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Tom Haudricourt has a new book out tomorrow, I believe


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Haudricourt dedicated the book to his wife, Trish, and enlisted longtime Brewers radio announcer Bob Uecker to write the forward.

"I made sure that Uecker's name would be bigger than mine on the cover," Haudricourt said. "I'm no dummy. That was my idea. I showed it to Ueck and said 'Look, Bob, your name is bigger,' and he looked at it and said 'As it should be.'"


Happened to hear him plug it on Homer's show this afternoon. Sounds delicious! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/happy.gif

Where Have You Gone, '82 Brewers?
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The Peter Gammons of Milwaukee media. Bet he'll have some nice, slobbering bouquets for Mr. Selig and any other representative of management. (Sorry for the negativity, but he pulls his punches so much that it makes this Web site all the more relevant and vital to a fan wanting to explore the real goings-on of the team, and not just Dear Leader Melvin's pronouncements.)
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One funny thing I heard him say on the D-List last week was that when Selig's office was being cleared out at County Stadium, they found the AL Championship Trophy from '82 buried under a bunch of papers. I don't know if that is funny or sadly ironic.
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They also found one of Rollie Fingers' Fireman of the Year award in the basement....

 

 

And according to Matt Vasgersian "the Lindberg baby remains" (<- actual quote, he got into a lot of trouble for that)

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I think Tom has been very negative in the past (often reflective of the way the team is playing) but I'm confused why people bash him for that fact while others cite the idea that he "pulls punches." Not to turn this into a discussion about the merits of the Brewers coverage, because I know that's been tackled before, but I think he's a colorful writer (leagues ahead of Rick Braun, IMO) who knows a great deal about the team and does his best to balance his own thoughts with what's fair. I'm no apologist, but I think people sometimes fail to see how good of a writer Haudricourt can be.

 

I'll be reading the book for sure. There was another book not long ago ... I think it was called "If You Want To Have Fun, Go Someplace Else" by one of the former media relations people. It wasn't very complimentary of Bud Selig, if I recall ... don't know if it's still around. It had a nearly identical format, with vignettes focusing on each player and some chapters saved for the big moments of the 1982 season. It almost sounds identical to this book, with perhaps a greater focus on the one season.

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