2024 Magic Number Thread

[folly412]

I remember buying his jersey shirt.  Then he changed his number.  Then he never could put it together.  The AAA Perfect Game will forever be his career highlight.

Are we officially 26?  Or do we get a 3-for tonight due to now having the season series tiebreakers with the Cards and Cubs?

[wiguy94]

You guys have the magic number wrong. It's 25. Cards and Cubs both have 64 losses, so their max win total is 98. Brewers have the tiebreaker over both teams so the Brewers need to get to 98 wins to guarantee the division. Brewers have 73 wins so the magic number is actuallly 25 not 26.

[rickh150]

41 minutes ago, wiguy94 said:

You guys have the magic number wrong. It's 25. Cards and Cubs both have 64 losses, so their max win total is 98. Brewers have the tiebreaker over both teams so the Brewers need to get to 98 wins to guarantee the division. Brewers have 73 wins so the magic number is actuallly 25 not 26.

Now it is with us clinching season series over Cards…..u bet. Good call! Stellar.

[rickh150]

48 minutes ago, folly412 said:

I remember buying his jersey shirt.  Then he changed his number.  Then he never could put it together.  The AAA Perfect Game will forever be his career highlight.

Are we officially 26?  Or do we get a 3-for tonight due to now having the season series tiebreakers with the Cards and Cubs?

Gotta be 3.

[folly412]

K, seems like we have consensus.

[rickh150]

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

A three-fer evening? Sweet!!!

First, #27 is for one of my all-time faves, northern Wisconsin native Bob Wickman. A big part of my fandom was, on top of being shaped like Barrel Man and being a great closer, he grew up about 20 minutes from where I lived. 

For #26, as Bob Dylan once sang, "Here comes the story of the Hurricane!" Hernan Iribarren was once the darling of the Link Report around these parts. The sweet-swinging middle infielder just couldn't do enough at the MLB level to stick, though.

Finally, for #25, I have always been a sucker for athletes who overcome adversity to excel, so of course I was an enormous fan of Jim Abbott. When he signed with the Brewers in 1999 in an attempt to resurrect his flailing career, I was stoked. But unfortunately he struggled, and was released in July of that year, subsequently retiring. He did manage to collect two base hits in his short time as a National League pitcher, though.

[hawing]

Fun fact! I have a #26 Iribarren jersey.  Navy - so there's a nonzero chance it's the one pictured in the card! 

Edited to add a second fun fact.  The first Brewers game I attended with my SO was just over 35 years ago.  Jim Abbott started that game for the California Angels and shut out the Brewers.  

[folly412]

Cordero was a great closer for the bit he was here, but this one's still one of my most hated trades.

[liveforoctober]

Maybe a top 10 all time underrated Brewers player?

[AKCheesehead]

I was a Hamilton fan, and in later years I enjoyed him on the radio broadcasts. I wonder if he’d still be on the air had he not been taken. 

[Zad Fnark]

My favorite Brewer back then.

[Yaz19]

How does Benji not get any love from this forum???!!!!!!

Benji Brew Crew

[Playing Catch]

32 minutes ago, Yaz19 said:

How does Benji not get any love from this forum???!!!!!!

Benji Brew CrewUnavailable

For years, and perhaps forever, his HR was the longest in Metrodome history. I will always remember this specifically because my Dad said we were there for it (I was really young, so I don't remember it).

[formerlybis]

41 minutes ago, Yaz19 said:

How does Benji not get any love from this forum???!!!!!!

Benji Brew CrewUnavailable

We’re hitting a string of ‘82 heroes:

24: Ogilvie 

23: Ted Simmons

22: Charlie Moore

21: Don Sutton

20: Gorman Thomas 

19: Robin Yount

[folly412]

side note: totally annoyed at all the "seller offers" I'm getting on eBay from looking for these images  😆

[folly412]

Can't believe it's been 9 years since he was on the team.  I'd have guessed only 5.  

[Baldkin]

One of 8 Brewers to hit for the cycle. Three of them wore number 22!

[HarryDoyle]

18 hours ago, Yaz19 said:

How does Benji not get any love from this forum???!!!!!!

Benji Brew CrewUnavailable

Molitor and Yount may be the Hall of Famers, but Benji was probably the most clutch player on that team.

[Stealofhome]

1 hour ago, HarryDoyle said:

Molitor and Yount may be the Hall of Famers, but Benji was probably the most clutch player on that team.

Here's a table that gives statistical evidence for that statement.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1982-batting.shtml#players_win_probability_batting::11

 

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

I was off the grid this weekend, so time to play some catch-up. First off, #24 is for speedy outfielder Chuckie Carr (RIP), perhaps best known for defying Phil Garner's orders and swinging at a 2-0 pitch after ignoring the take sign. "That ain't Chuckie's game," he said. "Chuckie hacks on 2-0."

For #23, it can be no other than my former namesake, and perhaps the Brewer prospect that was most disappointing for failing up to expectations, Joey Meyer. Meyer had prodigious power, but like many power hitters, struggled to make consistent contact at the big league level. His claim to fame is hitting a HR that carried a record 582 feet at Denver's Mile High Stadium as a member of the AAA Zephers. 

And for #22, another former power-hitting 1B prospect that failed to live up to expectations, Kevin Barker. He was once considered a future franchise cornerstone, but failed to show the power required for the position during multiple auditions in 1999 and 2000, and after the Brewers acquired Richie Sexson, his time as a Brewer was effectively over.

  

[nate82]

4 hours ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

was off the grid this weekend, so time to play some catch-up. First off, #24 is for speedy outfielder Chuckie Carr (RIP), perhaps best known for defying Phil Garner's orders and swinging at a 2-0 pitch after ignoring the take sign. "That ain't Chuckie's game," he said. "Chuckie hacks on

I thought it was a 3-0?  But still the take sign is just dumb.  If a pitcher is going to give you a pitch to hit you should be swinging at it no matter what the count is. 

[folly412]

On 8/10/2024 at 9:20 PM, folly412 said:

A rookie Rock.  We'll see him again in a couple weeks.

And now the veteran Rock

[Brewcrew82]

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Do you remember that Logan Morrison was a Milwaukee Brewer? Because I sure didn't! I think I may have a little selective amnesia and PTSD regarding that 2020 season. Actually regarding that year as a whole.