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  1. TooLiveBrew
    I'm just not sold on Smoltz being an effective starter anymore. He has looked like Suppan this season, and iirc Soup has had negative value (in terms of WAR) to this point.
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    Well, with a tear in a muscle near the elbow, I guess forearm soreness after not throwing regularly at least 'adds up'. But yeah, I am concerned this situation will get worse before it gets better.
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    The latest on Dave Bush: I posted this in the "Are the Brewers still 'in it'?" thread, but figured I might as well add it here, too. It concerns me a bit that the Brewers have designated Bush's injury as "arm fatigue", when they also reported finding a micro tear in his right triceps, just above the elbow. And at the moment, the soreness is in his forearm... I can definitely be a pessimist about injuries, but I don't like how this rehab situation has developed. I'll shoot an email to Neault at the DL Informer & see what he has to say.
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    But one ugly possibility is that he comes in & stinks, and gets booed by some of our more lovely fans. Then we'd get to be known as the clowns that booed the Hall of Famer. I think there are ways in which adding Smoltz might make sense, but all of them are dependent on him wanting to finish his career as a reliever on a team that's hovering around .500 ... and as mentioned I think there's an ugly potential downside to bringing Smoltz in (if he even wanted to come).
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    http://www.homevideos.com/freezeframes3/dumb144.jpeg So you're telling me there's a chance! My head says yes, my heart says no. I think Dave Bush's status will play a big role, and the latest news isn't good: There's a tidbit from Melvin as well, and it sounds like he doesn't feel the Brewers are 'in it' enough to add a SP to take Burns's or Villy's spots in the rotation: "We're expecting to get Bush and Suppan back," said Melvin. "We've gone over the list of pitchers (placed on waivers since the July 31 trade deadline). There's nobody we feel we'll pursue.
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    I have to agree with X's post. Offensively the Brewers just can't do any worse than Kendall, so at least find a guy that plays good defense. Blanco is a perfect example.
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    The DL Informer with more on Aramis Ramirez & others...
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    I think you guys need to check out Manny D's stats and/or watch him pitch. He's only 27 and is putting up excellent results for the third straight year. The throws mid-upper 90's with a good changeup and one of the nastiest curves in MLB. I'd call it plus plus. I've seen him pitch a fair amount. He's a solid reliever, but not one that would make me consider moving a SS like Hardy. I wouldn't call his results excellent, his WHIP is nearly 1.50
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    Honestly, he looked like the kid with a baseball bat, standing next to the broken window, the ball sitting inside on a pile a broken glass, wondering how in the world the window got broken. Gosh dad, I just really don't know. . . That was the impression I got as well. And yet, as implausible as it seems, they have established a case--paper thin as it is--that he just doesn't know what he took. To his credit, he says that he has passed 15 tests since then, along with 2 WBC tests. So he's either clean, or just one step ahead of the testing agency. I think the name of the game in major and/or competitive sports is, unfortunately, staying ahead of the tests. And, to borrow a phrase from RoCo, I found the whole guise of, 'Gee all you judgmental baseball fans, poor old David Ortiz is just a victim of people assuming the worst,' pathetic. I'm not buying it, and I doubt many fans are.
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    I'm confused.
  11. TooLiveBrew
    I saw Aramis left with a shoulder injury, anything serious? From the Tribune's Hardball blog: Could be that this kind of soreness isn't out of the ordinary... or this could be a very, very bad sign for the Cubs.
  12. TooLiveBrew
    Dempster made his first start returning from the DL on July 28th, so I think it's 'just' Lilly & Zambrano.
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    Neault's take on Zambrano:
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    Looks like the comments from Piniella & Zambrano were wishful thinking. Zambrano was placed on the DL today, retroactive to Aug. 2d. At the time of the flare-up, Piniella said he expected Zambrano to make his next start (which would have been last night), and Big Z himself had dismissed any concerns: "It's nothing to worry about. It's just a tight back. I'll just have to treat it and get ready for my next start."
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    No, Al. Prove your claim that "every close call is at best, just a guess, and most are wrong." It's indefensibly wrong, which is why you avoided answering it. These clueless wonders get 4 weeks off in a 6 month season You bash umpires constantly, yet do nothing to back it up aside from anecdotes. Of course umps aren't perfect, but I for one find your baseless claims obnoxious. If you could back things up with more than, "Hey I saw these three or four plays", I wouldn't.
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    However, every close call is at best, just a guess, and most are wrong. If you're going to keep ranting on this, prove it.
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    "A double is a productive out without the out" -- rluzinski What gets to me in this kind of discussion is that the context is almost always completely ignored. What makes a 'productive out' productive is the batter(s) who were actually productive enough to get on base. It's funny that the smallball oath of 'I shall make only productive outs' is completely dependent on that annoying Moneyball-BillyBeane-OaklandA's-NotJoeMorgan OBP stat.
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    These exclusive deals suck. We have already had them in videogames. The ones who suffer are the consumers. Agreed completely. I don't think consumers are so stupid that they can't handle having more than one choice in baseball cards Mike Eisner sure does! ""This is redirecting the entire category toward kids... Topps has been making cards for 60 years, the last 30 in a nonexclusive world that has caused confusion to the kid who walks into a Wal-Mart or a hobby store. It's also been difficult to promote cards as unique and original." The next time a big businessman screams about 'letting the market decide' or 'this is a capitalist country!', remember this quote from Eisner. It's for the kids! We've been around a long time, so we deserve to not have to compete with anyone! Weak.
  21. TooLiveBrew
    I think Fischer may have forgotten that the juice box has a short left field. One point Jim Deshaies (HOU color commentator) made last night was that Fischer couldn't even see El Caballo from his vantage point. Lee kind of disappeared to Fischer's view (they had a replay that showed this angle), so maybe he thought Caballo kicked the ball or something. That said, I agree with the sentiment that Fischer hasn't been too great in terms of sending guys/throwing up the stop-sign. It's just one aspect of a 3B coach's job, but it's the most noticeable one.
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    http://dogandponyshowwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/billy_mays_gun.jpg http://blogs.glam.com/glambuzz/files/2009/06/billy_mays.jpg So wait -- I'm supposed to believe this guy was into coke?
  23. TooLiveBrew
    Oh I am and I don't see the love for him at all.He's a fine CF defender with a great arm who has shown great strides at the plate this season. I don't love the guy, but AAAA player is completely off-base.
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    That's true, and important to keep in perspective. However, I think the fact that he was topping out around 86 mph & that his stuff just didn't look good at all has more to do with why BOS cut him loose than one start.
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    Thanks for linking that, Mass Haas. I thought this quote (when asked about his role as MIN's roving hitting instructor) was interesting when related to big-league hitting & pitching coaches: "When you get young kids, from 18- 19-year old kids to the mid-20s and the upper levels of the minor leagues, these guys are really hungry to find a way to make it. They listen a little bit more...big league guys are kind of set in their ways and you don't feel you quite have the influence." Basically confirms what people always seem to discuss when the 'Fire Hitting/Pitching Coach!' threads pop up. I also got a chuckle from this line from Molly (again talking about being a roving hitting instructor): "It's challenging as the years go by to stay relevant and find a way to get these guys to trust you that you can help their games develop." I get his point, but just putting it in perspective -- a 18 or 19 y-o kid having Paul Molitor help him with his swing, I just can't imagine anyone tuning that out http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
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