Please review the following as my official application to join The Brew Crew:
I found baseball in my mid-30s. My family wasn’t into sports growing up, so neither was I. In 2016, I watched the Ken Burns documentary series and completely fell in love with the game.
I decided I would follow a team from each league. I picked the SF Giants (I live in CA and could never root for the Dodgers) and the Seattle Mariners. When I was about 4 years old in the early 80s, my family visited some friends in Washington, and their teenage son gave me a Mariners cap. It was my very first baseball cap, and I’ve always had a heart for the underdog, so the choice felt right.
Over the past 10 years, I’ve developed a much deeper knowledge, love, and understanding for this beautiful game. A couple of years ago, my son started playing Little League, and I taught myself how to keep score so I could follow his games closely. Keeping the book made me love the game even more—to the point where I just watched and scored every single game of the NLCS (I've attached photos of the sheets as proof of my nerdiness).
Midseason this year, I had to walk away from my Giants fandom due to front office and organizational decisions that just didn't align with my personal values. That left me rooting for the Mariners, but without an NL team.
That’s when I started watching the Brewers more closely. I fell in love with the heart, energy, and passion they bring to the field. I love their scrappy, underdog attitude. The bunts, the steals, the slaps to the gap in center... this is baseball. This is the style of play I’ve come to love.
… also, my 1966 Bob Uecker card is easily one of my most prized possessions.
What do you say—is there room at the bar for one more?
