Reflections on the Brewers Postseason

Yes, the Brewers season ended about as disappointingly as possible, limping through the NLCS and losing to the division rival St. Louis Cardinals in six games. Even worse, the games they lost, aside from Gallardo's start against Carpenter, weren't even close, with a run differential of 10-31. The Cardinals all but destroyed the Brewers' pitching and the Crew's hitters somehow never cracked Tony La Russa's bullpen.

Prince Fielder Becomes First Player to Hit 100 Home Runs at Miller Park

Prince Fielder homered in his first at bat against Carlos Zambrano yesterday, making him the first player to hit 100 home runs at Miller Park. It's the 192nd of his young career and for the usually slow-starting Fielder, it hopefully means he's found his power stroke early this year. Kyle Lobner at Brew Crew Ball looked at Prince's home run numbers in his career thus far and concluded that he'll likely hit around 40 this year, having homered before playing his tenth game of the season.

She's a Beauty...

The Brewers held an event to unveil their new video board Monday.

Brewers Group Ticket Sales Begin Saturday

For anyone planning a group visit (25 people or more) to Miller Park this summer, now is the time to finalize your plans. Group tickets go on sale Saturday morning at 9:00. Visit the Group Ticket page at Brewers.com for details.

Brewers Nearing Completion of Miller Park Scoreboard

Yesterday the Brewers presented their new scoreboard to the media as they hoisted the Miller Park sign to its position above the screen. The 5,940 sq. ft. hi-def screen will be a significant upgrade from the old screen and should improve the experience for fans in 2011. The board is scheduled for its first use on April 2. Click here for some more pics of the screen. And in case you forgot, here's a picture of the old screen. I imagine the new screen will be roughly the size of this scoreboard including the ads on the sides and below and will combine the functions of video and scoreboard.

Brewers VP of Business Operations Rick Schlesinger talks about the new scoreboard (with some video of them raising the MP sign).

UPDATE 3/1/11: Here is a more recent picture of the scoreboard. Nice!

Brewers Pass 1 Million Tickets Sold For 2011

Today the Brewers passed 1 million tickets sold for 2011, matching the franchise record set in 2009 for the earliest date they've accomplished this feat. The 2009 record came on the heels of the Brewers' first postseason appearance in 26 years.

This year, Doug Melvin's offseason acquisitions of Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum while simultaneously retaining the nucleus of the big league club generated justifiable enthusiasm among fans for the 2011 season.