tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post2992078154117629595..comments2008-10-06T19:53:10.576-04:00Craig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-44275851887302598552008-10-06T19:53:00.000-04:002008-10-06T19:53:00.000-04:00That was probably not the best choice of words I've ever made.Craig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-27987441386972498912008-10-06T19:46:00.000-04:002008-10-06T19:46:00.000-04:00Craig, are you speaking from experience here?tHeMARksMiThhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16445834941960575715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-11998274759784299002008-10-06T15:36:00.000-04:002008-10-06T15:36:00.000-04:00Pete -- don't get me wrong. I appreciate an awful lot about Bud, including many of the things you mentioned.<BR/><BR/>That said, there is a big difference between that which is worthy of polite applause and restrained admiration, and that which is worthy of a full-blown standing O.Craig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-81532500190841046092008-10-06T15:31:00.000-04:002008-10-06T15:31:00.000-04:00Boo Craig!<BR/><BR/>Ok, you give Bud credit for bringing baseball back to Milwaukee. If you're a Brewers fan you should also applaud him for getting Miller Park constructed. ( I'm philosophically opposed to publicly funded stadiums but I'm also a hypocrite because I supported the publicly funded construction of our local baseball stadium which may soon be demolished but I digress ).<BR/><BR/>As for you and Bud's many, many detractors, you should like him because:<BR/><BR/>1. Labor Peace. NOTHING is more important. What's worse than NO BASEBALL!!! Bud unified the owners and grew revenues to such obscene amounts that there was no way the players would strike. THIS IS GOOD AND HE SHOULD GET FULL MARKS!<BR/><BR/>2. Better ballparks. Yeah the new ballparks are cash cows and taxpayer rip offs but are they not also better places to watch ball than the multi purpose monsters that they replaced? I've not been to one but I think they're a LOT better for the fans, no? Is Jacobs Field not a better place to watch baseball than Municipal Stadium? Bud deserves a lot of credit for helping get many of these built.<BR/><BR/>Who gives a crap that an All Star Game ended tied. It's a friggin exhibition game that I don't even watch. The chattering classes used to complain about steroids but attendance has never been better. ( ok, you can split hairs, MLB did not set a 5th ( 6th? ) consecutive attendance record but you get my point ).<BR/><BR/>If he has done such a crap job, why has baseball never been more popular than under his regime? ( And I don't buy the revisionist BS that the Golden Age has passed. There were a LOT of empty seats for a LOT of years. )<BR/><BR/>XXOOOO. ( I still love you ).Pete Tomshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00632341548970196518noreply@blogger.com