BrewTown is jumping and the Brewers have three important series before the All Star Break. Let me insert cliches about fireworks, 4th of July, Summer, and Grilling here. The Brewers will hope to grill the Cubs this 4th of July Weekend...You can expect a lot of Fireworks before the Mid-Summer Classic...Blah Blah, here's the good stuff...

Shortstop: Brewers are in first. Now knock out the Cubs. — Jared

Tailgating: You might have seen Bill Schroeder or that Jerry Garcia dude from Piggly Wiggly talk about “brat hot tubs” on the FSN telecasts. Like all good Wisconsinites, I like to boil my brats in beer before I grill them, but the post-grilling “hot tub” idea was foreign to me until I saw it on FSN. It makes sense. I mean, it’s not unlike at picnics or events when brats are thrown in a crock-pot or other type of warmer with some beer and ***. And it works. The brats are a lot juicier and if you throw in some *** and onions, they’re tastier too. You can even leave them in the “hot tub” for quite a while with no danger of overcooking them. I use one of those flimsy aluminum bread pans you can buy at any supermarket for the tub. Try it out. — Jared

Recommended Tailgating Music: I feel like I should choose some MJ, but it's also Summerfest, so here's a mixer of some songs from bands at Summerfest that would make me want to join the tailgate: Help Save the Youth of America from Exploding by Less than Jake, All I Want by the Offspring, Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly, Roots Radicals by Rancid, River Card by Corey Chisel and the Wandering Sons, The Seed 2.0 by The Roots, I'm Shipping off to Boston by the Dropkick Murphys, Superstitious by Stevie Wonder, Kick Push by Lupe Fiasco, and The Set Up by Reel Big FIsh — Bryan

Handy Heckle: Earlier this week, RotoInfo posted a list that is supposedly the 103 players that tested positive for steroids when MLB did an “anonymous” test in 2003 (http://rotoinfo.com/read_article.php?articleId=318). It got quite a bit of buzz, but is apparently a load of crap. That said, we can still use this to our advantage. Five current Cubs showed up on the list: Carlos Zambrano, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano and Milton Bradley (along with 15 other former Cubs). The list might be true (unlikely), but even if it isn’t, the Cubs players on the list are probably pretty pissed about it. Just casually remind them about it. Like, “Hey, Carlos, imagine what that Gatorade machine would’ve looked like after that beatdown if you were still on ’roids!” or “Derrek, 46 home runs one year and then 50 over the next three seasons. I was totally surprised you were on that steroid list, man!”. — Jared

Art: Smooth Criminal

Many of you have noticed Ryan Braun's new at bat song. Personally, I love it and I hope he keeps it. — Bryan

Half Pint: Wily Peralta. Having had a chance to see this guy live a couple times over at Timber Rattlers stadium has been a treat. The 6’2” righty is big and powerful. He gets it up into the mid 90s and has a really nasty slider. Peralta’s numbers so far this year are eye popping. He has a 3.41 ERA in 16 appearances (eight starts) with 83 strikeouts in 63 1/3 innings and a 4.15 K/BB ratio. He’s on a roll right now too. Since the last Out of Right Field post, Peralta has pitched nine innings (one six-inning start, one relief appearance) giving up just two runs and striking out 16. Insane. Get out to Appleton while you can still see this guy as a T-Rat. — Jared

Blatz from the Pabst: Bill Wegman doesn't have a memorable name. He was picked in the 5th round. He doesn't have amazing stats, but Wegman was a solid Brewers starter from 1985 to 1995. His best statistical year was 1991 when he won 15 games and had an ERA under 3. He used this great year to get his "big" two million dollar a year payday. I remember Wegman as the rock of the staff...nothing fancy, nothing overpowering, but just solid. Batters would get on, but he would work through it. He ended his career with the Brewers, but also under a .500 career Win Loss record. — Bryan

Alternate uses for RFB shirts: 1) A gag to either keep yourself from getting kicked out of a game or to shut up an idiot fan. Instead of a profanity laced tirade causing security to come after a couple people text the Brewers, just show them the Cub Killer. 2) Ever forget to bring an oven mitt? This 4th of July, you could use an extra RFB shirt as a sweet oven mitt to grab the hot potatoes instead of burning your hands. 3) You just know someone is going to light their hand on fire from fireworks too. If you don't have bandages, a shirt makes a killer fabric wrap.— Bryan

Friendly Fire: Anyone that has ever been to a baseball game with me knows how much I hate the wave. Seriously, what is so god damn exciting about this tired 1970s gimmick? Yet every game I go to there is at least one ass clown in my section that screams for everyone to start the freakin’ wave with him. “Come on everybody! Get up! We’re going to start the wave! OK! 1! 2! 3! WHOAAAAH!” *FAIL* “OK, no really this time! We need EVERYONE! COME ON! 1! 2! 3! WHOAAAAAH!” *FAIL* *REPEAT* And if they’re finally (mercifully) successful, the whole section giggles in glee as they watch other fans stand up and sit back down in other parts of the stadium. Epic! The worst part? The morons that try to start the wave seemingly always wait until a key part of the game to begin it. So, rather than watch the Brewers (you know, the reason we’re all there…), I get to stare at the backs of people who get off on this stupid human trick. Stop. Doing. The. Wave. — Jared