My Brewers are continuing to struggle and my Mets have lost five straight. But last week, soccer kicked off in parts of Europe, so, Yi and Favre are completely off my radar (if they ever were really on it) and I'm thinking Toro.
Sure, week one was a draw, but one point is better than zero and Alessandro Rosina ranks third in Yahoo's poll asking who played best in the season opening weekend. Add to that the news that Alvaro Recoba's transfer from Inter is official and I'm feeling all granata (that's Torino FC's color and nickname) on the inside again.
However, since Toro isn't nearly as rich as crosstown rivals Juventus or Milan's teams, the club -- which has one of the most glorious histories in Italian soccer, but hasn't won the Serie A since 1976 -- is still likely to struggle a little unless there's some magic.
But this year's baseball season -- and being a Mets and Brewers fan -- has further prepared me for that. Anyway, true fan passion isn't motivated only by wins, is it Brewers faithful? Ale, Ale!
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
