Manny Parra signs 1 Year Deal (Avoiding Arbitration)
UPDATE: Adam McCalvy is reporting that the new contract is expected to be the same amount as last year ($1.2 million).
EDIT: Changed link to point to McCalvy's article which has the terms.
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He can finally come out of hiding now that Prince is gone.
That’s why he wasn’t around, you know.
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 12, 2012 3:20 PM CST reply actions
Anybody posts about Parra not being a good pitcher
If Plush had to pick Wearwolf or Vampire, I'm a Wearwolf!
Parra would be a much better pitcher if he could just learn to grillax on the mound.
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by Yar Nivek on Jan 12, 2012 4:36 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I was going to say 'only if its Klement's time'
but, who am I kidding? Its always Klement’s time.
"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
"Something always good seems to happen when he's in there. Numbers matched up good."
~RRR
by Charlie Marlow on Jan 12, 2012 4:39 PM CST up reply actions
Unless you've run out of Klements
because then you’ve run out of taste.
by sjlee on Jan 12, 2012 4:50 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
and if you have baseball but no Usinger's sausage
then its not actually summer yet.
BCB: Pointless Exercises in Devils Advocacy
The countdown to spring training
only really starts with the first “grillax” of the new year…
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I feel like this needs some type of identifier.
Otherwise, people will just start using “grillax” the day after the Brewers season ends.
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Identifier is not the right word
What I meant to say was restriction.
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Seriously, though
I did get my first call by a Brewers sales rep today trying to sell tickets for the upcoming season. That’s a definite indicator that the season countdown is on.
I have no idea which games I want to go to yet, with a few exceptions: the home series vs. the Astros in April (I always try to pick one complete series to go to each year, and I’ll have some time off from work around then) and a few of the bobblehead games.
Speaking of bobbleheads, my guess for a lineup this year:
Yovani Gallardo (they finally need to do this one, maybe mix it in with Cerveceros day)
Jonathan Lucroy (this one is just a guess based on what their trends for picking players are)
Shaun Marcum (I think he’s liked enough, and it’s the last year of his deal)
Nyjer Morgan (probably towards the beginning of the season, while he’s still a fan favorite)
Francisco Rodriguez (take advantage of his extra year in Milwaukee)
Racing Sausage (whichever one is next on the list)
Other possible candidates:
Carlos Gomez (I don’t think he’s popular enough to get one)
Chris Narveson (Still a few more years to get one in for him)
Aramis Ramirez (Need to see how he does in year one first)
Rickie Weeks (Here’s your next high profile candidate that needs a bobblehead, and I don’t think they’ve done one for him yet, but they’ll wait and save him for another year)
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Also left Kameron Loe off of the possible candidates list
Don’t think he’s liked enough to get one, and there’s already three pitchers listed in the probable list. My guess is they don’t want to put too many pitchers in there vs. position players.
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They've definitely done Weeks already (sliding pose).
However, it’s a possibliity that they might do him again.
Gallardo is definitely in.
I’d say the same for Morgan, while he’s hot.
Marcum’s probably in, since it could be his last year.
They’ve done Wolf, right?
As far as Aramis goes, I don’t think they need to wait a year. I think any excitement around him would be happeneing right now. However, I think they’ll want to wait to give him a bobble, considering that they have him around for 2 more years.
Ok, I thought it was possible but wasn't sure.
Since his popularity has grown since then, maybe, but my guess is they wait.
Also, they did do a Wolf bobblehead. It was the last one of 2011.
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Also, I understand that Ramirez is probably popular enough at this point
However, might as well wait. Unless his first year is a complete disaster, there should be enough popularity left over (worst case scenario) to do one next year.
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You mean, "syringe"
A samurai sword collection. If you can do it. I don’t know if you’re allowed.
by TwoShoesMcGooze on Jan 12, 2012 9:35 PM CST up reply actions
one more thing
Last year, there was some minor outcry about the fact that all of the bobbles, besides teh miller lite bottle and the sausage, were white. They won’t make that mistake again this year.
I read the same thing by Miller Park Drunk.
That’s part of the reason I went with the guesses I did. They don’t want to go too far the other way, try to even it out a bit.
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by mnbrewer on Jan 13, 2012 12:16 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Parra is not a good pitcher.
Paddle away, it doesn’t make him better.
Mark Attanasio is the best.
by nullacct on Jan 13, 2012 1:00 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
The paddlin' is for paddlin' some sense into you!
If Plush had to pick Wearwolf or Vampire, I'm a Wearwolf!
I don't think he's as bad as his results as a starter have been
But yes, he’s not nearly the pitcher I thought he would be after a promising 2008 season.
This is green? Really?
There is a lot of paddlin’ to do.
If Plush had to pick Wearwolf or Vampire, I'm a Wearwolf!
I won't deny that he has a live arm with a lot of potential
But he hasn’t shown any indication that he knows how to pitch.
Mark Attanasio is the best.
And I really wish he'd put it together... seems all he lacks sometimes is confidence
Mark Attanasio is the best.
and with all the other lefties about
It’s going to be tough for Parra after the long layoff of 2011.
There’s Narveson (of course) and Dan Meadows just got the non-roster invite, and Zach Braddock is supposedly ready to go, and the Brewers signed Juan Perez to a minor league contract…so loads and loads of lefties. I’m assuming Narveson is a lock for the roster even if he doesn’t make the rotation.
BTW, just compared Narveson’s lifetime MLB stats and Parra’s and unless you have a thing for strikeouts, I’m not sure what would make people pick Parra over Narveson…help me, guys, I mean this.
Parra probably has a higher upside, but who is picking Parra over Narveson?
If Plush had to pick Wearwolf or Vampire, I'm a Wearwolf!
Why would it?
Parra didn’t pitch.
Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.
My guess for bobbleheads: Gallardo, Marcum, Morgan, Ramirez, Lucroy, Roenicke
I would love a Carlos Gomez bobble head though.
Gomez would be great....
But I think Gallardo, Morgan, Marcum, Ramirez, Lucroy, Roenicke sounds about right – Next in line might be K-Rod and Attanasio.
by Kevin Boger on Jan 12, 2012 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
An Attanasio bobblehead
I didn’t even think of that, but it would make a LOT of sense.
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I don't think he wants one to exist.
However, they’ll save it until they have a year with nobody else to market (who hasn’t already had a bobble).
Yeah
That’s what I was thinking too. He fine with being identified with the Brewers, but I don’t think he’s into that. I’m sure someone in charge of promotions has already asked him.
Another option I was thinking was Uecker. I know they did one for him in 2001, but it seems like there’s a big push for him this year (making his birthday Bob Uecker Day and trying to name a pedestrian bridge after him).
Might be a good year for it too.
Have him holding open his sport coat with the 2011 Brewer jersey sewn inside.
by placidity on Jan 13, 2012 7:19 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
They couldn't have him with a bat in his hand, though.
Maybe diving forward with his glove outstretched?
Not sure how this turned into a bobble thread
but as long as we’re on it, I could see the Brewers putting out a Sully the monster bobble, though I’m not sure what kind of fees they’d have to pay. Maybe Pixar could just sponsor it.
FWIW I think it’s a terrible idea.
Probably will never happen for a number of reasons
The licensing thing would be the main one, but also would the fact that it came from Fielder’s kid… and Fielder is no longer on the team.
Let's see...
- We started talking about Parra.
- Yar Nivek mentioned that Parra should “grillax”.
- MrLeam said that the first “grillax” starts the real countdown to spring training.
- I then mentioned that I had received my first call from a Brewers sales rep for tickets, also being a signal of a real countdown, which led to me speculating which games I would go to, which included bobblehead days, and then tried to guess who the bobbleheads will be in the upcoming season.
Throw in some reply fails and we’re at where we are now.
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Also
Yar Nivek, you give a fist shake from me for getting that “grillax” song stuck in my head. Now I need to go drown it out, get some new noise into my head.
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Not beyond that one song.
I generally do like rock music, but that’s not quite my style.
Some of my favorite bands are Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, 3 Doors Down, Kutless, Linkin Park, and No Doubt. Also like some of the music from Green Day, Three Days Grace, Breaking Benjamin, Falling Up, and Good Charlotte. That’s just some of the names that came up looking through one of my playlists.
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I have a really funny story involving Skillet
It would get spidery (i.e. religion/politics) in here if I told it, but yeah, it’s funny.
by Cheeseandcorn on Jan 13, 2012 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
Skillet is my #1 favorite band.
Their last two albums (Comatose, Awake) are my favorite albums of any artist, and they also have my two favorite songs (Comatose, Monster) along would some other songs that would be in my top 25 (Hero, Savior, Awake and Alive).
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Yes
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by -JP- on Jan 14, 2012 3:18 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Good thing this thread is almost dead
Otherwise it would getting ugly for you right now. That’s one of the rules of the Internet, I think: Don’t ever admit you like Nickelback.
by Cheeseandcorn on Jan 14, 2012 9:21 AM CST up reply actions
Why?
What’s wrong with that? I don’t like all of their stuff, but they’ve got some good songs.
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To each his own
I think Nickelback does not make good music, but taste is subjective. I’m not going to tell you who to like and not like.
It’s more for your own sake: Nickelback is just one of those bands (probably the band) that the Internet hates. Declaring your like for Nickelback in a blog comments section is usually going to come off about like declaring your like for Celine Dion while in line for a Slayer concert. You’re going to get a lot of nasty looks and probably a decent amount of mocking. It’s one of those things you verbalize at your own risk.
by Cheeseandcorn on Jan 14, 2012 12:36 PM CST up reply actions
They have one song they play over and over and rename it each time.
Give him an offspeed pitch down and in. He will swing and miss.
by cooper82 on Jan 14, 2012 9:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe, but...
From what I’ve heard lately from music, there isn’t a lot of original stuff out there.
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I'm not saying I think they're original
I’m just saying that if you limit yourself to “original” music, there’s not much you’re going to hear.
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Of course, I should also mention that I have no real musical ability
So my ear for music is very unrefined.
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Of course I should mention
neither does Nickelback
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by Fatter than Joey on Jan 20, 2012 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
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