Suter and Bandy Visit with Brewers Season Seat Holders
Today was the Brewers Season Seat Holder luncheon, the second of two such events this season where Season Seat Holders with packages of 20+ games have the opportunity to attend.
The event, which took place in the Skyy Lounge, included a plated lunch, a Q&A with Brewers players, and the opportunity to win prizes.
Today, Season Seat Holders were treated to a Q & A with Brewers pitcher Brent Suter and Catcher Jett Bandy, hosted by Brewers radio broadcaster Jeff Levering.
Questions for Suter ranged from his favorite ballpark (other than Miller Park of course) to how to be successful in school, while questions for Bandy centered around the pitcher/catcher relationship, Big League travel and his now-famous impersonations.
Jett Bandy came over in a trade with the Angels this offseason. Drafted by the Angels, Bandy played under Mike Sciosia, whom he has known since he was 10 years old when he was a teammate of Sciosia’s son Matt in Little League.
“I just thought he was Matt’s dad. I didn’t know. And yeah, fast forward and he’s my Big League manager. Small world,” Bandy said.
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He then went into a story about how as a rookie in Spring Training, he was expected to give “reports” on various topics. Well, Bandy chose to dress up like Sciosia and did an impression of him. It went over so well in the clubhouse that, from that point on, he says he reported probably at least once a week.
Bandy’s impressions have continued to, well, impress.
“I saw him do other impressions in spring and was like ‘This guy’s pretty good at impersonations. I wonder if he’s gonna get me’ and a couple weeks later he did and I just cracked up laughing. He does them a couple of times a week in the clubhouse. Hilarious. I love it,” said Suter, referring this video of Bandy impersonating him that was quite popular recently.
Bandy, who is currently on the DL, then proceeded to do a dialed down version of his impression for the crowd on hand.
Suter also discussed what happens during mound visits. “When I’m good I’m talking about the next pitch. When I’m bad I’m talking about the pitches before….If I’m talking about pitches before, I’m telling him to snap me out of it. We talk about what we want to do with the next guy, the pitching sequence, sometimes it’s him coming out and just telling me to take a breath.”
“So ah, with Brent for instance, he’s obviously super intelligent and super fast so you just go up there and ‘What’s up Brent, how ya doing?’ and he’ll just rattle off like the sentence he just said and you’re like ‘Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah.’ and then you’re like ‘Okay so…ah, how ya feeling?’ Completely just try to slow him down and give him a breather. Everyone is different,” Bandy said.
Bandy also talked about how he decided to play catcher.
“Funny story. When I was younger, I was really fat. I was a fat kid, so they stuck me back behind the plate…and all of sudden, I grew! No, um, I always liked catching. I got to high school and I played third my first three years and then I went back behind the plate.”
Other topics included the versatile Hernán Pérez, and Major League travel.
Thanks to those who came out today, fun was had by all.
