Friday's Frosty Mug
Some things to read while getting tested together.
Casey McGehee returns home tonight after a pretty good series in St. Louis, hitting .455/.462/1.091 with two home runs in three days. Adam McCalvy's game preview for today focuses on McGehee and his possible roles in 2010.
It very rarely seems to come up in conversation, but McGehee might be the Brewers' biggest "sell high" candidate not named Prince Fielder. He's coming off a huge, unexpected year, could be due for a sophomore slump, is playing on a sore knee and the 2010 Brewers don't really have a spot for him, at least on paper. With that said, his value is very high right now, especially when you consider the fact that he's still two full seasons away from being arbitration eligible. He could probably net some very nice pieces in a trade, and if I was Doug Melvin I'd at least have to consider it.
Not everyone was happy after the Brewers' win yesterday. Even before the game, David Weathers was complaining about being removed mid-inning. (FanShot) And if you saw yesterday's game, you saw him scream an obscenity into his glove after being removed mid-inning again.
Mike Cameron's willingness to take less money to return to Milwaukee was the major topic around the Brewer blogosphere yesterday. Miller Park Drunk, The Bucky Channel and Keep Turning Up the Heat all think Cameron should return for the 2010 season. Meanwhile, the Yankees tried to acquire Cameron before the Sept 1. deadline, but talks didn't go anywhere.
Dave Bush will see a doctor regarding "dull pain" in his triceps, and his ability to make his next start is in question. Bush seems to believe it's just scar tissue breaking up, but we'll see. Chris Narveson might get a start or two in Bush's place if he can't go. After getting lit up in his first couple of appearances, Narveson has posted a 1.88 ERA in his last ten outings.
Even if Dave Bush is done for the season, we'll always remember 2009 as the season he vaulted into HBP history. Plunk Everyone has a plethora of factoids about Bush's beanings.
It's been a while since I've plugged the BCB Twitter. If you hang out in the Tweetosphere, you should follow us. And if you're interested in the Brewer minor league affiliates, now you can also follow the Timber Rattlers and Sounds.
On Power Rankings:
- Yahoo moved the Brewers up one spot to 18th.
- The Crew held steady at #22 in Beyond the Box Score's rankings.
Brian Anderson seems to offer a lot of inane chatter at times during Brewer games, but is he that much chattier than the average pbp guy? A Wall Street Journal study suggests Anderson says roughly 96 words per minute during Brewer broadcasts, the seventh highest total in all of baseball. Former Brewer announcer Daron Sutton was fifth. (h/t Crawfish Boxes)
Oh, and if you've been waiting with bated breath for your Jason Kendall bobblehead, here's the info on how you can get it.
I only have one note for the "Around baseball" section today:
Phillies: Designated reliever Steven Register and outfielder Joel Naughton for assignment.
If I had known about this earlier, I probably wouldn't have gone anyway. With that said, it's pretty cool that someone was able to put together a Seattle Pilots reunion this week with eleven players from the ill-fated expansion team. (h/t SABR Twitter)
If the Brewers decide not to retain Jason Kendall this offseason, they'll likely need a replacement for his "calls a good game" ability. After guiding Brad Penny through a successful debut as a Giant, Eli Whiteside earned that accolade.
I'm not even sure how to lead into this one. A Rays employee planted a fake bomb at Tropicana Field as a practical joke. The joke wasn't all that funny, but his future job prospects are laughable.
Last year's Rays grew mohawks as a sign of team unity, but that pales in comparison to Peter Moylan's Rally Head, which I hope catches on.
On this day in 2007, Francisco Cordero pitched a scoreless ninth to record his 40th save as the Brewers beat the Astros 5-3. Cordero's 40th save set a new franchise record. He finished the season with 44.
Happy birthday today to Paul Householder, who appeared in 121 games for the Brewers in 1985 and 1986 and turns 51, and to Luis Lopez, who spent 2000 and 2001 as a Brewer and turns 39.
Drink up.
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Whiteside caught Jonathan Sanchez's no-hitter, too, I think
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
Nice to see that Escobar untucks
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
How much more revenue would be created by
moving the bobblehead game to a weekday?
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
I meant baited.
I assumed you’ve been fishing.
Fixed.
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
The Rally Head is awesome
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Heh... hopefully it grows back okay. Too many more times like that, and it may end up permanent. :)
Ala Seinfeld episode when Elaine’s boyfriend shaved his head, then noticed that it wasn’t all growing back.
I don't like the tagline.
I’d rather talk about my fantasy teams
Imagine the Brewers offense without Bill Hall. Wait. What?
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 4, 2009 10:09 AM CDT reply actions
You suck
although NFL is #3 for me behind MLB & NBA
Imagine the Brewers offense without Bill Hall. Wait. What?
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 4, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm one of the few remaining diehards
I love the pro game
Imagine the Brewers offense without Bill Hall. Wait. What?
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 4, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I liked it when I was a kid...
… but they lost me in the 90’s.
I love Big Ten Basketball, which obviously demonstrates that I’m in the minority. It’s barely recognizeable as the same sport played in the NBA.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 4, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm exactly the same way.
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
I'll confess to loving the NFL.
For most of the first 20 years of my life, the NFL and MLB were pretty much even. By 1990 or so I figured out that the MLB was playing with an even field any more and that it made it increasingly less likely that my favorite team could win a title. It was 92 (not 94) that put me off the MLB. The only thing that bothered me about 94 was that the owners caved before they got what they wanted: a salary cap and the more complete revenue sharing the big market teams would give if they got a cap.
I still went to a few games every year but I wouldn’t let myself commit to following an entire season because I thought (and continue to think) that the big market teams are playing with a stacked deck (though it’s much better than it was 10-15 years ago. It wasn’t until about 2002 or so that I started to get drawn back in. I always loved baseball. But my love for MLB has been grudging for the past 17 years.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 4, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Everyone likes to talk about their fantasy team
No one likes to listen.
by Getting Yosted on Sep 4, 2009 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's the point of the tagline. :-)
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
I like to listen to me talk about my fantasy team.
So clearly you’re wrong.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 4, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
You won't after you bomb the draft tonight!!
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
I hope it's clear who's who tonight. Otherwise I'm going to so disappointed!
Mostly so I can make fun of people later.
"Cubs suck. I own them" -Doug Davis
I'm Dirt McNair
Imagine the Brewers offense without Bill Hall. Wait. What?
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 4, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm the Ku Klux Kla Matthews
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
This has been my mantra this season
I’m living in New York, and see/hear a lot about the Mets…honestly, there’s something endearing about their epic failure
Brewers Baseball and other assorted nonsense (mostly the assorted nonsense) at my blog, What's a Tararrel?
McCalvy
Reads BCB!
The Mug is required reading for Crew fans. Great roundup, even when I get ripped. RT @BrewCrewBall Friday’s Frosty Mug http://bit.ly/gM28t
My guess is that kirbir is a cleverly disguised McCalvy.
Thanks for the hat tip, McTwittervy!
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
I don't ever recall seeing McCalvy ripped in the Mug
… unless, of course, he’s ghostwriting Witrado’s stuff.
by Rubie Q on Sep 4, 2009 11:19 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah
BCBers seem to be, on the whole, fans of McCalvy.
by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 4, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
He has linked us a few times before
He led a blog post with the fact that I noticed Suppan hadn’t gotten a swing and miss on a fastball through three starts one time.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
He's mentioned us a few times
I don’t recall an actual link
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
damn
so I’ve been cyberflirting and cyberfantasing about a middle-aged male?
typical
I didn't catch much of the Cardinals series
But what I did catch had Rock talking how the Brewers were trying to work Pujols in on his hands. Then ‘watching’ yesterday’s game via Game Day when Albert came up in high leverage situations it seemed they were working him away with an occasional pitch inside to keep him honest. Was Kendall trying to bust Pujols inside, while Rivera was working him away? Did anyone else notice this, or does anyone have better Pitchfx-fu to look at this?
I have to agree with the 3 posts on Cam
If he is willing to sacrifice a little pay to stay in Milwaukee, I feel it makes a lot of sense for the team to sign him to a 1 year deal. Does Gerut reach free agency after this year or next year?
BCB, the preferred above replacement level sarcasm supplier.
From the Cameron Yankees article
Cameron has long been a Yankees’ favorite, but the club did not want to take on the rest of his $10 million salary, which would have amounted to more than $1.5 million.
That makes me giggle. That last $1.5 MM would’ve really broken the bank. Ignore the fact that they would’ve had a real center fielder for the post-season.
Did Cameron clear waivers?
David Weathers
I can see where Weathers is coming from. He is a veteran pitcher who knows what he is doing on the mound. I covered an April game when he came in with a one run lead in the 8th inning. He retired the first two hitters and then gave up a triple to Corey Hart. Weathers walked Braun and Fielder on a total of nine pitches. After loading the bases there was no visit to the mound. Nobody panicked in the Reds dugout. He knew exactly what he was doing and proceeded to retire Hardy on a routine fly ball to get out of the inning. I spoke to a scout behind me and said that’s an experienced pitcher who wasn’t afraid of loading the bases to get to the guy he knew he could get out. The scout agreed with me.
Weathers has had a few rocky moments with the Brewers but he is still a confident, and I think competent pitcher and will be somewhere next season.
I totally agree with your assessment.
I’m not sure Macha cares about this pov, actually.
I’m about to become a more active “Macha second-guesser”….
"At times I'm emotional," --Ryan Braun, 7/7/09
by heybatterbatter on Sep 4, 2009 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Perhaps...
Macha is so used to the Brewers bullpen falling apart that he’s used to needing to pull a pitcher after letting guys on base. I think it would be a different scenario if Weathers got two outs, then proceeded to put men on base.
Yesterday, the first two men got on with no outs in a close game.
Back on Aug 16th, Macha did leave Weathers in the game after getting two outs with one man on base. Weathers then proceeded to give up a HR, a walk and a single before getting pulled. The HR alone lost the game for the Brewers.
Granted, it was just one outing, but it may have been enough to put some doubt into Macha’s mind whether or not Weathers could get out of his own jams.
Also, just because Baker didn’t pull Weathers when he got into jams doesn’t mean that it’s the right thing to do.
There is no right or wrong
Weathers was used to being handled one way in Cincinnati and he is being handled differently in Milwaukee. It’s a difference in managerial philosophies.
by statsllc on Sep 4, 2009 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like how there's an ad on the homepage that says,
“Bulk up naturally with HGH”
And then there’s this from the SklarBrothers’ Twitter:
The fact that Uncle Cracker has been on the scene for years now and no female artist as dared to call herself Aunt Honkey is a damn shame
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