Opening Night and some Brewers you need to know

Hey there folks, so I promised on Thursday to have a post about the Milwaukee Brewers, however Friday was just a little nuts in the life of David Jennings. It was opening night of the Brave New Workshop’s new show ’The Lion, The Witch and The Warhero—or Is McCain Able? It’s a great show. I have not gotten to sit and watch the entire show as of yet, but I have seen all of it over the past month in one way or another—and it is fantastic. There are a ton of songs, some great video, a new stage, new 42 inch flat screen TV’s, and a cast of some really dedicated actors who put together a great show. Credit has got to be given to the cast who spent their 4th of July weekend with Caleb and his brother rebuilding the stage.


Also, credit to Max, the new tech for helping me with the new Carpeting in the theatre, Kyle for helping lay down the new carpeting even though he was sick as a dog, and the entire staff for cleaning the place up and helping me paint the stage, the floor, and the risers. The BNW looks better than it has over the past 6 years I have been here, and I am proud to be turning the reins over to someone who will inherit a great staff and a building worth taking care of.


One cool thing from opening night is that I was able to get cardboard cut outs of the candidates. So we took a bunch of photos with them and the cast.


I will have pictures of opening night up tomorrow when I have my cord to connect my camera with my computer. I know, lame.


THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS---


So here’s the deal, the Brewers swept the St Louis Cardinals with a final win in the 4th game of the series on Thursday. This took them to one game behind the Cubs for the NLK Central Division, and the first time they have been second in the division for about 7 weeks. They are three games ahead of St. Louis right now, and due to the Cubs second loss at home against Florida this afternoon, if Milwaukee wins against Houston today they will slip into first in the division, something that they would have done Friday if the 7 game winning streak had not been brought to an end by Houston. Seven games is a great winning streak, and they were the only team to have a win streak that long following the All Star Break. The ten game streak of the New York Mets spanned the All Star Break, and was still an incredible feat.


So, the Brewers are playing well, in fact they have had the best record in all of baseball for the past month or so…. So what’s the deal? Here’s a little lesson in Brewers players you should know (this should be interesting enough for almost anyone):





Prince Fielder (Son of former Detroit Tigers First Baseman Cecil Fielder)(24 years old) is a first baseman with a mean swing. He bats left and throws right. He is a vegetarian. He’s been with the Brewers since 2005 and was in the 2007 All Star Game and holds the Brewers record for single season home runs, and is the youngest in MLB to break the 50 home run mark. This is a guy you can count on to hit a few runs in almost every game.


Corey Hart is not an 80’s pop star. He’s an awesome outfielder for the Brewers. You saw him try unsuccessfully to end the All Star Game in favor of the National League, but he was up against some pretty big odds getting that ball to home plate from the outfield. He’s a big guy… 6’6” and 220 lbs do not mess around. He’s only 26, but is married and has three kids. He’s been with the Brew Crew since 2004. Leading into the All Star Break he had 15 home runs, 58 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases. Kiss his big white Kentucky ass.


Ben Sheets is Olympic level, I mean that literally. He pitche 22 inning for the US team in the 2000 Olympics. He was the starting pitcher for the first game of the season in a 3-4 win over the Cubs (in the snow/rain) and has continued to deliver over the season. He was the first Brewer pitcher to start the All Star game in (2008). He’s a great pitcher, has a mean fastball (98 mph) and is a righty.


CC Sabathia – ALRIGHT, fine, we’ll talk about Sabathia. He’s the new guy on the team. I mean, really new. He’s a great pitcher (seen in this little Cardinals debut, he pitched three consecutive full games against them) and he has an interesting swing that makes him one of the best hitters with regards to pitchers across the league. He’s been with the team since July 7th, and has been kicking ass.


Tomorrow I will talk about Ned Yost, Brewers manager


I think that Sheets and Sabathia are back for tonight’s game against the Astros, so we should have a pretty great win on our hands.



That is all for now.