Image from SportsLogos.net The UW-Milwaukee Baseball team kicks off their home schedule today. After their first 11 home games were cancelled or postponed mostly due to weather, the Panthers find themselves under the big league lights at Miller Park. UWM boasts the only Division 1 baseball team in Wisconsin, and for some of these players,… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Chicago Cubs
Trivia Tuesday Results: April 23rd
I’ll get a better image for this soon. For the second week in a row on Twitter (using the hashtag #TriviaTues) I put out a few trivia questions to my followers about the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs. Some of the questions were a bit tricky last night, but everyone eventually got them. Here’s the questions I asked. If… Read more »
Best of Baseblog: April 14th to 21st
Normally I post these week-in-review pieces on Sunday, but I was camping all weekend. Now it’s Monday, so here you go. — Jackie Robinson Day was last Monday but the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs celebrated a day late. Both teams auctioned off a signed “42″ jersey as well. — The big news of course… Read more »
The George Scott Series Preview
Today begins the second meeting of the 2013 Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers. I will be travelling all weekend so unfortunately, coverage of this series will be limited. Here’s your preview for the next edition of the I-94 Series. The Inaugural I-94 Series ended in a tie. The Brewers took game one, although Starlin Castro… Read more »
Brewers, Cubs bring back former closers
In an effort to aid their ailing bullpens, the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs have brought back former closers Francisco Rodriguez and Kevin Gregg, respectively. The Gregg news is a few days old, but the K-Rod signing just happened today. Gregg was signed to a minor league deal but was brought up early this week… Read more »
The Brewers, Cubs, and “42″
Image from 42 Movie Google+ page Today is Jackie Robinson Day. April 15th is celebrated around baseball in honor of the man who broke the color barrier. One of the more visible celebrations of this day happens on the player’s backs – everyone in baseball is wearing the number “42″ today, which is normally retired… Read more »
Best of Baseblog: April 7th to April 13th
This weekend has been pretty eventful so today’s “Best of” post is a little late. I just got done giving a live play-by-play of a game for my OOTP League MLB Pro. It’s very nerdy, but quite fun. The fake St. Louis Cardinals beat the fake Milwaukee Brewers, 3-1. — The Carlos Marmol roller coaster… Read more »
Recap: Another tale of “almost” and a few more autographs for my collection
Today, I attended my first Chicago Cubs game of the year. The defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants took on the Cubs at Wrigley Field, and they brought quite a few fans win them. Cubs fans finally showed up as well – for the preceding week, the weather was crummy and the actual attendance was much… Read more »
Brewers COO says “Wrigley North” is over
Milwaukee Brewers COO Rick Schlesinger has made it very clear the days of Chicago Cubs fans at Miller Park are over. In an article today by Adam McCalvy, Schlesinger does his best to dispel rumors that I-94 series matchups north of the border are “overrun” by Cubs fans. You can read the full article here, but… Read more »
Barney’s got his glove, now it’s off to Iowa
Image from Cubs Twitter Darwin Barney received his Rawlings Gold Glove award today, although Tim from Aisle 424 disagrees with the timing a bit. They should have scheduled the Darwin Barney replica Gold Glove day for when the Reds are in town. — Tim McGinnis (@Aisle424) April 12, 2013 Tim is referring to, of course,… Read more »