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The Brewer Advent Calendar #1: The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
Behind the final door of the calendar we find...The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers! A year ago at this time the Rattlers were also door #1 on the calendar, as they prepared for their inaugural season as a Brewer affiliate. A year later, they're coming off an attendance record-setting season (over...
The Brewer Advent Calendar #2: The Huntsville Stars
Behind door #2 on the calendar we find...the Huntsville Stars! The upcoming season will be the Stars' 12th as a Brewer farm team, making them the longest tenured affiliate in the organization. In recent years, the Brewers have put some pretty good teams on the field in AA: The 2009 Stars were the...
The Brewer Advent Calendar #3: WhatifSports
We’re down to the last three days of the Brewer Advent Calendar, and there’s a special surprise behind each door the rest of the way. Behind door #3 we find…WhatIfSports!So many of baseball’s greatest questions are doomed to remain forever unanswered. How often would Gorman...
The Brewer Advent Calendar #6: Trevor Hoffman
Hey, I hear really loud hard rock coming out of this door! There's probably a closer behind it! Since the only time I've seen Trevor Hoffman save a game in person involved him relieving an injured and awful Bryan Corey and a just plain awful Cla Meredith in Colorado when he was with San Diego, I've...
The Brewer Advent Calendar #9: David Riske
That strange surgical scar sticking out from behind door #9 belongs to...David Riske! He's hoping to be ready for Opening Day, but it's probably more realistic to expect Riske to make his 2010 debut sometime in May or June, after some time in extended spring training and a rehab assignment. It's a...
The Brewer Advent Calendar #10: Craig Counsell
Behind door #10 we find...Craig Counsell! Counsell turned 39 in August and had a career year in 2009, posting a 105 OPS+, his highest since 1997, when he played in 51 games for the Marlins. His .285 batting average and .408 slugging percentage were also his highest since 2000. His largest source of...
The Brewer Advent Calendar #14: Chris Narveson
Hey, what's a spare left-handed starter (#4 in the 2010 depth chart!) doing behind the door? Chris Narveson was the recycled Cardinals starter who Brewers fans really didn't discuss. As a minor league free agent, there wasn't the salary to complain about. He settled in as a swingman by the end of...
The Brewer Advent Calendar #15: Casey McGehee
Behind today's door we find...Casey McGehee!What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time none of us thought Casey McGehee would even open the season on the roster, much less contend for the NL Rookie of the Year Award. He played well enough to jump in front of Mat Gamel on the depth...
The Brewer Advent Calendar #16: Alcides Escobar
Behind today's door we find...Alcides Escobar! As the heir apparent at shortstop, most of the accolades regarding Escobar's game are reserved for his defense. With that said, he's off to a pretty nice start with the bat as well, hitting .310/.338/.372 in his first 138 major league plate...
The Brewer Advent Calendar #17: Mitch Stetter
Behind today's door we find...Mitch Stetter!While he struggles a bit with walks (41 unintentional passes in 75.1 career innings), Stetter has quietly cemented himself in the Brewers' LOOGY role, and shown flashes of brilliance while doing so. Consider this stretch, from May 27 to July 8 of last...
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