as hitting coach of the Milwaukee Brewers. Let’s take a trip back to the late 1980’s and look at his time with the club. Baylor retired from baseball in 1988 after 19…
This blog post has been updated as of January, 2019… My Milwaukee Brewers historical book now has a title: Building the Brewers: Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball to Milwaukee. Since the book is back with the fine folks at McFarland for the next steps in the publishing process, this is a great opportunity to…
