Wednesday's Late and Brief Frosty Mug
by Kyle Lobner on Nov 25, 2009 4:15 PM CST
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Thanks for bearing with me this week. The Mug will return to its normal format and schedule on Friday. In the meantime, here's the crash-course version of today's notes:
- Adam McCalvy has two more names for you to consider as the Brewers head into hot stove season: Justin Duchscherer and Kevin Correia. Meanwhile, ESPN has a story about clinical depression that Duchscherer has battled in the past. I don't think the depression has anything to do with the fact that his name is impossible to spell.
- Caitlin Moyer has a look at the offseason work of Brewer Grounds Crew leader Gary Vanden Berg, who recently finished putting Miller Park's field to bed for 2009.
- Mike Cameron might be one of the best free agent position players on the market this offseason, but Bleed Cubbie Blue is comparing him to Marlon Byrd.
- In the minors, Baseball America used Pitch F/x to gather average and max fastball speeds for pitchers that appeared in the Arizona Fall League. Zach Braddock, Mark Rogers, Josh Butler and Omar Aguilar all check in somewhere in the low-mid 90's.
- In transactions: the Padres claimed starting pitcher Radhames Liz off waivers from the Orioles.
- The White Sox signed Andruw Jones to a one year deal.
- Shelley Duncan elected for free agency after the Yankees outrighted him off their 40-man roster.
- I'm still hoping the Brewers will sign Yorvit Torrealba, but the Blue Jays are also rumored to have interest.
- Today's Faces feature over at Lookout Landing features another former Brewer: Ben Ford.
- Yesterday I mentioned a few of them, but Royals Review has a look at the five dumbest NL MVP votes.
- Speaking of awards: on this day in 1969, Lou Piniella won the AL Rookie of the Year. Piniella started the season as a Seattle Pilot, but was traded on April 1 for pitcher John Gelnar and OF Steve Whitaker. Gelnar posted a 3.78 ERA over three seasons as a Pilot and Brewer. Whitaker spent one season with the Piolts and was done in the majors by 1971.
- On this day in 1981, Rollie Fingers became the first relief pitcher ever to win the AL MVP. Fingers picked up 15 of the 28 first place votes and edged out Rickey Henderson by 11 points.
- I wasn't able to find a Brewer birthday today, so we'll have to settle for wishing a happy birthday to Tony Brewer, who turns 52.
- Oh, and if you're looking for something to do tonight, Keith Law has updated his list of the top ten board games.
Drink up.
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Major Alan Schaeffer? Awesome!
Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.
Justa Duchsch
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
I defintitely laughed
I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."
~Jeff Sackmann
by Charlie Marlow on Nov 25, 2009 7:14 PM CST up reply actions
That would be Yostian, all right.
Justin’s Wikipedia entry also lists “Duke of Hurl” as a nickname. (Maybe especially when he’s pitching poorly.)
You've got a couple screws missin' up in your toolbox, if you think that you'll stop this man from hittin' moonshots.
Ooh ooh
And that ESPN link on Duchscherer provided above shows him wearing an Affliction shirt. There’s our tie-in!
You've got a couple screws missin' up in your toolbox, if you think that you'll stop this man from hittin' moonshots.
So, "Douche-y" would be the right pronunciation then?
by Mykenk on Nov 25, 2009 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Remember that song
Pass the Dutchie — I think it was about little kids smoking weed.
Taking shallowness to new depths -- FtJ's blog
by Fatter than Joey on Nov 25, 2009 7:30 PM CST up reply actions
Finally a distraction from work!
I saw the Andruw Jones thing and it got me wondering…500k for him as a DH/pinch hitter isn’t bad at all. Especially considering he hit WAY better than Bill Hall.
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This plan would work a lot better if you could use a DH in the NL
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Nov 25, 2009 6:17 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec
for the ha
I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."
~Jeff Sackmann
by Charlie Marlow on Nov 25, 2009 7:14 PM CST up reply actions
I wasn't planning on bringing him to Milwaukee,
Just saying that’s an awful bargain for someone named Andruw Jones. It’s practically league minimum…and Bill Hall was getting paid way too much, and really sucks..
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I would think he'll get more than that, though
he had a pretty nice year
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
h/t Scott Merkin, MLB.com
“The price definitely was right for the White Sox concerning the free-agent signing of Andruw Jones, a $500,000 deal for 2010 with up to an additional $1 million in performance bonuses, as announced by the team Wednesday. "
1.5 mil is still cheap. Son of Clung is going to make more than that.
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Oh I didn't know he already signed
However, you’d think he’d rather sign there because he’ll get a lot more opportunities for playing time.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
Oh, and am I the only one who wishes he had skifree to try that out on?
F ftw!
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I missed the last ten minutes of the Badger game because of that.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
My first thought
was that an inability to spell his own name contributed to his depression.
"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!"
You know the rumor you get 600 points on the SAT just for spelling your name right?
I think its true and the reason why he signed right out of high school.
by Getting Yosted on Nov 25, 2009 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
That's how I got into college
I just wrote my name twice.
"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!"
Maybe he's depressed
that no one else can spell his name correctly. This would suggest he should stay away from message boards and fan sites. :)
You've got a couple screws missin' up in your toolbox, if you think that you'll stop this man from hittin' moonshots.
Joke poacher
"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!"
Correia
I would really welcome him in a Brewer uni. He isn’t a stud or anything, but he really looked like he turned the corner last year. His K/BB numbers look pretty good and he looks like he has gotten his HR under control (and yes, I realize that SOME of that is his home park).
He does not have much use on his arm, which should mean he is pretty durable and just subjectively, when I watched him last year, he was more impressive than I thought (threw the ball harder).
For a pretty decent price, you could do a lot, lot worse for the middle of your rotation.
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