The Emma Award is given monthly to the best pitcher in the I-94 Rivalry. In short, it is bestowed upon one Milwaukee Brewer or Chicago Cub who has be beautiful on the mound. Back when I did Emma Awards on a weekly basis and for the entire NL Central division, it seemed like for the first two months I… Read more »
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Emma Award, April Batter: Carlos Gomez
The Emma Award is given monthly to the best offensive player in the I-94 Rivalry. In short, it is bestowed upon one Milwaukee Brewer or Chicago Cub who has be hot with the bat. The Emma Award is back! The criteria is mentioned above, although there are a few changes this year. Rather than try to identify the best… Read more »
Recap: Last stop before Wrigley
Last night I attended my fourth baseball game in six days and second of the regular season. I have said before that this is an I-94 blog, meaning I write about the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers as best I can, but at the heart I’m a Cubs fan. That being said, I’m never going… Read more »
Recap: The regular season is here!
The regular season is finally here. After attending two exhibition games last week, I finally made it to a regular season game. The Colorado Rockies and the Milwaukee Brewers faced off for game two of their respective seasons. My friend Matt and I sat in Section 225, Row 6, Seat 8 using free ticket vouchers… Read more »
Brewers reportedly about to extend Carlos Gomez
According to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Milwaukee Brewers are on the verge of extending center fielder Carlos Gomez. Take a look at this Tweet: We are hearing #Brewers are going to extend CF Carlos Gomez for four years at about $27.5 million.Details coming on jsonline.com — Tom (@Haudricourt) March 13, 2013… Read more »
Brewers take first blood
The I-94 series (Spring Training edition, anyway) has begun, and the Milwaukee Brewers have struck for first blood. They beat half of the Chicago Cubs today, 4-3. The other split squad portion of the Cubs beat the Los Angeles Angels, 4-2. Marco Estrada had a strong start, going four innings while giving up a hit,… Read more »
I-94 series kicks off (sort of)
The Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs kick off their 2013 season series today. Sort of. The first meaningful meeting of the Cubs and Brewers occurs on the Wrigley Field home opener, 1:20pm on April 8th. But this is the first time these two teams have squared off in Spring Training. The Cubs send a… Read more »
Don’t let the door hit you, Nyjer
There is some big news floating around baseball today about certain outfielder in baseball. Justin Upton? Nah. While it is true he is reportedly heading to the Atlanta Braves with Chris Johnson for Martin Prado, Randall Delgado, Nick Ahmed, and Zeke Spruill, I’m talking about another certain outfielder on the market. (For what it’s worth, Baseblog… Read more »
A visit to the visitor’s clubhouse
I’m still surprised that I haven’t heard of this sooner. For the 32nd year, the Milwaukee Brewers hosted their Annual Clubhouse Sale yesterday and today from 8am to 7pm. 100 lucky John & Cait … Plus Nine readers were invited to check the place out on Thursday night. I missed out on that, but did get over… Read more »
Double Recap: Brewers finish the 2012 season
This past week, I was fortunate enough to attend two games at Miller Park for free before the 2012 season came to a close – a 7-0 loss on Sunday and a 4-3 victory on Tuesday. The first tickets were from Ryan Braun and John Axford and I attended with my parents and grandma, and… Read more »
