Sports - May 28, 2008
Manager scrutiny can cause a case of the Willies
Mets manager Willie Randolph, who is on the hot seat after a collapse last season and a slow start in '08, wondered aloud if race is a factor in his situation. Steve Czaban says yes, but not in a detrimental way.
Tags: willie randolph, mets, cito gaston, mlb, minority managers

Sports - March 29, 2007
OMC at Spring Training: A conversation with the Commissioner
During a recent Brewers exhibition game in Phoenix, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig chatted with OMC about his plans for growing the game in Asia, attendance, steroids, his impending retirement and, of course, Barry Bonds.
Tags: selig, china, spring training, steroids, bonds, major league baseball, mlb, bud, jake's, world baseball classic

Sports - Sept. 16, 2006
Saturday in the park: A sportswriter ranks the 30 MLB ballparks
In the wake of SI.com releasing its ballpark rankings, OnMilwaukee.com senior editor Drew Olson unveils his personal list of the best and worst MLB has to offer.
Tags: ballparks, rankings, mlb

Sports - Aug. 19, 2006
MLB owners, players take quiet steps toward a new labor deal
It hasn't been a front-page story, but baseball's labor deal expires in December and the sides have been working diligently -- and quietly -- to strike a deal.
Tags: selig, fehr, labor, agreement, mlb

Sports - Nov. 20, 2005
What does Selig need to do to get some respect?
After months of scrutiny, Major League Baseball finally has a steroids policy that makes sense. And like so many other instances in which National Pastime found a way to take a giant step forward, the credit will never find its way to the man who made it possible. Why can't Bud ever get a little respect?
Tags: Selig, MLB, steroids, Fehr, Brewers

Sports - Sept. 6, 2005
Milwaukee Talks: Bud Selig
"Baseball is a social institution," Allan H. "Bud" Selig said at the end of our interview in his 30th-floor office at 777 E. Wisconsin Ave. last week. And whatever the critics may say about him, it is clearly a sentiment Selig values. We caught up with the Commish in this latest Milwaukee Talks.
Tags: selig, mlb, brewers, baseball, prieb, lombardi, packers, ebbets, drysdale

Sports - June 23, 2005
Why not realign MLB to create "Heartland Division"?
The success of inter-league play should spur Major League Baseball into realigning to take even more advantage of regional rivalries. Read about it, and what's on tap in sports for the weekend, in Weekend Sports Buzz.
Tags: Cubs, Brewers, Bucks, Bogut, soccer, MLB, Yost

Sports - June 11, 2005
MLB draft needs re-tooling
MLB held its annual amateur selection draft this past week, and all 30 teams re-stocked their farm systems. Mostly with players even those that follow baseball have never even heard of. This was the 41st edition of the annual June Draft, but the original format is now outdated.
Tags: mlb, draft, baseball, boras

Sports - April 2, 2005
Roloff chimes in with baseball predictions
Anticipation for the 2005 baseball season is as high as it has been in years. Local excitement stems from the fact that the Brewers may challenge the .500 mark for the first time in 12 years and play some meaningful games after July
Tags: Roloff chimes in with baseball predictions, brewers, MLB

Sports - Dec. 9, 2003
Trouble brewing, part III: MLB and the Players' Union
We conclude our three-part look at who's helped and who's hurt the Milwaukee Brewers as the fallout continues from Ulice Payne's ouster from the ball club. This week, we look at MLB and the Players' Union.
Tags: brewers trouble, mlb, fehr

Sports - Oct. 28, 2003
Deep bye week thoughts
After you've gotten the 20th update on Brett Favre's thumb injury, Packers bye weeks give Wisconsin sports fans some time to think about other issues in the sports world. Yes, there are other issues besides the Pack.
Tags: Packers, Gutowski, Bucks, Favre, MLB

Sports - Aug. 29, 2002
Selig could end up hero or goat
Milwaukee's own Bud Selig could end up the hero or goat, depending what happens in baseball's labor battle. Read about it, a Brewers' controversy, and the usual honors and dishonors in what could be the last Brew Crew Review for this season.
Tags: Selig, Brew Crew, Brewers, MLB

Sports - Jan. 10, 2002
Bud takes another beating
Bud Selig is taking another beating from a different angle on the issue of contraction for Major League Baseball. This one involves an alleged conflict of interest that stems back to his days as president of the Brewers. Check it out, and other Brewers' Hot Stove news, in The Brew Crew Review.
Tags: Bud Selig, Brewers, Twins, Molitor, Hall of Fame, contraction, MLB, Miller Park, Packers, Gregg Hoffmann

Sports - Jan. 3, 2002
What will next few weeks bring for Brewers?
Spring training starts in just over six weeks. The annual winter tour of the Brewers is only a couple weeks away. What can we expect in the early weeks of 2002, as he heat up the hot stove and think about baseball? Check out The Brew Crew Review.
Tags: Brewers, Lopes, Haudricourt, Burnitz, Mets, Spring Training, MLB

Sports - May 4, 2001
Promising Brewers bucking predictions
With the planet's hottest hitter unable to raise one arm and the team's best pitcher feeling surges of pain in his throwing limb, the Milwaukee Brewers' first month of the season seems a likely candidate for "unmitigated disaster" status. But that's not how it's going.
Tags: brewers, miller park, mlb, baseball