In a couple of weeks the Brewers will break from spring training camp and head north to Chicago to get ready to play some meaningful baseball games. But on the way to their opening day showdown with the Chubbies they have a brief 2 game layover in Milwaukee to play a couple exhibition games against the Kansas City Royals. The Royals? Can someone tell me what the point of this is. As far as I can tell all this is is another revenue stream for the owners, but at what cost? A the time the Brewers play these games they will have already completed what everyone involved with baseball pretty much agrees is a spring training schedule that is about one week too long. After these games the team will embark on a season that lasts 162 games! The longest season of any sport except hockey, which I believe is about 82 games too long.

   The only thing I see that can come from games like this are injuries. All positions will be figured out well before these games. They are completely meaningless. They don't even count as far as spring training statistics go. Some have argued that these games help drum up interest for the coming season. Really? If you haven't heard about the Brewers by now you've missed the boat. This is some money making scheme that the Brewer's good friend Bud Selig came up with for a few teams to make a little extra cash before the start of the season. What happens if Braun smashes into the outfield wall chasing a pointless fly ball of the bat of David DeJesus (KC outfielder in case you were wondering) and busts his shoulder. Or what if Prince pulls his meaty groin? Or what if Ben Sheets chews his nails in the dugout and gets a season ending hangnail?

   Be done with this nonsense I say.