Wednesday reading

by Jeff Sackmann on Jan 10, 2007 11:47 AM CST in News Comment 8 comments

A bunch of stuff for you to read, enjoy, and then come back and report on:

Here's my column today at the Hardball Times. It's on Steve Garvey, who's not a Hall of Famer, but may be closer than you think.
Here's more Lederer on categorizing relievers. Turns out Greg Aquino profiles very well by GB% and K rate. Better, I think, than his more common stats (ERA, etc.) would suggest. That, by the way, is a good thing.
The Brewers are getting a DVD. It comes out in April, and it's about--what else--the 1982 team.
Lyle Overbay might be getting a long term deal from the Jays.

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They're kidding, right?

This DVD thing has to be the biggest rip-off I've seen in a while (and I witnessed increased prices for Cubs games last year). $24.95 for a 60-minute DVD about the 1982 team? That seems a little steep. It's outrageous, though, when you consider that it's $24.95 after advertising money is thrown in to subsidize it: The video is sponsored in part by the Wisconsin Lottery, American Family Insurance and Sentry Foods.

If that's a harbinger of celebrations of the 1982 team to come, then I don't know if I can afford to relive the glory days.

by Marty McSuperFly on Jan 10, 2007 12:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Sweet merciful crap

Looks like we would be well-served to assume Koskie will not be available this year. After reading that article, I don't know how any reasonable person can say that Koskie will play this year. He's hiding from press inquiries, and Brewers officials are either dodging the questions or honestly don't know his status.

On the other hand, I saw someone in a Brewers forum proclaim that Koskie is going to have a breakout year in 2007 -- .280 AVG, 21 HR, 80-90 RBI*. So we've got that going for us, which is nice.

*vs. CHONE projections of .238, 14 HR, 42 RBI, if you're into such things.

by Marty McSuperFly on Jan 10, 2007 1:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

.238!?!

Wow.

So then...is Tony G our starting third baseman? Is Billy? That's weird. You'd think Doug would at least be talking about a backup plan.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jan 10, 2007 7:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Depends on who you talk to

Melvin 12.8:

Terrence_Neumann: What does the depth chart look like behind Corey Koskie? If Koskie goes down for an extended period of time, would Ryan Braun get a shot?

Melvin: Graffanino and Counsell could platoon if Koskie was unable to play. But we will also take a long look at Ryan Braun in Spring Training.

Or Melvin 11.29:

But Melvin revealed on Wednesday that should Koskie have any major setbacks, the team would hand the third-base job to top prospect Ryan Braun.

by Marty McSuperFly on Jan 10, 2007 7:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

thanks for digging those up.

That's really surprising, given that Braun has played all of two months in AA.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jan 10, 2007 7:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Nonsense

As we learned with JJ Hardly, AAA is overrated. I just hope that Ryan can contribute as much right out of the gate as JJ has.

"C'mon, boys, let's get 'em some RUNS!" --- Daron Sutton, pretty much every game of the 2005 season.

by roguejim on Jan 10, 2007 8:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yup, I saw that.

I too saw the guy who predicted a breakout season for Koskie. I completely disagreed with him of course. I'm not that big on Koskie.

Every 25 years: 57, 82 07

by brewcrew44 on Jan 14, 2007 9:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Admission

At least Hall kind of knows where he's going to play.

Remember who said it first. Or at least near first ... and without the comment spam.

Nate - I'm so rad!

by nmc on Jan 11, 2007 8:38 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

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