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Tuesday's Frosty Mug

So on Friday I saw a friend, who greeted me with a hug. We had the following exchange:

"Hey, how are you?"
"Good. I'm finally getting over my cold."
"Oh...thanks for the hug, then."

I'm guessing you can about imagine how that turned out.

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So CC Sabathia threw 130 pitches last night to finish his fifth complete game with the Brewers, giving him the outright NL lead in CG. Ben Sheets has 4. Only five other NL pitchers have more than one. Only 29 NL pitchers, given a full season to work on it, have accumulated more than 8 wins. Sabathia's done that since July.

But the fact remains that he threw 130 pitches last night in a situation where it almost certainly wasn't necessary. Baseball Musings and Defensive Indifference came down hard on Ned Yost for letting Sabathia finish the game.

In the meantime, Chop-n-Change notes that 7 of Sabathia's top ten most comparable pitchers were done by age 31, which is why they're hoping the Braves won't sign him.

Even if no one else in the bullpen was ready, Salomon Torres was available to pitch last night. Also in that story: Rickie Weeks is feeling better and may not hit the DL after all.

Ryan Braun left last night's game after aggravating his intercostal strain swinging and missing. After the game, Braun downplayed the severity of the injury...I guess we'll see. In-Between Hops correctly predicted the development.

A lot was made of Cecil Cooper's prediction that the Astros would sweep the Brewers this week. There weren't very many people on the bandwagon with him, though. A poll at Crawfish Boxes showed that 38% of fans thought the Astros would win one game out of 3, and Astros beat writer Brian McTaggart thinks they'll get swept.

One note got buried in today's The Official Site's Game Preview:
With his 114th start Monday, Jason Kendall tied for sixth all-time on the Brewers list of starts by a catcher in one season. He will almost certainly eclipse the 121 started by Darrell Porter in 1975 for top honors.
Jason Kendall needs seven more starts to tie the record for the most starts by a catcher in a single season in franchise history. Even if Mike Rivera starts 3 times in the next 10 games, Jason Kendall will have caught more games than any catcher in Brewer history before September 1st.

On injuries:

A's SP Justin Duchsherer left last night's game in the 3rd inning with inflammation in his hip.
Twins SS Adam Everett was hit in the hand by a foul ball last night, but X-rays were negative. He's day-to-day, just like the rest of us.
Nats C Jesus Flores hasn't played since Saturday with a sprained knee.
Ian Kinsler is likely done for the year after being diagnosed with a sports hernia.
Twins OF Delmon Young jammed his ankle last night and may miss some time.

Has there ever been a post-deadline trading period that was this active? The Dodgers reportedly acquired Greg Maddux yesterday.

This is why teams don't want their top prospects playing in the Olympics: Matt LaPorta is day-to-day (and lucky to not be much worse) after being hit in the head with a pitch during Monday's game against China.

Al Reyes is not one of TheJay's active pitchers who faced the AL Brewers, but he did spend 3 seasons as a member of the AL Brewers. Today, he's looking for work after refusing an outright assignment and being released by the Rays.

Oh, and Sabathia's win last night may not have looked that surprising, but according to NBC Olympic announcer Al Trautwig, winning when everyone expects it is one of the most difficult things in sports. Click the link to read Keith Law's reply.

Drink up.

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isn’t this the same bullpen that gave up a 5 run lead without getting an out in Arz.

"You are only a success at the moment that you do a successful act"
-Tex Winter

by stork02 on Aug 19, 2008 10:33 AM CDT   0 recs

From rotoworld
Jason Kendall started his 110th game of the season on Thursday, vesting a 2009 option that will pay him $4.25 million.
He’s also made $250,000 in bonuses based on his playing time this season, and can make $750,000 more. Also, if he starts 120 games this year he’ll make $4.35 million next season and he’ll make $4.6 million if he starts 130. Kendall was hitting just .243 entering Thursday’s game, but he has thrown out 38.2 percent of basestealers.

I suspect he’ll get more time off, now that he’s hit the magic number, and only needs 19 more starts to hit all the options.

But he’s such a team guy and such a professional that I bet he hasn’t been motivated at all by the money. Not like that awful Prince Fielder.

by Marty McSuperFly on Aug 19, 2008 10:54 AM CDT   0 recs

Heyyyy

long time no see!

"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 Aug 19, 2008 12:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I have a Yosty-sense

It triggers when Yost is about to push the team right out of contention.

by Marty McSuperFly on Aug 19, 2008 12:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Probably re-posting a link you have above

just came across this:
http://www.realmansolympics.com/

Synchronized Springboard diving is given a negative weight, things like lightweight double sculls are given 0. Super Heavyweight boxing is given the highest positive weight.

don’t know about the refusal to use the metric system in the event titles – I don’t see how the english system is more “manly”

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 19, 2008 11:05 AM CDT   0 recs

Angel Salome won the Southern League Player of the Week award

First the good, and then the bad:

Salome was 13-for-19 with two homers and seven RBIs last week, raising his league-best batting average to .364. He’s trying to be the first catcher to win a Southern League batting title since Chattanooga’s Jason LaRue in 1998.

link

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 19, 2008 12:13 PM CDT   0 recs

If he only had LaRue’s grit and ability to grow insane moustaches.

by juggernaut400 on Aug 19, 2008 12:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Our Brewers beat writers...

Witrado didn’t know you couldn’t trade draft picks in the MLB in his mailbag the other day- pretty sad in itself- and someone wrote to Haudricourt to correct him, and he misinterpreted the correction. Awesome job, guys.

Q: Jason of Waukesha – Just a note to Anthony’s Mail Bag. You can’t trade draft picks in the MLB it isn’t allowed in the collective bargaining agreement.

A: Brewers Mailbag – To state the rule correctly, you can’t trade them until a year after their signing date. That’s why the Brewers were allowed to trade Matt LaPorta, their first-round pick in 2007, to Cleveland in the CC Sabathia deal. It had been just over a year since LaPorta signed.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by jihad on Aug 19, 2008 2:52 PM CDT   0 recs

Yes, and ...

I get annoyed by the repeated grammatical and spelling errors in AW’s mailbag entries … It’s easy to tell they don’t go through the same editing process as the newspaper columns.

by oconnobe on Aug 19, 2008 3:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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