Corey Hart Knows the Way

[GenoSeligPrieb]

The late Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who wrote dozens of books, including the 1969 classic, "On Death and Dying" and "The Heart Knows the Way", could have been a Brewer fan.

 

Dr. Kubler-Ross was famous for the concept of the "5 Stages of Grief.", and while we can't possibly equate anyone's death with losing baseball games, to lighten the mood a bit, here's where the good doctor's theoretical steps kicked in, at various points, this season:

 

Step 1. DENIAL. The first stage for us came during the infamous weekend series at Shea, on May 12th, after Ben Sheets beat them 12-3. Suppan had just gone from 5-2 to 5-3 the night before, opening a little crack in the Brewers armor, but NO, we said, "12-3! We're back!"

 

Step 2. ANGER. Everything would still be OK, we believed, after the trip to New York and Philadelphia. Back home! An interleague series against the Twins. But when we lost 2 of 3 at home, where we were supposed to be nearly invincible, the venting started.

 

Step 3. BARGAINING. "We have 4 All-Stars tonight. Bad teams don't have that many, right? I mean, we CAN'T blow this season with all those quality players! Just let us get through this rough patch, and we'll still win the division. I mean, hey, we're still in 1st place!!"

 

Step 4. DEPRESSION. Just happened this weekend. The Giants series. A last place team just slapped us around. Many of us didn't even bother to stop by and post. Hell, Woogie, who once authored such eloquent In-Game Threads, just up and quit.

 

Step 5. ACCEPTANCE. Last night. The losing record I'd been expectting ever since Sheets went down again. And even if we win the remaining 2 games in this series, we'll still be out of the money. And given this team's shattered psyche right now, I can no longer envision Ned even getting us past the Cardinals back into 2nd. So I've accepted what seemed inevitable, another wasted season, and I'm beginning to unconsciously check in for more and more Raider updates.

 

But hey, at least we're still 5 1/2 games ahead of the Reds!! If anyone would have told me last year, that we'd be 2 1/2 games out of 1st place on August 29th, well, then.......................oops, sorry! http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif

[Nearsighted Views]

Can you be in 2 stages at the same time? I'm angry that I have to accept this.....AGAIN. Should I go "talk" to someone about this?

[GenoSeligPrieb]

I think that's what you're doing right now!

 

Seriously, H4P, that's what this forum is all about, right? The venting? It sure beats kicking your pet, or REALLY abusing alcohol.

 

While I'm no Dr. Phil Garner, I think it's therapeutic to be able to let off some steam here, type it, send it, and see it, and MAYBE feel a bit of release.

 

But what do I know?... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[HebrewHammer]

I pretty much stop at anger. I try not to deny things, but I guess everyone does as it holds off the anger a little longer. It gives me time to be angry at other thing as I prepare for anger on the thing I'm currently denying.

 

Bargaining, depression and acceptance? Those aren't my kind of avenues.

 

I'm a man, I have 2 emotions: Happy and angry.

[GenoSeligPrieb]

"I'm a man, I have 2 emotions: Happy and angry. "

 

You forgot the 3rd male dwarf. Horny.

 

As for Step 1, BF.net has been a hotbed of Denial, all season long so far.

 

Each time I ranted that if the Brewers don't score that extra run now to make it 6-0, that our comfy 1st place lead could shorten, I was reminded dozens of times, "Hey, we're still in first place....if anyone told me last year that we'd be 6 games above the .500 mark, THIS late in the season, I would have been thrilled!!"

 

Well, at least now that the Brewers are a losing ballclub, all that Denial might start to fade a bit...

[Ennder]

"I'm a man, I have 2 emotions: Happy and angry. "

 

You forgot the 3rd male dwarf. Horny.

 

As for Step 1, BF.net has been a hotbed of Denial, all season long so far.

 

Each time I ranted that if the Brewers don't score that extra run now to make it 6-0, that our comfy 1st place lead could shorten, I was reminded dozens of times, "Hey, we're still in first place....if anyone told me last year that we'd be 6 games above the .500 mark, THIS late in the season, I would have been thrilled!!"

 

Well, at least now that the Brewers are a losing ballclub, all that Denial might start to fade a bit...

Cool, now we get the I told you so pessimist crowd showing up, they sure were loud during the 10-20 streak, then they completely went away during the next good streak and now they are back to say I told you so once more. Well congrats, the team is playing poorly and I'm sure you feel much better now that your pessimism was well founded. The year the team does finally put it together and make the playoffs I'm sure you'll be here saying you were behind them 100% all the way, thats generally how pessimists treat being wrong.

[bigbrewkahuna]

So what does Corey Hart have to do with all of this?

[GenoSeligPrieb]

"So what does Corey Hart have to do with all of this? "

 

bbk: Dr. Kubler-Ross was also famous for her book, "The Heart Knows the Way." Heart...Hart...Corey? Ah, it was a lame pun anyway!

[SeriesFinale]

This is pretty much dead on except I think the steps started much later in the season...like the second Ramirez hit that walkoff in late June...anger was later that week in Pittsburgh

[GenoSeligPrieb]

"Cool, now we get the I told you so pessimist crowd showing up, they sure were loud during the 10-20 streak, then they completely went away during the next good streak and now they are back to say I told you so once more. "

 

Dude, pessimism is my stock-in-trade! Take that tool out of my workbelt, and it's like asking Vladimir Guerrero to go out there and draw a walk, or Britney Spears to go out there WITH underpants.

 

However, if you read the tenor of my posts all season, I've been comparatively positive. I remember questioning whether I was right or wrong in bad-mouthing the Suppan signing, because maybe he WASN'T that same rummy who was released by the Royals and traded by the Pirates. I also re-evaluated whether I was indeed wrong about JJ Hardy. And I took a second look at my assessment of Turnbow, because, truth be told, he's been rather decent this season.

 

All I've ever wanted was for my team to win. And when they did, I was glad to be cautiously optimistic. Hell, with less targets to aim for, I started to blast away at Ozzie Guillen, the Cardinals, ESPN and the Yankees a lot more often, for fresh material.

 

But, in retrospect, I was glad I retained that underpinning of Brewer cynicism. Otherwise, I would have invested too much emotion in this young, inconsistent team, managed by the unwavering enabling optimism of our own #3, good ol' Dr. Ned Vincent Peale.

 

"Well congrats, the team is playing poorly and I'm sure you feel much better now that your pessimism was well founded."

 

I must admit, it DOES feel kind of vindicating, but it's not what I'm after. I'd rather have the Brewers win, and catch some crap for it from YOU guys, then take the flak I already absorb every day from friends, neighbors and family lately.

 

"The year the team does finally put it together and make the playoffs I'm sure you'll be here saying you were behind them 100% all the way, thats generally how pessimists treat being wrong."

 

You just don't see. I'm still behind them 100%. Not everyone supports the Brewers the same way you do. I genuinely DO want to be proven wrong! The sting of getting a series of "Told Ya So's" from Brewer optimists hurts a LOT less when the team I've followed all my life makes the playoffs for the first time in a quarter century.

 

So go ahead, and tell me to "eat it" and remind me how I was wrong to doubt them, when/if the Brewers ever reach the playoffs, Ennder. I'll invite your abuse! It's like hitting a dance club near Bristol, CT, and you meet/romance, etc. etc. Erin Andrews that night, but your pants split the next morning on your way out of her kitchen.

 

Big picture? I'll take the pants to get mended!

[Fatter than Joey]

HIJACK ALERT.

 

Here is my latest theory on Corey Hart -- You remember in the classic movie "Office Space" -- when the Bobs start giving Michael Bolton crap about the ******** who shares his same name.

 

I have to think that much like Michael Bolton on Office Space -- Corey has to be sick and tired of being referenced to the sucktacular artist in the 80s who made crappy songs like Never Surrender, and Sunglasses at Night.

 

My guess is that when Corey Hart finally snaps it will because someone told him to "Never Surrender" or asked him "Why aren't you wearing sunglasses, it's a night game?"

[SeriesFinale]

The Giants' stadium people really rammed that joke into the ground this past weekend, playing it after he struck out, etc. They played it once between innings as he was headed to the field on Sunday and I looked and saw him jokingly doing the swinging "robot arm" to it so at least he has a good sense of humor about it. Of course, it was right before the bottom of the 8th, so maybe it got to him after all.

[GenoSeligPrieb]

Or it could be that the Brewers acting in soap operas isn't good karma. It's the 2007 version of Jeromy Burnitz's "sweep suits."

[Fatter than Joey]

I'm a man, I have 2 emotions: Happy and angry.

 

Wow -- My 2 emotions are "Hungry" and "gorged".

[TooLiveBrew]

Post 2522 was a classic GSP. I almost wept. I will forever immortalize the following:

 

Dude, pessimism is my stock-in-trade! Take that tool out of my workbelt, and it's like asking Vladimir Guerrero to go out there and draw a walk, or Britney Spears to go out there WITH underpants.

[Fatter than Joey]

Underpants are overrated

[HebrewHammer]

I'm a man, I have 2 emotions: Happy and angry.

 

Wow -- My 2 emotions are "Hungry" and "gorged".

 

Hungry = angry.

 

Gorged = happy.

[HebrewHammer]

Those 5 steps are really spot on. For instance, yesterdays game I was in phase 1 as the Cubs were scoring. It turned to anger really quickly as they scored and we were down. I quit watching in anger and left the room. I could hear the TV and we had guys on in the 8th, so I said "if they can score here,.....". Of course they didn't, I was depressed and a little while later I just admitted they're the inferior team and they aren't very good.

 

Wow.

[Nearsighted Views]

Seriously, H4P, that's what this forum is all about, right? The venting? It sure beats kicking your pet, or REALLY abusing alcohol.

 

Uh...the venting is nice and all but the alcohol and kicking are what really make me feel better. Suddenly I feel like I'm not getting everything I'm supposed to out of this site.

 

I wasn't going to post this in blue but I just know there'd be that "couple of people" who wouldn't see the humor in that post unless I made it obvious.

[trwi7]

Underpants are overrated

 

Now this man gets it. There's only room for one so you're either wearing your leopard thong to work so everyone can see that butt cracks actually can floss or you can go commando and not have to get up to pee and just have it run into your shoe.