It's finally here!

by KLSnow on Feb 13, 2009 12:12 PM CST Comment 36 comments

As of twelve minutes ago, pitchers and catchers were due in Maryvale. Consider this your Pitchers and Catchers Open Thread.

via the217.com

Also, I have some winners to announce from two of the three giveaways. First, congratulations to TheBrouhaha, senryu, bklanecky, cwolf20, Beardsly, Bigdog2002, Hyatt, Rahrahbullcrap, Grobbins and rustdnails, who won $15 gift certificates to WhatIfsports. If you're a winner and haven't received an email from them yet, you should soon.

Then, congratulations to Grobbins again for winning the Nashville Sounds autographed baseball!

You still have until noon tomorrow to sign up to win one of the prizes from the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, so if you haven't yet, you should go do that.

Happy Pitchers and Catchers Day, everyone!

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the negatives of small media markets

As some of you may have figured out, one of the AL teams I sort-of-follow is the Boston Red Sox. Their pitchers and catchers reported a few days ago. The Boston press has been embedded in Florida since Truck Day (and that’s a big thing, too, and they don’t even have any Racing Sausages to put in the truck) and stories and pictures have been coming out of camp on a daily basis.

In contrast, Adam McCalvy has blogged that he won’t even be in Phoenix until tomorrow afternoon, and who knows when Tom H and co. are going to get down there? (Since I don’t live in Milwaukee, I don’t know when or if the local TV outlets are going to send someone down to ST to do small nightly reports.)

So—-P&C are there but I can’t see them and I don’t know what they’re doing! All I see is grey out the window.

by morineko on Feb 13, 2009 1:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hey

If you’d like to pay for it, I’ll go down there and cover camp from open to close every day. :-)

He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.

by KLSnow on Feb 13, 2009 1:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't complain too much

If I could afford it, I’d be doing that myself _

But, from everything I’ve seen about spring training reports, the Brewers players are far more accessible to the fans during ST than a lot of other (dare I say more nationally popular?) teams, so I don’t think that’s a tradeoff I’d really want to make in favor of more media coverage.

by morineko on Feb 13, 2009 1:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ill do my best to take way more photos than you care to even look at...

when i get down there on wednesday morning…

Spring Training 2008 Pics!

by Jamie in LA on Feb 14, 2009 12:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I wish

This sounds dumb and maybe a littlt crazy but I wish we could even just watch the pitchers and cathers report, and I guess that would mean just watching them toss the ball around, but even that sounds good right now

by Bigdogg2002 on Feb 13, 2009 1:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure there's even "tossing the ball around" today.

The first workout is Sunday. I think today players take their physicals, which I guess could be televised, but I’m not sure I’d watch it…

He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.

by KLSnow on Feb 13, 2009 1:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

lol

very true, i just want to see anything that has to do with Brewers baseball!!

by Bigdogg2002 on Feb 13, 2009 1:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Actually

Physicals don’t start until tomorrow.

He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.

by KLSnow on Feb 13, 2009 2:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I guess that the reporters can report remotely

News: Bill Hall out for 4-6 weeks. It’s a good thing the Crew have lots and lots of 3B guys.

by morineko on Feb 13, 2009 1:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Impressive

by Supertramp on Feb 13, 2009 2:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

he just thought casey needed a better shot at making the roster

"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck

by dux2bux on Feb 13, 2009 2:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

once again

WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Now KL, how do I redeem?

I just sit back and root for the taser

by Hyatt on Feb 13, 2009 2:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

nevermind

I just sit back and root for the taser

by Hyatt on Feb 13, 2009 2:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I demand a recount

Grobbins rigged this thing!

by Charlie Marlow on Feb 13, 2009 3:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure what I do

If he somehow ends up winning the tickets too. :-)

He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.

by KLSnow on Feb 13, 2009 3:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Weeeee

Has anyone gotten an email from them yet?

by theBrouhaha on Feb 13, 2009 3:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Also

I’d be interested in doing a league with just the winners from the BCB. Anyone else up for that?

by theBrouhaha on Feb 13, 2009 3:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I would

I would. And thanks to KLSnow for help in making this happen.

by senryu on Feb 13, 2009 4:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Count it!

Booya. I think that was my 2nd post on BCB and I got a GC out of it.

by cwolf20 on Feb 13, 2009 4:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

yeah

I would be interested in doing a league with just the winners, or anybody from brewcrewball for that manner. THanks again KLsnow!!

by Bigdogg2002 on Feb 13, 2009 4:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Poll results

Forget this 5th place crap - 90% of BCBers, a knowledgeable group if there ever was one, are calling for the Brewers to contend this season. Game on!

"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 Feb 13, 2009 7:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

"A knowledgeable group if there ever was one"

On average, maybe. There aren’t enough casuals like myself to offset the intelligence offered KL, Sackman, Jihad, TheJay and others.

But don’t forget impartial and fair-minded.

And we display above replacement level sarcasm.

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Feb 13, 2009 8:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

In fairness, the punning level is well above replacement

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

by Jordan M on Feb 13, 2009 9:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps, but only punintentionally

by Charlie Marlow on Feb 13, 2009 9:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

VORP

Value over replacement punning?

"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 Feb 13, 2009 10:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

There Is No Such Thing As A Poor Punner

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

by TheJay on Feb 13, 2009 11:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You have no puncept.

He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.

by KLSnow on Feb 14, 2009 8:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Flagged

"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 Feb 14, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's not even a pun

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

by Jordan M on Feb 14, 2009 11:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll be the pun to decide that.

He’s not the worst pitcher ever, just the worst good pitcher.

by KLSnow on Feb 15, 2009 1:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He is a natural pun scorer.

by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Feb 14, 2009 11:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

and its

pun pun pun til your daddy takes the tbird away

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Feb 14, 2009 4:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Also flagged

It’s not enough to be a pun, it also has to be funny. :)

"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 Feb 15, 2009 1:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And we display above replacement level sarcasm.

Sig-worthy!

by MadJimiBrewha on Feb 13, 2009 10:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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