Yost Fired!
by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:08 PM CDT
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JS Blog link
ESPN.com blurb with the reaction of an anonymous player
Tom H believes this came from Mark Attanasio
Joe Sheehan thinks "short of replacing him with Dakota Fanning or something, the Brewers will be better off for his absence."
Melvin won't discuss whether the firing was mandated by Attanasio and says Ted Simmons hasn't decided to accept a reassignment to an advisory role.
Mike Bauman of MLB.com thinks firing Yost won't fix the team.
Tom H: Ned Yost didn't see it coming.
My dad called me with the news from the Miller Park press box (he's covering the Cubs-Astros game for STATS). He relayed the message that Dale Sveum has been named the interim manager, but I haven't seen that in the media. EDIT: ol Pete notes the official site confirms.
I'm sure the various mods (I'm looking at you, battlekow!) will be on top of posting any relevant links as they come up. FNY, you succeeded!
[UPDATE: www.firedalesveum.com is still available, for the entrpreneurial BCB readers. Sveumed! --- roguejim]
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the jsonline blog was choking as I tried it
but its up on the main site
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 2:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
VICTORY!
Someone find a picture of Johnny Drama
by Marty McSuperFly on Sep 15, 2008 2:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow!
I take back all the filthy things I said about DM not making Ned accountable for the past 2 weeks.
So why again did we fire kremblas?
by SgtClueLs on Sep 15, 2008 2:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kremblas was actually secretly appointed to head a transition team.
He’s been hiding out at MP all week.
Proudly rock your Tararrel in public.
by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 2:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Also, since I didn't say it already, YES YES YES YES YES YES. THANK YOU, BREWERS.
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by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 2:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just heard this on Chicago radio...
jsonline is getting hammered, but it’s up on the main page.
by MillerParkSouth on Sep 15, 2008 2:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sveum was just using this job offer
to leverage a better position out of Staples. The Yost branch will not be closing down after all, and all the Brewers will keep their jobs.
(Seriously, I hope this is the shot in the arm your team needs. I really do want to see you make the playoffs).
by Brendanukkah on Sep 15, 2008 2:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Link
Our problem this year has been offense and defense. -- MixFMKyle
by jch24 on Sep 15, 2008 2:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Simba reassigned to 'advisory role.'
What does that mean?
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by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 2:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Didn’t agree with the firing and/or didn’t want to take over.
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My guess too...
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It means...
they’ll call him about important issues. Hey Ted, where did Nedley keep the DFA forms?
by kgaul on Sep 15, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Light the fire!
They may have waited too long but this needed to be done. This team needs a fire lit under it’s collective ass. Lets go Brew-ers!
by TimQMills on Sep 15, 2008 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hey, "The Jay"
what’s your dad’s name? I work for Stats too.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
by mjk83 on Sep 15, 2008 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He goes by David Schultz – he’s recorded Brewers games for Stats for almost twenty years now.
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The is the first part of TheJay's first name
Jay is his middle name.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TheJay Jay?
I hope to see one of those myself some day.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 15, 2008 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you want me to post a pic of our shortstop?
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you miss battlekow on our site a few months ago?
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by BK on Sep 15, 2008 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nunsense
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow. we are all in better moods today.. .ha.
by Jamie in LA on Sep 15, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not usually this punny?
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Robin
Come on up from AZ for a couple weeks and help out your old bud Dale!!!
The Bambi's Bombers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on Sep 15, 2008 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
From the heart of downtown Chicago...
…to your computer, I send you all my congratulations. I’m sorry your season had to suffer as much as it has to make it happen, but hopefully it’s not too late.
See you guys Tuesday!
by Flatley on Sep 15, 2008 2:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Michael Flatley?
with the tight pants and tighter attitude?
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a bold move!
This move is as bold as Barack Obama going on O’Reilly.
We’ll see if it works.
by tcyoung on Sep 15, 2008 2:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A very timely move. And bold.
No reason why not. CC and Durham were attained so the team could make the playoffs, not stay home in October.
And, maybe this will be like the Mets and Willie Randolph—-light a fire under the team’s ass.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Sep 15, 2008 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and unlike that move, hopefully there won’t be enough time for the fire to go out….
I think the wild card chase is really between the Mets, Brewers and Astros, with Philly taking the NL East handily over the next two weeks of play….
by ahtrap on Sep 15, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So...
How much of a change in tactics, etc., is everyone expecting over the last two weeks now that Sveum’s calling the shots?
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m not sure this move is strictly about tactics but about changing the mood of the clubhouse and sending a message to the team.
by TimQMills on Sep 15, 2008 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know
I just wonder if we’ll still see Shouse facing righties and other weird moves (although maybe Sveum will actually explain his thought process).
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm about to
Run through the halls of my office yelling “my manager got fired!” in jubilation. What could possibly go wrong?
by andrew_p on Sep 15, 2008 2:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You'll be looking for your own "advisory position"
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Already did it – I still have a job
by Saberilliterate on Sep 15, 2008 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Saaaaaaay!
Doug, if you’re still listening, how about some more at-bats for Gamel, while we’re at it?
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OH CRAP!
You guys might get a real manager now….that’s going to suck for us Cub fans.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 15, 2008 2:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
gee its giant asshole
Why don’t you post some funny pictures.
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't say this very often...
but ol Pete….I love you.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 15, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on now Santoswoodenlegs...
… don’t get all reasonable on us now. :)
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thrown out at home ratio will go down!
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow!
Never thought I would see this day.
Good luck to Ned wherever he goes. He wasn’t the greatest manager, but he did weather a long run of truly terrible teams and (now that he’s gone) I can respect the good he’s done in Milwaukee.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This is a gutsy move
I don’t know if the manager has much to do about most of the slump… but maybe the only way to get everyone out of the slump… and piss them off and get the bats going!
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Sep 15, 2008 2:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He does to an extent.
When its one player slumping, no. When its the entire team slumping during the last month of a pennant race, there’s problems.
Manager can bench underperformers, light a fire under the players’ asses (figuratively), etc.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Sep 15, 2008 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I completely agree with this but it may be too late
Even if the team can break out of their funk the Phillies have such an easy schedule the rest of the way.
by brew82 on Sep 15, 2008 2:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Now if the Brewers don't win the wildcard
Only can blame the players… technically its tied now, so Braun, its up to you…
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Sep 15, 2008 2:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Overeager Wikipedia-editors
Yost’s small Wikipedia page already mentions he’s been fired four seperate times.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 2:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
I’m stunned. I concur with others that this is a very bold move, especially considering all Doug has stuck with Ned through. I think it’s pretty clear that the team needs an attitude adjustment. Could that happen under Yost? Every passing day that it didn’t made it all the more unlikely that it ever would. Will this help? I don’t know if there’s enough time left, but hopefully the team can regroup enough to mount a final stand.
Wow.
Wow.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 2:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
me thinks there were salty phone calls with Attanasio
Melvin probably made excuses a couple hundred times and after Mark A has spent a boatload of cash, watching mumbling bumbling Yost and his big game pitcher Soup, it was probably too much.
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Sep 15, 2008 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tom H concurs
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the blog still chokes for me – I guess I should get some stuff done anyway
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The blog's a choker for me.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Sep 15, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Now it won’t work for me either. I guess I was just lucky to even get that far.
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What, do you all have Commodore 64s?
Firing probably came from the top
By Tom Haudricourt
Monday, Sep 15 2008, 02:26 PM
It’s difficult to believe general manager Doug Melvin, who is not a reactionary or knee-jerk person, made the decision to fire manager Ned Yost with 12 games to go and the Brewers tied for the NL wild card lead.
This had to come from the top, from owner Mark Attanasio, for Yost to be fired. With the team collapsing at the end for the second consecutive season, losing 11 of 14 games in September, obviously a “now or never” decision was made for the club.
CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets are going to be lost to free agency after the season, and the Brewers gave up top prospect Matt LaPorta to get Sabathia. So, the team might take a step back for a year or so after this.
Thus, win now or maybe never get this close again. That’s why I think it came from the top. I can’t imagine Doug Melvin firing his manager with 12 games to go.
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if Attanasio...
… got the same responses the press does when he asked Ned a question or two about game decisions. We know it happened at least once based on a press report from last year.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sheets is the key IMO
I still think Sheets needs to win the rest of his starts. If we assume CC wins the rest of his Sheets can take the burden off the 3-5 starters. he is an ace and has to pitch like one.
by TimQMills on Sep 15, 2008 2:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Check out Fanposts
for more conversation on the Rotation.
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Question
Is this the latest in any season a manager has been fired? The season is 92.6% complete…
Probably the latest for a team in a pennant race
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Sep 15, 2008 2:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
in baseball, maybe...
in hockey, Lou Lamiorello (sp?) of the New Jersey Devils is notorious for late season firings. He did it a couple of years ago (maybe 2005?) with like a week to go in teh season, and the Devils in 1st place, and installed himself behind teh bench. He did it before, too, in 1999, with two weeks to go in the regular season, he fired his coach, and the new guy won the Stanley Cup.
My fave late season firing, though, has to be of Michigan basketball coach Bill Freider back in 1989. After teh regular season ended, Freider went and talked to Arizona State and agreed to be their head cocah, and Bo Schembechler, the old football coach, and then Athletic Director, went off, saying “A Michigan Man wil coach Michigan,” and fired Freider.
And Steve Fisher got the task of leading the maize and blue into the NCAA Tournament, and 6 games into his head coaching career, Fisher was cutting down the nets in Seattle….of course, then came the Fab 5, and the events leading to the probation that’s killed Michigan basketball over the past ten years, but we’ll always have that 1989 National Championship….
by ahtrap on Sep 15, 2008 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm still stunned
I wonder what the latest point in a season has been for a playoff-contender to have fired the head coach.
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Perfect timing for this......
this is August, 2006 right?
It is dangerous for an athlete to believe his own publicity, good or bad - Bob Uecker, 1982.
by Adam P on Sep 15, 2008 2:32 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Dibs on the new third base coaching position
All you do is wave your left arm in a circle, right?
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously though, this solves two problems at once
Sveum couldn’t possible be as incendiary as Yost as a manager, even if he’s a moron, and now we’ll have a better third base coach pretty much by default.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does Yost get another job?
Obviously more worried about the playoff hunt, but managers are get so recycled, would suprise me if he was an bench coach in atlanta for a few years and then promoted again… Phil Garner did go from losing 100 games in Miwaukee to taking a great Astros team to the series
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Sep 15, 2008 2:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If there's a God
Let Yost end up on the Cubs…
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They've already got Dave Littlefield as a scout
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and we still pay Ed Lynch money for some damn reason...
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 15, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Cincinnati has Bill Bavasi
Seems the Central is the place to go to rebuild your shattered, urine-stained career. Maybe Cecil Cooper will want Ned on his staff.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He pops up semi-regularly on Atlanta forums and blogs as a guy to get after Cox is gone. I could see him being something there next year with Cox in his last year.
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They probaly don’t want him now….at least Cox’s teams would get to the World Series before choking…
by ahtrap on Sep 15, 2008 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ned's probably
gotten a call from Atlanta to be a “super scout” for the winter.
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ESPN story updated...
“I think we have sucked in September so far and I don’t think it’s his fault that we can’t hit or pitch right now but something had to change,” a Brewers player told ESPN.com’s Amy K. Nelson.
by andrew_p on Sep 15, 2008 2:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I really want to know who said that.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Sep 15, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet Vinny Rottino
He saw his chance to do something in September and took it.
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm thinking Sabathia.
Didn’t he text Nelson to tell her he’d been traded months ago?
Hence my decision to call it "screwing around" as opposed to "in-depth study."
by KLSnow on Sep 15, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I put it down lower in the comments. It's Cameron.
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by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Braun.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations from Reds fandom.
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by BK on Sep 15, 2008 2:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cubs vs Brewers Pitching Matchups
Sabathia vs Dempster
Sheets vs Marquis
Parra vs Harden
This is a playoff series and a true test to see if we deserve to get in. We have our top 3 throwing.
by TimQMills on Sep 15, 2008 2:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping for
Sabathia vs. Dempster
Sheets vs. Marquis
Sabathia vs. Harden
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sabathia vs. Dempster
Sabathia vs. Marquis
Sabathia vs. Harden
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
CC and Sheets HAVE to win the 1st two games. We do not want to face Harden in an even series.
by TimQMills on Sep 15, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't bet on Parra....
just yet. The wheels may have come off. Lit up too many times in a row.
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree...
… regretfully.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he needs a break
He has pitched more innings already this year than he has ever pitched in a year before. If he is going to be any use in the playoffs I believe they need to shut him down for a start or two to rest his arm. It would probably be beneficial for our playoff chances because he would get some rest and wouldn’t be out there getting lit up due to fatigue. Let McClung get some starts, he for sure couldn’t produce anything worse.
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Sep 15, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any chance the rotation changes...
After seeing two guys pitch on short rest to beat the brewers… any chance Dale puts CC on short rest to get an extra start out of him? Or is it too late for that now
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Sep 15, 2008 2:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If the season is on the line and a win gets the Crew into the playoffs I dont see how you dont pitch CC on short rest.
by TimQMills on Sep 15, 2008 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was thinking about that
I think it’s OK to start Moyer on 3 days rest - after all, he’s old, and his fastball tops out at 80.
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As long as he isn't throwing high-pitch complete games both times.
I see the future. I see cake.
by Blicks on Sep 15, 2008 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
See Fanposts
for more “rotation” talk.
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Bill Castro's job safe?
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That guy could write a great book with all the characters who have passed through that bullpen and the club as well.
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you know how many managers
Castro has worked with in Milwaukee? He comes with the equipment.
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any ideas on the long-term implications?
I guess if Sveum does well over the rest of the season he could get the job permanently, but are there any other likely candidates?
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rob Picciolo is the new manager?!
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bob Skube!
We can have Skube Snack days! Ruh-roh!
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if we replace Ned Yost with…Ned Yost?
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah, the ever mysterious player to be named later….i like it, just clear him out for the end of the post season chase, and when the dust settles, bring him back. After all, he was good until mid0august this year, and through July last year, too…so, maybe just hire him for 4 months a year, clear him out before things go bad, and rinse and recycle….
by ahtrap on Sep 15, 2008 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Manager Platoon?
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somebody's gotta say it
BadgerBlogger was right!
Whatever that is.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 2:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Eat it Tom H
His sources were just a tad wrong on the date.
by SgtClueLs on Sep 15, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BadgerBlogger is run by John Titor.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There’s more than one guy. And they are complete cowards. I’ll bet its tied to slurping at the public trough somehow.
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is only one John Titor!
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ya zinged me
was it Jihad who said the term should be ‘I bill hall’d that one’ or IBHTO
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But they weren't!
Simmons was supposed to take over. Tom H called the Sveum thing.
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oddly
They don’t have a story about it now, though it’s mentioned in a little comments box by some rabid badger blogger readers.
"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 Sep 15, 2008 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Simmons
I don’t know what happens to him now, but I’ve heard that Kremblas was almost certain to get the third base coach job last winter until Zduriencik pushed for hiring Simmons. As the coaching wheel turns…
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 2:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Any chance now that Dale is gone at third and in the dugout
Counsell fills in as the third base coach?
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Sep 15, 2008 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has Don Money ever coached third base?
He seems to be the top guy in the minors, coaching prospect-wise
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He stood right next to one for years… like Alaska and Russia
We've got uniforms and everything, it's really great!
by drezdn on Sep 15, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps the Brewers wanted Yost gone either way
And if somehow they rebounded and made the playoffs, they didn’t want to be stuck with Yost because they couldn’t fire the manager that made the playoffs for the first time since 82 and maybe he would get some votes for manager of the year.
This way, it takes Yost out of the picture…
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Sep 15, 2008 2:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The anonymous Brewer in the ESPN story is Cameron.
Pretty obvious. That ESPN.com writer, Amy Nelson, has only done one Brewers feature all year … and it was about Mike Cameron’s comeback.
(“I think we have sucked in September so far,” a Brewers player who wished to remain anonymous told ESPN.com’s Amy K. Nelson. “And I don’t think it’s his fault that we can’t hit or pitch right now, but something had to change.”)
Proudly rock your Tararrel in public.
by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 2:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Her archive link ...
… is here. Given that she spent time in a “$100-a-night hotel room” with Cameron, she probably has his cell.
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by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But she also got a text from CC
When he’d been traded, the infamous one about it being weird to leave Cleveland.
Hence my decision to call it "screwing around" as opposed to "in-depth study."
by KLSnow on Sep 15, 2008 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
CC doesn't strike me as a dude who would say that, but there's still a chance, I guess.
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by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My money is still on Cam.
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by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This news has been too much for me
I had to lie down for awhile, get centered, and…but (choke), oh, I have to lie down again. This is too much!
Sorta counters the 500-point drop in Wall Street today. Sorta. ;^)
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ted Lilly
Anyone notice the box score for the Milwaukee Astros?
by SgtClueLs on Sep 15, 2008 2:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Just a lot of wow lately.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No! Go away!
Plus, you’re only allowed to pitch Jason Marquis in Miller Park, starting…now!
"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 Sep 15, 2008 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cleary the Stros are protesting the game location by refusing to hit the ball
We've got uniforms and everything, it's really great!
by drezdn on Sep 15, 2008 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Back to back no hitters would be HUGE
and just add to the story of how Houston got screwed… maybe Houston is sucking on purpose to prove a point they got screwed? Obviously not…
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Sep 15, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hah
Berkman is the only guy to get on base and he got picked off/caught stealing. Nice.
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just caught it...
Yep. Gameday was late… just said “Inplay No Outs” for forever.
by SgtClueLs on Sep 15, 2008 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another one
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Single
It’s over.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And it was Loretta
Ha.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
there we go
what a nice little run the last 2 days have been
by ACB on Sep 15, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now it ended.
I have audio streaming back on. Done listening to 520AM.
by SgtClueLs on Sep 15, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah well
jihad I’m sure is just glad Abercrombie wasn’t bunting.
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Guess Bob Webb isn't there
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm kind of surprised no news outlet/blog has opted for the "Yost is toast" headline yet
by MillerParkSouth on Sep 15, 2008 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I bet Yost's firing
Will inspire Sabathia to have a quality start on Tuesday.
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by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 3:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Predictions for the last 12 games? That Yost is gone
I say 7-5 and go to a tie breaker game to get in the playoffs
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by Kyguy922 on Sep 15, 2008 3:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
More from my dad, your link to Miller Park press box scuttlebutt
“When they wanted to fire Yost, they couldn’t find him. It took them 45 minutes to find him.”
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 3:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Did he Liefer himself?
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That
Or maybe he was braving the uneven pavement of Chicago again.
“‘I felt like an idiot,’ he said.”
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He shuts his iPhone off when he's doing taxidermy.
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by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the new blog title
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 3:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yosting Fun
We now have math on our side.
12G – 1NY = 12 W?
by SgtClueLs on Sep 15, 2008 3:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sveum?
not Simmons? Not Kremblas? Not, err, Yount?
Sveum????
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 3:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Simmons (and maybe Kremblas) might not have wanted to take over for the last two weeks.
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmm
you think kremblas “was fired” because of this. that they were planning this for a couple days and approached him and he declined?
just thought of someone to manage: jeff cirillo!!
or maybe jack mcceon he did it once
—This is Michael M by the way on my bro’s computer
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by baseballdan1092 on Sep 15, 2008 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don't see why they wouldn't want to
as long as Frank K was guaranteed a spot at managing AAA next year if he got turned down for the permanent position.
What the hell would simmons have to lose?
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that was one of the reasons he took the job
at least that’s what he said aloud. he didn’t want yost to feel he was being hired to replace him.
The Brewers have won the C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes-Ken Rosenthal
by baseballdan1092 on Sep 15, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Simmons felt loyalty to Yost, like Robin Yount did to Bob Brenly a few years ago.
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
loyalty, smoyalty
there are times when you just have to chuck your friends under the logging truck to make it in life.
He probably won’t get another chance to lead if he shows the signs of a friend rather than a leader.
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Sveum. I know. That's my only concern in this situation.
It’s like McCain keeling over in office and Palin taking over. In this case I’ll look past the fact that Sveum is a moron and hope it energizes the base.
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by MooseHaas on Sep 15, 2008 3:23 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Prediction. Phillies win the east
and the Mets win the wild card.
by Rick B on Sep 15, 2008 3:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yost elected to walk Howard to face Pat Burrell. This was… well, it strains my vocabulary to find the right word for it. Howard cannot hit left-handers, and would be a platoon player if performance mattered anywhere near as much as reputation does. Or if he had a competent manager. Howard is at .228/.313/.458 against lefties in his career, .212/.287/.410 this year. Howard. Can’t. Hit. Lefties. Shouse, on the other hand, is in the major leagues for exactly one reason: lefties can’t hit him, to the tune of .175/.192/.289 this year, and .211/.263/.325 for his career, which includes a bunch of years when he was barely a major leaguer. Manuel sending Howard up against Shouse was a continuation of a theme for the Phillies: not hitting for Howard when he has little chance of doing something good. He was giving Yost an out, and Yost gave it right back.That set up Shouse versus Pat Burrell, which cried out for a right-handed reliever. After all, Shouse is a pure specialist (.307/.390/.455 vs. RHB career; .293/.371/.446 this year). The only way walking Howard even might make sense is if Yost were to bring in a righty to try and get a double play out of Burrell. Burrell doesn’t have the big platoon splits he showed earlier in his career—he’s a dangerous hitter against both kinds of hurlers—but leaving Shouse in to face him was asking for trouble.
Think about this for a second. Yost had a 481 OPS pitcher facing a 697 OPS hitter. He elected to issue an intentional walk in that situation to allow an 817 OPS pitcher to face a 905 OPS hitter with an additional runner on base. That’s when you start looking around the roof of the stadium for snipers, because gunpoint is the only place where that kind of decision makes sense.
No, the players didn’t play well in Philadelphia, but Ned Yost gift-wrapped that first game, a game the Brewers could well have won with some better decisionmaking. He earned his firing, and short of replacing him with Dakota Fanning or something, the Brewers will be better off for his absence.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I completely disagree.
…Dakota Fanning would be an improvement.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Throw the ball in the strike zone Sheets, gawd!"
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
funny listening to Homer
He thinks Sheehan is uninformed and hasn’t researched it.
Dude has a genetic predisposition for management.
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think this decision to fire Yost was in the cards
maybe late last week already. Melvin asked to wait until Monday to do the deed for the public, what with the off day and the team traveling.
Hard to believe that Yost’s unbelievable call to walk Howard was coup de grace. Are we saying, if Shouse had wiggled out of the inning, Yost would still be in the dugout tomorrow?
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, Shouse's performance doesn't validate the decision
It’s still just as terrible even if Shouse strikes Burrell out.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need a new thread to decide on a long term successor
Jeff Cirillo was already mentioned.
Molitor was in the running for the Twins gig a few years ago.
Jeff Sackman maybe?
Whoever it is had better be a fan of Sabremetrics.
by grant76 on Sep 15, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Buck Showalter
Ex-Ranger, albeit after Melvin had left Texas.
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah yes....
Melvin does have a penchant for those Rangers…
by grant76 on Sep 15, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Gord Ash will want to bring in Mike Sirotka
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
full circle people
phil garner
The Brewers have won the C.C. Sabathia sweepstakes-Ken Rosenthal
by baseballdan1092 on Sep 15, 2008 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tom Treblehorn!
We've got uniforms and everything, it's really great!
by drezdn on Sep 15, 2008 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thoughts:
How come there are not more rec’s for this story?
What a nice belated birthday present from the Brewers to me. It would have been nice if they had given it to me on time, yesterday, but I’ll take it.
Simba goes to advisory role, is he still technically bench coach, too? Otherwise we are down a bench coach and a third base coach. Who take over if Sveum gets kicked out of a game? For that matter, who is going to coach third base now?
How come Craig Counsell doesn’t just become a player/manager?
And
HELL YEAH!!!
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think we need a bench coach for the rest of the year
Maybe Don Money will get the call to coach third.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha
where’d you get that idea from?
Also, Maddux is probably a good candidate for takeover when/if Svuem gets ejected. And there’s also
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
IIRC, didn’t Dixies interview with Don have him state he didn’t want to move up. He enjoyed what he was doing, developing players. Or was that lip service?
by SgtClueLs on Sep 15, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
IIRC
he didn’t think it was likely but was enjoying what he was doing
by ol Pete on Sep 15, 2008 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am AA right now, and my goal is not really get myself to the big leagues next year or the year after. I am in my eleventh year, and I am satisfied with getting players ready either for AAA or the big leagues. The talent has come through, and we have a lot of former players in the big leagues, and if something opened up in Milwaukee, yeah, I would be interested. But that isn’t my goal. My goal is to make these players better. I am not like, “Man, this is July of ’08. I have to be in the big leagues next year.” You know, I am 61, and in ten years I will be 71, and will I be doing this? I don’t think so. But you go out there until they don’t want you anymore or maybe you don’t want to do it anymore, I mean physically can’t do it anymore. If something worked out, would I be up for it? Yeah, but it isn’t my number-one goal. My number-one goal is to do the best I can and make these guys better.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe they could bring Davey Nelson out of retirement!
It makes me sad knowing that a one-time 1st base coach didn’t know what the hell OPS was.
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everything Davey does makes me sad
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome
Finally that stiff got fired. We deserve a coach who will yell and fire up the players.
by Brauniac on Sep 15, 2008 3:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That’s not fair. Yost yelled at Estrada and got him fired up that one time.
by grant76 on Sep 15, 2008 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Capital Times compares this with the Buck Rodgers/Harvey Kuenn situation.
The big difference then was that the Brewers players openly disliked Rodgers and there were those who thought they were underperforming just to get rid of him. Reportedly, when general manager Harry Dalton informed the players of the change, he said: “You got what you wanted, now go out there and win it.” Or words to that effect.
I guess that quote applies to us instead of the players this time. So let’s go out and blog!
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I love that story.
Regardless of whether it’s true. It’s fantastic baseball mythology.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Best. Poll. Ever.
Can I rec a poll? Double-rec it even? Battlekow, did you put that up, I’ll rec the response to this from whoever did put it up.
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 3:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha, yes.
I was inspired by a Lookout Landing poll of yore. Can’t even remember what there’s was on though.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Either way, rec'd.
I am in a very rec-ing mood today. I like to rec the wreckage of Yost. Hehe.
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll even look over the wrong THEIR!
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm taking the rec of because of that now
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There should be a comma after the you!
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
should there be?
i see not the relevant comma rule.
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are no real comma rules
Don’t let grammar nazis full of high school english class-bred arrogance get you down.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Be nice.
I thought, there was supposed to be, a comma, in that sentence, though I could be wrong. I mean, I, am something, of a comma fiend.
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
Nothing wrong with being a comma fiend, but it’s mostly a matter of taste. Standardization is only useful as far as it facilitates communication. In this case, the “comma before ‘too’” thing is like split infinitives and not ending a sentence in a preposition, to me; they’re rules that let allow people to feel educated and by extension superior, but really do nothing to enhance readability.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps.
I’ve never been real big on “rules of writing” for classes. If you are writing something, I think that if you use the grammar/sentence structure how you like it, it creates a more personable effect in the work that you are writing and makes it less mechanic. I guess the only time writing rules should be completely followed is when writing a research paper or something similar.
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Depends
I had to do as assignment in biology lab once to create a short scientific paper. It was supposed to have an attention-getting title, so I called it “Live Nude Welwitschia”.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's awesome!
If I ever have to do a paper on anything like that, I’magonna ask you for permission to borrow that title.
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had too go to a class, so I did that fast without reading it again
(pre-emptive smiley if someone tries to point out that that’s the wrong to)
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by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How late do your classes go?
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's confusingly worded
I have a goofy religion class Monday nights. We get out of regular school at 3 usually, 2 on Wednesdays.
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting.
At my school we just get off at 11:30 the third wednesday of every month.
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We have block scheduling
four classes, 90 minutes per day. It’s awesome. I have block 2 off next term, so I can be on BCB in the mornings too!
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
how enormously useful that is
with all the morning central time games and special events during the offseason.
If you lived in Hawaii the rest of the year, that could come in quite handy
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
doing nothing > English 101
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting.
I’ve got 8 classes a day with one of them being a study hall. We can go on senior release during Study Hall, though, which basically means all the seniors can leave the school for that 44 minute time slot. Fortunately I live in town and can drive home, eat lunch, and have enough time to peruse BCB before heading back.
Bye Ned!
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Juniors get one term/ one block per year (so 15/16 potential classes when there’s 4 a day) and seniors get two (14/16 total classes). I can drive home for lunch, too, when I don’t go out somewhere.
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That sounds funny
3rd block is 3 45 minute chunks, you get 1 for lunch and you have a class for the other two.
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
345 minute chunks?
For easier swallowing?
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by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
(insert space between 3 and 45)
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by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, have a heart.
It’s a Brewers holiday!
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What, National Not-Suck Day?
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You sound bummed out
Don’t worry, you can still suck.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I was just trying to find a name for today...
But thank you! Jeff and I are so relieved!
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's fine that you're relieved
Just as long as it’s not by Shouse.
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But couldn't Shouse be the saving grace for the team?
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want a set of playing cards
with this image on it!!
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't try making up names for holidays
You’ll only be disappointed by the results.
Sincerely,
Brendanukkah
by Brendanukkah on Sep 15, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And pags, and thejay, and whoever else you're seeing on this website
Hey, I’m 18 and legal as of yesterday. ;)
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's like two holidays for me then!
I’m really only “seeing” one of the aforementioned sexy men. I don’t have good night vision…
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's hot
No really, I mean that’s really hot
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
1) married
2) not into dudes;)
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's not what you said the other night when Jeff was over...
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well...i can be into dudes
if the woman i’m with really wants me to be;)
it’s all about her though:P
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can be into dudes
But only with a lot of lube.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't sound like much of a holiday to me.
"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 Sep 15, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The poll was funny, but what kind of polling app allows only one option?
by grant76 on Sep 15, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another question
if the Brewers fail to go over .500 in their remaining games of the season (despite not having Ned in place), is it fair to say that Yost got Yosted?
Because replacing him now vs later wouldn’t have made a shit bit of difference in that case.
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 3:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe...
… but if the decision was made to get rid of him later, then why not do it now on the off chance it makes a difference over the last 2 weeks. I mean, why not at this point?
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
true that.
I certainly hope this is more a charlie manual/willie randolf sort of thing rather than every other example of replacing a coach I’ve ever seen (okay…the Cito Gaston thing came close to that as well this year, I suppose).
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rotoworld is confused
they think Prince Fielder fired Ned Yost.
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 3:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe it's a typo
Maybe he got hungry and fried Yost—that’s why he was so hard to find.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Interesting to ponder
Gabe Kapler might be out for the year
Gabe Kapler was a minor league manager last year
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 3:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Maybe a Kapler body building course could help one heavy set first baseman who’s struggling with weight control!
by SgtClueLs on Sep 15, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When I first heard the news....
I’m in my car, and a friend gives me a call saying Yost has been fired. I do a victory dance. Next, I set my iPod to shuffle to jam out on the way home. First song: Thanks for the Memories (Fall Out Boy). Second song: Joy to the World (Three Dog Night). Can’t get much more accurate than that,
by Rendezvous on Sep 15, 2008 3:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
www.hiregormanthomas.com!!!
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 3:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
oh, lord
that’s what we need: another 3TO coach.
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It would put an end to the speculation over whether or not the organization actually encourages players to swing away.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Sep 15, 2008 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
www.hirekirkgibsonforidontbelievewhatijustsawforsomeplayoffmagic.com
Whew
by Rendezvous on Sep 15, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
www.hirekirbir.com
“Boys, you need some extra batting practice…”
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
HOLY MOLY
First time I get wind of this was once I got home, not more than a second ago.
LESS THAN A DAY after me becoming a Ned basher, he’s fired…I have spoken ;D
by Lavender on Sep 15, 2008 3:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
did Rally Puppy bite Ned?
where Puppies like to bite men?
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reassigned to advisory duties, I heard.
Which suggests that he declined to stay in the same role out of loyalty to Ned, perhaps?
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I, for one, welcome our Sveum overlord—so long as Salome/Rivera catch the rest of the year, JJ gets moved to third and Escobar plays short.
by HRF on Sep 15, 2008 4:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe Sveum
will play short
and throw a few balls into the 3rd row to celebrate old times.
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just tell him not to go into the outfield for any popups....
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm curious about Simba.
I know he and Ned are friends. Is it possible that he was offered the interim job, turned it down out of loyalty and then asked out of the bench coach job out of loyalty to Ned?
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This move was in the works
this move to fire was in the works last week, I gotta believe. The results in Philly made it so much easier. Mark A is a corporate guy. He may have blown his stack, but he’s wired to put the knife in properly, with a day off and the team returning home.
The surgery was successful and the patient may live, also….
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We still could say "Yost was Shoused," couldn't we?
Naw, Yosted finally yosted himself. Not Shousy’s fault. Yost had his hand on Brian’s shoulder when pitching to Howard.
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 4:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No wonder Shouse sucked so much
I bet that screwed up his mechanics.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Took the bait. Nice
Users of alliterative language here, be warned. You are being monitored. ;^)
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But look whose hand was on Burrell
by Brendanukkah on Sep 15, 2008 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe if we had Him for a coach...
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather have him as a starter.
Hell, just as a fan in the stands. He could turn the gatorade in the opposing dugout into wine. Imagine the opponenets attempting to hit, field and pitch drunk.
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Getting the opponents drunk
Um… you’re the Brewers. Shouldn’t you have figured this trick out already?
by Brendanukkah on Sep 15, 2008 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point.
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus has proven
that he doesn’t have to be a closer to succeed in this league. Just ask the Red Sox
by tcyoung on Sep 15, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm actually the proud owner of this one
I’m not kidding.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That seems a little close...
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are three woods in this picture
And only one’s a golf club.
by Brendanukkah on Sep 15, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus is a ~little~ to close to that girl.
"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 Sep 15, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather have Jesus as our closer.
I mean he is known as the Savior.
by tcyoung on Sep 15, 2008 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How did you manage that post without using the line "Jesus saves...the ballgame!"?
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Been there..
Done that.. Do you have the basketball one where Jesus is going Mutombo on some little brats?
by tcyoung on Sep 15, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks more like Kareem
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who knew Jesus played keep-away? Make it a hat instead of a basketball...
… and change the plate to read “Jesus is My Bully.”
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or "Jesus Stole My Lunch Money."
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If one of them bites his arm,
can they play it off as taking communion?
by tcyoung on Sep 15, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Brewsome Twosome with more:
Here’s what Melvin said about why the decision was made with 12 games to go in the season: “We were just trying to do something to see if we can get something going in these last 12 games. We want to get (the players) motivated to go out and win this thing. I can’t say there was one deciding factor.Melvin said the decision to fire Yost was a collaboration between he and Attanasio, which was discussed last night. He also said he wouldn’t discuss whether or not the move was forced by Attanasio or not.
”Mark and I talked last night and we slept on it," Melvin said. “We made the final call this morning. I’m not going to get into (if Attanasio spearheaded the move). Any major decision, Mark is involved and in the end I make the final call.”“It could be construed that way (as panic), but we are 16 games over .500 and are tied for the wild card,” Melvin said. “It could be viewed that way. In the end we hope the message to the players is that we think we can turn it around.
”Ned gave us 95% of the schedule with a chance to (make the playoffs). We’ll leave it up to Dale to see if he can figure it out the rest of the way. Ned admitted he didn’t know why this is happening. I don’t think he was totally shocked.
“That’s the part that’s difficult for me. Ned’s never quit on me, never quit on his players, never quit on his coaches. I feel like I’m quitting a little bit on Ned by not giving him a chance (to finish the season) but he said he understands.”
The decision to remove Yost also was a move to remove Ted Simmons from his post as bench coach. The team offered him another spot in the organization as an advisor (a non-uniformed role) but Simmons has not given an answer yet.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Translation
“Mark told me to fire Ned. I talked him into sleeping on it for the night. He woke up the next morning and still wanted me to fire Ned regardless of the fact that I thought we owed Ned the opportunity to turn the season around and not quit on him.”
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Sep 15, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Owner feels better
for a day. If Sveum takes the team to the playoffs, he’s got the bounce into next year’s marketing campaign for ticket sales.
This calculus probably had more to do with his decision than the issues we saw with Yost as manager. This guy is not a gazillionaire because he falls victim to his emotions (as you, and certainly I, do).
by heybatterbatter on Sep 15, 2008 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
They feel good, maybe. But you feel better.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Press conference
The team has a press conference scheduled for 6:30 PM Central time. Brewers.com has a link to watch it live when it starts.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
by TheJay on Sep 15, 2008 5:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's almost a shame
I was looking forward to the next Rambling post about how good the economy is, but Yost’s departure is likely to overshadow it.
"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 Sep 15, 2008 5:36 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
This will be my first chance to comment on this
HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on Sep 15, 2008 5:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that hand looks positively scary
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't care
reminds me of Ned’s bullpen usage
I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on Sep 15, 2008 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
why is braun the only guy who talks about the team???
nont exactly a ringing endorsement
“It’s obviously unfortunate because we like Ned,” Braun said. “He’s a great guy. You know that he put everything that he had into it.”
“For us, we can’t really focus on it,” Braun said. “It’s just a non-issue. We have to move on…”
by Jamie in LA on Sep 15, 2008 5:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He's not
See below.
Also, I thought it was a good point – no matter how well you coach some players, they won’t play well unless they try their absolute hardest. That said, Ned probably could’ve used more things to motivate the boys. However, I agree with Brauny that the players are to blame in the end.
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ya...
im not saying he is the only one that talks; but he seems to be the only one that gets his quotes printed.
by Jamie in LA on Sep 15, 2008 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duh - he's Braun ;)
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
CC on BBTN later tonight
Just heard on espn that Craig Counsell will be on BBTN at 9:30? tonight.
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Sep 15, 2008 5:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Our fearless new player/manager speaking in public already?
Wait, what?
I am extraordinarily anti-Suppan. And Gagne. I am anti-gagne, too.
by NoahJ on Sep 15, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Yost has to take a big part of the blame as well, after making some of the worst tactical decisions you’ll see. In the eighth inning of yesterday’s first game, the Brewers were tied 3-3. Guillermo Mota allowed a leadoff single to Jayson Werth, and was lifted for Brian Shouse so that Shouse could face Chase Utley and Ryan Howard. (Charlie Manuel’s refusal to always put a right-handed batter between those two is a big reason why the Phillies will have trouble winning a short series.) Utley sacrificed Werth to second, setting up Shouse versus Howard.
Yost elected to walk Howard to face Pat Burrell. This was… well, it strains my vocabulary to find the right word for it. Howard cannot hit left-handers, and would be a platoon player if performance mattered anywhere near as much as reputation does. Or if he had a competent manager. Howard is at .228/.313/.458 against lefties in his career, .212/.287/.410 this year. Howard. Can’t. Hit. Lefties. Shouse, on the other hand, is in the major leagues for exactly one reason: lefties can’t hit him, to the tune of .175/.192/.289 this year, and .211/.263/.325 for his career, which includes a bunch of years when he was barely a major leaguer. Manuel sending Howard up against Shouse was a continuation of a theme for the Phillies: not hitting for Howard when he has little chance of doing something good. He was giving Yost an out, and Yost gave it right back.
That set up Shouse versus Pat Burrell, which cried out for a right-handed reliever. After all, Shouse is a pure specialist (.307/.390/.455 vs. RHB career; .293/.371/.446 this year). The only way walking Howard even might make sense is if Yost were to bring in a righty to try and get a double play out of Burrell. Burrell doesn’t have the big platoon splits he showed earlier in his career—he’s a dangerous hitter against both kinds of hurlers—but leaving Shouse in to face him was asking for trouble.
Think about this for a second. Yost had a 481 OPS pitcher facing a 697 OPS hitter. He elected to issue an intentional walk in that situation to allow an 817 OPS pitcher to face a 905 OPS hitter with an additional runner on base. That’s when you start looking around the roof of the stadium for snipers, because gunpoint is the only place where that kind of decision makes sense."
Corey Hart and his .312 OBP (!!!) lead off yesterday. That’s Corey PATTERSON esque. He’s been playing Jason Fucking Kendall all season long and leaving him in to bat in the ninth innings of close games. He’s kept going to Gagne. He hasn’t bothered using Torres in non-save situations, ignoring the whole ‘one must have a lead to protect it’ corollary. He’s kept Hart batting in front of Cameron. He’s destroyed Manny Parra’s arm. He’s kept Jeff Suppan—a certified junkballer (!!!)—in the rotation. He hits and runs.
Anyone against this move is an idiot.
by HRF on Sep 15, 2008 5:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
scroll up dude
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Sep 15, 2008 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did I miss something?
Or is “destroyed Manny Parra’s arm” hyperbole? Please let it be hyperbole.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s half-hyperbole, half-speculation, half-potential truth. It’s the manbearpig of The Brewers’ World.
by HRF on Sep 15, 2008 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yount to be on staff to "help"
Translation: He’ll be the new manager. Ueck and he will drink spiked Robinade while Ueck broadcasts from the dugout and the crew wins 9/12 of the last games this season.
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 6:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Did you actually see that anywhere?
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was on the news about two minutes before I posted that
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Sep 15, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's not on wikipedia yet
it must not be true
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just did a google news search for Robin Yount
any report would come up there. Nothing regarding him joining the team
I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on Sep 15, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i did likewise;)
just felt like getting in a wiki-shot.
by PagsBrewCrew on Sep 15, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brian at Brewerfan says it was reported on Milwaukee TV
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting...
you’d think Witardo riding in the car would report that as well
I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on Sep 15, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah.
It means he’ll be around for 9 games, then leave to spend more time with his family.
I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 15, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Free at last
Thank you Phillies- those were the most productive 4 losses ever. Don’t let the door hit you Nascar Ned.
by molitorfan on Sep 15, 2008 6:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Marty got mentioned by Peter Gammons
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 6:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Way To Go Marty
I just sit back and root for the taser
by Hyatt on Sep 15, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The benefits of squatting on an obvious domain name
I’ve enjoyed all the mentions of the site today, though. We’re going out in style….almost 10,000 hits already today.
by Marty McSuperFly on Sep 15, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Marty, So this is the real question
Do you plan on following Yost to his next endeavor to maintain the site, or is FNY.com going into retirement? If retirement is the call, I’m sure you could pull a Favre if the situation arises, but what the hell are you going to do with all your free time?
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Sep 15, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure
I didn’t actually register the domain name. The site was registered and is hosted on the account of a friend of mine. I’m pretty sure we’ll just shut it down, and let his next victims carry the torch. Or maybe leave it as it is, so we can go back and reminisce. I guess I’ll go back to writing fan posts on BCB, which is what I was doing before they all developed an anti-Yost theme.
There’s plenty to dislike in Melvin, but he may not be a problem following the season, either.
by Marty McSuperFly on Sep 15, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Entreprenurial Opportunity
Go here and offer them the domain for a fee. Or, maybe they’d prefer “donthireyost.com”.
I don’t know if there are any SB nation blogs dealing with Dale Jr., you could offer it to them for fans of his pit crew. I love the line “he’ll inevitably leave the tires on too long”.
Sat: George 2 (37, missed catch, fielding) Fri: George (35, throw) Tues: George (34, throw)
by Jordan M on Sep 15, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Firing
My non-embarrassing thoughts on the Brewers:
Two Fisted Slopper
by nmc on Sep 15, 2008 6:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The press conference thread
is open.
"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 Sep 15, 2008 6:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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