I give up! I'm changing my Milwaukee Brewers avatar!

[HuckleB]

Now. Don't get me wrong. I am still a Brewers fan. That's something I can't change, no matter how depressing the reality may be. And, in the long term, there is hope in Milwaukee, with a new owner and some fair young talent on board.

It's just that I joked about the Brewers starting a losing streak when I changed my avatar one week ago today. And superstition in baseball still rules, no matter what the sabermetric geeks say. So the avatar is gone.

The only question that remains: What will replace it?

And if the avatar has that much power, should I use this power now or keep it in reserve? Should I use the power of the avatar for good or for evil? Should I use it to condemn teams that challenge my favorites?

In other words, I am willing to be convinced. If you want me to start a losing streak by changing my avatar to the logo of a particular team, convince me of the goodness of such a move.

All right. Have at it.

:toast:

[AllegroRondo]

1. Change to a Cardinals avatar

the Brewers need all the help they can get next week.

[SteppingRazor]

2. Do us all a favor

Change it to a Yanks avatar. Keep'em down in the cellar.

[joeybee12]

3. If you cahnge it to a skankees avatar, all the Heavenly Hosts will

sing your praises!

[HuckleB]

4. Well, that's two Seeknay votes, and one Redbird tally.

But I'll leave the voting open for now.

Hmm. Why do I suspect that no Seeknay fan would even open a thread about the Brewers?

:D

[hijinx87]

5. if this works . . .

we need to get you a GOP avatar in a couple of years.

[Telly Savalas]

6. Ah shit!

Ya know, the Blue Jays have been sucking ass ever since I changed to a Jays avatar. I'm following your lead.

Cheers!

[HuckleB]

7. I'm telling ya, the power of the avatar is scary.

The day I change it back, the Brewers win 6-1, on an unexpected complete game, to end the seven game losing streak started by my avatar!

Salud!

[Telly Savalas]

8. Oh, I totally respect the avatar mojo.

I put up a Jayhawk avatar when March Madness came around, and my beloved Kansas team got upset in the first round. :-(

[Jack Rabbit]

9. Don't worry, that's my team that your team is playing today

I see the Giants are ahead, 5-2 in the sixth.

For the Giants this year, no lead is too safe in the middle innings. So relax.

[CatholicEdHead]

10. Look just west

at the AL Central winners 3 years in a row. Go with a Twins Avatar.

[KitchenWitch]

12. No, not the Twins

we do not want them to go on a losing streak (especially since they are currently in Detroit).

[KitchenWitch]

11. Please change it to a White Sox avatar

I beseech you as a diehard Twins fan! And it will not even compete with you as we are AL and you are NL.

[HuckleB]

13. I will consider it, if needed.

(Especially since I've grown to like the current Twins a great deal.) But the Twins will likely be a-OK, IMHO. I suspect that they'll reel the Sox back in by July at the latest, as the Sox pitching can't maintain its current pace, and the Sox are a self-destructive, mediocre ball club on offense, IMHO.

Salud!

[KitchenWitch]

14. True enough - The Wox will swoon

but right now they are on a bazillion game winning streak.

Good thing though, Ozzie Guillen is not afraid to add to the rancor in the clubhouse by calling his players and former players out in the media. It has been good humor hearing how he really feels about Frank Thomas and Magglio Ordonez.

[HuckleB]

15. LOL! Indeed.

Ozzie does entertain with his self-destructive behavior, don't he?

From a piece in last Friday's Chi-Tribune:

"He's a piece of ," Guillen told Sox beat writers after learning of Ordonez's contempt for Guillen and alleging his manager steered him away from the Sox and to Detroit.

"He's a , that's what he is," Guillen continued. "He's another Venezuelan . him.

"He has an enemy. Now he has a big one. He knows I can him a lot of different ways. He better shut the up and play for the Detroit Tigers."

...

"Why do I have to apologize to him?" Guillen responded while sitting in his office chair and tapping his right foot frequently. "Who the is Magglio Ordonez? Why ever talk about me? He doesn't do for me. But if he thinks I'm his enemy, he has a big enemy. He knows me.

...

"... A couple people asked me about it, and was nice about his injury and . I don't give a what he does for the rest of his life. He with the wrong guy."


Salud.

[HuckleB]

16. Post-avatar Brewers take series against Giants.

:toast:

Just noting it for posterity, and, yeah, I know it's just the Giants.

[davidinalameda]

17. I hate the Giants

I'm an A's boy

of course they suck right now as well

[KitchenWitch]

18. But your A's just beat the Wox 9-7

Had me doing the Happy Dance!

[davidinalameda]

19. they had to come back from 7-4 down in the 7th to do so

I went to bed before the games was over

[KitchenWitch]

20. Yes they did come from behind

It was a thing of beauty - I had it on the MLB gamecast (I live for baseball)

[fishnfla]

21. Bring it back Huck!

What ? 8 in a row? second place? Wow!

[HuckleB]

23. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Stay quiet. Nice and calm and easy and slow and quiet.

They've lost three of four since the two of you partied it up on Friday. That's what happens when we get all showy. I learned my lesson. Now you gotta follow suit.

That said...

:toast:

Salud!

[mark414]

22. looks like it worked!

go brewers! woo!

[HuckleB]

24. Let me 'splain something.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! (see post 23 for the rest)

:toast:

Salud!

[Jamison]

25. I wouldn't give it up yet.

With the way they have played lately, they're going to be a powerhouse in the NL central and will give the Cardinals a run for their money. I'm sometimes wrong on this, but I predict the Brewers should win 95-97 games this season.

[HuckleB]

26. They had lost 7 in a row and were six games under .500 ...

when I gave it up.

Giving it up was the best thing I could have done!

:hi: