Reviewing the Brew » Colin Bennett http://reviewingthebrew.com A Milwaukee Brewers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 The John Axford Project http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/05/15/the-john-axford-project/ http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/05/15/the-john-axford-project/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:58 +0000 Colin Bennett http://reviewingthebrew.com/?p=7485 Editor’s Note: Sometime last night, Senior Staff Writer Colin Bennett cut off all ties with society, leaving behind only a collection of badly worn notebooks, all of them simply titled “John Axford.” While most of it was completely unreadable and the illustrations were extremely poor, the staff at Reviewing the Brew transcribed them as faithfully [...]

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]]> Editor’s Note: Sometime last night, Senior Staff Writer Colin Bennett cut off all ties with society, leaving behind only a collection of badly worn notebooks, all of them simply titled “John Axford.” While most of it was completely unreadable and the illustrations were extremely poor, the staff at Reviewing the Brew transcribed them as faithfully as possible in order to give the reader some semblance of what Colin was trying to accomplish.

As of this publication, Colin Bennett has not yet returned to his home. He is presumed to be drunk and extremely emotional.

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]]> Oh boy, do we love us some Twitter. The Internet’s version of Open Mic Night at the Laugh Factory has been very good to us, as well.

We use Twitter to entertain ourselves, mine for information about the Milwaukee Brewers, connect to players, and interact with our audience.  We love that those of you who follow us reach out and talk to us, ask questions, and share our silliness with your friends.

Unfortunately, we don’t have the capability to get back to each and every one of you as often as we like. We have work, and school, and social lives, and short attention spans – all of that works against us sharing everything we’d like with you on Twitter. Enter Tweets of the Week – where we take a few snapshots of our last week on Social Media and highlight them for you.

Just so you know we care.

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]]> A shaky season, unsavory off-season behavior, a quiet free agency period, and a slow-moving visa application.

Those are the primary reasons (in no particular order) that caused some time off for the once-heralded closer Francisco Rodriguez. Now he has just ten days, give or take, to prove to the Milwaukee Brewers that he can make a difference in the Big League level once more.

The road back to the top of the heap is hard enough for a relief pitcher – even with the refined skill K-Rod has – but it’s made even harder when you have to start near the bottom. After the Milwaukee Brewers signed the 31 year-old Venezuela native in April, they would have 30 days to decide what to do with the man. The clock is still ticking, and just over a week is left for K-Rod to make an impression as he suits up with the Brevard County Manatees to begin the long road home.

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]]> http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/05/07/fear-the-sea-cow-k-rod-returns-to-brevard-county/feed/ 0 Reviewing the Brew’s Monthly Awards: April http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/05/01/reviewing-the-brews-monthly-awards-april/ http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/05/01/reviewing-the-brews-monthly-awards-april/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 18:17:19 +0000 Colin Bennett http://reviewingthebrew.com/?p=7385 The Milwaukee Brewers ended April better than anyone could have expected, winning 12 out of their 15 games and finishing the first month of regular season play at 14-11. They start out May a half-game back of the St. Louis Cardinals in a very competitive NL Central. All of these things are fairly surprising, but [...]

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]]> The Milwaukee Brewers ended April better than anyone could have expected, winning 12 out of their 15 games and finishing the first month of regular season play at 14-11. They start out May a half-game back of the St. Louis Cardinals in a very competitive NL Central.

All of these things are fairly surprising, but not so surprising as some of the Brewers players who put up fantastic numbers to start the season. With that in mind, we needed to convene our staff roundtable and begin doling out monthly awards.

Without further ado, here are your award winners for April, as picked by the staff.

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]]> http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/05/01/reviewing-the-brews-monthly-awards-april/feed/ 0 Win a Copy of Tom Haudricourt’s New Book! http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/24/win-a-copy-of-tom-haudricourts-new-book/ http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/24/win-a-copy-of-tom-haudricourts-new-book/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:18:55 +0000 Colin Bennett http://reviewingthebrew.com/?p=7320 Tom Haudricourt is the Brewers beat writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and has been since the mid ’80s. During that time he has developed a sort of folksy style – it’s less that he’s talking to you from a press box, and more like he’s sitting next to you at the counter in George [...]

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]]> Tom Haudricourt is the Brewers beat writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and has been since the mid ’80s. During that time he has developed a sort of folksy style – it’s less that he’s talking to you from a press box, and more like he’s sitting next to you at the counter in George Webb’s.

While that style may rub some people the wrong way in his columns, it is perfectly suited to his newest endeavor, 100 Things Brewers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, published by Triumph Books.

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]]> http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/24/win-a-copy-of-tom-haudricourts-new-book/feed/ 0 Gallardo’s DUI and MLB’s Double Standard http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/17/gallardos-dui-and-mlbs-double-standard/ http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/17/gallardos-dui-and-mlbs-double-standard/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:53:48 +0000 Colin Bennett http://reviewingthebrew.com/?p=7262 Yovani Gallardo did something stupid. Probably one of the dumbest things an adult can do. He got drunk – proper drunk, blowing a .22 blood-alcohol level – and got behind the wheel of his car. And he got busted for it. While I take serious issue with this fact alone, the pending punishment from MLB [...]

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]]> Yovani Gallardo did something stupid. Probably one of the dumbest things an adult can do. He got drunk – proper drunk, blowing a .22 blood-alcohol level – and got behind the wheel of his car.

And he got busted for it. While I take serious issue with this fact alone, the pending punishment from MLB and the Milwaukee Brewers will likely be fairly light. I take a more serious issue with that.

I take issue with it because Major League Baseball and the players employed by the league as a whole and the teams therein have no problem identifying themselves as a social institution, and further recognizing the responsibilities inherent with that label. When it comes to issues of alcohol, illicit drugs, and other disreputable behavior like domestic violence however, they seem to be speaking out of both sides of their mouth.

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]]> http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/17/gallardos-dui-and-mlbs-double-standard/feed/ 0 Presenting the Brewers Bracket Sweet Sixteen http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/03/presenting-the-brewers-bracket-sweet-sixteen/ http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/03/presenting-the-brewers-bracket-sweet-sixteen/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:36:31 +0000 Colin Bennett http://reviewingthebrew.com/?p=7133 You know, we (and by we, I of course mean me) were supposed to get this out before Opening Day, but with all the excitement we simply pushed it back. If you can find a way to forgive us, please continue to send in your votes now as we reveal the Sweet Sixteen of All-Time [...]

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]]> You know, we (and by we, I of course mean me) were supposed to get this out before Opening Day, but with all the excitement we simply pushed it back. If you can find a way to forgive us, please continue to send in your votes now as we reveal the Sweet Sixteen of All-Time Brewers players.

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]]> The Milwaukee Brewers season is underway, and for many fans that means trying to keep track of every critical moment and stat you can think of. In terms of following a baseball club it can be a lot to juggle at once.

With that in mind, we decided to highlight some of the milestone statistics coming down the road this season for a handful of Milwaukee Brewers players.

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]]> http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/03/milwaukee-brewers-milestones-to-watch/feed/ 0 Five Reasons to Love Opening Day #1: Tradition http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/01/five-reasons-to-love-opening-day-1-tradition/ http://reviewingthebrew.com/2013/04/01/five-reasons-to-love-opening-day-1-tradition/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:26:19 +0000 Colin Bennett http://reviewingthebrew.com/?p=7126 Well Brewers fans, we made it. It’s Opening Day. Today, and pretty much every day into November, we have real-life meaningful baseball. With the regular season beginning, our reasons to love Opening Day have to come to and end. Our final reason to relish in this occasion is tradition. I chose this as the finale [...]

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]]> Well Brewers fans, we made it.

It’s Opening Day. Today, and pretty much every day into November, we have real-life meaningful baseball. With the regular season beginning, our reasons to love Opening Day have to come to and end. Our final reason to relish in this occasion is tradition.

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]]> Well, here we are just two days away now from the beginning of the Milwaukee Brewers season. With that, we continue to count down the silly and sentimental reasons we love baseball and Opening Day.

Today’s magic word is Debate.

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