Congratulations Milwaukee Fans!
I know, I know…long time no post. Well, today seemed as good a day as any to make a comeback (right Brett?). After seeing that Corey Hart made the All-Star team today, I took a moment to sit back and realize what this says about baseball in Milwaukee. Through all the years of futility we have endured as Brewers fans, we are a tremendously forgiving and enthusiastic bunch. We have the distinction of having used incredible grass-roots campaigning to get not one, but TWO players voted onto the NL team. In the week before Ryan Braun made the team as a starter, and this partial week of Final Vote voting, Brewers fans turned out in massive numbers. This is a huge accomplishment for the organization, which did a great job of using creative methods to get people to vote, and the fans, who sat in front of computer screens at home, at work, on their mobile phone, and even at Summerfest to ensure their guys got in. When you think about “small market” Milwaukee, and how we are going to put over 3,000,000 butts in the seats this year, and how we can out-vote the fans of MUCH larger markets such as New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia, you have to say we have some of the best fans in the league. While I didn’t post about it last week, the statement management made by acquiring CC Sebathia shows that this franchise now means business, and they are going to do what it takes to put a playoff team out on the field. It truly is a great time for Brewers fans, and hopefully we will all be rewarded with the first whiff of October baseball (outside of the first three days) since 1982.
Roll Out The Barrel!