Someone get Bubbler off the ledge

Dale Sveum takes the Cubs job.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7246787/dale-sveum-accepts-offer-manage-chicago-cubs-sources-say

Rumors abound that Yount will be the hitting coach, and Molitor will be the bench coach.

 

Whoever thought we'd see the day where the Cubs hire a Brewers assistant?

 

Dale Sveum. Easter Sunday. I was there.

 

Cecil Cooper or Gorman Thomas.

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see Craig Counsell on his coaching staff.

 

Is Ben Oglivie still alive?

 

Prince Fielder.

 

I'm hearing Jim Gantner.

 

I had already watched that before you even posted.

Quite a year. A 13-game winning streak, a 12-game losing streak, a 39-game hitting streak and a no-hitter. It would be pretty difficult to pack any more excitement into a non-playoff season.

 

Until very recently, that was, without question, the greatest non-1982 Brewers regular season game in its history. Still one of the biggest ever.

Non-Milwaukeeans won't understand the significance of 12 in a row. The local greasy spoon/late night drunk stop, George Webb's, always had a standing offer that if the Brewers had won 12 in a row, they'd serve hamburgers for free for a day. That was the first time it happened, and I believe, the only time the Brewers have won 12 in a row.

(I believe the Braves might have done it twice when they were in Milwaukee, but I don't know if George Webb's did the promotion back in those days)

As far as today's news ... good for Sveum. I wish him bad luck, but it's business, not personal.