Doug Melvin

So it was 16 years of frustration.

And seeing it firsthand and watching the team perform, then seeing them build it up with Doug Melvin and, you know, that was, uh, really kind of the renaissance, you know, and Jack Z to where they are today, uh, which is just, like, the most, uh, incredible, uh, organization for the resources that they're spending.

Also, just a commitment that they have to bring in the players that are the right fit for the organization.

Mark, I got a text on Sunday morning from a friend, and it was a screen grab from Facebook, from Mia Bando, Brewers player Sal Bando's granddaughter, and her caption was, "OMG, does anybody know this man and why he's wearing my grandfather's face on his shirt?"

And it really ever since, you know, 2008 to 2011, that, that, that stretch where the Brewers started to make some inroads to where we are today, it's, it's continued.

And, and that's with multiple general managers, multiple presidents of baseball operations, from Doug Melvin, to David Stearns, to Matt Arnold.

And it really is kind of a, a trickle-down organizational effect.

They, they wanna play for each other.

And it really ever since, you know, 2008 to 2011, that, that, that stretch where the Brewers started to make some inroads to where we are today, it's, it's continued.

And, and that's with multiple general managers, multiple presidents of baseball operations, from Doug Melvin, to David Stearns, to Matt Arnold.

And it really is kind of a, a trickle-down organizational effect.

They, they wanna play for each other.

He was from Long Run.

They really liked him as a shortstop, and then Doug Melvin, their GM, called up and said, "Well, listen, man, I want you somewhere now.

It's not very good." So they put Long Run.

Long Run is leading the two-one.

Um, you know, as you know, I mean, you know, we hadn't had a winning season, you know, since 1992 up until 2008, so it was 16 years of frustration.

And, you know, seeing it firsthand and watching the team perform, and then seeing them build it up, uh, with Doug Melvin, and, you know, that was, uh, really kind of the renaissance in, you know, in Jack Z, uh, to where they are today, uh, which is just, like, the most, uh, incredible, uh, organization for the resources that they're spending, and also just a commitment that they have to bring in the players that are the right fit for the organization.

We're talking with Milwaukee Brewers super fan Mark Simons.

And Mark, you talk about those lean years that people do remember.