chit chat thread

[patsbimmer1]

That little white spot is snow filling the tail pipe.  100% safe!

[straight6pwr]

patsbimmer1 said:

That little white spot is snow filling the tail pipe.  100% safe!

$20 says that hunk'a'junk has so many holes in the exhaust that no air was even passing through the tailpipe.

[m42b32]

I received this bummer of an email from the SCCA today:

someone said:

There has been rumblings of us losing Miller Park as an autocross event site.  Unfortunately, we are here to confirm this is true. 

Following our request for 2019 event dates, we were informed that The Brewers would not be renting the lots for driving events.  We are not the only group asked to not return, all known driving event rentals have ceased.  The maintenance of the parking lot was given as the reason for the change.  We reached out to them to try to salvage something for the 2019 season, that attempt was unsuccessful and at this point we need to move on.  The door hasn't been completely closed with regards to future events, we will stay in touch and do our best to return to the stadium. 

The Milwaukee Brewers have been a great partner with the club for over 40 years, we ask that everyone treat them with respect with regards to their decision.  We do not want to see any negative campaigns toward the Milwaukee Brewers and/or Miller Park, as we do not want to burn any bridges, please keep this in mind when discussing the situation.

We are exploring options for alternate event locations and will make schedule annoucements as we have more infomation to provide. 

Sorry to deliver this news,

Milwaukee Region SCCA - Autocross Committee

Hopefully they can find a new location in the area!

[Rekpoint]

Heard it's not going to be named Miller Park for very much longer.

[HipMF]

e21 mini-dump for anyone who "can't make it to work" because of the "snowpocalypse"

King of Lean

Expressions I make while I'm jumping cars AND German AF

[ChrisO]

Idk y, I thought this was funny

[straight6pwr]

We need to start a petition to stop this nonsense 

I dont even like Miller, but dammit we are the Milwaukee Brewers, and our stadium should be beer themed.  

How did MillerCoors get bullied out of this?

[REKIII]

straight6pwr said:

We need to start a petition to stop this nonsense 

I dont even like Miller, but dammit we are the Milwaukee Brewers, and our stadium should be beer themed.  

How did MillerCoors get bullied out of this? 

I'd like to know the details as well, but I'd guess that miller either lowballed or offered less and AmFam came in with a higher bid that miller wouldn't match/beat.

I hate when they rename buildings that are basically landmarks.

[Jdesign]

Yeah its pretty much bullshit. Money rules all though.

[Nick_F]

Rekpoint said:

Heard it's not going to be named Miller Park for very much longer.

Itll be weird saying "I'm going to American family insurance park"

[straight6pwr]

If they use their whole f*n name Ill be even more upset.

there is a petition. please sign if you care about such things.

https://www.change.org/p/miller-coors-and-keep-miller-park-as-the-official-name-for-the-home-of-the-milwaukee-brewers

[RobZR]

Nick_F said:

Itll be weird saying "I'm going to American family insurance park"

It'll be Miller Park till I die.

I want nothing to do with AMFAM after they screwed me over on an accident 20 years ago.

[patsbimmer1]

In case you have all forgotten the Brewers played at a stadium that did not have a beer name for 30 years... County Stadium anyone?  From what I've heard MillerCoors didn't want another long term deal so AmFam stepped up.  I don't understand the hate though, AmFam is a Wisconsin based company that's looking to build more offices in Milwaukee and invests heavily back into Wisconsin communities along with being the 17th largest employer in the state.  MillerCoors moved headquarters out of Wisconsin, isn't even a top 100 employer in Wisconsin, cut jobs in 2018 and has shifted community focus outside of Wisconsin. 

Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion if not kept in check with facts so someone please let me know if I've said anything incorrect.

[Jdesign]

patsbimmer1 said:

In case you have all forgotten the Brewers played at a stadium that did not have a beer name for 30 years... County Stadium anyone?  From what I've heard MillerCoors didn't want another long term deal so AmFam stepped up.  I don't understand the hate though, AmFam is a Wisconsin based company that's looking to build more offices in Milwaukee and invests heavily back into Wisconsin communities along with being the 17th largest employer in the state.  MillerCoors moved headquarters out of Wisconsin, isn't even a top 100 employer in Wisconsin, cut jobs in 2018 and has shifted community focus outside of Wisconsin. 

Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion if not kept in check with facts so someone please let me know if I've said anything incorrect.

Good highlights, and that changes the feels for sure. I still think it should be named Brewers stadium or something similar though.

On another Note, I know your all in the market for a 1996 MOMSTER truck dodge caravan with a 318 Chrysler V8 so dont be shy to show up at my shop with $300 and a trailer to take it home on. 

[Jdesign]

Imagine how good you would look wearing this....

[REKIII]

patsbimmer1 said:

In case you have all forgotten the Brewers played at a stadium that did not have a beer name for 30 years... County Stadium anyone?  From what I've heard MillerCoors didn't want another long term deal so AmFam stepped up.  I don't understand the hate though, AmFam is a Wisconsin based company that's looking to build more offices in Milwaukee and invests heavily back into Wisconsin communities along with being the 17th largest employer in the state.  MillerCoors moved headquarters out of Wisconsin, isn't even a top 100 employer in Wisconsin, cut jobs in 2018 and has shifted community focus outside of Wisconsin. 

Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion if not kept in check with facts so someone please let me know if I've said anything incorrect.

How many times did County Stadium change names?  Zero.  They ripped it down and built a new one, it was called Miller Park.  If AmFam want's to rip down miller park and build AmFam Park, fine.  That would be cool.  Buildings of this caliber are defining landmarks of a city.  It seems wrong to change the name, maybe it was improperly named to begin will.  Maybe 'Brewers Stadium by Miller' would have been better.

For me, it's not even Nostalgia, it just seems wrong.  No better than taking a corner stone off a building.

[Boris3]

No dog in this naming fight, but would like the stadium tax to go away. Despite promises that it's almost done and will be phased out I'm not holding my breath on that one. First slated sunset was 2014, and then moved back to 2018, and then to the current promises of end of 2019 or 2020 at the latest.

Stadium has been an asset and the parking lot is great as an autox venue, but the political maneuverings that got this approved in 1996 were a travesty.

[jc43089]

Jdesign said:

Imagine how good you would look wearing this....

Someone in my class today saw this for sale and had to show everyone.  I recognized it and said I knew who had it.  What does it need to be driveable?

[m42b32]

Boris3 said:

and the parking lot is great as an autox venue

not anymore 

It feels like re-naming a boat, which is apparently really bad luck (and pisses off Poseidon, which is something I'd like to avoid when on a boat). In all fairness, it sounds like Miller doesn't want to pay up for the naming rights and so it makes perfect business sense to bring in a new sponsor so there probably isn't much anyone can do about it. I will likely just keep calling it Miller park out of habit since it's been that way for nearly 20 years.

[Boris3]

m42b32 said:

not anymore 

What happened? I haven't been down there in a while.