Respected. Compassionate. Caring. These are just a few of the words being used to describe former infielder and longtime coach Rob Picciolo. He passed away on Wednesday at age 64 due to a heart attack. Milwaukee Brewers fans remember him as a member of the 1982 team that made it to the World Series. But…
By now you’re probably wondering, how many school newspapers/magazines did this guy write for? To be honest, many of these gigs were assignments. The Eggnog Gazette I don’t remember well at all, but do know it came to life in fifth grade, making it probably the first official paper I worked on. It was a…
Last year I participated in a “what would you do if you were the General Manager of the Brewers” scenario. I’m a bit late to post my plan for this offseason, but nothing much has happened so far with the Brewers. So away we go…and I’ll again post a follow-up right before the 2018 season…
I’m pretty thankful in 2017… My wife is incredibly supportive of what I’m trying to accomplish and I’m very lucky to have her backing me. My mother is one of my greatest fans. I can always count on her to read what I write and give me feedback. Can’t beat finally landing an official contract for…
“Perhaps the best thing (Bud) Selig could do to improve things is get rid of General Manager Jim Baumer and Manager Alex Grammas.” – columnist Dennis Punzel, November 4, 1977. This week in Milwaukee Brewers history (November 19, 1977), Selig did just that. He fired Grammas and Al Widmar as director of player development, plus…
The recent passing of Roy “Doc” Halladay had me wondering about the number of times he pitched against the Milwaukee Brewers over the years. Despite appearing in 416 games (390 of those being starts), I knew some factors worked against Doc matching up against the Brew Crew very often. So I did a bit deeper…
Hello everyone and for baseball fans, welcome to another offseason – boo! Here’s an update on where I’m at with the Brewers book, plus I’ll throw a little bit in about the blog for good measure: I’m working on expanding my Bibliography at the request of the editor. This should be done soon. Basically it’s…
