No it's not baseball season. Heck, my a check of the calendar it's only January 20, which means in one month pitchers and catchers report to camp, but today was surely a good day for a guy like me itching for the season to start and to return to the "Cathedral."
So why am I so excited about baseball in the middle of January? Well, the Brewers release plans for their 40th anniversary celebration which includes four "Retro Weekends" and within those weekends - which celebrate one decade of the 40 years of the Brewers time in Milwaukee - there is a corresponding bobblehead doll day.
If you know me and have seen my desk at work, you know an entire corner of it is dedicated to them. Here's a pic.
The schedule of days is here. The 70s weekend bobblehead will have Hank Aaron hitting his final home run, No. 755, of his Hall of Fame career as a Brewers player. It was in 1976. And yes you can find where it landed somewhere in the Miller Park parking lots.
The 80s bobblehead will have Cecil Cooper helping the game-winning hit of the 1982 ALCS stay fair. Yeah, that's a great moment in Brewers history and one of of the most recognizable images for fans in "the know."
The 90s moment is another great moment when Robin Yount recorded his 3,000th hit at County Stadium. I actually remember listening to this game on the radio and waiting for the news to come on that night to catch the footage to see Rockin' Robin get it. So awesome. And it's below!
Finally the 2000s moment is one I was actually in the building for. That one at the top of the page with CC during the 2008 playoff clinching win over the Cubs. The fact that this game has had two bobbles made from it just speaks for the greatness of the game. Yes I have the Braun bobble of him rounding first base with fist raised and my man CC (YES YES! translated.) has a spot reserved next to him.
I'm pretty jacked for these and am already making plans to be at or at least have representation at these games to get these bobbles.
The team is promoting some bit of costume night with these weekends, which I'm not so sure of, but I am behind celebrating each of the 40 years. The franchise is back on the upswing and I'm excited to have them back and get a chance to talk with the fellas before they head down to Arizona at the Jan. 31 On Deck day at Midwest Airlines Center.
I am a little curious to see if there are going to be any more bobblehead days. They usually do five full-sized bobbles and that means we only get one more. Unless they decide to churn out like nine of them this year and we are getting five of the players from this year's team into bobbles, too. We'll have to wait and see what that great marketing department is up to.
Shifting gears a bit now, let's head into the world of Mixed Martial Arts. Yes, I'm a big fan of Brock Lesnar. Guess I just like to see the bad guy win once in a while. Well, with him he might have a story that could make him a good guy. The guy almost died and had his career taken from him. The fine folks at ESPN won't let me embed the YouTube code, so here's the link to the SportsCenter interview. Brock will be back this summer and will take down the winner of Carwin v Mir which is in March. Yeah, could be great. I'm looking forward to it. I don't make an effort to see every UFC pay-per-view, but this is one I would most certainly keep an eye on.
Now I don't usually suggest you watch a show or take up a cause, but today I'm going to throw a show your way. MTV has become nothing but trash lately. That is, except for this show (And Rob Drydek's Fantasy Factory). It's called The Buried Life. Here's the entire first episode. Check it and let me know!
Another video for you. This is showing Pete Carrol has a sense of humor I guess. I'm not going to say much about. Pretty funny.
Alright, boys and girls, we've finally reached the Nussie Hunter portion of today's show. I'd have to say in the Internet has been buzzing since Askmen.com released its 99 most desirable women of 2010 this week. Emmanuelle Chrique checks in at No. 1 on the list. She's been featured on this space before, so I wanted to debut a "Nussie." I didn't have to go far down the list to find Kate Beckinsale, who Esquire Magazine voted its Sexiest Woman Alive last year. Take a look at the list, then check Kate.
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I believe the 5th bobble spot is reserved for Italian Sausage to complete the full-sized racing meats nodder collection!
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