Well, it's officially the post-season now for the Brewers faithful.  As selfish homers, those like me can safely ignore what happens from here on out in the playoffs, as none of those teams include the Brewers (or for that matter, the Cubs).

In any case, I thought I'd get together a Post to sort out where I think we stand as well as to open it up to discussion for other BrewCrewBall'ers.

I'll go through this discussion position-by-position (rather than individual-by-individual).

Who do you think will be back next season?  Who do you think we should sign off the free-agent market?  Who should we trade away and trade for?  Who should we unceremoniously toss by the side of the road, existing contract to be paid and all?

Please reply in the thread under each position.

Cole Hamels (3.20 ERA 11-8) vs Ryan Dempster (2.85 ERA 15-5)

I'd say the Phillies have about a 30% chance of an upset at Chicago, but here's praying for a miracle!

Gametime is 7:05 Central (as in now)

Phillies gamethread here

So grab a cheese steak and join them.  Or just comment here:)

P.S. Anyone know if this is carried on any of the networks or the "special" channels?

The Milwaukee Brewers pitchers had hits in every game from Sat July 12th to Mon July 21st.  That's a streak of 6 games.  Unfortunately that streak is no longer.

However, CC Sabathia has a two game hitting streak going of his own.  Perhaps he'd have a 3 4+ game hitting streak, but he was pulled in his first game as a Brewer after a "mere" 6 innings, cheating him of at least one AB (and Joe Dillon DID get a pinch hit for David Riske in that game).  In his previous and only other hitting-eligible game (6/21 Cleveland vs the LA Dodgers) he was 1 for 3 with a homerun in 7 innings of work.

I would have to confirm this by going back to last years' games, but seeing as I'm too lazy for that, let me make the grandiose claim that if CC works for 6 2/3 inning or longer, he will get a hit.

Hi there.  I currently live in the Sacramento area, but I've been a lifelong Brewers fan.  So, I'd like to come out to catch a game this weekend, and will probably come to the Saturday afternoon game.

The question I have is do Giants games often sellout certain price ranges?  Am I best getting a ticket in advance or showing up on gameday?  Would I be likely to have better luck with the box office or scalpers if I show up on the day of the game without a ticket?

The matchup is Sheets vs Sanchez and the game is  at 1PM on Saturday, if that has any impact on attendance.

Thanks much

I posted the following in the game thread from today, but I thought I'd give it its own news entry.

Note, there's a near 0% chance that these "rules" would ever be implimented, especially coming from such a casual fan as myself.

ERA rules have flummoxed me of late.  Mota, who gave up a homerun in the inning in question, recently had that erased due to a rescoring of a previous play in the inning as an error.  Pitchers who commit an error themselves don't have it count against their ERA.  I feel that this ridiculousness must end!

PagsBrewcRew's Proposed new ERA rules:
1) Runs scored in innings where there are no errors are earned (the "well, duh" rule)
2) Errors on the pitcher’s position (E1) are considered as if they were not errors at all. In other words, in innings where the only error is an E1, they are earned runs.
3) Errors resulting in advancement (in contrast to errors resulting from lack-of-out) are scored earned if the runner would have scored from his old base as a result of the rest of the inning. Note that in this formulation a runner will score from second on a single, but not from first on a double. If a sac fly brought a player from 3B to home, it would not bring someone from 2B to 3B.
4) Runs scored on balks and wildpitches count (ie, they’re not errors). Passed balls are considered errors by the errors-from-advancement rule (#3).
5) Errors resulting from lack-of-out (dropped catch, misplayed grounder, etc) are considered a “mout” (modified out) in the inning (as are standard outs). When 3 mouts in the inning occur, the pitcher is not off the hook as far as earned runs are concerned. The bases are considered “cleared” and any batter that scores after the point of the inning reset are earned again (but players on base are considered freebies). In other words, HOMERUNS ALWAYS COUNT AGAINST YOUR ERA. The maximum unearned runs scored from a one-error inning is 3.
6) If relievers come in to an inning after an error has been committed, to them no errors have occured. In other words, once there become 3 “mouts” the bases are not cleared. All runs are earned to the reliever (of batters that he’s faced), presuming no futher errors are committed. The previous pitcher is “off the hook” once 3 mouts have been recorded and advancement-from-error (rule 3) still applies to his baserunners.

end PBR ERA rules.

thoughts?  feedback?  Anyone want to submit them to the mlb rules committee for review?