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[polwonks]

so much for the Royals blue...

[timothyw80]

Here is the link if anyone is actually interested in Mench...

[BrewCrewForever]

What can I say about Kevin Mench that hasn't already been said. Not much.

[Tisko]

I guess being close to his home was very important to him. I remember him saying it to the Milwaukee media, and you would think that he had a bigger chance of making an opening day roster with the Royals or even the Yankees.

[sgtcluels]

For old time sake...

 

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Invader3K]

Remember when he first came to Milwaukee that a lot of people said he would be popular here? Yeah...

[AJAY]

I'd be surprised if he even makes the team considering that there isn't really any aspect of his game that is above average.

[bullox]

His hat size is well above average.

 

Best of luck Mench. You sure didn't have any in Milwaukee.

[Shootkick1000]

A ten-gallon head deserves a ten-gallon hat.

 

I'll miss Mench. Well, mostly his giant head, and the thrill of yelling "BIG HEAD" at him while at Miller.

 

But it's something.

[TooLiveBrew]

I'd be surprised if he even makes the team considering that there isn't really any aspect of his game that is above average.

 

 

Career line v. LHP: .301/.361/.563/.924

 

Well above-avg.

[mothershipconnection]

The thing is that unless he gets sent down to Frisco, he'll still be quite a distance from home. Of course, with Bradley in the OF, there's a good chance they'll need a fill-in for awhile, and he could make the team as the 4th OF, he was pretty popular in Texas.

[twobrewers]

I'll miss Mench. Well, mostly his giant head, and the thrill of yelling "BIG HEAD" at him while at Miller.

I'll miss contemplating what a bobblehead of Mench would look like...

[Mr QL]

We're gunna need a new batch of players to hate on this year.

[logan82]

twobrewers wrote:

I'll miss contemplating what a bobblehead of Mench would look like...

Probably wouldn't look like a bobble head at all. More like a scale figurine.

[bullox]

We're gunna need a new batch of players to hate on this year.

I've got a bad feeling that some of the new additions to the bullpen are gonna get torched. Both on the field and here. I'd rather see them succeed of course, but if anyone is going to be the whipping boy, it's going to be one of them.

 

[Time for a Miller]

Oh no Shrek is gone. I seriously wanted a bobblehead of Mench so I could paint it green.

[logan82]

We're gunna need a new batch of players to hate on this year.

My bet is Turnbow. Unfair or not, he is not treated well by the fans.

[Kurt]

Kinda interesting that he will be competing for a spot on the team with one of the very players he was traded from in Nelson Cruz.

[crewcrazy]

We're gunna need a new batch of players to hate on this year.

I think the Kendall and Turnbow hate will more than make up for it. I'm sure there will be others, like if Gagne blows a save on Opening Day or something, or if Cameron never puts it together after the suspension.

 

I don't see Mench staying on the Rangers' roster all year, but it looks like he valued returning to the D/FW area more than playing time. Who knows...maybe a return to Arlington will boost his numbers back up again and he'll be able to cash in next offseason or something.

 

[Fatter than Joey]

We're gunna need a new batch of players to hate on this year.

 

We have Ned Yost --

 

Getting a new batch of players to hate on, when Yost is your manager, is like going to a Prime Rib buffet and filling up on rolls and breadsticks.

[sgtcluels]

Mench doesn't have to much value because his numbers are nothing short of horrible when facing RHP. It's simple... Mench coming up to bat in late inning.. sub the pitcher. Bam.. burned a spot. Next turn, when your RHP batter is up, call to the pen again and bring in a LOOGY, you either bat vs. the horrible # or burn another spot. That's why platoons suck soooo bad. Yes you get good numbers when batting against their handed pitcher, but you have to burn through a ton of your bench protecting the platoon advantage.

 

Ohh and he always super tired after running out a double, like he smokes 15 packs a day. And Kendalls my already designated stooge for next year, after all he made my Game Worn #18 Gross jersey worth crap! And my #18 Gross jersey T worth crap! He may burn from the fire of 1000 suns for that!

[ozzybourne]

what about laynce nix?

[JoeHova]

If Nix makes the team, he definitely has a leg up on getting hated. That ESPN article on Tony Gwynn's hit described Nix as "slumping" last year. His whole career has been a slump!

 

Kendall also will probably get hated, due to his horrible hitting and throwing.

 

I'd say the candidates for hate in 2008 are approximately:

 

1: Laynce Nix

2: Jason Kendall

3: Eric Gagne (people may be skeptical due to his time in Boston and his PED use, so if he gets off to a bad start...)

4: Derrick Turnbow (people are getting sick of him)

5: Chris Capuano (the long losing streak will be in the front of people's minds unless he gets off to a good start)

6: Ned Yost (if the Brewers aren't well above .500 by the break, I expect people to start being very upset with him)

7: Guillermo Mota (see Gagne, substitute New York for Boston)

8: Gabe Kapler (Milwaukee has no affection for him, unlike Boston, so if he gets many ABs, I expect some dissatisfaction)

9: Claudio Vargas (if he is in the rotation this year with guys like Villy and Parra waiting in the wings, it could get ugly)

10: Abraham Nunez (because he is absolutely terrible and should not see the field)

[RightFieldCoder]

Uggh, Joe you made me sad. Somehow I forget that we had Abraham Nunez, but you had to bring him up. I can't wait to go to go to a get away day and see a line-up of: CF Gwynn, C Kenall, 1B Dillon, 3B Hall, SS Counsell, LF Kapler, RF Nix, 2B Nunez, P Vargas.

 

And knowing our luck we'll win 15-3 convincing Yost to use that lineup again.

/OT

 

I think I'll keep a small seed of hate for Gwynn as long as there are people that think he can hit.

[BrewCrewForever]

He can hit lefties pretty well, there is no doubting that.