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  1. TooLiveBrew
    "Low fastball, and Cecil Fielder got it all, folks. Up on the roof." "They oughta write a song like that -- oh, they already have."
  2. TooLiveBrew
    Similar reasoning as to why I think Posada has a legit shot.
  3. TooLiveBrew
    Giving up a 1st round pick for a 34 year old pitcher seems well, dumb. Absolutely moronic. And, Doug, "30" is not "34."
  4. TooLiveBrew
    Tough loss for Marquette, but shouldn't really be a bad loss in terms of the tourney seeding. I guess the biggest negative to take away from it is that they're just not a good shooting team.
  5. TooLiveBrew
    Correct. The third (hopefully obvious) solid candidate is Mo Rivera.
  6. TooLiveBrew
    Melvin only dealt him when the only alternative was getting one sandwich-round comp. pick in return. Hardly a visionary approach.
  7. TooLiveBrew
    Insightful blog post from Adam McCalvy, with Roenicke quotes about Peralta & Rogers --
  8. TooLiveBrew
    Not only does he still have a job, he just got a 3 year extension! http://i.minus.com/iRBz92Zr5LwQD.gif
  9. TooLiveBrew
    How does Hammond still have this job?
  10. TooLiveBrew
    Kalle is an Inter supporter. And Kalle -- glad to hear your hate for AC Milan doesn't take a break
  11. TooLiveBrew
    When backups are making the league minimum, it allows us to focus our resources on the marquee players. We are in a nice spot because we no longer are having to pay for 5 backups all making $1-3 million. Simply having backups that are temporarily cheap doesn't mean the Brewers are going to be able to compete on the FA market. There's no way the organization can sustain signing older players at $100M+ price tags, or rolling the dice on even older FAs like Ramírez. The only other alternative would be trading for elite talents, and the most Melvin has been able to get out of that kind of trade is 2 seasons because he's refused to target younger elite talents. I think you're severely underestimating how much it is going to cost to sign actual star players on the open market. There really isn't another wave of marquee talent right now in the pipeline within our own system for which to start planning lucrative extensions. We obviously disagree on Hart & the value he'd provide v. the risk of how much it'll cost to sign him... and that back-&-forth has been done so many times I don't think either one of us really wants to do it again. Also, McGehee was not always filler. Melvin approached him with a multi-year extension offer that thankfully Casey turned down. Melvin wanted to plan, long-term, with him as a central piece... even when it didn't take an expert to recognize that McGehee was quite likely a flash in the pan.
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    Well, I stand corrected -- http://i.minus.com/ibcKx36owXsO6H.gif
  13. TooLiveBrew
    DHonks -- I was actually thinking about a guy like McGehee, and homer specifically mentioned Wolf. Why did you assume we were talking about guys like Braun, Weeks, & Lucroy?
  14. TooLiveBrew
    You're a sombrero. Also, did you watch Milan today? And were you cheering for them, or hoping they'd lose?
  15. TooLiveBrew
    Here's the goal Yılmaz scored today for Galatasaray: http://i.minus.com/i4XMoUdfs8qSO.gif You can't see it clearly, due to both the vantage point & camera movement, but he flicked the ball up over both his & the defender's heads to set up the striking chance. I love this goal.
  16. TooLiveBrew
    I was glad Milan got another goal, because the missed handball on the first one was pretty egregious.
  17. TooLiveBrew
    Combine that with the insanity that is new TV money, and the Brewers are quite possibly headed for a loooonnng spell of being awful. The more I analyze this, the more I think Melvin's leadership has run this organization into the ground. It won't show in '13, or maybe even '14. But after that, unless the next two drafts are all-time great drafts, this org. is in deep doodoo. Not that it's apples to apples given the different financial climates, but the big difference between Ted Thompson and Doug Melvin is Thompson's ability/willingness to drop a guy while he's still technically valuable. Melvin seems to hang on thinking "If I can get one more year out of Randy Wolf...". Oh, absolutely. Melvin hangs on in the same way that you wring that sponge or washcloth one last time, just since there might still be a drop you can squeeze out. It's maddening.
  18. TooLiveBrew
    People need to chill about the '1B is easy' comments, as they're being made within the context of MLB. Out of all the positions in MLB, 1B is by far the easiest.
  19. TooLiveBrew
    Agreed. Any of Peralta/Fiers/Rogers can give you the 4.5+ ERA you're going to get from Narveson, and they have better upside. Narveson, if healthy & able to contribute, should be in the bullpen. He'd be able to stretch out in the event of injury.
  20. TooLiveBrew
    Combine that with the insanity that is new TV money, and the Brewers are quite possibly headed for a loooonnng spell of being awful. The more I analyze this, the more I think Melvin's leadership has run this organization into the ground. It won't show in '13, or maybe even '14. But after that, unless the next two drafts are all-time great drafts, this org. is in deep doodoo.
  21. TooLiveBrew
    Per Adam McCalvy, Gomez has decided not to play in the WBC, and Nick Bucci has also backed out.
  22. TooLiveBrew
    Give a little credit where it's... due McCalvy blog post
  23. TooLiveBrew
    I would much rather just go with a Greenzález platoon than throw money at Huff or Lee. I think that platoon could at least match the ~.700 OPS you should be expecting from Huff or Lee at this point (Lee might have better left in him, but not by a lot). Ideally, I hope Melvin can work some more of his patented waiver-wire magic.
  24. TooLiveBrew
    Have you thought about ordering something online? Eastbay would be a decent place to check (though I don't have any experience with them myself, aside from browsing their catalogs endlessly as a kid). If they don't have it, I'm guessing it isn't made
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