Johnny Rasta-Shivers's Milwaukee Brewers Fan Profile
Brief description
Musings on THE southside team,
Extended profile
Who am I?
Johnny Rasta-Shivers is in his 27th season as a journalist, recently producing and hosting a funk music show -- Back In The Day w/ Johnny Rasta -- on WSUM 91.7FM. Started in radio as a Morning Sports Reporter and Late Night DJ with WMAD 92FM. Served a quarter-century as a sportswriter -- most recently, for the Milwaukee Shepherd Express, including stints as a beat reporter covering Major League Baseball (Milwaukee Brewers) and college football and basketball (Wisconsin, Marquette & UW-Milwaukee). Born on January 5, 1957, John is the great-grandson of slaves who first homesteaded in Wisconsin in the 1840's. He holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism (2001) from UW-Milwaukee with a Minor in Africology. John, now single, resides in Madison, WI with his beloved kittie: Black Jack (McDowell).
Interests
Baseball and the finer things available in the bestest city in the world, Chicago!
Main Skills
Too many to list humbly...
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Wither Nedly -- should Yost get fired? posted on 06/11/2008
In a perfect world, or at least a perfect National League, Ned Yost would like to be Bobby Cox when he grows up. If you’re looking for a managerial role model, you could do a lot worse than the long-time Braves skipper. In fact, Yost’s biggest asset when he interviewed for the Milwaukee Brewers’ job was his years learning the game as one of Cox’s coaching staff.
The one thing Cox stresses is consistency and his managing style is exemplified by his even keel. Do the same things – every time, every at-bat, everyday – and things will work out okay.
Of course, if you had all that great starting pitching – three possible Hall of Famers in Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz in the rotation – you’d look pretty smart, too. Still, let’s take a look at how Yost is trying to instill the Braves’ way in Milwaukee.
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Who cares more about the White Sox than Ozzie? posted on 06/05/2008
For reasons I will explain below, Ozzie Guillen is the Billy Martin of the Chicago White Sox. Okay, Billy Martin without the alcoholism and bar fights with marshmellow salesmen, but the analogy still fits.
What ties the two life-long baseball men together is their unflagging love for their teams. Nobody cared more about the New York Yankees than the late Billy Martin and nobody suffers more when the White Sox don’t play up to their abilities than Ozzie Guillen.
As players, both Billy and Ozzie were average players at best who used their considerable will and observation skills to get every possible edge. As managers, both men learned their craft by watching their Hall of Fame skippers (Casey Stengal and Tony LaRussa, respectively) play an inside game of baseball – using every possible trick in the book and every single edge they could muster.
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Musings on THE southside team,
