The Offi cial Newspaper of the 2017 Milwaukee Brewers Fantasy Camp Wednesday, January 25, 2017Volume 11, Issue 4

I don’t know what it is about baseball movies but, I’m a sucker for them. It doesn’t matter if it’s a true story, like Gary Cooper’s portrayal of Lou Gehrig in “The Pride of the Yankees,” or the adventures of a group of young boys and their summer at the “Sandlot.” It got me wondering if a baseball movie was made about my life, what would it be titled and who would play me in the starring role? Those who know me may recall that my 2006 Fantasy Camp ended prematurely as I suffered a broken shoulder diving for a ball in the outfi eld during the Wednesday morning game. The following year I began producing the Fantasy Camp newsletter and have been handing them out each day during camp ever since. It’s only fi tting for me that a movie about my life would be called “Lucky Break”, and I’d want Esai Morales in the starring role. I posed the same question to the 2017 Fantasy Campers and these are the responses I received:

All About Hustle, starring Matt Damon - Ryan Kotowski

Jackov Some, Master of NONE! , starring Jason Alexander - Chuck Barcik

A Fortunate Guy, starring Tom Selleck - Jim Bluse

Good Wood, starring Dirk Diggler - Mike “Grasshopper” Martin

Forever The Rookie, starring Mark Wahlberg - Dan Rooks

Surgery, starring Willie “Duke” Mueller - Doug Gonring

The Kid is Back in Town, starring Tom Selleck - Donald Tyre

Don’t Look Back, starring Dennis Quaid - Mike Schoonveld

Drop the Puck, starring Mark Wahlberg - Matt Varney (cont. back)

My Baseball Movie

Tuesday’s Results

Under a chilly, but sunny sky Tuesday morning, the 8-game season of the 2017 Milwaukee Brewers Fantasy Camp was underway. And by the end of the day, one lone team was atop the standings at 2-0, while four others made up the middle at 1-1, and one team sat in the corner going winless on Opening Day. The Milwaukee Maulers, managed by Corey Hart, Ed Sedar, and Willie Mueller, led all teams with 16 total runs in their two games, winning both games with identical 8-5 scores. Rob Cook, Doug Gonring, and Wade Kretsinger claim three of the top 10 spots in batting, each with a .667 average. Lick That Sweet Ass, aka L.T.S.A., managed by Rick Sweet and Greg Vaughn, split their two games and are at 1-1. Ed Alf, is second in batting with an .833 average, and Mike Keith is one of six players tied for fi fth on the leaderboard with a .667 average to lead their team.

Winning is Fun, starring Matt Damon - Greg Strick

Let’s Play Two, starring Kevin Costner - Mike Fegley

If Only Anyone Really Watched, starring John Cusack - Tom Kilbey

Splinters, starring Jack Black - Mike Foley

Not Necessarily A Gentlemen’s Game, starring Gorman Thomas - Frank Hanford

Peaked in Middle School, starring Corey Feldman - Tim Webber

The Base So Far, starring Sylvester Stallone - Scott St. Clair

The Sands of Maryvale, starring Clint Eastwood - Paul “Colonel” Bishop

Bad News Bret, starring Gabriel Iglesias - Bret Eulberg

Campers, thank you for your responses. I hope to hear “Coming soon to a theater near you!”

One Beer, One Water, skippered by Jeff Cirillo and Fernando Viña, is the second team with a 1-1 record, losing their fi rst game but taking their afternoon contest. Joe Scahill’s .800 average is third in batting, while teammate Mark Sura sits alone with a .750 average. Pete Ladd and Jerry Augustine’s team, Sex Toy Vending Machine, aka, S.T.V.M, lost their a.m. game, but scored 13 runs in the p.m. to notch their fi rst victory. Andy Scholbe and Matt Varney bookend the Fantasy Camp leaderboard for S.T.V.M. with a 1.000 and .667 average, respectively. The Crim Reapers, led by Chuck Crim and Mike ‘Tiny’ Felder, round out the 1-1 teams. Greg Strick is the lone Reaper in the top 10 with a .667 clip after two games. Don Money and Cecil Cooper’s Corner Boyz won last

year’s championship, but the reboot of that squad, the Corner Boyz 2, need to get out of the corner, or in their case the cellar, if they want any chance to defend their title.

The Maulers Going In The Right Direction

Batting AverageLeaderboard

Fantasy Camp StandingsAfter 2 games

W L Milwaukee Maulers 2 0 S.T.V.M. 1 1 One Beer One Water 1 1 L.T.S.A. 1 1 Crim Reapers 1 1 Corner Boyz 2 0 2

Morning Games

Milwaukee Maulers - 8 One Beer One Water - 5

Crim Reapers - 2S.T.V.M. - 1

Corner Boyz - 3L.T.S.A. - 5

Afternoon Games

S.T.V.M. - 13 L.T.S.A. - 10

Milwaukee Maulers - 8Corner Boyz 2 - 5

One Beer One Water - 9Crim Reapers - 5

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1. "Is this heaven?...No, it's Iowa."4. "Just a bit outside!"7. Robert DeNiro plays Bruce Pearson in...8. Tommy Lee Jones is...

10. Roy Hobbs is...11. Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon starred in16. The Lou Gehrig story19. Geena Davis played Dottie in "A __ __ __ __"21. Movie about Gibson, Paige, and Robinson22. Morris Buttermaker coached "The __ __ __"23. True story of White Sox pitcher, Monty Stratton

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12. Musical about Washington Senators' fan, Joe13. Arkansas mountain boy, Dizzy Dean "The __ __

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__"15. Yankees scout finds prospect in Mexico17. Black Sox scandal18. 2011 Sabermetric movie20. Scotty Smalls, Benny "The Jet", and the gang

Campers, what a great reality it would be to actually have a Field of Dreams. What follows is one of my all-time favorite quotes from the 1989 movie. “The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased

like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This fi eld, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again. Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most defi nitely come.” - Terrance Mann speaking to Ray Kinsella.

starring Corey Feldman - Tim Webber

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Name Team Name BA Andy Scholbe S.T.V.M. 1.000

Ed Alf L.T.S.A. .833Joe Scahill One Beer One Water .800Mark Sura One Beer One Water .750Rob Cook Milwaukee Maulers .667

Doug Gonring Milwaukee Maulers .667 Mike Keith L.T.S.A .667

Wade Kretsinger Milwaukee Maulers .667Greg Strick Crim Reapers .667Matt Varney S.T.V.M. .667Mark Clark One Beer One Water .600

Steve Grover Corner Boys 2 .600Steve Hepp S.T.V.M. .600

Ryan Kotowski Milwaukee Maulers .600Michael Schoonveld Milwaukee Maulers .600

Tim Webber Corner Boys 2 .600Mike Arnold L.T.S.A. .500

Dave Donath L.T.S.A. .500Charles Hepp Corner Boys 2 .500

Tom Kilbey Corner Boys 2 .500Chris Peters L.T.S.A. .500

Matt Sanfelippo Crim Reapers .500Robb Slak S.T.V.M. .500

Gary Anderson S.T.V.M. .400Paul Bishop Crim Reapers .400

Wade Brogden Crim Reapers .400Terry Jannsen Milwaukee Maulers .400Drew Olson S.T.V.M. .400

Robert Pollard Crim Reapers .400Don Quinones Corner Boys 2 .400Brett Rovner Crim Reapers .400Marc Rovner Crim Reapers .400Roger Rustad One Beer One Water .400

Erick Scott Corner Boys 2 .400

A BIG THANK YOU TO SCOTT ABRAMS FOR COMPILING THE STATS.

Snapshots of ONE BEER ONE WATER

Snapshots of MILWAUKEE MAULERS