Again, no link yet, but the press conference is on the radio broadcast. Hart was speaking to the media, and the rest of the team just found out and rushed into the press room yelling and screaming. Pretty neat to hear.

I'm glad we'll have three of our own ensuring that game 7 of the World Series (if necessary) is at Miller Park.

Congrats, Corey--I hope you bring your sunglasses. Kudos to everybody who spent the week voting for him.

No link yet (add one when you find it), but ESPN Radio Madison is reporting that Suppan is heading to the DL with elbow pain.

As crappy as he's been, hopefully this isn't serious. There's still a few dollars invested in him the next couple years.

Excuse me while I break out my tinfoil hat, but I hope this is just a break for him--much like I suspect Gagne's stint on the DL was an effort to give him a break to get things straight while he figured things out.

[UPDATE] link

I was wondering if anybody's been to Great American Ballpark. I'm heading to Cincy for work in a couple weeks, and I'm hoping to check out a game or three. Any recommendations?

The only ballparks I've visited are Miller, County Stadium, Wrigley, and New Comiskey. What's neat about GABP.

On my blog, I'm writing up reviews of stadiums (from any sport), so I'd especially appreciate any particular points of interest or recommendations that I can check out.

Thanks!

UPDATE: Fox Sports has confirmed: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8141962/Brewers-give-young-star-Braun-long-term-deal

ESPN Radio here in Madison just reported that Ryan Braun has agreed to a 7-year extension. No news from the media yet. All I could find was this vague link from brewers.com reporting a major press conference. I'm sure updates will be posted when available. No word yet on money...

This certainly would be a huge move. It will also be interesting to see how it affects negotiations with Sheets, Fielder, Hart, etc.

The ranting and raving of a Brewers fan and lunatic with a limited baseball knowledge:

Time to clean house. Get rid of Yost. Get rid of Sveum (Thank goodness that guy isn't a school crossing guard!). Take it on the chin and can Gagne. We lost Sheets' start, so now we've got four more games of starter pitcher lines of 5 1/3 IP, 4 ER, 109 pitches.

You all know baseball a lot better than I do. What could we get for Sheets realistically? Could we pull some top level pitching prospects so that next year's rotation isn't total crap in the 2-5 slots? Might a contender in need of a back-of-the-rotation starter take Suppan off our hands at the deadline?

If we could ditch these guys, couldn't we start '09 with Braun, Fielder, Hart, and Gallardo as the core along with some serious pocket change to go on a bender when free agency comes around?

Also, can we put Bill Hall down? I don't mean put him down as in insult him. Or put him down as in send him down to the minors. I mean put him to sleep. He makes me on a Friday afternoon with baseball on the radio look productive.

Lastly, F the cubs.

Rant over. I'm sorry for wasting your time and page space, but I feel better.

I think we all knew this was coming, but Turnbow has been DFA'd. I'm sad because I have always liked Turnbow, but it will be nice to be able to utilize the full 25-man roster.  Hopefully he will accept the assignment and work things out in triple A. If not, fare thee well T-Bow.

Here's a link from the Madison Cap Times: http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/breaking_news/284393

Usually, I have a rule of thumb to not start worrying about stats until May 1. I'm having a bit of a hard time doing that this year, however, with six of our regular starters batting .231 or worse.

Mendoza--I mean Weeks--can't get on base. Braun looks like he's having the dreaded sophomore slump. Hall's had some big hits but has been dreadful at times.

Now our ace is looking fragile (again), our #4-5 starters couldn't reach the 7th inning if their lives depended on it, and our $10 million closer has given up home runs to blow three ugly, ugly save attempts.

I recognize this is both irrational and emotional, so I apologize for that.

You all know far more about this great sport than I do. Who are you concerned about? And who will be fine?

Gwynn-Hoffman at-bat article.

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