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When Jane Bradley Pettit donated 93 million dollars to buidl the Bradley Center in 1988 she was adamant that naming rights were not sold to some company. Fans have agreed over the years that the name of the home of the Bucks, Marquette, Admirals and Mustangs remain commercial free. That changed yesterday as Pettit's daughter & son changed their minds and agreed to allow naming rights which would ensure the viability of the arena until a new one can be built. It was announced that the Bradley Center will now be known as The BMO-Harris Bradley Center in a 6 year deal. It should be worth around 18 million dollars. Unfortunatly it is a necessary sign of the times. The naming of stadiums, however distasteful to purists is  not going to be ignored by owners trying to maximise their investment, or in many cases trying to pay the bills. The next step will be advertising on uniforms. Don't laugh..its coming. I expect the NBA and NHL will be the first of the major sports to follow in the footsteps of soccer...but football and even baseball will eventually have team naming sponsors adorning their uniforms. I dont expect it to get to the exteme of NASCAR but the owners see an ignored revenue stream that will not be ignored much longer.

In another example of the inmates running the asylum, Stan Van Gundy was fired yesterday as the Orlando Magic's head coach. The profane basketball lifer had a very public run-in with the teams' superstar Dwight Howard this past season and we all know who will win those confrontations most of the time. GM Otis Smith was also let go. Van Gundy is a good coach and should be snapped up buy somebody.

The Oklahoma City Thunder moved on beating the Lakers last night. The Thunder-Spurs series may be better than the finals. Whoever comes out of that should be able to handle the East champion even if it is Miami.

Eric Dickerson has joined the concussion  lawsuit by former NFL players against the league. The suit was filed in Texas yesterday and in part it says that the "NFL has put its profits ahead of the health and well-being of its players". Its one of dozens of similar suits across the country. Its hard to imagine pro football being knocked off its pedestal as the most popular sport in the country...but these lawsuits if proven, will drastically change the game that most fans have come to know and love and it will be interesting to see if fans will be willing to spend as much to support a kinder, gentler NFL.

Its doubleheader high school baseball today on Foxsports1390. First up is DC Everest and Wausau West. That will be followed by Wausau East-Merrill. All of the action starts at 4:30.

Songs of the day   (from my I-pod)

Jack & Neal-Tom Waits (1977) a Beat journey across America from his excellent 'Foreign Affairs" LP. I know Waits is an aquired taste but you will find his jazzy poetry will grow on you the more you listen

Jack In The Green-Jethro Tull (1977) another slice of 1977 from the forests of England. Tull always mixed Rock & traditional English folk music...never better than on the "Songs From The Wood album

It was nice for a struggling Milwaukee Brewer offense to see Jason Marquis on the mound for the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Marquis had given up 9 homers in 34 innings coming into the game. You had to think that the Brewers had a chance to break out of their slump. 17 hits and 16 runs later we had our answer. Jonathon Lucroy is enjoying a breakout season at the plate and celebrated his move to the cleanup spot with a seven rbi day which included his first career grand slam. Zach Greinke was his usual dominant self and a four game losing streak came to an end. Now remember, it was only one game and one that got away from the Twins early. The Giants pitching staff is coming to town for the next three. But any positive offensive performance has to be hailed as a breakthrough at this point. And since the Cardinals havent been playing that well, the Brewers havent played themselves out of contention, despite their poor start.

Lebron and Dwayne said not so fast. Don't declare us dead yet. I watched much of the 3rd and 4th quarters of yesterdays game and the two superstars played like everyone expects them to. They dominated Indiana during that stretch and Miami has evened the series with the Pacers. Will they win it all...who knows...theyre supporting cast is not very good..and there are two very good teams lurking in the West. Hard to pick against the San Antonio Spurs right now. They are not the sexy pick, but certainly play better together than any team still alive.

Its a busy high school sports day. Regionals begin in Track, Tennis & Golf. The regular season enters a final week for baseball & softball & soccer. I'll be in Rhinelander today as the Wausau East Lumberjacks take on the Hodags. Pre game at 4:20 on Foxsports1390.

Didnt get to see the Preakness on Saturday but its always fun when you have a winning horse that comes from behind in the back stretch and I'll Have Another seems to be that horse. Now can he do it in the long race at Belmont Park? Can we see the first Triple Crown Horse since Affirmed? I know I'll be watching.

Another pop star of the 70's has passed away. Robin Gibb was the high pitched falsetto that you heard on many of the Bee Gees best loved recordings. Here are a couple of tunes to rememeber Gibb who died from cancer  on Sunday at 62.

Oh Darling-Robin Gibb (1978) from the soundtrack to the movie "Sgt Peppers Hearts Club Band". The movie wasnt very good but some of the covers of the Beatles classics were solid including this one

I Started A Joke-Bee Gees (1968) Robin sings this one. Check out the hair cut. They actually thought  that was  good look.

For a short stretch of the late 70's no female singer was hotter than Donna Summer. She was known as the Queen of The Discos and her hits pounded through speakers at clubs all over the world. "I Feel Love", "Hot Stuff", "Enough Is Enough", "MacArthur Park", "Last Dance, "Bad Girls"...and the hits just kept on coming. Later she had some personal travails and found God. She passed away yesterday at 63 after battling cancer. I was a disco jock in those days and there were many a night if the regular tunes werent filling the dance floor you could always count on the pulsating beat and the soaring voice of Donna Summer to get the job done.

One quick story from Wausau back then. I was working weekends at WIFC while in college at UWSP and we played Donna Summer's first single 'Love to Love You Baby". As you may remember she got rather breathy and aroused in that song which didnt play well with some of our listeners. there was one guy who went to the Pranges store in downtown Wausau (in the building across from the YMCA) and bought all of the copies of the record and broke them on 3rd street.

Don't look now but Miami Heat are in trouble. The Indiana Pacers hammered the Heat last night and lead that series 2-1. The Pacers have been flying under the radar but they can definitly win this series. Without Chris Bosh the Heat's inside game is limited.

La Crosse and Whitewater face off today in a loser out game at the NCAA D-3 baseball regional at Whitewater. The other games are St. Norbert vs Aurora and St. Thomas vs St. Scholastica.

No high school baseball today but I will be in River Falls tomorrow (Saturday) as the Wausau East Lumberjacks play two against River Falls and New Richmond starting at 1:20.

Songs of the Day  (from my I-pod)  has to be a couple from Donna Summer

On The Radio-Donna Summer (1979) one of her colloborations with Disco King Giorgio Moroder

MacArthur Park-Donna Summer (1978) Her first number 1 as she took a sappy Jimmy Webb tune and made it a smash

If you havent watched the BBC's updated version of Sherlock Holmes you really are missing something special. PBS is running the three 90 minute movies that make up the second season. The 3rd one will be this Sunday night on Masterpiece Mystery but go back and start at the beginning. The first three are available on video. If you think you know Sherlock Holmes from the various versions over the years.,..this is an entirely new reading of the classic Holmes tales set in current day London and featuring all of the technology that we have become so dependent on. Benedict Cumberbatch is brilliant as Holmes. I didnt think anybody would ever top Jeremy Brett's version of the detective from the classic PBS show of the 90's, but this new interpretation is excellent. With all of the crap on televison it is so refreshing when something of high quality, refreshingly new yet familiar rises from the bubbling cesspool.

Vegas Baby Vegas! The Wisconsin Badger basketball team is headed to Las Vegas on Thanksgiving weekend. They will be joined by Arkansas, Arizona State and Creighton. It's tempting isnt it?

UW-La Crosse lost for the first time in a month at the NCAA D-3 baseball tournament yesterday. The Eagles were shut down by Aurora of Illinois 2-1. they face North Park Illinois this afternoon. Whitewater won their game beating Concordia, Ill 2-1 and St. Norbert lost to St. Thomas 5-1.

I'll have high school baseball today as the Wausau EAst Lumberjacks travel to Stevens Point. It's the first game of our double header on Foxsports1390 at 430 followed by Marshfield at DC Everest.

Soul and funk singer Chuck Brown died yesterday at the age of 75. He was a fixture of the Washington DC music scene in the 60's and 70's. He topped the charts in 1979 with the classic "Bustin Loose" (gimme the bridge ya'll").Here it is as one of the songs of the day

It's Getting Better-Mama Cass Eliot (1969) what a great voice. Groovy man!

Seattle Seahawk coach Pete Carroll must know what he's doing right? Yesterday Carroll said all three of his quarterbacks will be competing for the starting job. Now I know Matt Flynn doesnt have a whole lot of NFL starts under his belt but it also seems to me that you don't go out and sign Flynn to a big free agent contract to have him hold the clipboard. Also, Seattle fans have seen enough of Tavaris Jackson as the starter and they don't want to see anymore. And I love Russell Wilson but I think it's asking alot for him to step right into a starters role in the NFL. I don't understand why Carroll would want a quarterback controversy right out of the chute. Flynn's the starter and the other guys will be fighting to be active on Sunday's. I think every Seattle fan would be on board with that.

Sign Zach Grienke now. The Brewers have alot of money coming off the books after this season and should be able to lock up Grienke, even if he gets Matt Cain money. Grienke has been nothing short of the stud that Doug Melvin expected when he traded for him. The Brewers already have big money invested in Yovanni Gallardo and he has been up & down. I think Grienke is a better bet even with his social anxiety issues. And whay not have a 1 & a 1A pitcher?

Congats to Cam Seidl of UWSP. He was named WIAC Pitcher of the Year. A number of Pointers were named first team all-conference. You can see the story elsewhere on this website. The D-3 regionals begin today. Whitewater is hosting one that includes the Warhawks, La Crosse, St Norbert, Aurora Ill, North Park Ill, St Scholastica, Concordia-Chicago & St. Thomas, Minn.

I met up with an old grade school friend yesterday. Chris Bangle and I grew up together on the northeast side of Wausau before he moved to the west side in junior high. Bangle was always drawing and creating cool cars, rockets and gadgets when we were seven years old and he developed his gifts in college and later went on to become the head car designer at BMW in Germany. He now runs his own design firm in Italy. He was in town to recieve an award from Wausau West and gave a very interesting talk at UWMC. He hasnt aged since the last time I saw him 15 years ago and is still the smartest guy I know. Just Google him and you'll see what I mean.

Songs of the Day   (from my I-pod)

It's What You Value-George Harrison(1976) a pure pop pleasure from the former Beatle from the 33 & 1/3 LP. Somewhat of a comeback album for George who had been battling the plagerism lawsuit through the mid-70's and also making movies with Monty Python

It's Your Thing-Isley Brothers (1969) a hit for the funky brothers after they left Motown for lack of promotion. They of course recorded some of the best funk of the 70's as well.

The NBA is a tough business. The players bodies suffer enormous wear and tear. The travel is brutal, the season is long and the way the game is played now and what is allowed means the normal players body gets hammered on a nightly basis. There are veteran players that survive to play at a high-level...Tim Duncan springs...to mind...but more and more it's becoming a young mans game...and this year two teams really personify this...the Oklahoma City Thunder and the LA Clippers. With two of the brightest young stars in Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin...the Thunder & the Clips have moved into the second round of the playoffs and a potential meeting is looming. The Thunder hammered the Lakers by 29 last night...the Clippers begin their series with the grizzled Spurs tonight. The Clips-Spurs series is a fascinating contrast...Chris Paul vs Tony Parker...Duncan vs Griffin...Popovich vs DelNegro(not really a fair fight). I'm lookng forward to either a Thunder-Spurs or Thunder -Clippers Western conference final. Either should be great.

The Badgers will face Virginia this year in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. Former Merrill star Paul Jespersen will return home with the Cavaliers. The game is scheduled for Wednesday Nov 28th. The other matchups are Minnesota-Florida State, North Carolina-Indiana, NC State-Michigan, Maryland-Northwestern, Iowa-Virginia Tech, Nebraska-WakeForest, Purdue-Clemson, Ohio State-Duke, Georgia Tech-Illinois, Michigan State-Miami,  & Boston College-Penn State.

Long time Lakeland High School boys basketball coach Ted Voight is retiring after 38 years. He played at Wisconsin and was an assistant at UW and UW-Eau Claire before starting with the T-Birds.

You can hear high school baseball today on Foxsports1390...its Wausau East at DC Everest starting at 4:20.

A former childhood friend of mine is giving a lunchtime speech at UWMC today. Chris Bangle is the former head designer at BMW and has had a lasting impact in the car design business. He went to UWMC after growing up in Wausau. He was designing cars from an early age.

Songs of The Day   (from my I-pod)

It's The End Of The World As We Know It-REM (1987) the boys from Athens, GA channel their inner Bob Dylan and free associate a hit,

It's Too Late-Carole King (1971) a collaboration from King & Toni Stern that was part of King's groundbreaking "Tapestry" cd. A number 1 smash from the scented gardens of Laurel Canyon

The Milwaukee Brewers continue to struggle with inconsistency. They did take two out of three from the Cubs over the weekend, but considering the current status of the north-enders we shouldnt read too much into that. And, the bullpen did not look good over the weekend. Edwin Maysonet looked good over the weekend as a fill-in for the injured Rickie Weeks but lets wait awhile before we start yelling for Manager Ron Roenicke too permantly replace Weeks. The biggest concern right now is the bullpen and until that gets figured out the up & down season of the Brew Crew will continue.

The LA Lakers are no stranger to playing deep into May & June...but the Clippers? The LA Clippers won a playoff series for just the 3rd time in their 42 year existance as they took Game 7 in Memphis on Sunday. They now run into San Antonio

The Stanley Cup race is down to 4 teams. Its a local affair out East as the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will square off in what should be a good series. Out West two surprises...the LA Kings and Phoenix Coyotes play for the right to go to the Cup Finals...who woudda thunk it?

Congrats to UW-La Crosse as they come from near elimination of the entire program 4 years ago to a WIAC regular season and now Conference Tournament championship. Merrill native Adam Cordova had a home run in the title win over Whitewater. The Eagles get an automatic bid to the NCAA D-3 tournament. The Pointers await word today to see if they get in.

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Wausau American Legion Baseball Mothers Day Pancake Breakfast on Sunday. And also to everyone who bought raffle tickets. All of the proceeds support Wausau Legion baseball. Chip Winter won the first prize of $1500 and Jeff Adams won the seond prize of $500. Our seaosn begins on June 7.

We also have moved the dates of our annual 2-person golf scramble to September 22nd. You can e-mail me at tom.king@mwcradio.com if you want info on that or call the legion clubhouse for info.

Songs of The Day   (from My I-pod)....It's David Byrne's 60th birthday today so how about a couple of Talking Heads clssics

Life During Wartime-Talking Heads (1979) from the LP "Fear of Music" but also from the great Live album "Stop Making Sense"

Psycho Killer-Talking Heads(1977) Byrne's ode to the bad guys..Here is a live version from the British music show "The Old Grey Whistle Test"...love that Tina Weymouth bass line

Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett has been struggling. It dates back to last year and the infamous "chicken & beer story", and has carried over to this  year. Last night Beckett got roasted for seven runs in 2 1/3 innings but it was his comments in the locker room that cemented his image as a thoughtless douchebag that has no clue. Last week manager Bobby Valentine skipped Beckett's turn in the rotation because he had tightness in his side. No problem...that's the way today's pitchers are pampered...the problem was that Beckett had no problem golfing the next day, which was an off day for the squad. Word leaked out this week about the supposed injured pitcher golfing and he was aske about it. "I spend my off days the way I want to spend them". He was asked if given that his turn in the rotation was skipped do people have the right to question why he was golfing...'not on my off day". "We get 18 off days per year and I think we deserve a little time to ourselves." Last year's Red Sox team was lambasted for not caring...for being a bunch of out-of-touch jerks...and you had to ask yourself, as a fan why would I want to follow these guys? We see more and more of that attitude invading pro sports every day. I feel sorry for guys like Dustin Pedroia who bust their ass every day and have to answer for why they have teammates that care so little. If I was GM of the Sox I would cut ties with Beckett right now...to send a message to the fans and to the other doofusses in the locker room that this crap will not be tolerated. If you can't find some other team to dump him on...cut his ass and take him to court for non-perfomance and void his contract. Just be aware that as a fan...you care more about your team than the players ever will. For most it's a job and a paycheck and very little more.

The Brewers get back to work tonight as they host the Cubs. Randy Wolf against Matt Garza...pre game at 6:35 on WSAU.

The Pointer baseball team begins WIAC tournament play against Whitewater this afternoon at 1pm . La Crosse plays Oshkosh in the other game. You can hear my conversation with Pointer coach Pat Bloom under the sports  podcast section on this website.

I'll have East/West high school baseball as game 1 of our doubleheader on Foxsports1390 WRIG at 4:20...DC Everest/Spash is game 2.

Also, I invite you to join us on Sunday for the annual Wausau American Legion Baseball Mothers Day Pancake Breakfast at the Wausau Legion Clubhouse...6$ for all you can eat pancakes, sausage & beverage. It runs from 8-noon.

Songs of the Day   (from my I-pod)

It's Over-Boz Scaggs (1976) one of the sparkling cuts from "Silk Degrees"...one of the best albums of the seventies

It's So Easy-Linda Ronstadt (1977) from "Simple Dreams" comes this Buddy Holly cover...Linda and her crack band were at the height of their powers

Hitters are notorius for being impaient. For every player that works the count and hardly ever swings at a bad pitch...there are two that swing at everything or want to attack the first fastball they see regardless of the situation. There was no TV for the Brewer game yesterday so you maybe didnt see the bottom of the ninth inning. MLB network had it as bonus coverage so I watched as the Brewers tried to claw their way back after John Axford wasted a great Zach Greinke performance by giving up 2 runs in the top of the ninth. Ryan Braun hit a solo homer to cut the deficit to one. And after two outs Jon Lucroy had one of the best at bats you will ever see...working the count full and then fouling off 6 pitches in a row before drawing a walk...Nori Aoki pinch hit and also worked the count full before taking a terrible swing and blooping a hit to left..George Kotteras pinch hit against a new Reds pitcher and waked on four pitches to load the bases...tying run at 3rd and winning run at second for Travis Ishikawa...he of course swings at the first pitch and pops it up to left to end the game. Now if he gets a hit in that situation everyone goes home happy...but its still bad baseball. He will tell you he expected a meatball right down the middle on the first pitch after a walk (I know I've heard that before from the players I coach)...but the risk/reward is just not there. Swinging at the first pitch after a walk is bad baseball at any level and at the major league level it just should not happen.

Greinke by the way piched 8 scoreless innings giving up just two hits, striking out 11 and walking none. SIGN THE GUY ALREADY WILL YA!!

12/12/12 will be Aaron Rodgers Day in Wisconsin. Jennifer Brilowski of Stevens Point started the campaign on facebook and it became a reality. He of course will be working that day preparing for the Bears.

The Big Top Chatuaqua in Bayfield has some great music on tap for this summer. Emmy Lou Harris, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Burton Cummings, Steve Earle. Little River Band, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Greg Brown and John Hiatt are just some of the folks who will be there performing under the big blue tent. Plus the house band, The Blue Canvas Orchestra (bluegrass & roots music mostly although they do all kinds of stuff)  is a delight and does special shows throughout the summer as well If you havent seen a show there it is fabulous...and Bayfield in the summer is spectacular as well.

I'll have high school baseball today as Wausau East hosts Medford..pre game at 4:20 and the first pitch at 4:30.

Songs of The Day   (from My I-pod)

It's Not My Cross To Bear-Allman Brothers Band (1969) the original lineup from the first album gave the indication that this was a band to be reckoned with. Duane Allman was the best guitar player of his generation and yes I'm including Clapton

It's Only Rock & Roll-Rolling Stones(1974) the last album with Mick Taylor before Ronnie Wood joined the band and it's a good one

The Milwaukee Brewers extended the contracts of Doug Melvin and Ron Roenicke yesterday. Mark Attanasio recognizes that he has two good ones and now Melvin will remain GM and now Director of Baseball Operations thru 2015 and Roenicke is signed thru 1014 with a club option for 2015. Obvioulsy staying competitive and winning is still the most important part of job security in pro sports...but like the Packers with Ted Thompson & Mike McCarthy...when you get some good people running the show, its important to keep them...because it's not easy to find those people.

BTW...there are three current major league managers that have won at least 1000 games without winning a World Series Title...can you name them?...answer at the bottom.

How about Josh Hamilton? 4 Homers, 5-5 and 8 RBI's last night. He's in the final year of his contract and will be a free agent at the end of the season. He doesnt come without risk. He has been injured alot...and then there are the substance abuse demons that still haunt him. He had a small relapse in the off-season that may give teams pause about giving him a huge contract.

The Minnesota Senate approved new stadium funding for a Vikings Stadium but don't think its a finished deal yet. The Vikings have said that they would only kick in $427 million of the $975 million dollar cost. The state says not so fast...we need more to make this work. Now they are talking about user fees, naming rights and any other way they can squeeze a few more bucks to get the deal done. The state has lost 2 pro franchises before so I think this will eventuually get done but as Senator David Thompson, A Lakeville Republican put it.."I admire millionaires & billionaires, but my goodness, we shouldnt take money from other folks and redistribute it to them". Alot of people in Minnesota agree.

Watched Wausau West beat Merrill yesterday in baseball and am again struck by how bad the new bat rule is for the game. These re-engineered bats are terrible. Unless you hit it exactly on the sweet spot, the ball does nothing. It sounds like the bats are broken on most struck balls. The bats were changed for so-called safety reasons and I understand you dont want pitchers or 3rd baseman to be put in harms way...but they have taken it too far. Plus these bats are just as expensive as the good bats used to be. It's not good for the game unless you're a pitcher.

I'll have high school baseball today. It's a makeup game from yesterday as Marshfield plays at Wausau East...4:30 on Foxsports1390 WRIG.

Happy Birthday to Billy Joel who turns 63 today. Here are a couple of my favorite  Joel tunes as our songs of the day.

Summer Highland Falls-Billy Joel (1976) from the Turnstiles album and the first time he used his touring band in the studio. It 's a breakup song and his return to New York from California.

Miami 2017-Billy Joel (1976) Another "Turnstiles" song that also appeared on his first live album (good version). You'll remember the decay of New York City in the 70's and Gerald Ford's refusal to use federal money to help them...this is what Joel calls a "a Science-Fiction" look at the fall of New York" from the eyes of a retiree in Florida circa 2017. This clip is from a SNL appearnce in 1981 and no one hits the drums harder than Liberty DiVitto.

Trivia answer- Buck Showalter, Dusty Baker & Bobby Valentine

I would imagine many of you remember the start of the Northwoods League...although as few people who were in the seats for those games...maybe you don't. I remember going to games back in the 90's when you could count the people in the crowd on both hands. The Woodchucks were a shoestring operation until Clark Eckhoff bought the team 13 years ago. It became a more professionally run operation and money was spent to promote the team and improve the fan experience at Athletic Park. Now, I'm more of a purist baseball guy so some of the bells, whistles, between innings games and shenanigans detract from the game in my mind...but I understand that the marketing needs to be aimed at the casual fan...who is there, probably with the kids and is looking for more than just a baseball game. The announcment was made yesterday that Eckhoff is selling the team to Mark Macdonald, a West Bend native who has lived and worked in LA for the past 30 years. He and his family are moving to Wausau and he says the team is staying right where it is. Which makes sense...you don't move a team that is doing well. And the Woodchucks are usually competitive on the field and at the box office. Eckhoff should be commended for salvaging a team that was going nowhere 13 years ago and should enjoy the next pashe of his life. I look forward to returning to the Chucks radio booth for a limited amount of games this summer when my Legion coaching duties allow. The home opener is June 1st.

The Brewers troubles continue. A Ryan Braun home run was all the offense could muster last night in a 6-1 loss to the Reds. They also found out that Alex Gonzalez has a torn ACL and is done for the year. At least no one got hurt last night.

A full slate of high school games today including a doubleheader of baseball on Foxsports1390. First up is DC Everest at Rhinelander at 4:30 followed by Marshfield at Wausau East.

Songs of The Day   (from my I-pod)

It's My Life-Animals (1965) A song written by the guys in the Brill Building which provided alot of songs for groups in the 50's and 60's .

It's My Party-Lesley Gore(1963) recorded at the age of 16 and went right to #1. Produced by Quincy Jones. Alot of teenage boys fell in love with Lesley Gore (who can forget her classic performance as the Catwoman's assistant  who beguiles Robin on the Batman tv show). It had to come as quite a shock later when she came out as a lesbian.

I've never bought the old sports cliche that "injuries are not an excuse for losing" Obviously the other teams you are competing with don't care about injuries to your team because they face the same chance every time they step on the field. But for fans and managers or coaches it seems to me, that injuries can certainly be a legitimate reason a team is struggling so why not admit it. We all know if Aaron Rodgers goes down, the Packers season is pretty much over. The Yankees are certainly not the same team without Mariano Rivera to slam the door in the 9th...the Bucks were a much worse team without Andrew Bogut in the middle...and if players keep falling for the Brewers you know it will be reflected in their record. It would be refreshing for a coach to come out and say..."you know, without our "superstar name here" we are not as good...we will keep fighting and do our best to replace that players production but don't be surprised if our record starts to reflect the loss" . You'll never hear that but as a coach myself I know that's what they are thinking.

Lunchbox called it...our rock guru on Rock94.7 and I were sitting at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Award Dinner on Saturday night and I was checking my phone and saw that Albert Pujols was benched on Saturday night. Greg immediatly said...'good...that means he will hit his first homer tomorrow". Sure enough, Pujols went deep in Sunday's game. He had gone 139 at-bats without a homer dating back to last year.

Was channel surfing all day yesterday. The Heat-Knicks game was pretty entertaining. Carmelo and Amare came up big as the Knicks stayed alive. The NASCAR folks at Talladega had a good one....the Brewers battled back but came up short in the 11th. Tim Dillard=trouble. The LA Kings continue their surprising dominance. They are the first NHL team to kock out a #1 & #2 seed in the same year.

Weather permitting I will have high school baseball today on Foxsports1390. Wausau East at Mosinee at 4:30.

Songs Of The Day   (from my I-pod)

It's Money That Matters-Randy Newman (1988) the titles of his songs don't always tell the story. The lyrics always seem to have a twist

It's My Job-Jimmy Buffett (1980) Don't feel sorry for yourself no matter what your circumstances...carry on