Sunday Morning Musings
There was much speculation in the air this week about whether the Milwaukee Brewers would and/or should be buyers or sellers as the upcoming interleague trading deadline approaches. Before this week’s disappointing home sweep at the hands of the San Francisco Giants, General Manager Doug Melvin noted that, since the first month of the season, [...]
Saturday Morning Musings
(Getting this out of the way early this week as I’ll be heading to Miller Park Sunday morning.) The “big” news in Badgerland this week was the addition of the University of Nebraska to the Big(12)Ten. After months of consideration and conjecture, the Big Ten made it official on Friday afternoon with a press conference [...]
Expanding Conferences
I find the recent college conference expansion discussion fascinating…sort of a fantasy activity combined with the board game Risk. Following are my thoughts: Adding Nebraska to the Big 10 (11…or 12) is a safe move focused on football. It seems obvious to me that the allure of a conference playoff was paramount in the Big [...]
Sunday Morning Musings
The Milwaukee Brewers have stumbled upon a unique solution to the conundrum that was the difference between their home and road records. They’ve begun to lose on the road, too. The Brewers have dropped 4 of 5 games so far on their current road trip, culminating in yesterday’s entertaining but ultimately frustrating extra inning loss [...]
Soccer Narcolepsy-Catch It!
My day job requires me to get up early in the morning. Part of my morning ritual involves listening to ESPN Radio’s ‘All Night with Jason Smith’ as I’m getting ready for work. I usually get to hear the final hour of his program while having my ‘jump start’ cup of coffee. Smith has kind [...]
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