Chasing Mike Maddux Out the Door
It's been a good run, but I'm waving goodbye.
Due to other commitments and interests, I'm handing over the reins of Brew Crew Ball to KLSnow, who will boldly (and semi-drunkenly) lead you into the future of the Milwaukee Brewers. I'm not going away entirely (sorry!) ...KL has left the door open for me to pop in as I see fit. He keeps referring to me as the "voice of reason," which suggests that he's either (a) being nice, or (b) in for some serious disappointment.
Before I go, I want to thank all the contributors, moderators, and regulars of the site. This has never been a one-man show, and that became especially clear this season, as we'd frequently have three or four authors on the front page at the same time.
And, thanks to KL for taking over. I'm much happier to leave the keys with him (and the rest of the writers and mods) that to fob off the site on an unknown quantity.
Go Brewers!
0 recs |
65 comments
Comments
I don't leave many comments...
But I have read this blog almost everyday for two years. I have always found your view points very insightful, you will be missed. Come back often.
by bplatz on
Nov 5, 2008 2:43 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Thanks Jeff!
I can’t say enough about your good work, I know I’m fairly new to BCB, but I find this site the flag ship amongst brewer news/discussion sites.
Thanks for all your hard work. I guess I can stop feeling guilty about ad blocking the ads!
by SgtClueLs on
Nov 5, 2008 2:48 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Sorry to see you go, Jeff
But good luck and thanks for all your interesting and insightful work over the years, I know that I’ve certainly enjoyed it, and the site.
by sheeter on
Nov 5, 2008 2:54 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Oh yeah...
I forgot I was doing those.
I’ll chime in with those throughout the offseason in some form or other.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Nov 5, 2008 6:30 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Chime in often
Nothing changes with minor league splits, hopefully?
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
by Jordan M on
Nov 5, 2008 3:35 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Man,
That GMAT must be real hard. Other GMAT-related activities, I bet.
Your specter will haunt this site for days, if not weeks.
My non-embarrassing thoughts on the Brewers:
Two Fisted Slopper
by nmc on
Nov 5, 2008 4:07 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Whose specter?
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on
Nov 5, 2008 4:10 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Thanks for all of your work
You leave some big shoes for KLSnow to fill…you will be missed
How can you not love Carsten Charles?
by grobbins on
Nov 5, 2008 4:40 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Thanks Jeff!!
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
by dux2bux on
Nov 5, 2008 5:18 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Good Luck to you Jeff
I’ve greatly enjoyed your insights and tolerated your puns. I wish you luck
I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on
Nov 5, 2008 6:01 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
We are going to have to work together to pick up the pun-making slack
Hopefully we’re above replacement level, or we’ll have to bring in a pinch-punner.
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
by Jordan M on
Nov 5, 2008 6:06 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Roguejim alone
picks up all the slack you’d ever want him to.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Nov 5, 2008 6:31 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
I've heard puns are the lowest form of humor.
But there must be something punderneath them.
I don't specifically articulate my motives, because that wouldn't travel as well as a boo does.
by KLSnow on
Nov 5, 2008 7:25 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Congrats on taking over the blog
now kindly go have sex with yourself after that one.
I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on
Nov 5, 2008 7:42 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Is it Wednesday already?
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on
Nov 5, 2008 7:56 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
well said Jim
I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on
Nov 6, 2008 6:47 AM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
I thought it was a good one...
But that seems like excessive celebration.
I don't specifically articulate my motives, because that wouldn't travel as well as a boo does.
by KLSnow on
Nov 5, 2008 9:06 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
you totally get a flag on that one
I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on
Nov 6, 2008 6:46 AM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
thanks, Jeff
Nice job putting together the best Brewer site on the web! I enjoy it immensely.
by keephopealive on
Nov 5, 2008 6:14 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
I love Jeff
I love Jeff Sackmann and I don’t care who knows it.
by senryu on
Nov 5, 2008 6:18 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Ah crap
Jeff’s pulling a Leitch? What the deuce?
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am also pro-Rodgers.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on
Nov 5, 2008 7:21 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Just to clarify
Leitch pre-emptively pulled a Sackmann.
I still haven’t forgiven him for that.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Nov 5, 2008 7:29 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Duly noted
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am also pro-Rodgers.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on
Nov 5, 2008 7:31 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Jeff
you should become the editor of Deadspin so the Crew can win the World Series next year
September 15: Not a bad little Monday
by molitorfan on
Nov 5, 2008 7:36 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Fucking brilliant
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am also pro-Rodgers.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on
Nov 6, 2008 5:26 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Off to bigger and better things, good luck
If we offer you 4 years at 100 million will you stay?
Congrats 08 Crew on a fine Wild Card achievement! What do you say we keep the next postseason drought to something a little shorter than a quarter of a Century.
by MadJimiBrewha on
Nov 5, 2008 7:34 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
I hope more KL
means more
Rally Lobster!
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am also pro-Rodgers.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on
Nov 5, 2008 7:35 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
and of course...
more victory Pie

I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on
Nov 5, 2008 7:46 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Here's the victory pie

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am also pro-Rodgers.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on
Nov 5, 2008 7:48 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Nice work
Jeff is pulling a Costanza and going out on top. The Brewers make the playoffs for the first time in 26 years and he is out the door. Thanks for all of the insight and entertainment Jeff and please don’t be a stranger.
I really didn’t think that Obama would bring change this quickly.
September 15: Not a bad little Monday
by molitorfan on
Nov 5, 2008 7:39 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
In the Sack
While I used to post much more often, I’ve always read it all.
Thanks for everything, Jeff.
I'll warm up with you anytime
by ufoboy90 on
Nov 5, 2008 8:23 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
The timing is obvious
Jeff Sackmann: Obama’s newly minted Secretary of Sabermatics.
Thanks for all your contributions over the years Jeff, continue to stop by often!
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on
Nov 5, 2008 8:33 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Huh? NO! But..but...I LIKED you, I really LIKED you.
Boo. This has easily been the biggest news of the offseason so far. I hate when the biggest news is bad news. (No offense, KL! I like you, too!)
I hope you come around a lot. Join us for some wins next year!
Though maybe now might be an opportunity to ask what happened to one of our other moderators?
Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9
by NoahJ on
Nov 5, 2008 8:50 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
BK has reportedly been seen aimlessly roaming the SBN landscape of other teams’ blogs
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am also pro-Rodgers.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on
Nov 5, 2008 9:00 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Interesting.
Does he not like us anymore. I would think he would at least help to send off Jeff.
After all, Jeff IS BK’s favorite tennis player.
Eric Gagne DL time: May 23-June 29 Brewers record in that span: 20-9
by NoahJ on
Nov 5, 2008 9:07 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
thanks jeff; and good luck with your reading list...
(would that be considered an old-school bcb reference???)
chat soon, buddy,
jamie…
by Jamie in LA on
Nov 5, 2008 9:01 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Well, shit.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on
Nov 5, 2008 9:33 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
"...pop in as I see fit" = "we can still be friends."
No. Really. I mean it.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on
Nov 5, 2008 9:38 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
well...
I do have a long track record of getting back together with ex-girlfriends.
So you may not be rid of me at all.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Nov 5, 2008 9:56 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
joking btw
We actually want you back :)
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
by Jordan M on
Nov 5, 2008 10:39 PM CST
up
reply
actions
1 recs
is that you Ted?
oh wait, he never answers questions
by ol Pete on
Nov 6, 2008 6:31 AM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Wow, thanks for the run Jeff!
Your analysis and perspectives were always refreshing in an otherwise mondane cliche of analysis. Thanks for your time, your effort, and your passion. You will be missed but not forgotten. Keep on truckin’.
I untuck my shirt!
by Michael M on
Nov 5, 2008 9:42 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Thanks Jeff
You built up a great thing here. Here’s hoping it keeps going strong.
by Cheeseandcorn on
Nov 5, 2008 10:28 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Say it isn't so my darling!
I will miss you awebunch! Thanks for always playing along with my risque-ness and being my buddy (both of which I expect will not change).
Oh! And thanks for leaving BCB in capable hands :)
"If loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right"
"If lovin’ Braun is wrong, I want to be a repeat offender"
by kirbir on
Nov 5, 2008 11:22 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
I'll share responsibility
I’ll bring Kieschnick updates as needed.
C. Magruder scored, R. Weeks to second on balk
by alkaseitzer on
Nov 6, 2008 12:00 AM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
You'll be missed
Thank you for starting this blog in the first place!
by morineko on
Nov 6, 2008 12:05 AM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Thanks Jeff
This is my favorite site on the net. Well, maybe tied with Elitist Jerks.
by Braunstalker on
Nov 6, 2008 12:22 AM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Seems about time
to change the banner heading.
The Bambi's Bombers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on
Nov 6, 2008 7:39 AM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Done!
I don't specifically articulate my motives, because that wouldn't travel as well as a boo does.
by KLSnow on
Nov 6, 2008 9:17 AM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Nice!
Say, aren’t we suppose to hang Jeff’s first post from the rafters or something?
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on
Nov 6, 2008 9:54 AM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
Thanks
I too have been reading this site nearly every day for the last two years, I have checked out many Brewer blogs, and there are many imitators, but none of them hold a candle to the work represented here. You will be missed, thanks for all of your contribution to my slowly expanding Brewer knowledge!
Personally, I think we got hosed on that one! - Harry Doyle
by reverse24 on
Nov 6, 2008 8:31 AM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Good luck
I’ll call this congrats.
It’s been a fun few years.
cheers.
Bring Back The Old Logo!
by jacob on
Nov 6, 2008 9:08 AM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Thanks Jeff, good luck with your writing
I don’t post a lot, but I read BCB every day. Without a doubt the smartest content, most levelheaded community and the best signal-to-noise ratio for posts and comments of any Brewer blog.
by MillerParkSouth on
Nov 6, 2008 9:14 AM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
Goodbye and good luck
I agree with most of the comments above.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
by TheJay on
Nov 6, 2008 10:54 AM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
I know what happened
Jeff saw how well Nate Silver did on fivethirtyeight.com and is going to work for ABC
by warwick5s on
Nov 6, 2008 12:46 PM CST
reply
actions
0 recs
indeed
I do wish I’d thought to apply nate’s sort of analysis to elections ….coulda/shoulda/woulda, of course.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Nov 6, 2008 2:57 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs
there are always elections
Political consulting is kind of like baseball – lots of levels and plenty of grind. The pesos at the top are huge and of course rookie ball is servitude.
by ol Pete on
Nov 6, 2008 7:52 PM CST
up
reply
actions
0 recs



















