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2015 Fantasy Camp Award Winners

Chris Teske - MVP

Gary Anderson - Cy Young

Chris Teske - Batting Champ

OTHER AWARDS GIVENGold Glove - Brad PolczynskiIron Man - Eddie ContrerasMost Improved - Mike MartinPaul Molitor Award - Gary Anderson, Jason Holtz, Mark Kadlec, Garret Newkirk, Brad Polczynski,Gary Polczynski, Don Quiñones, Ron Schoenbach,and Matt VarneyRobin Yount Award - Chris TeskeMr. Personality - Jerry ThornsenTrainers Award - Roger Rustad

2015 Champions Great pitching wins. It’s that simple. Behind a dominating performance by Chris Teske, the 2015 Fantasy Camp Most Valuable Player, the Big Hard Dirty defeated the Iron Waffl es 4-2 to claim the 2015 Camp Championship. Teske pitched a complete game 4-hit, eight strikeout gem and also had two hits in the contest. The Dirty scored two runs in the fi rst inning, highlighted by a Waffl es error, and scored single runs in the fourth and seventh frames. The Dirty ended the season with a 6-3 record and had two players in the Top 10 Batting Average Leaderboard. Teske led all campers with a .679 average, and Garret Newkirk was third, batting .621.

In alphabetical order: Jason Connell, Jeff Hahn, Steve Hahn, Gene Hogden, Terry Jannsen, Dennis Johnson, Garret Newkirk, Tony Paniagua, Tony Peltier, Craig Salzer, coach Bob Skube, Chris Teske, coach Greg Vaughn (inset), and Joel Winn

Remembering Darryl

Remembering Darryl (cont.)

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“I had just seen him the week be-fore and he was with his two older boys, and saying how happy he was with the younger one (he had) with him and his girl. Everything was going good in his professional career with the MLB network, and the next thing you know you get that call.” That call that Greg Vaughn is talking about is the one he received that let him

know that his good friend, Darryl Ham-ilton, was killed by an ex-girlfriend and mother to their son, in a murder-suicide. The senseless and tragic passing of Hamilton left everyone in the base-ball community stunned, shocked, and saddened. What follows are thoughts and memories of ‘Hambone’ by a few that knew him for years, or even just a week.

Tom Trebelhorn, managed Darryl in Milwaukee - Darryl came to our team with a very crowded outfi eld situation. I always try to fi nd a signifi cant and consis-tent role for every player, and for Darryl I made him my day-game-after-a-night-game outfi elder replacing a regular who I felt could use a day off. He played all three outfi eld positions and was a very reliable player. (continued on back)

I think Darryl was an under-rated player who, for me, was a player you could count on to be prepared and con-sistent with his skills. He was a popular teammate and also well received by our fans. The news of his death was very sad for all who knew him.

Glenn Braggs, teammate - When I found out - When I heard of his pass-ing, I was in shock and couldn’t be-lieve it. He was so full of life and doing what he loved to do, which was talk-ing baseball. When something like that happens, you thank God for your own blessings and tell your family that you love them, and hug them. (I) pray for him and his family for peace, comfort and strength. I felt such sadness and although I didn’t really know what led up to it, I was so angry as well. It was so unnecessary.

Darryl, the player - I was on the DL when Darryl came up in ‘88 and I only played with Darryl for about half the sea-son in 1990 before I was traded to the Reds, so I didn’t have a lot of experience playing with him. He was a real fun guy to be around, very easy guy to get along with, always laughing and joking with everyone. He was one of those guys that kept the club-house loose telling jokes and being that guy that would make everyone laugh. He had a perpetual smile on his face all the time. I remember having a conversa-tion about Darryl with (manager) Tom Trebelhorn and he asked me what I thought about him. I said he looks like the kind of player that will play in the majors for a long time, and he agreed. He hated the cold weather and would wear layer upon layer of clothing with tights and a hood covering his ears and mouth. He would say that the high-est level of cold was when you couldn’t even tell that your nose was running. He defi nitely wanted to learn a lot about the game of baseball and was always asking questions. He was always asking about pitchers’ tendencies, etc. Most of all, he loved baseball and he loved life.

Josh Schwiesow - player on Darryl’s team, J-Bonz, at 2015 Fantasy Camp - Darryl Hamilton was a wonderful coach. (Jeremy Reed too!). They kept the J-Bonz laughing for the entire week. Darryl just had such great, infectious positive energy. Sarah (wife) brought a bunch of magazines anticipating that the camp games would bore her, but I think a large part of why she got so into it was Darryl Hamilton’s constant humorous bantering, even with the fans. My favorite memory of Darryl is when David Shinkunas (camper) came up to bat. We wanted to get a picture (together), so we posed quickly for Sarah to capture. From across the fi eld, ‘Ham’ started yelling, “Hey! What is this? A photo op?” When I came up to bat next, he

stopped everything and came to home plate and called Sarah to the backstop and gave her another photo opportuni-ty. He made sure she got it all. This is one of my most treasured pictures from camp, framed and displayed in my home. In my offi ce at work, I was stunned and saddened to see the news of his passing. I spent the rest of the work day reading the messages of sadness and the memories that fl ooded the internet from friends, fans, his MLB colleagues, and everyone else associated with the fraternity of baseball. Sarah was fi ghting back tears that night as we watched the tributes on MLB network. I feel lucky to have been one of his guys last year. Dan Zier, player on J-Bonz - Darryl was always a great guy to be around. He was the most excited per-son there; no one was having more fun than Darryl. I really enjoyed being on his team. He wanted to have fun but he was also out there to win. I remember one game I was pitching in - the other team’s pitcher came to the plate. He had hit a few of our guys so Darryl came out to the mound and told me to throw one over his head.

Tom Kilbey, player on J-Bonz - Darryl, as my coach, made camp fun, because he had good mix of competi-tiveness, fun, and silliness that you picked up on immediately. He also took and gave ribbing with the best of them. I grew up in that kind of atmosphere, so it was like being part of Darryl’s family. What touched me about him was he was like a new member of the family. That’s what makes losing him so tough for me. There was so much more fun to be had. A week’s time is so short to have a chance to know someone; ‘Hambone’ I had too short of a time with. God bless him and everything he stood for.

Fernando Viña - teammate - It was devastating. A big-time shock. Tragic. I couldn’t believe he was gone. Darryl, the player - He was a tal-ented player. He was a very good hitter. He could spray the ball from line-to-line. He knew for him to hit over .300 and for him to be successful and last in the big leagues, he had to be able to do that. After he learned his role, he knew what he was good at. He was also a quick de-fensive center fi elder. He would bring you good stuff on all sides of the ball to be a complete player, and that’s why he lasted so long in the big leagues. Darryl, the person - He was a good person. He always had that smile on his face and was very positive, good down-to-earth guy. When his kids were playing in tournaments, he always made sure he would fi nd time to always be there for his kids. He knew how important it was his role as a father. That’s what’s sad, too, to think about the kids and not having their father. It’s crushing. Memories of Darryl - I’ll never for-get a game in 1996, in the old County Stadium. It was foggy, rainy, and super, super cold for one of our games. We were getting ready, but nobody wanted to go out there and play because it was nasty. Darryl came in wearing a wetsuit and he actually played the whole game in the wetsuit. He was warm out there. He wasn’t freezing like the rest of us were. Throughout my career that was the only time I saw somebody play in a wetsuit and get it done. When I hear Darryl’s name I think of... - his smile, his love for the game, and how much he loved his kids. He was a baseball junky and his smile showed that. When it came to baseball, whether he was on the fi eld or talking about it, he

was happy. That’s the biggest thing I’ll remember and take from Darryl.

Bill Schroeder - teammate - I had known ‘Hambone’ since the mid ‘80s when he arrived in spring training with the Brewers. His attitude and smile were infectious right away. He loved being a baseball player, and we became good friends from the beginning. Everyone loved being around Darryl, and his smile and positive attitude rubbed off on ev-erybody he was around. He was one of those people that created energy when he was around you, and was just as comfortable being the object of a good ribbing as he was dishing it out. The baseball world lost a great friend last year. I am so glad that a lot of you got to know him at camp last year.

Eric Byrnes - teammate and MLB Network colleague (words taken from MLB Network video) - Heartbreaking. The only thing I can say is that we just lost a teammate. This hit home. It’s been a while since I had this punch-in-the-gut feeling. All I can think about is his boys. They’re going to miss their dad. To think that they have to grow up without a fa-ther, it’s heartbreaking. Personally, for me, this is my boy, my teammate, my guy. We’d spend hours in meetings together, hours on the desk to-gether, doing breakdowns on (Studio) 42. Running the city at night a little bit. Going out to dinner. Having a few cocktails. He was a joy to be around. He was as smooth of a character as I’ve ever encountered. Everything out of his mouth was smooth and cool. Man, I’m going to miss him. I am. He was a baseball lifer. Darryl and I would have conversations of “What’s Next?” (or) “Where do you want to go from here?” Darryl, it was my under-standing and belief at one point, and I don’t know if it was going to be in the near future or not..., I would not have been surprised to see him be a Major League manager. I know that he had that deep in his aspirations, (but) not some-thing he put on the forefront. He was the type of guy, the brilliant mind that he has. The baseball knowledge, the savvy, and the ability to communicate and deal with everybody. You think about how many people that he’s affected. (He had) such an in-fectious personality that there’s a void here; there’s a void in this building today and there will be. It’s going to be tough to get over.

Statement from Rob Manfred, Commissioner of Major League Base-ball - All of us at Major League Base-ball are shocked and saddened by this tragedy. Darryl followed a successful 13-year career on the fi eld by assem-bling a multifaceted career in our game, working for MLB Advanced Media and in our Baseball Operations Department be-

fore moving on to MLB Network. He was a talented and personable individual, and we were proud to call him a member of the Baseball Family. On behalf of Major League Baseball, I extend my deepest sympathies to Darryl’s family and his many friends throughout our game.

Greg Vaughn, teammate - How I remember ‘Bone.’ - He was a friend. He was like a brother. We came up together. We played together. We talked. We were talking about taking a vacation this year to Mexico to play golf. ‘Bone’ was a good dude. Fortunately, during my baseball career, I hadn’t come across too many people that weren’t good people. He was one of my closest friends. He was solid. We talked about pretty much everything. We spent so much time together, we are like family and brothers. He was a quality, good person. I don’t know too many people that could say anything bad about ‘Bone.’ We used to call him the ‘company man.’ Anything that would have to do with any controversy, he’d stay out of it. He was a pros pro. He was like Campbell Soup. He stirred up more stuff than anybody I know. Then he’d get out of it while every-body else was going at it. He was quick-witted. He always had something to say, and then he’d run back in his own corner and say “What? What?” (When I think of him), I think of his smile and laugh. That ‘Hambone’ laugh. First, you would hear the laugh before you would see the smile. His kids were everything to ‘Bone.’ (They) were his heart and soul. For them to grow up and not have their #1 fan is devastating. He’s truly missed.

Thank you to everyone who contributed their thoughts and memories. We appreciate your time and heartfelt words. Those of us fortunate enough to have met Darryl will never forget him and are better for having known him. Darryl left behind three sons, Donovan Quinn Hamilton, Julian Patrick Hamilton and Jaxon Cameron Hamilton.

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The Offi cial Newspaper of the 2016 Milwaukee Brewers Fantasy Camp Monday, February 1, 2016Volume 10, Issue 2

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TODAYFantasy Camp is not so different from school. Instead of teachers, you have coaches. Your classroom is a dugout and ball diamond, not chairs surrounded by four walls. No need to brown bag it for lunch. It’s a catered event. When your day is done, you get to go home and spend time with your friends at night, and the only homework you have is waking up and doing it all over again. Welcome to your school for a week.

QUOTE OF THE DAY“When I put on my uniform, I feel I am the proudest man on earth.”

Roberto Clemente

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