Friday's Frosty Mug
by Kyle Lobner on Mar 27, 2009 8:41 AM CDT
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Ryan Braun was finally sent in for an MRI yesterday, with the scan showing no structural damage. At this point it appears there's no risk of further injury and it's up to Braun to determine when he returns to action.
Meanwhile, Braden Looper got knocked around a bit in his return to action yesterday, but that's probably to be expected from a guy who's season preparations are well behind most of the opposing batters. Looper admitted to being a little too excited for his Cactus League debut. He has two more starts to get straightened and stretched out before pitching in the home opener.
Robin Yount was in camp yesterday and expects to hang around for most of the Brewers' remaining Cactus League schedule. While he was there, Beyond the Box Score's Graph of the Day dealt with his position switch. Yount is also a key part of the answer to Sully Baseball's question: How did the Angels lose the 1982 ALCS?
Speaking of graphs, jhmoore has one on Rickie Weeks explaining why he feels Weeks is underrated.
On prospects: Heavy on D lists Mat Gamel as one of five players that will shape the future of the NL Central. Gamel is one of several reasons the Brewers rank tenth in Beyond the Box Score's Farm System Value Rankings.
On predictions/projections/rankings:
- Capper's Picks ranks the Brewers 16th in their preseason power rankings, listing them at +2000 to win the pennant and +4500 to win the World Series.
- SportsJudge is picking the Brewers to finish fifth.
- Half Mental has the Brewers finishing second.
- The Intellectual Thicket ranks the Brewers 18th in their power rankings.
- EveryJoe.com lists the Brewers as one of their five teams that could surprise.
- Heavy on D thinks the Brewers "stand a very fine chance of returning to October baseball."
Notes from other camps:
Astros: Aaron Boone's heart surgery was successful. He faces several months of recovery but could feasibly play again.
A's: Justin Duchsherer's elbow is not improving and he will start the season on the DL.
Cubs: Had to call off last night's game with the Giants after 6 1/2 innings due to heavy winds.
Indians: Claimed Jae Kuk Ryu off waivers from the Padres.
Nationals: Despite the fact that he hasn't been able to play all spring, the Nationals have added Dmitri Young to their 40-man roster to fulfill a handshake agreement he had with former GM Jim Bowden.
Rangers: Owner Tom Hicks is putting up to 49% of the team up for sale. The team also released Brendan Donnelly.
Here's a story you'll hear several times over the next few months: With the economy down and teams expecting a decrease in ticket sales, several teams could be looking to unload expensive talent much earlier than usual this season to avoid ending up in the red. Today's story is about the Tigers, but don't be surprised to see similar stories about the Indians, Rangers, Astros, D-Backs, Cardinals, and maybe even the Brewers, especially if any of those teams are 10 or more games out in May.
Of course, depending on where you live, you may not be able to watch any of those teams anyway. The Biz of Baseball has the latest update on baseball's efforts to fix their blackout policy, which could be summed up in one word: nothing.
Oh, and I've posted the pictures from Gorman's first birthday. They start at the bottom.
Drink up.
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you didn’t mention today is another Woot Off
Swing and a drive, left center and deep, get up.....get outta here gone, for Ryan Braun - What a shot by Braun, and the Brewers have the lead.... - Bob Uecker bottom of the 8th, Game 162 - 2008
That is so hillarious that it needs to be copied and pasted on here.
Thank goodness for my Breville Citrus Press! Its stainless steel juicing cone, with its unique, multi-tiered fins, makes squeezing the good stuff from an orange as easy as crushing a baby bird to death.
That is—as physically easy as crushing a baby bird to death. Because, you know, emotionally, it would be hard to do that. It just wouldn’t be very much physical work, is all I’m saying. Baby birds are very delicate. You know what? Actually, the more I elaborate on it, the more certain I am that I have chosen a horrible metaphor. Let’s forget I ever mentioned baby birds.
Of course, this citrus press doesn’t just work on oranges. It can achieve the total empulpification of any citrus fruit, from little-bitty limes to gargantuan grapefruits. Whatever you’re squishing, the press’s dome thing centers it on the spinning juicer-cone. Put your hand on the soft-grip handle of the "Active-Arm System" and, as Don Martin might have said: SPLORCH.
Observe, as the delicious fruit fluids filter through the basket of your choice, giving you pulpy or not-so-pulpy juice, according to your preference! (What kind of person, though, prefers less pulp? No kind I want to know, that’s for sure.)
The parts are easy to eject and clean, though I almost never clean ours, since we rarely go fifteen consecutive minutes during scurvy season without juicing another few fruits. You can never drink too much O.J.; that’s our motto. Really. We’re getting it translated into Latin for a new family coat-of-arms.
Scurvy is a truly wretched disease, and I thank the fates every day that I’ve got a Breville citrus press to help me keep it from laying claim to my family.
And you know what? Now that I think of it, our heavily juice-intensive diet might ward off leprosy, too. I mean, none of us has come down with a case of it since we started on this citrus kick. That couldn’t be coincidence.
Warranty: 90 Day Breville
I just sit back and root for the taser
Actually, it's still part of the same Woot-off.
Glad you’re enjoying it, though. :-)
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
by Kyle Lobner on Mar 27, 2009 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Wow
SportsJudge? Really? The Reds and Astros at 2 and 3? Whatever you say pal….
"You have no honor!" - McClung to Fukudome
Blackout Map
Wow, Iowa is the home market for half of baseball.
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