PHOENIX -- The 2016 Cubs had "Try Not to Suck." Now the 2017 Brewers have "Don't Eff it Up."
That's what Brewers owner Mark Attanasio told players prior to Saturday's first full-squad workout at Maryvale Baseball Park, surprising everyone in the room by using the four-letter word not with malice, but with a smile on his face. Attanasio was urging players young and not-so-young to seize the opportunities afforded by a Brewers team entering its second full season of rebuilding.
"I loved the realness of it," said Joba Chamberlain, the veteran reliever vying for a job as a non-roster invitee.