Weekend Mug 11/15
by Fatter than Joey on Nov 15, 2009 12:50 AM CST
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Hello Kids!
I see your Regular Dad has dropped you off at your Weekend Dad's doorstep. Apparently Mr. Fancypants has better things to do, than keeping you kids up to date about the Milwaukee Brewers this weekend. I have no idea what happened to your Regular Dad, one can only guess... in any case, let me turn off the Carmen Electra workout tape, put on some fresh sweatpants, open up a can of Spaghettio's and tell you all about the Brewers.
One thing my therapist encourages me to do every morning, is to google Ned Yost, and then reassure myself that Ned Yost, or his evil offspring, Ned Yost IV, can no longer hurt me. I thought it was interesting that this quote from Ned Yost, was produced by the google engine.
The Atlanta Braves were in last place for years and years before I got there.
The fact that Yost didn't make the finalist stage, and that the Astros eventually hired Brad Mills, is probably evidence that someone in Houston can muster up enough brain activity to fog a mirror, contrary to previous reports of a flatlining front office.
Doug Melvin showed his own mirror fogging prowess by declining the option on Brewer souvenir generator Braden Looper. The Brewers will have to pay Looper $1M for the opportunity to decline his option, however they will save $5.5M in salary for 2010, and probably another $400K in lost baseballs. Looper is a type B free agent now, and while the Brewers could offer Looper arbitration, it is unlikely, since Looper stands to make as much money in the arbitration process as his declined option would have provided.
- Bleacher Report thinks Melvin did the right thing in declining Looper's option, however argues that unless the Brewers dump Jeff Suppan, the Brewers will still suck at pitching.
- Along the same lines, Rob Neyer snips TH, and rips Looper, and wonders why Melvin just can't DFA Bush, Parra and Suppan. (TH story)
- FireDougMelvin.com reminds us, that while we put new Hefty bags on the windows on our double-wide by releasing Looper, we are still living in the trailer park.
- Quick! Name the only 4 pitchers in the history of MLB that were able to give up 39 or more homeruns in under 200 IP. (Answer: Jose Lima 48/196.1; Eric Milton 40/186.1; Shawn Boskie 40/189.1; Braden Looper 39/194.2)
- Quote from Braden Looper:
"I tried the best I can to get the ball down because that's my whole game"
In other Brewer News:
- The Brewers passed on RyDo to get CarGo.
- Former Brewer draftpick Andrew Bailey, went from TJ surgery to potential ROY winner
- Is Edwin Jackson a good fit? Is he worth a Mat Gamel?
- I did not know Ken Macha was 1st cousins with Hal Newhouser, I am guessing through marriage.
- Deputy Braun is opening a grill, and scored his 2nd Silver Slugger award
- Ben Sheets is awaiting offers from all 30 MLB teams.
- Mark Mulder and Doug Melvin are talking
- Seth McClung was interviewed about Twittering, and is generous with his High School.
- Eric Gagne wants to pitch in MLB again... as a starter... he developed a cutter, which apparently is helping his batted balls adhere to the laws of physics.
- What's dumber than signing Doug Davis? Answer: Getting into a bidding war for Doug Davis
In other MLB news:
- Jack Wilson signed a 2 year deal with the Mariners. The Fielding Bible says Wilson is the best fielding SS in MLB. The Home & Garden Bible says Wilson is an above replacement yard gnome.
- RJ Swindle signed a minor league deal with the Rays.
- Justin Huber has a weekend dad in Japan
- Carl Crawford is pissed beyond belief
- Rafael Betancourt needs a new Regular Dad
Your Regular Dad is always making you take quizzes, where you have to do math, and are required to spell names correctly. What is wrong with him? -- Weekend Daddy just wants you to match up these Weekend Grannies with the crimes they committed, isn't that more fun?
This is generally the place in the Mug where Regular Dad generally wishes some (but usually not all) former Brewers a Happy Birthday. Instead of doing that, why don't we join the greatest Brewer of all-time, Sixto Lezcano, in wishing young Jimmy Salladay a happy birthday.
A gathering of Angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope and this is what they said:
Weekend Dad is greater than Regular Dad
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wow...
Styx’s Sail Away in the muzak version.
Great job FTJ, and if anyone needs to get their kid a ride from soccer practice, I’ve got a guy…
"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
by Hyatt on Nov 15, 2009 8:48 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Double D was pretty darn good for us,
but I don’t know if I can sit through his mega-ultra-super-slow pitching style 30 time in a season again. It is as though he is contemplating the birth of Christ between every pitch.
by Braunstalker on Nov 15, 2009 11:09 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I've heard Sheets is faster
:)
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
by tcyoung on Nov 15, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'll betcha DD beats Sheets in a footrace a million times out of a million.
by Mykenk on Nov 15, 2009 11:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
In a million footraces.
One is bound to end at a twinkee. Sheets could win that one.
Taking shallowness to new depths -- FtJ's blog
by Fatter than Joey on Nov 15, 2009 11:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Its true
Sheets kissed my sister at the bar and didn’t even buy her a drink.
by Braunstalker on Nov 15, 2009 11:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Who hasn't?
O no I didn’t.
by SgtClueLs on Nov 15, 2009 12:18 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Its ok,
my sister can’t read anymore. She got tired of watching Kendall bat and burned her eyes out with cigarettes.
by Braunstalker on Nov 15, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Edwin Jackson is a good target but not for Gamel
I would project Jackson and Gamel to be worth about the same to their teams next year. However, Gamel is under control for 6 years and Jackson for 2 so I would never do that straight up deal. We’d have to find a compromise deal or get a lot more back from the Tigers to pull the trigger on that. I know we’ve heard rumors about Granderson. I don’t know exactly but something could be worked out, I think.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Nov 15, 2009 12:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Getting Jackson without using Gamel and signing Sheets would make me a very happy person going into next season
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Nov 15, 2009 12:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Not gonna happen
Ben Sheets took a 12 million dollar pay cut to do nothing last season then sign with the Brewers. And Doug can’t seem to do much beyond that.
by SgtClueLs on Nov 15, 2009 3:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i think that was more on the Brewers end.
He was probably looking for a multi year deal, rather than accept arbitration. Once the injury came about, it was a matter of nobody wanting to make him an offer, not him turning offers down so he wouldn’t have to do anything all season..
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
by tcyoung on Nov 15, 2009 3:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Rambling Al is making things up again
Just something I noticed the other day that I thought I would be share:
Iribarren—.362/.412, 774 OPS, age 25
Escobar——.353/.409, 762, age 22
The irony is, if you take a gander at message boards, the consensus is this…Iribarren is a great hitting prospect, he should definitely be on the 25 man roster next year as a backup OF, and he can step right in at 2B if Weeks gets hurt. Meanwhile, Escobar will struggle mightily as he adjusts to the majors, and will really bring the offense down.
He’s obviously talking about Brewerfan, and that’s incredibly untrue. He commented in the thread at BF.net he’s referencing and there was literally one guy who said anything about Iribarren.
Meanwhile he’s spewing hate in a minor league thread:
Do they give MLB possible draftees an intelligence test, like the NFL and Wondersomething or other? Maybe they should, as Jeffress and Brewer would have likely sucked at them, and raised numerous red flags.
I think colby at Brewerfan summed up the response best…
Like brewjihad noted, I’m not sure why you lumped him with Jeffress. I think I know, but I’m not going to go there to completely derail this thread.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Nov 15, 2009 8:23 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
"Jeffress and Brewer" IQ
Is there an evidence to suggest that they’re dumb as rocks, or is it just their irresponsible actions that he’s classing as lack of intelligence. I know really smart and talented people who do things that are common-sense idiotic. But they would have passed the NFL’s test with flying colors.
by PagsBrewCrew on Nov 16, 2009 7:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Have you ever taken the Wunderlic?
It’s actually pretty easy.
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
by tcyoung on Nov 16, 2009 8:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How is visiting a college irresponsible?
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Nov 16, 2009 11:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
if it's to score a stash
then perhaps it is.
by PagsBrewCrew on Nov 16, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that how DM grows his?
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
by tcyoung on Nov 16, 2009 1:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So because Brewer is black he's the same as Jeffress?
You do realize Brewer has never been suspended for anything? Unless you didn’t know any better in saying that, you’re just as bad as Al. That’s honestly appalling. Wow.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Nov 16, 2009 7:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
honestly
i thought we were still talking about Jeffress’s actions
also, honestly, I had no idea what race they were. I think I picked up recently that Jeffress was black, but honestly it doesn’t matter.
I assumed there was SOME reason he was calling Brewer dumb, and so I assumed as you guys seem to think there’s no reason to think he has a low intelligence that he must have DONE something stupid. That is all.
by PagsBrewCrew on Nov 17, 2009 6:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
OK sorry that makes a lot more sense
But do you see why I was more mad about Al’s original comment now?
Jeffress was suspended for smoking. Brewer has struggled in his career and investigating using a clause in his contract that says he could have the Brewers pay for his college, and he had been recruited as a football player. Al combined them and said they were dumb.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Nov 17, 2009 7:01 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
wow...yeah
actually Brewer is smart – getting paid to go to college and presumably being able to get a full scholarship in the latter years of his collegate career (unless his scholarship can cover books while the athletic dept covers tuition….or unless he goes to a D3 school).
by PagsBrewCrew on Nov 17, 2009 9:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's too bad Iribarren hasn't really played anywere on the infield but 2B
I always liked him with his flashy batting averages and OBPs.
It is too bad some people can’t seem to appreciate the difference in impact to the overall team offense between a bench player and a starter.
Sign Corky Miller
by TheJay on Nov 16, 2009 7:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I stopped appreciating him
when I saw him get picked off first base at a Brewers/Mets game at Shea.
He also struck me as someone whose BA and OBP wouldn’t match his MLE on the big squad.
by PagsBrewCrew on Nov 16, 2009 1:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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