PLAYOFFS!!!

An awful WI sports weekend avoided. Yesterday I watched the Badgers and Brewers both lose with Luedke at Rock Bottom. The Badgers dominated the first half and managed to lose when they failed do anything in the second half. They had a chance to tie and the two point conversion failed. At the exact same time the Mets won and Brewers staged a failed comeback to  be tied for the Wild Card on the final day of the season.

Sunday the Packers looked like garbage and lost to Tampa Bay. Rodgers was hurt in game four of the season. We’ll see how his durability is. A crappy weekend but then… TOTALLY REDEEMED by the Brewers.  The Crew beat the Cubs 3-1 on a Braun homer and Sabathia gem and the Mets lost 2-4 to the Marlins.  That makes us the wild card winner! I, like all of WI, am pumped! There is a rally tomorrow at the Summerfest grounds and then we take on the Phillies starting Wednesday. I’m hoping to get some tickets to see some Milwaukee history.

Rockin’ the Flags

Thursday was a Rock Bottom tapping. The tapping was great as usual; when is free beer not great. Hecker, Arianne and I had some fun on the deck. We ran into a nice farmer guy from MN visiting his daughter. We got our free hour of beer and then boogied to My Office for a bit. We had a few there then hit Mykano’s for some grub.

Friday I took it easy. J is still gone so I’m hangin’ solo this weekend. I just say around, had some brews and watched the tube.

Saturday I did some work in the morning and then went with Arianne to Six Flags. I wasn’t overly excited to go when the day started but it ended up being a ton of fun. I hadn’t been there for about ten years so it was a new experience for me. Arianne got the tickets from Craig and Deloitte. Deloitte actually rented the park for the event and it was awesome. We got free food vouchers and the lines were non-existent. We went on all the best coasters without having to wait. We were there about three hours. I cruised home and Ari went to Chicago. I chilled at home the rest of the night. Mowed some grub and watched COPS.

Sad Day, Dream Shattered

Well today one of my hopes was officially shattered.  Rick Wright of Pink Floyd passed away. For those of you that don’t know Pink Floyd is my number one band and I had always hoped they would bury the hatchet and get together again so I could see them live.  This officially puts an end to that hope, a sad day indeed.

Rodgers Impressive

It’s only the second game and against another subpar team but Rodgers looked killer for the Packers again today.  Maybe I have to go back and edit last week’s post, Rodgers is fun to watch. Packers are 2-0, I like. Oh yea, and the Brewers are in the midst of an ugly September collapse.  The playoffs are looking more and more unlikely.

The Baton Has Been Passed

Well it’s official.  Tonight was Aaron Rodgers first night as the starting quarterback of the Green Bay Packers.  He looked really good out there tonight but… it was the Vi-queens.  The Pack won the game and they’re 1-0.  I’ll always be a Packer fan but I do long a bit for Favre yet.  It would be different if he was in Kiln mowing the grass.  I could accept the fact that Rodgers is our quarterback MUCH easier.  But to see his exciting play elsewhere is like sharing your girlfriend with the rest of the high school and I’m not into that.  Like I said in my previous post, I’ll be watching both a lot this year.  Watching the Packers games were still fun when we were 4-12 because at least Brett made it interesting. In my years of football watching I haven’t seen one other player that can singularly make a game entertaining. But if somehow the Packers and Jets meet in the Super Bowl, well sorry Brett, Rodgers and the Pack are going to have to kick your sorry ass back to New York.