Eric Gagne and Jason Kendall are laughing about how much money they took from the Brewers that season. Pretty funny stuff. Jeff Hanisch-US PRESSWIRE

Leap Day is one of the silliest days in our society.  The day only exists because our fore fathers were worse at making calendars than the Mayans.  Sad but true…sad but f-ing true. 

Be that as it may, I thought it might be fun to take a look back at what happened in Brewers history the last time the calendar landed on February 29th.  When I saw what we were watching that day, I immediately regretted my decision to write this little piece.

Truth was, I had already come so far.  The research was done, so I had to forge ahead.  The names that graced this roster made my heart hurt a little bit, but I also got excited because this was, of course, the season that the Brewers returned to the postseason.  So, without further adieu, let’s see where we all were on 02/29/2008.

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