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  1. TooLiveBrew
    This thread is awesome! I have to say "pumpkin pi" is hilarious... but I freely admit to loving puns.
  2. TooLiveBrew
    Wow, I was excited about the selection of Lucroy when he was drafted. Small sample, yes, but that's a really nice performance & obv. against top competition.
  3. TooLiveBrew
    Offensively, he's a $3 million player. A top-10 offensive CF in MLB, and you're estimating $3M... your lack of appreciation for Cameron is mind-boggling. 'Well, he's older' wasn't right last offseason & it isn't right this offseason.
  4. TooLiveBrew
    Hasn't anyone ever had a bad day and/or not felt like chatting it up with anyone? Sheesh.
  5. TooLiveBrew
    Thanks for linking that, kow. A few quips I liked: "The season ended with a suprise call up to Milwaukee for 2 weeks which was a dream come true and will only make me work harder to get back there next year." "So far Arizona has been a great time except that it really needs to stop being over 100 degrees, i mean it is the middle of October." "The only other bad thing that ive experienced out here is getting a flat tire on my way to our second game. Rob [Wooten (his roommate)] and I ended up missing the bus and for that matter the game but luckily our coaches understood that things like that happen every now and then, so it was no big deal. But now i have four new tires just to make sure that doesnt happen again."
  6. TooLiveBrew
    Awesome screengrab, trwi! TBS: Very funny
  7. TooLiveBrew
    Glad that's out of the way. Now I guess we'll see what, if any, kind of allure he can create for FA pitchers.
  8. TooLiveBrew
    Agreed, MNoD. BA would have been a much better choice. Oh Vin, why are you leaving us without your smooth pipes after this season!? The Dodgers are the next team after the Brewers whose games I've watched most since we've had Extra Innings. It's always worth it to tune in for Vin. He will be missed http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif
  9. TooLiveBrew
    And Girardi overmanages his team to the loss.
  10. TooLiveBrew
    Wow, and Ken Rosenthal basically just said the Angels are mentally weak. (Paraphrasing) 'Teams are just falling apart at the sight of the Yankees. Maybe the tough-minded Phillies are the team that can take them on' Seriously, the Milwaukee Brewers have a better broadcasting team on an everyday basis than the supposed #1 broadcast in baseball.
  11. TooLiveBrew
    Someday, when McCarver is no longer has the #1 color commentary job in all of baseball... Oh, sorry, I was just staring glassy-eyed at the wall with a faint smile & forgot what I was going to say.
  12. TooLiveBrew
    Too bad he isn't clutch like Derek 'E, GDP, clutch K in Game 2' Jeter
  13. TooLiveBrew
    Yes -- bklyn has posted that kind of thing numerous times, and I know he's also mentioned that he thinks Melvin has a man-crush on Kendall.
  14. TooLiveBrew
    Funny, I remember some know-nothing at the JS posting that Ned Yost was going to be fired in the middle of the '08 season... whoops.
  15. TooLiveBrew
    Interesting piece on Eric Bedard from the Driveline Mechanics blog. He's an incredible health risk, but to be fair so are Sheets & Harden. The article closes by guesstimating he's worth a $4M contract, and I think I'd be happy to see Melvin go after that, even with the high probability that you'd only get a partial season from him. Even a 1-yr., $5M deal would seem like a decent gamble.
  16. TooLiveBrew
    Prior's injury problems largely stem from his poor mechanics. I don't want to see the Brewers pursue him, even though I realize he's brought up basically just on name recognition. Sheets & Harden are two I would love to see the Brewers pursue.
  17. TooLiveBrew
    I saw a news snippet yesterday that the local authorities are considering bringing charges against the family, presumably the parents. I hope I Heart Brewers's wish comes true. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  18. TooLiveBrew
    I apologize for the relatively vague thread title. I think my question is fairly simple, but I don't trust my own mathematical 'abilities'. Is the best way to think of the value of player production an exponential curve, or is it more linear? I ask, because obviously an OPS of, say, .750, is far more common than an OPS of 1.000. I hope this makes enough sense for others to understand what I'm asking. I swear it's a valid question inside my head.
  19. TooLiveBrew
    I wish that was in blue, ecjimg. I don't have words for how incorrect I think you are. There was no media there. Majerus went out of his way to bring this to the attention of the media after its occurrence.
  20. TooLiveBrew
    Every player playing SS for the Brewers will get similar positioning from the coaching staff. Why would it somehow help Hardy but not Escobar? That's a good point, which I obviously failed to consider. It was stated earlier in this very thread. I didn't read that as a definitive statement that Escobar is a better defender than Hardy *right now*. I certainly can't reasonably disagree with that reading, though. Again even the best defensive SS in the league provides little additional benefit over JJ. I think this is a huge part of all the disagreements. The improvement that folks foresee Escobar eventually providing basically takes the SS defense from 'very good' to 'elite'. I wonder if there is a large statistical difference between 'very good' & 'elite', in terms of runs saved, etc. Is it more useful to think of the spectrum of defensive ability & production in linear terms, or is it closer to a sort of exponential curve? I'm headed to the statistical forum, and I apologize for dragging this thread even further off-topic...
  21. TooLiveBrew
    How do I make it sound that way? I even added the note that Hardy might be responsible for his own positioning. Do you disagree that Hardy benefits greatly from being positioned correctly? Or that the coaching staff/scouting plays a big role in said positioning? The discussion on Hardy & Escobar is frustrating imo because each 'side' is discussing two different things: - 'Escobar will become a better defender than Hardy' (which gets called into question, and rightfully so, since Hardy is so reliable on the balls he can field) - 'J.J. is a better defender right now' (& I have yet to see any Escobar-proponent claim otherwise) I don't think it's useful to respond to the claim that someone like me believes Escobar will become a better defender by saying, 'Well, J.J. is better right now.' I don't dispute that. The question is "when" will Escobar become better than Hardy in my opinion. I don't think that is next year. I'm exactly not sure when, but I think there's a decent chance it could be next year, but probably would handicap it as 50/50. I think Escobar will be roughly equal to Hardy next season, and surpass him by 2011. And that's not a shot at Hardy -- it's just a reflection of the extra range that Escobar has.
  22. TooLiveBrew
    People love Escobar defensively because he makes routine plays look great, while Hardy makes great plays look routine. Hardy, at this point, is the better defender. That's not fair. People love Escobar because he has the athletic gifts to blossom into one of the great defensive shortstops in the game. While Hardy is the better defender right now, his potential is fulfilled. Escobar absolutely looks like he will become a better defender than J.J. Hardy certainly has excellent hands & a strong, accurate arm, along with reading the ball well off the bat. However, much of his success on defense is also due to good positioning by the coaching staff -- although I will admit J.J. may well be responsible for some of that, too.
  23. TooLiveBrew
    "Heavy" is not a word that seems useful in describing Heether http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2593204587_1d6606856e.jpg?v=0http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2570/3886365084_b33c66c1a9.jpg http://thecardbrewery.com/images/adamheether/adamheether.jpg
  24. TooLiveBrew
    I literally stammered out, 'Wha, wha, whuuut?' when I saw the rumored trade. Greinke is one of a handful of pitchers I'd be ok seeing Gamel used to acquire, for whatever that's worth. Sheesh, I need to sit down... oh wait...
  25. TooLiveBrew
    It made me giggle, and I bought my own gumball whether it was in there for a long time or not because I just didn't care. That's awesome, Jason. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
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