Tuesday's Frosty Mug
by Kyle Lobner on Sep 20, 2011 10:38 AM CDT
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Some things to read while assuming the worst.
Here's a little proof that every dark cloud has an occasionally difficult to spot silver lining: By losing to the Cubs last night the Brewers ensured they won't clinch the NL Central before returning home on Friday. So there's that.
Ryan Braun was held hitless last night to drop to .333 but retained his lead in the race for the NL batting title: The Mets were idle, so Jose Reyes is still at .331. Jaymes Langrehr of OnMilwaukee.com asks if Braun is having the best season in Brewer history. No one can really hold a candle to Robin Yount's 1982 season (11.5 rWAR), but you could make a case for second place.
Meanwhile, Jon Weisman of Dodger Thoughts says Braun and Matt Kemp have made the NL MVP a two-man race. Tom Haudricourt has a note on Braun's resume. Carson Cistulli of FanGraphs has moved Braun back up to #2 in his position player NERD rankings.
Rickie Weeks was also held hitless last night, but played a full nine innings for the first time since July. Jack Moore of Disciples of Uecker said Weeks is back in the flow.
Other notes from the field:
- Jerry Hairston made his first start at shortstop last night, and hit a solo home run.
- Last night's Brewer loss allowed the Phillies to clinch homefield advantage throughout the NL playoffs. You know that and more if you've read this morning's edition of Around the Pennant Chase.
- Geovany Soto has three career multi-homer games, and they've all come against the Brewers.
- Nyjer Morgan was hit by a pitch last night, setting a new career high with 14. Plunk Everyone has more. Morgan's total is now tied for the eleventh highest in franchise history.
- Bob Uecker missed the weekend in Cincinnati due to a family engagement, but rejoined the team yesterday.
The Brewers and Cubs renew hostilities tonight, and Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com has the preview. The Brewers might get to see catcher Steve Clevenger or pitcher Rafael Dolis, as the Cubs called them up yesterday.
Jonathan Lucroy went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks last night but also struck out to extend this record: TheJay notes that Lucroy's 96 strikeouts are the most ever for a Brewer catcher.
Looking ahead, The Brewers Blurb has started work on the Brewer playoff rotation. They've got Zack Greinke pitching games one and five of a potential NLDS series.
Don't look now, but the Brewers are averaging just 2.2 runs per game in their last ten contests against everyone but the Reds. That seems like as good a reason as any to give this week's El Super to Cincinnati's pitching staff.
Another day, another series of notes on Prince Fielder's pending free agency:
- Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated ranked the Brewers sixth in a nine-team race for Fielder, with the Orioles in the lead.
- U.S.S. Mariner thinks the Mariners should forego the Fielder sweepstakes and try to convince the Reds to trade Joey Votto.
If you're near a TV this afternoon, John Axford will be appearing live on MLB Network's "Intentional Talk" at 4:10.
Looking ahead to 2012: David Simmons of The Biz of Baseball named the Brewers one of baseball's schedule winners for next season, citing a favorable interleague slate.
In the minors:
- John Sickels of Minor League Ball listed 31st round pick Sean Albury as the Brewers' sleeper in the 2011 draft. He spent the season pitching as a reliever in Helena and posted a 0.90 ERA over 20 innings, striking out 27 and walking five.
- Sickels, by the way, is hosting an All Questions Answered thread this morning.
- Baseball America has released a list of the top 20 prospects in the Arizona League, and no Brewer farmhands made the cut. The AZL Brewers went 17-39, so that's not really surprising. Jim Callis said second round pick Jorge Lopez missed the cut because he hadn't pitched enough.
- Congratulations are due out to Wisconsin trainer Jeff Paxson, named the Midwest League Trainer of the Year for the second consecutive season.
Nearly half a million people on Facebook like the Brewers, and The Biz of Baseball says that ranks 13th among MLB teams. The Yankees are first with 4.5 million, while the Nationals are last with 115,000.
With just six home games remaining before the playoffs, you're running out of time to try out these tips: The Janesville Gazette's Peace and Glove Blog has some thoughts on visiting Miller Park on a budget.
In power rankings:
- ESPN has the Brewers fourth, up two spots.
- Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune has the Brewers fifth, and says they're the one team that can stop the Phillies from reaching the World Series.
- FanGraphs is leaving the Brewers at five.
- Beyond the Box Score also has them fifth.
If you haven't yet, please take a moment today to vote in this week's BCB Tracking Poll. It will remain open through the day today and results will be posted tomorrow night or Thursday.
Around baseball:
Diamondbacks: Designated shortstop Tommy Manzella for assignment.
We all knew this moment was inevitable, but I was hoping it'd hold off until 2012: Mariano Rivera recorded career save #602 yesterday, breaking Trevor Hoffman's career record. Here's what Hoffman had to say on the achievement:
I want to congratulate Mariano Rivera on setting the all-time saves record. It's a great accomplishment and he is still going strong! I have tremendous respect for Mariano not just for his on-field accomplishments, but also for his service to the community.
Adam McCalvy and Samuel Zuba have reactions from John Axford and Francisco Cordero.
The Brewers won't be seeing two relatively familiar pitchers over the season's final days: Cubs reliever Kerry Wood is done for the year with a torn meniscus, and Pirates starter Jeff Karstens is being shut down to limit his innings. You know that and much more if you've read this morning's edition of Around the NL Central.
Elsewhere in former Brewers:
- Reviewing the Brew says Pete Vuckovich has the second best Brewer mustache of all time.
- Yesterday I mentioned that Vuckovich was hired by the Mariners to serve as a special assistant in their front office. While there he'll join Senior Advisor Ted Simmons.
In baseball economics:
- Apparently there are still plenty of great seats available in St. Louis, where the Cardinals' average attendance has fallen nearly 3000 fans per game from 2010.
- Meanwhile, Jen Langosch of MLB.com estimated less than 20,000 people in attendance when the soon-to-be NL West Champion Diamondbacks hosted the Pirates last night. Paid attendance for the game was 24,458.
The 1962 Houston Colt 45's lost 96 games as an expansion team. The Astros just might match that number when they celebrate the team's 50th anniversary next season.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to find more bald former NFL quarterbacks.
Drink up.
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No one can really hold a candle to Robin Yount’s 1982 season (11.5 rWAR), but you could make a case for second place.
I still think a case can be made for Molitor’s 1987 season: .443 wOBA, 6.2 rWAR with 6.3 coming from offense. I know he was limited to 118 games, but that’s an unbelievable run.
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
Led the league in doubles and runs despite only playing 118 games. And God bless the ’80s – he had 5 Sac Bunts even though he slugged .566.
He played half those games at DH if that matters at all in the rankings.
Get a ife broseph
I think it matters for WAR calculations, right?
I’d imagine Yount gets a big bump in WAR for ’82 because he was a shortstop. Or I might not understand how these things work.
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
I'm sure it does
Think its factored into the offensive WAR for BB-Ref, or positional adjustment on Fangraphs, or would assume so.
I have a personal bias against giving the DH MVP or “greatest ever” status, even if I shouldn’t.
Get a ife broseph
At least for fWAR, the difference between SS and DH is 2.5 fWAR/162 GS
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
(Assuming league average defense at SS. Yount’s ’82 season would have been worth 3.3 fWAR more than if he had just played DH)
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
So it was excellent regardless?
Am I understanding this right?
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
Kyle, maybe it's a technicality
But the Brewers could have on on field celebration at Wrigley tomorrow night with a win tonight and tomorrow & the Cardinals dropping their next two. They could also celebrate on their off day if the Cards lose 2/3 and of course when they go home to start the Marlins series. Could it possibly be a Pirates-Brewers end of September series that means nothing for all the right reasons?!
They could clinch on Wednesday, that's right
but Haudricourt’s point was they play during the day on Wednesday, while the Cards play at night. So they won’t find out they’ve clinched until they’re back in Milwaukee.
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
Didn't follow the link.
Schedule makers out to get Brewers fans once again!!!
Technically, what Kyle wrote above is incorrect.
They won’t clinch until they get back to Milwaukee, but could clinch before Friday.
Personally, I hope the Cardinals keep winning right now. If the Brewers and Cardinals kept winning, the celebration could be on Saturday.
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From Heyman's article
[The Cubs] could also take a poke at the NL Central-rival Brewers by stealing their biggest star and set themselves up for three-fourths of a superb under-30 infield, with also 21-year-old shortstop Starlin Castro and 25-year-old second baseman Darwin Barney.
I think “superb” may be overstating that infield, especially the Darwin Barney part.
Greinke: "It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win."
by GoGregGo on Sep 20, 2011 11:15 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Other than that
How was the play, Mrs Lincoln?
by Pablo Max on Sep 20, 2011 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I think Castro will get better
So many errors, and that can (probably) be corrected. He was called up when his offense was ready but his defense wasn’t.
Get a ife broseph
That's a pretty interesting comp
Obvious differences in age and plate approaches, but both had their offense way ahead of their defense. Rickie saw his power jump after a couple years in the league and many people are predicting the same for Castro.
Get a ife broseph
More likely, he moves off SS.
"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder
Having read Heyman's article
I think he has most of the right teams in roughly the right order except there is no mention of the Blue Jays and surely the Dodgers have little chance with their current fianances.
I think that the Giants might be in with a shout aswell but if there are 10 teams likely to be interested then the price is likely to go beyond what the Brewers can afford.
Covered in previous Mugs this week, but:
A) The Blue Jays have all but publicly announced that they will not offer a 6-7 year deal to any player.
B) If Frank McCourt isn’t gone by winter the Dodgers need to make a splash for PR purposes, just to attempt to stem the ticket sale tide. If McCourt is gone, the new owner could look to make a splash just to demonstrate the new regime.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
by Kyle Lobner on Sep 20, 2011 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe they will go after Fielder once Attanasio becomes the owner
There was a time I thought that the Orioles were a good home for Fielder, but it looks like their rebuild is taking longer than anticipated. I would put the Cubs at the top of the list, the Nats 2nd, and the Giants 3rd. Brewers have to be on any top 10 list for interest and familiarity alone, but they just wont be able to afford him. Unless DM wants to further slash and burn for his replacement in two years and ink his 2nd ARod type contract of his life. Angels are a good possibility too.
Wow
Between yesterday and today you seem to be trolling more than usual, even for you.
Get a ife broseph
by Supertramp on Sep 20, 2011 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Today he's peeing in next year's cheerios.
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Angels will not go after Fielder
Kendrys will be back next year, and Trumbo has had a great rookie season at 1B. They’re already jammed up at DH (Abreu’s option vested, Hunter isn’t getting any younger, Wells isn’t as good a defender as Trout, and Trumbo/Kendrys will probably take some turns there as well). If they hadn’t made that godawful trade for Wells, you might have a point, but he’s sucking up all their available payroll and a spot in the lineup.
Every time I think about the opportunity costs of the Wells trade I just get more and more pissed.
There's one thing about economics that has always bugged me.
“Opportunity cost” as defined in my high school class was the value of the “next best alternative”. As if humans are incapable of being idiots and selecting anything but the best.
Vernon Wells is the perfect example of a suboptimal choice. Luckily, it appears that definition has fallen out of favor, and has been replaced with “highest price or rate of return an alternative course of action would provide.”
At least Vernon Wells isn’t Yuni.
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I'd rather the Angels had Yuni than Wells
He’d be gone after this season, and wouldn’t be costing them > $20M for each of the next several years.
I meant at least they don't have a Yuni-esque player at Wells contract.
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I don't think even Tony Reagins is that dumb
But then I didn’t think he’d be dumb enough to trade for Vernon Wells, so what do I know?
Just Look At This Fucking Post.
- “once” Attanasio becomes the owner of the Dodgers
- Cubs favorites for Fielder
- Brewers unable to afford Fielder
- Melvin “further” slashing and burning the roster
- Melvin being replaced in two years
Come on, dude.
fka "warwick5s"
by DEUCE SLUICE on Sep 20, 2011 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
It's getting kind of bad now, I agree.
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
by Rubie Q on Sep 20, 2011 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
There was another article I read yesterday
(Probably on either ESPN or SI, but I can’t find it at the moment) that quoted “insider sources” as saying that Attanasio was not interested in the Dodgers.
Found it -- Jon Heyman
• Insiders insist Attanasio will stay with the Brewers and won’t become a candidate to buy the Dodgers once McCourt finally clears out.
If they have a chance to clinch Saturday...
It is going to be VERY hard to turn down going to that game. I have an early day Sunday, but with Greinke pitching and the chance to see the Brewers clinch, I may have to go.
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Well, they technically haven't announced starters for Friday & Saturday yet...
However, I doubt they would want to pull Gallardo & Greinke off their normal schedules…unless they were going to throw a spot starter in there in push them back so they don’t have too much rest between their last regular season start and first playoff start.
RRR, don’t set it up so I have to see Marco Estrada start for the third different home game I go to this season…
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Ok, the starters for the weekend have been announced and Greinke is scheduled for Saturday.
So I bought the ticket. If I end up with Marco Estrada again as the result of Yovani Gallardo getting food poisoning or some ridiculous bad-luck scenario like that, I won’t be happy.
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I'm going Sunday
And hopefully I will be buying Brewers division champ gear on my 1-year wedding anniversary. Seeing Greinke pitch would be nice too, but ESPN’s Brewers page has Narv Dogg scheduled.
I hope that they have plenty of it.
Chances are the first set will sell out quick. Of course, that’s another concern, if they clinch Saturday, I’ll want to get some gear, which means waiting in a long line to buy some. If I can get a hat and a pennant, I’d probably be happy.
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I'll just end up ordering it online.
I usually buy stuff like that as keepsakes, and not to wear. The hats look butt-ugly in my opnion, but the shirts look ok.
by jcollins205 on Sep 20, 2011 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I generally want to get the same type of hat that the players get in the locker room.
I will actually wear mine, as well.
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I'm saving up to buy WS championship gear
I got a 2008 Wild Card shirt (as a gift) that I don’t think I’ve ever worn.
Get a ife broseph
Better make up your mind quickly unless you already have tickets
I think there are only single seat tickets left for the game.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
Not a problem
I’m probably going by myself.
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I have to say, that's an advantage to being alone.
No wife, no girlfriend, no kids, so it’s easier to get to Brewers games. Sometimes I get to go with friends, but they’re usually busy with other things.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go prepare my single dinner for one person and then sit in front of my computer for a while.
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I believe those are called Ramen Noodles.
That’s a possibility, though I might go with the frozen fish pieces instead tonight.
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Actual fish pieces, or fish that was ground up and reconstituted into some fish-based meat product?
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Ground up fish reconstituted into a fish-based meat product
I believe they are called battered fish fillets, though cans of tuna also fall into that category.
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Do you like fish sticks?
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Sep 20, 2011 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Haven't had them in a long time, but they're ok, from what I remember.
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From my personal experience
If you go alone, do not sit in the bleachers, especially if you want to keep score and not do the wave.
REWIND YOURSELF!
I haven't kept score this year, but might for that game
Especially if I think the Brewers could clinch in that game, I will keep score. I’ve done it in the bleachers section before, haven’t had any problems as long as I remember to go to the bathroom before the game and bring in my own food & drinks. Besides, I prefer the bleachers. Only thing I have to watch out for is if a fight breaks out, and it has happened twice where someone in front of me provokes one. One time it was because this one guy kept throwing stuff at a guy wearing a Brett Favre Vikings jersey, and he eventually came up and a fight broke out. I think the other time was when a Dodgers fan got angry with someone else talking smack about his team. Typically, one out of every two games I go to and sit in the bleachers, a fight breaks out somewhere in the bleachers, though not always near me.
Also, I NEVER do the wave.
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By the way, just to clarify.
I was not involved in either fight, it just broke out between people sitting in front of me on two separate occasions.
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Loved the "Around the Pennant Chase" feature.
Thanks, Rubie.
by Hangwith'em Rach on Sep 20, 2011 11:34 AM CDT reply actions
Having done some careful studying I think I know what went wrong last night
From last nights game preview
I don’t mean to jinx it, but this is another game the Brewers should win
by Saltire on Sep 20, 2011 12:15 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
BEARDED JEFF
is that you?
"...just throw that pill over the plate and I'll make it happen." - Tony Plush
by thefreewheelin76 on Sep 20, 2011 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
The real problem
is that it’s been almost a week since our last shirt burning. Somebody burn a shirt, and quick!
Bake something with pumpkin Kyle!!!!!!
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Pumpkin Mac and Cheese maybe?
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I have a pumpkin in the oven.
It’s ridiculous and irrational and everything else, but this is the last week:
Nine days ago: Baked pumpkin pie.
Last Tuesday, Brewers beat Rockies.
(finished pumpkin pie)
Wednesday: Rockies beat Brewers
(Made pumpkin bread)
Brewers beat Reds Friday, Saturday, Sunday
(finished pumpkin bread)
Cubs beat Brewers.
So in the last week the Brewers are 4-0 when I have a homemade pumpkin item in my house, and 0-2 when I don’t.
There are pumpkins in my oven right now.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
I think we start a daily superstitions thread until the Brewers clinch.
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
Clinch what?
This superstition absolutely isn’t going away in the playoffs.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Clench the trophy.
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Braun's MVP trophy
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If you eat too much fibrous pumpkin, you might be clenching
by Brew Angel on Sep 20, 2011 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Pumpkin bread does sound good, though.
I may have to go get a bread pan and some pumpkin bread mix.
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Haha so good
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Sep 20, 2011 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I burnt all my shirts.
That should get us to the NLCS at the least.
by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Sep 20, 2011 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And some weird discussion around the watercooler.
Overly Casual Friday.
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Sep 20, 2011 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Once my fitness model career takes off I won't be needing those shirts.
by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Sep 20, 2011 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
And pants. Don't you hate pants?
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I moved my son's birthday party
to Saturday, from 10/1, anticipating a home playoff game. My tickets sold for $40 apiece. I guess I should have charged more.
If you have anymore playoff game tickets
I will buy them all for $40/ea
"...just throw that pill over the plate and I'll make it happen." - Tony Plush
by thefreewheelin76 on Sep 20, 2011 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
He sold Saturday's for $40 each
so he can go to the home playoff game on 10/1
Brewers:
5.5 games ahead of the Uptight Citizens Brigade
3 games ahead of the Braves for the Wild Card Safety Net
1 game ahead of Arizona to avoid the Phils in the 1st round
Note about JHJ's HR last night
It would have gotten out of only 1 ballpark according to hittrackeronline. Wrigley.
Talk about situational hitting!
Braun has MVP all wrapped up
The difference between Braun and Kemp in the only stat category that matters shows him the clear winner
Can we lampoon RRR for refusing to start JHJ again tonight?
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
let the lampooning commence
#Brewers vs. Cubs:
RF Hart
CF Morgan
LF Braun
1B Fielder
2B Weeks
3B McGehee
SS Betancourt
C Lucroy
RHP Marcum
Marcum wanted Yuni's defense?
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I know you are being sarcstic, but that comment made my head explode.
by BrewCrewBrian on Sep 20, 2011 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's another one:
Maybe RR just wants to spot the other team a baserunner or two to keep it competitive out there, so he makes Yuni play?
We lost last night
Clearly it was JHJ’s fault. Bench that loser.
Greinke: "It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win."
It just reminds me of the same thing he did earlier in the year
making comments about how he’s going to play the ‘hot hand’ there, and then Wilson had a good game, and then Yuni was back in there. Frustrating.
I wasn’t able to watch the game as closely as I’d have liked last night (my son has Hakeem Nicks on his fantasy football team, so there you go), but I don’t recall seeing any issues with Hairston’s defense.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Sep 20, 2011 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
It actually looked pretty good, from what I saw.
Slick double play in the first inning, anyway.
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
You missed a Brewer game because of your son's fantasy football team?
This is a level of MOCK we haven’t previously witnessed.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
No, I just said I wasn't able to watch it as closely as I'd have liked
since he was asking me to switch back and forth every now and then.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Sep 20, 2011 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Isn't that what a computer is for?
It would be more effective than watching for the 0-15 plays totaling around 2 minutes where he actually does something.
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Well in that case
I sit with my back to the television.
So, which would you prefer?
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Sep 20, 2011 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Just for future reference.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Sep 20, 2011 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions
RR believes that the hotness of a player transmits to other players who play the same position.
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Yuni's record
79-59 (.572) when he starts
11-5 (.688) when he doesnt
83-61 (.538) when he appears in a game at all
7-3 (.700) when he doesnt.
There are stats for everything.
I was referring to how he views single positions.
Josh Wilson had four hits in two days, so he believed that the shortstop position was batting well and put Betancourt back in. Since Betancourt had some good games after that, he believed that the problem was fixed.
Now, since Hairston had a HR last night, he thinks the shortstop position is hot again and is putting Betancourt back in there to catch some of that fire.
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Also, his position is further supported by this:
Hairston HR as a Brewers SS = 1
Hairston HR at any other position for the Brewers = 0
Therefore, he thinks that the SS position is in position to hit HRs now and is putting Betancourt in to do that.
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sorry
that wasn’t meant to be a reply to your post, just an observation. I do like your train of thought on this though!!!! It’s like, well, it’s time for the Brewers left fielder to be the league MVP…but who should we have play there all year? who is worthy of such an honor? :-)
Yuniesky Betancourt
So hot right now.
Greinke: "It’s not about the guacamole itself. I just don’t want to let them win."
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26 | 20 | .565 | 0 | Won 1 |
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25 | 22 | .531 | 1.5 | Lost 3 |
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