The Thursday Thinker: Brewer Playoff Winners
This morning's edition of Today In Brewer History discussed Randy Lerch, one of just eight pitchers in franchise history to hurl six or more innings in a playoff game. I neglected to mention it in...
This morning's edition of Today In Brewer History discussed Randy Lerch, one of just eight pitchers in franchise history to hurl six or more innings in a playoff game. I neglected to mention it in...
This week the challenge ahead of you is simple: The Brewers have invited 54 players to major league spring training. How many can you name in ten minutes? Here's one hint that might help you: The...
In this morning's Mug I linked to a High Heat Stats post that mentioned a game where Mike Fetters faced six batters while throwing just six pitches. That got me thinking of Brian Shouse, who holds...
On Saturday, Brewer all-time saves leader Dan Plesac turned 50 years old. Plesac accumulated 133 saves over seven seasons as a Brewer en route to 158 for his career. That's tied for the 66th most...
In this morning's Mug, High Heat Stats noted that Ryan Braun was worth -35 runs defensively at third base in 2007, the third worst defensive season in major league history. As you might imagine,...
We've talked a fair amount lately about the possibility of Corey Hart moving to first base. Hart has played 740 games in the outfield during his major league career, and he's one of just 15 Brewers...
Craig Counsell took a beating for his limited offensive contributions in his last couple of seasons as a Brewer, and even made a joke about it in his press conference on Tuesday. Despite the fact...
We've spent a lot of time this week discussing the Hall of Fame, but does any of it matter? I'm guessing you've already forgotten some of the last 25 players the BBWAA has inducted into...
Since debuting in 2005, Prince Fielder has hit 230 home runs as a Brewer. That's the second most in franchise history, and it's easily the most by a Brewer over that timeframe. In fact, there are...
Writing about Richie Sexson this morning made me think of something I kick around from time to time. The cycle is one of baseball's most notable individual performances, but in most cases it's...
If the Brewers sign Norichika Aoki, he'll be the sixth player in franchise history born in Japan. That seems like as good a reason as any to dust off and update this quiz: How many of the 20...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Yuni Files are on vacation until after the holidays. Check back in January for the conclusion of the second issue. Aramis Ramirez made his major league debut on May 26, 1998,...
Unless something changed after I went to bed last night, there's a pretty good chance Francisco Rodriguez will show up on this quiz in the future. I went back to the archives to find this one: SRB...
The 2012 Hall of Fame ballot is out, and if you don't mind having some answers spoiled for today's quiz you can check out the first timers here. Over the past few years the Brewers have been...
Happy T-Giving, everyone. While researching for this post, I found something that surprised me: Among the hundreds of Brewers/Seattle Pilots who have either appeared in 100 career games or pitched...
In last week's edition of the Thinker, we asked you to name the 2011 Brewers based on one clue. This week's theme is similar, but has an interesting twist provided by our own Cheeseandcorn. Given...
This week's theme is probably as simple as any we've ever done: 48 players appeared in at least one game as a Brewer this season. Given one clue per player, how many of them can you name in ten...
As I started work on this post last night, I stumbled across something I thought was incredible. In an unfathomable demonstration of how many times one can touch something before they realize it's...
We've got a lot of stuff on tap today, so instead of trying to cram it all into this afternoon I decided to move the Thinker up a bit. I'm still working on the Mug and it'll likely run sometime...
Now that the Brewer offseason is underway, it's time to bring back one of our longest-running BCB offseason series: the Thursday Thinker. Each week about this time we'll post a new Brewer-related...