Sports - Nov. 10, 2009
Yankees' success is proof Brewers are a lost cause
When the Yankees and their bloated payroll won the World Series last week, it was a signal to OnMilwaukee.com sports columnist Dave Begel that rooting for the Brewers is another in a long line of lost causes.
Tags: brewers, yankees, world series

Sports - Nov. 5, 2009
With World Series over, Brewers will get to work
Now that the Yankees have defeated the Phillies, captured their 27th championship and are planning their victory parade, the rest of the baseball world will begin making off-season plans. For the Brewers, the "to do" list includes deciding which veteran free agents to retain and the almost never-ending pursuit of quality pitching.
Tags: brewers, world series, yankees, doug melvin

Sports - Oct. 29, 2009
Taking a mini-vacation at the Fall Classic
If you had a chance to attend Game 1 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, would you go? Even if you didn't have a rooting interest in either team? Of course you would ...
Tags: world series, yankees, phillies, game 1

Sports - Aug. 12, 2009
Prediction: mediocrity with bouts of brilliance and futility
As a sports fan, I've become accustomed to mediocrity. So, as I read your talkbacks to Dave Begel's column this week about the Brewers' chances of turning things around this season, I'm reminded of why I like the teams I do.
Tags: Brewers, Mets, Yankees, Manchester United, Dave Begel

Sports - March 31, 2009
Yankees' excess makes it easy to root against them
The baseball season is almost upon us, and sports columnist Dave Begel is fixated on two things. One is that the Brewers surprise us all by being good again. The other is that the Yankees pay the price for their ridiculous excess by falling flat on their face. Begel isn't talking about coming close and missing. He's talking about a record of something like 62-100.
Tags: yankees, jeter, a-rod, doug melvin, mark attanasio, cc sabathia, a.j. burnett, mark teixeira

Sports - Feb. 16, 2009
Closeout -- 90% off all Jets sports team wear
Milwaukee's love affair with the Jets was brief. One lackluster season long, in fact. Having spent roughly half my life in New York City and half in Milwaukee, I never saw much love for either city in the other. So, seeing Jets jerseys in local shops was about as eye-opening as finding Brewers gear and cheesehead hats in Times Square.
Tags: Packers, Jets, Favre, Mets, Yankees, sports fans

Sports - Dec. 20, 2008
Saturday Scorecard: CC makes the pressure point
While hoping for a Christmas miracle, many Brewers fans told themselves that CC Sabathia might prefer the low-key environment in Milwaukee over the "fishbowl" life in New York. After signing a huge deal with the Yankees, Sabathia shot down that theory and gave a window into the inner thoughts of big-time free agents.
Tags: sabathia, brewers, yankees, pressure, braun, favre, higuera

Sports - Dec. 13, 2008
Saturday Scorecard: Salary cap isn't the answer
Though it's frustrating for Brewers fans to watch star players like Ben Sheets and CC Sabathia slip out of the team's grasp, calls for a salary cap aren't rooted in reality. If a cap is implemented, the Brewers would likely still lose out on marquee free agents but would also pay more for middle-of-the-road players.
Tags: baseball, salary cap, sabathia, yankees, burnett, brewers

Sports - Dec. 10, 2008
Sabathia headed to the Yankees for $160 million
In the end, it wasn't even close. CC Sabathia, who led the Brewers to their first playoff appearance since 1982, will sign a free-agent deal with New York. The Brewers, who had offered the lefty $100 million, are left to look elsewhere.
Tags: cc sabathia, brewers, yankees

Sports - Dec. 9, 2008
Milwaukee native Kubek gets Hall of Fame nod
Tony Kubek, the Bay View High School grad who was an all-star shortstop with the Yankees in the late 1950s and early '60s and an even better TV announcer, won the Ford C. Frick Award and will enter the broadcasting wing of the Hall of Fame.
Tags: tony kubek, ford c. frick award, hall of fame, yankees, cooperstown, bay view high school

Sports - Nov. 19, 2008
Hey Journal Sentinel, the Yankees don't need your help
As if trying to sign CC Sabathia wasn't hard enough, it looks like the local paper may have helped make the Brewers' task a little harder this week.
Tags: cc sabathia, journal sentinel, yankees, doug melvin

Sports - Nov. 15, 2008
Saturday Scorecard: It was nice knowin' ya, CC
Diehard Brewers fans can uncross their fingers and step away from the rabbit's feet and four-leaf clovers. Chances of the Brewers retaining CC Sabathia evaporated when the Yankees reportedly offered the ace lefty a six-year, $140 million contract. Milwaukee fans will be left with the wonderful memories of Sabathia's 18 games, 134 1/3 innings, 537 batters faced and 1,979 pitches.
Tags: brewers, sabathia, yankees, favre, orton, allen, packers, grant, mccarthy

Kids & Family - March 17, 2008
Diamonds in the Rough contest
I never played organized ball, so maybe you think I'm not the guy to judge the Diamonds in the Rough Contest, which rewards young people who built character playing baseball. But, I think you're wrong.
Tags: Diamonds in the Rough, Briggs and Stratton, Little League, Midwood, Brooklyn, Shea Stadium, Yankees

Sports - Dec. 26, 2007
Don't trust me to root for a winner
Why are all my sports teams mediocre?
Tags: Torino Calcio, Juventus, Italy, soccer, Mets, Yankees, Brewers

Sports - Dec. 11, 2007
List of storied franchises is shorter than you think
What is it that makes a franchise "celebrated in history?" Is it championships, great players, great stories or all of the above?
Tags: packers, celtics, cubs, yankees, lombardi, storied franchises