This year marks the 25th anniversary of the movie Major League. Including a great cast and story, it also spawned the phrase ‘Juuuuuuuuuuuuuust a bit outside’ into the everyday language of baseball fans everywhere. According to BoxOffi ceMojo.com, Major League made just under $50 million in ticket sales and was the 26th highest grossing fi lm of 1989, and to a few fantasy campers it is their all-time favorite sports movie. What other sports movies made the list of campers’ favorites? Find out below (Year released and number of campers’ favorite in parentheses).

Field of Dreams (1989, 10), The Natural 1984, 7), A League of Their Own (1992, 4), Bull Durham(1988, 4), Major League (1989, 4), For Love of the Game (1999, 3), Hoosiers (1986, 3), Miracle (2004, 3), Caddyshack (1980, 2), The Longest Yard (1974, 2), The Pride of the Yankees (1942, 2), Remember The Titans (2000, 2), Rocky (1976, 2), Sandlot, (1993, 2), Remember the Titans (2000, 2), 42 (2013, 1), Chariots of Fire (1981, 1), Happy Gilmore (1996, 1), Mr. 3000 (2004, 1), Senna (2010, 1), Slap Shot (1977, 1), The Rookie (2002, 1). BREWERS CONNECTION: Did you know that former Brewers pitcher Mark Ciardi was a producer for the fi lms The Rookie and Miracle? Ciardi, played in four games with the Brewers in 1987, and was tabbed with the fi rst loss following the Brewers 13-0 record to start the season. Ciardi’s next fi lm, Million Dollar Arm, tells the true story of two pitchers from India who were discovered after winning a reality show competition, and he told me “Million Dollar Arm turned out great.” The fi lm is scheduled for release on May 16, 2014.

What’s Your Favorite Sports Movie?

Ian Gonzalez - G-Spots

Batting Average Leaderboard

Name Team Name BA

Ian Gonzalez G-Spots .692James Fitzpatrick III Sons ‘A Pitches .636

Brannon Guyette G-Spots .636

Jeff Geiger Easy Street .615

Tim Webber 3rd Sacker Farm .583

Snoopy Abrams Tiny's Terrors .556

Chris Greatens 3rd Sacker Farm .556

Eric Dugenske G-Spots .545

David Maruska G-Spots .545

Pete Miller Easy Street .545

Greg Beaubien 3rd Sacker Farm .538

Steven Bogue 3rd Sacker Farm .538

Bruce Gilbert G-Spots .538

Matt Varney Sons ‘A Pitches .538

Gary Anderson Tiny's Terrors .500

John Buono Sons ‘A Pitches .500

David Froehlich Sons ‘A Pitches .500

Dave Krutz Deer Meat .500

Don Quinones Deer Meat .500

Robb Slak Tiny's Terrors .500

Karl Zacharias 3rd Sacker Farm .500

Chris Fitzpatrick Sons ‘A Pitches .462

Craig Geiger Easy Street .462

Mike Bernhardt Easy Street .455

Mike Grebe Sons ‘A Pitches .455

Chris Grossman G-Spots .455

Roger Rustad G-Spots .455

Paul Hennig Easy Street .444

Steve Kubicki Tiny's Terrors .444

Steve Lendosky Tiny's Terrors .444

A BIG THANK YOU TO SCOTT ABRAMS and GREG BEAUBIEN

FOR COMPILING THE STATS.

Fantasy Camp StandingsAfter 4 games

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Sons ‘A Pitches 3 1

G-Spots 2 2

3rd Sacker Farm 2 2

Easy Street 2 2

Tiny’s Terrors 2 2

Deer Meat 1 3

Wednesday’s ResultsMorning Games

G-Spots - 16 Sons ‘A Pitches - 193rd Sacker Farm - 12

Deer Meat - 1Easy Street - 2Tiny’s Terrors - 0

Afternoon Games

Deer Meat - 8 Easy Street - 9

3rd Sacker Farm - 14G-Spots - 11

Sons ‘A Pitches - 1Tiny’s Terrors - 2

Have Suitcase, Will Travel

Last year, if Seth McClung needed to introduce himself in a language other than English, he may have either said, "Hola, mi nombre es Seth McClung" or "Nǐ hǎo, wǒ de míngzì shì Seth McClung." After all 30 major league teams passed on his services for the 2013 season, McClung, a former Milwaukee Brewers righthander, did what many players do when they're not ready to hang up their spikes: play somewhere else. Knowing if he wanted to make it back to the Majors, he needed to do everything in his power, even if it meant playing in other countries. "Big Red," as he's affectionately known because of his 6' 6", 280 pound frame and fi ery red mane, pitched on foreign soil for three different teams last year: the Sultanes de Monterrey and the Pericos de Puebla, both of the Mexican League; and the Taiwan-based Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. "From the food, culture, to the baseball, it was all very different. However, this was a necessary step in my career," he said. McClung's journey through professional baseball has his suitcase covered with stickers from 15 different home cities where he's taken the mound, including his three years with the Rays (2003, 2005-2006) and Brewers (2007-2009). After being traded to the Brewers during the 2007 season, McClung said he was "excited to leave (the Rays)." Feeling his time in Tampa was up, he added that he was "really looking forward to starting a new chapter in my personal and professional career." McClung spent three seasons with Milwaukee, splitting his time between the bullpen and starting rotation, but preferred to open games. "I wanted to start when I was with Milwaukee. I wanted to be a superstar and I felt that starting was the only way to do that," he said. “It also allowed me to hit. I love hitting!” For all Brewers fans, the 2008 season was very special, as it was the fi rst time since 1982 Milwaukee made the playoffs. The fi nal month of the campaign is something that McClung remembers

vividly. "I remember coming to the ballpark every day knowing that every game was life or death. That kind of pressure and intensity was something that everybody just fed off of. Everybody was in for it all; we were all one unit," he recalls. During that fi nal month of the season, McClung was 1-1 in eight appearances, giving up two runs, striking out 17, with an ERA of 1.10, in 16.1 innings pitched. He faced 65 batters during that span, and gave up only eight hits, leaving opponents with a .151 batting average. "It's something I've never felt before or after," McClung speaking of that month. "Honestly, the whole month for me was a highlight. I pitched well and really added a lot of value and versatility to the bullpen," he said. Following the 2009 season with Milwaukee, McClung was granted free agency and signed with the Miami Marlins, but was released by the Marlins at the end of Spring Training in 2010. He packed his bags and wondered where he’d be working next. "I was let go by the Marlins the last day of Spring that year, and honestly, I was still mad that I wasn't a Brewer. So I kind of said "screw it." I took the whole season off." McClung, looking for a job, did what is second- nature to him: basketball. Not only was McClung an All-American at Greenbrier East High School in West Virginia, he was also an all-state basketball player. McClung says baseball came natural to him. “Hitting, fi elding, throwing, pitching took a while, was just God given, (but) basketball was like a drug. I constantly spent hours in the gym working on my game.” No, “Big Red” isn’t looking to be the next LeBron James, but he might be the next Mike Krzyzewski, head coach at Duke University, better known as “Coach K.” From 2006-2008, McClung was an assistant basketball coach for the University of Tampa, and those years coaching for the Division II Spartans of the Sunshine State Conference prepared McClung for what would happen after he said “screw it” and took the 2010 baseball season off. McClung dedicated himself and became the head coach of the Pinellas Park High School varsity girls basketball team in Largo, Florida. During the 2010-11 season, his fi rst season as the Patriots’ head coach, the team went 0-24, but he also signed a free agent contract with the Texas Rangers during the off-season. He appeared in 19 games with the Round Rock Express, the AAA affi liate of the Rangers, but was released in July of 2011. McClung returned to coach the Patriots’ for the 2011-12 season and fi nally found victory, as they fi nished the season 5-21. A familiar team gave McClung another shot when the Brewers signed him to a minor league contract in the winter of 2012. McClung started the 2012 season with the AAA Nashville Sounds, but had little success as he went 2-13 in 20 starts, and eventually was released by the Brewers in July of that year. He didn’t have to wait long for another job, as the Chicago Cubs signed him as a free agent in August, and he again packed his bags, this time heading to the Hawkeye state. The righthander started three games for the AAA Iowa Cubs, and ended with a 1-2 record. He was granted free agency in the Fall of 2012. Again, McClung is man without a team and looking for another job. During the off-season, McClung, again, took a whistle, a clipboard and began coaching basketball. He changed schools and became head coach at Osceola High School for the girls varsity team in Seminole, Florida. The Warriors, led by “Big Red,” ended the 2012-13 season 16-11, and are currently 13-14 this season under his tutelage. So, how is McClung as a coach? He said he wouldn’t like to coach himself as a professional, but “as an amateur, I would enjoy it.” “I think that’s changed me as a professional. I think I would like to play for myself, though. I loved the coaches that were hard on me, like Lou Pinella,” he said. “Our practices are very result-oriented. We go hard, but always with a purpose,” McClung added. McClung’s baseball career of late is that of a kid playing with a yo-yo: up and down, up and down. Since

2010, he’s signed free agent contracts with four different teams, only to have each club part ways with him. He takes it all in stride, though, and deals with it one day at a time. “People don’t realize that it’s a job; a health insurance plan for my wife and kids, pension plan and all that. It’s hard,” he said. “Teams ask for your loyalty, but as a player you don’t typically get theirs. As I’ve gotten older, I have gained a much better grasp on this than early on in my

career. I understand that because it is a business teams can’t really be loyal to you.” The sacrifi ces to his family are not lost on McClung, especially this past season playing in Mexico and Taiwan. “It was awful on my family,” he said. I couldn’t bring my family to Mexico because it was too much of a lifestyle difference, and I wasn’t in Taiwan long enough for them to come out. My kids are young and my youngest almost has to fi gure out who I am when I come home.” McClung has been in professional baseball for over 13

years, and it looks like his career may be coming to an end sooner than later, but he’s honest in saying what he’ll miss most: the paycheck. “Getting paid to play a game is an honor. Providing for my family while playing a game that I played when I was 12 is something not many people can say. Being a professional athlete and being one of the best in the world is a milestone that I’ve strived to reach my whole life, and once a team is no longer willing to pay me to play, I’m no longer a pro. It’s not the millions, although if I ever get those it would be a blessing. It’s the honor of how I’m providing for my family.” Along with being the current girls varsity head coach at Osceola High School, he also runs a baseball camp he founded in 2005 named ‘Big Red Baseball’, where he gives lessons to kids or teams in the art of pitching. For those looking for lessons from McClung, visit www.bigredbball.com for more information. His journey back to Major League Baseball isn’t over just yet, though. The Pittsburgh Pirates signed him to a minor league contract in November, although the deal doesn’t include an invitation to Spring Training. “Now, I just want to be on a roster. I’m older and understand that just being in the major leagues is special. Heck, being in affi liated baseball professionally is special,” he added. McClung, who turns 33 on February 7, lives in the Tampa Bay area, with his wife, Stephanie, and their two little girls, Madison (4) and Fallon (2). Good luck “Big Red”!

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A Wave of Great Pitching Christopher Greatens and David ‘Wave’ Robinson each took the mound on Wednesday morning hoping to give their respective teams a victory which would pull them out of the bottom of the cellar and into the win column. After the fi nal out was called in both games, each pitcher did what they set out to do, and did it in grand fashion. Greatens, who was drafted by 3rd Sacker Farm, went the distance and held Deer Meat to only one run on three hits, including nine strikeouts and zero walks in his team’s 12-1 victory over Deer Meat. The Farms, who pounded out 11 hits in the game, did most of their damage early by jumping out to an 8-0 lead after two innings, and never looked back. Greatens was also effective at the plate, collecting two hits and two RBI. Teammates Greg Beaubien and Karl Zacharias each had two hits, and Steve Bogue drove in two, while Lee Madden did one better than Bogue and drove in three runs. Robinson’s performance was just as impressive as Greatens’; he only gave up fi ve hits and struck out fi ve in a complete game 2-0 win over Tiny’s Terrors, giving his team their fi rst win of the camp.

Erick Scott accounted for both of Easy Street’s runs in the early session. The highest scoring game at camp so far this season was played in the morning when Sons ‘A Pitches took on the G-Spots. Both teams combined for 35 runs, 23 hits, and together had eight players with at least two hits apiece. John Buono and Jim Fitzpatrick III drove in fi ve and four runs, respectively, in the Sons ‘A Pitches 19-16 win over the G-Spots, handing them their fi rst loss. In the defeat, the G-Spots had 9 hits and were walked 13 times, seven in the sixth inning. Easy Street and 3rd Sacker Farm continued their winning ways in the afternoon set of games by each winning their contests. Brothers Jeff and Craig Geiger each had three hits apiece for Easy Street, while Ron Schoenbach and Paul Hennig each had two RBI in their team’s 9-8 victory over Deer Meat. In their loss, Deer Meat had 21 hits, including three each by Paul Krutz and Lanny Schimmel. One of the Krutz’s hits was a fi fth inning two-run homer. 3rd Sacker Farm bettered their run

total from their morning game in defeating the G-Spots 14-11. The Farms, who collected 21 hits, had eight players with at least two hits each, highlighted by Brannon Guyette’s four hit game. Tim Webber drove in four runs on three hits, and Chris Greatens had three hits along with three RBI, in the G-Spots loss. Following their 2-0 loss in the morning, Tiny’s Terrors was able to get single RBI’s from Tom Mark and Mike Kapocius, and held on to defeat Sons ‘A Pitches 2-1, handing the Pitches their fi rst loss of the season. In the end, after two full days of play, there are no longer any undefeated or winless teams. Currently, four teams hold a 2-2 record, one game behind Son’s ‘A Pitches at 3-1, while Deer Meat hangs at the bottom with a record of 1-3.

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Total Runs by Teams Sons ‘A Pitches - 44 G-Spots - 44 3rd Sacker Farm - 39 Easy Street - 21 Tiny’s Terrors - 13 Deer Meat - 22

Christopher Greatens - 3rd Sacker Farm David ‘Wave’ Robinson - Easy Street

The Offi cial Newspaper of the 2014 Milwaukee Brewers Fantasy Camp Thursday, February 6, 2014Volume 8, Issue 5

TODAYDon’t forget, if you see one of your fellow campers, or coaches for that matter, do something that is KANGAROO COURT worthy, write it down and put it in the box in the clubhouse. All cases will be heard Friday, so bring your money in case you lose your case and have to pay a fi ne. And for those interested, Poker will be played tonight in the Happy Hour ballroom. Remember, all proceeds raised tonight will go Amber’s Last Promise.

TOMORROW• Milwaukee Brewers to build a “Wall of Honor’. Who are the fi rst members? Find out tomorrow.

• What are campers favorite pieces of sports memorabilia they own? It continues tomorrow.

Snapshots of 3rd SACKER FARM

Snapshots of DEER MEAT