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Series Six Pack with Rum Bunter’s Jeff Snedden

Benjamin Orr — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:00:28 +0000

Welcome once again to Series Six Pack. In these, we try to analyze the Milwaukee Brewers’ series with the opposition by talking with a writer from the other team. This weekend, the Brewers (40-45) find themselves at home against some tough competition with the NL Central first place Pittsburgh Pirates (48-37). On the season, the Pirates took two out of three in a series at Miller Park back at the beginning of June. Since then, the Pirates have continued to put the pedal on the metal. A.J. Burnett, James McDonald, Andrew McCutchen and Neil Walker have all been a huge part of the Pirates’ success. For the Brewers, they are hitting the do or die point in the season and must win crucial games if they stand any chance of making the playoffs. With the trade deadline looming, reports say multiple teams have interest in Zack Greinke, but as we’ve discussed before, we believe Greinke is here for the rest of the season. Ryan Braun, Aramis Ramirez and Norichika Aoki will look to continue their red-hot production in the second half.

For the preview, I asked Jeff Snedden of Rum Bunter to help me out a little bit by asking him a few questions about his Pirates: (more…)

Brewers Only Nab 1 Gold Glove Nominee…and no one is surprised

Lou Olsen — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:14:11 +0000

Not only should you not be surprised that the Brewers defense was not on the minds of all Gold Glove voters, but you should also not be surprised that it is Ryan Braun. It’s a two-for one deal on lack of surprise gum (there’s no gum). Ryan Braun, very quietly, had an almost flawless season [...]

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Brewers v Pirates: On Stranger Tides, Indeed!!

Lou Olsen — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:43:14 +0000

I want to see Pirates screaming all weekend

Today the Brewers open up a weekend series against the Captain Jack Sparrow’s. Over the past few years there have been plenty of drunken sword fights between these two teams. Generally, the Brew Crew comes out on top. Oh who am I kidding, we have publicly de-pantsed the Pirates for the last half-decade (5 years, for those of you keeping score at home). At one point we had beaten the Pirates 22 straight times in Miller Park. That all ended when Trevor Hoffman gave up a Grand Slam to blow number 23. Two era’s ended that day. Currently, we hold a 6 game winning streak against the Peg Legs of the Steel City.

For those of you who have not figured it our yet, I am somewhat of a movie buff. Love to watch them, enjoy watching trailers, and in just another few days Pirates 4: On Stranger Tides will be in theaters nationwide. So, what kind of a writer would I be if I did not capitalize on it’s popularity? I am a super nerd about these movies, they are just good old fashioned fun. I only bring this up, because when the Bucco’s come to Brew City, it usually means good old fashioned fun for us. However, we find ourselves…On Stranger Tides.

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