Rumorville: Brewers on Deck

by Rendezvous on Jan 25, 2009 12:42 PM CST

During a Q & A portion at the Brewers on Deck at Midwest Express Center, Melvin fielded questions about free agent pitcher Ben Sheets.

“It doesn’t appear that it’s going to happen,” Melvin said, noting that Sheets recently meet with the Texas Rangers.

Sound's like the bridge is all but burned back to Milwaukee.

A young fan also asked Melvin if the Brewers had any interest in free agent outfielder Manny Ramirez. Melvin responded:

Melvin said there wasn’t a place for Ramirez on the team and Milwaukee already had a left fielder.

“Who would you rather have Manny Ramirez or Ryan Braun?”

The young fan chose Braun.

So, there we have it, nothing overly new, just confirmations on what we already expected. Jeff Suppans of the world, here we come!

The article is from a Racine newspaper columnist, Greg Giesen.

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If I'm reading you correctly

If the “young fan” (who really was roguejim) had answered Ramirez we’d have him instead of Braun.

I untuck my shirt!

by Michael M on Jan 25, 2009 1:30 PM CST reply actions

I don't think it works that way

Otherwise, Ned Yost would have been off the team years ago. Oh, and Eva Mendes would have replaced Rickie Weeks at second base.

"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 Jan 25, 2009 2:04 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs

Only at second?

How modest.

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Jan 25, 2009 2:07 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs

rec'd

I untuck my shirt!

by Michael M on Jan 25, 2009 2:23 PM CST up reply actions

yup

My PlayStation 3 Commercial

by Jamie in LA on Jan 26, 2009 11:53 AM CST up reply actions

I dunno

I look at that picture and can’t help but think “second base.”

"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 Jan 25, 2009 4:30 PM CST up reply actions

I can't help but think "competition"

That and “Your areola is showing”

"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 Jan 25, 2009 7:14 PM CST up reply actions

I look at that picture and think

The whole Paradise by the dash board lights baseball part

“He is just dance off third daring them to try and pick him off” lol

You know very early in “We Own the Night” she gives up the goods ;)

Don’t worry Kibir she most likely does not know one thing about baseball.

Let me spell it for you Cub fans O N E H U N D R E D A N D O N E Y E A R S

by WSB Chris on Jan 26, 2009 8:00 PM CST up reply actions

Let's hope not

Otherwise, I’ll be out of a job

"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 Jan 27, 2009 3:08 PM CST up reply actions

This is as good a place as any to point out that Taylor Green was a fairly prominent part of Uecker’s Winter Warm-Up, albeit in a Canadian context.

Rumor mill: Go!

by The Left Button on Jan 25, 2009 3:09 PM CST reply actions

Speaking of the On Deck

anyone attend and see how Fielder is looking?

by MadJimiBrewha on Jan 25, 2009 5:41 PM CST reply actions

but I read the Brewerfan thread on the issue because you piqued my curiosity. A few of them were impressed and said he looked a bit leaner, and a few others couldn’t really tell. So that seems like a positive.

Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.

by Jordan M on Jan 25, 2009 5:58 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks

I suppose we won’t get an absolute answer until we see him in a baseball uniform.

by MadJimiBrewha on Jan 25, 2009 6:04 PM CST up reply actions

Here's a quote, from a poster named DMiles23

I got into the Fielder/Weeks line. We were probably about 120-130 people back. It seemed to go pretty smoothly. We got up there in around 20-25 minutes I’d guess. I got a Weeks 8×10 that I took signed, and I got Fielder on a bobblehead. Both guys were very nice and cordial. And like someone else said, I was VERY impressed with the condition Fielder seemed to be in. He walked by us on the way to the autograph stage, and my jaw dropped. He looked lean… or as lean as Fielder is going to be.

Scored three times and detonated an indisputable in four visits to the batting box.

by Jordan M on Jan 25, 2009 6:16 PM CST up reply actions

It makes sense.

I’ve heard other rumors that suggest the opposite, but the leaner, fitter Prince seems to be a logical reaction given that appears to be Prince’s driven nature, his desire to make as much money as possible, and his decline in production last year that coincided with a ballooning waistline. While he doesn’t appear to be a gym-rat by any stretch, you would think the guy would make an effort to hold his body together for the next three years so he can get the huge pay day he’s been angling towards since he made the majors.

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jan 25, 2009 7:04 PM CST up reply actions

I saw him there

He walked right by me and my wife said, “he doesn’t look fat.” He had a polo shirt on and looked pretty fit to me. He’s still short.

by John Brew on Jan 26, 2009 9:37 AM CST up reply actions

So he worked on his weight,

but didn’t work on his height at all?

What a lazy jerk

by tcyoung on Jan 26, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Ha!

I just sit back and root for the taser

by Hyatt on Jan 26, 2009 2:51 PM CST up reply actions

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