Most Valuable Brewer: An Excercise in Stupidity

by stigmo on Aug 27, 2008 10:10 AM CDT Comment 9 comments

Local ESPN Radio here in Madison (The Heller and Murphy show) had a rousing discussion yesterday on who is the most valuable Brewer. Not a bad topic. You've got Braun. Sheets. An entire sub-topic of whether CC is eligible for his half a season. I suppose if you really wanted to, you could make a case for Hart or Fielder or Hardy.

Sounds like a pretty interesting discussion, right?

Wrong.

The host proceeds to make his MVP case for....wait for it...wait for it...

Jason Kendall.

I kid you not. Braun was barely mentioned in the discussion. Because, you know, Kendall is solely responsible for every out the Brewer pitching staff has recorded this season. Except, perhaps, for when Torres is on the mound, because he got heavy MVP consideration, too.

Thankfully, the fill-in co-host mentioned that he's not too sure a guy batting .250 with one home run is the most valuable Brewer, but this is an hour of my life that I cannot reclaim. Though, if there is ever a KUG HoF, I hope this segment is recovered and immediately enshrined.

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Adding Kendall did give the green light for dumping Johnny Estrada, that has to be good for at least +20 wins, right?

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Aug 27, 2008 2:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Not to mention

It freed up the room we needed to sign Sabathia.
Room at the post-game buffet, that is.

C. Magruder scored, R. Weeks to second on balk

by alkaseitzer on Aug 27, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus

a lot of his work isn’t really in the stat book it’s what he has brought with the pitching staff. I don’t think I’ve ever heard pitchers at the end of games talk so much about their catcher being the key to the game.

by Lavender on Aug 27, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can't tell whether this is serious or not

Someone help. I’ve gone through the looking glass.

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

a lot of his work isn’t really in the stat book

I’m assuming here that you are unfamiliar with the KUG formula.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you could make a case for Hart or Fielder or Hardy.

How about this:

you could make a case for ~~Hart~~ Cameron or Fielder or Hardy

Or, you could make a case for Branyan! He was the sparkplug that turned this team around!

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 3:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I would have to give it to...

Turnbow. If he wouldn’t have pitched so horribly, he would probably still be on the team taking up an additional pitchers spot. I like to think that freed up roster spot eventually turned into CC.

"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."

by MadJimiBrewha on Aug 27, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Heller's a nice guy...

… but he’s a dumbass homer on a regular basis.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 7:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Ha!

Pretty true. I’m glad he’s there to play the straight man for Murphy, who’s the real reason for listening to the show.

Steve
http://nohuddleoffense.blogspot.com

by stigmo on Aug 28, 2008 9:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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