Just four days ago, I blogged about how I wasn't quite ready for Brewers baseball.
What a difference a week makes.
Obviously, the news that Ryan Braun won't be suspended snapped me out of my Brewers' funk, but it's more than that.
First, to hear Corey Hart talk about his teammate and Milwaukee, perked me up, and I'm no Corey Hart fan:
"It stinks when you know a lot and can't say a lot. It was frustrating (for Braun)," Hart said to mlb.com's Adam McCalvy. "I knew the different scenarios and what actually happened, and I wanted to scream just like he does. You have to bite your tongue and wait for it, and I'm very happy it came out the way it did. He's such an important part of our organization and our city."
But then to hear Braun, himself, conduct such an elegant, emotional, humble and intelligent news conference today, totally sewed it up for me.
First of all, I believe him. Second of all, Braun is gonna play some angry baseball this summer. Opposing pitchers, watch out.
The Crew is back.
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
