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  1. TooLiveBrew
    Counsell will hold up better against RHP than Hall, so not sure why we should have to suffer Hall's inferior (when compared to Counsell) defense (esp. at 2B) and his abyss of suckiness against righties. To me, the answer is simple... Gamel plays. Platoon Counsell & Hall at 2B until a suitable replacement can be acquired.
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    Just fwiw, fondybrewfan started a timely thread in the Transactions forum to discuss options for replacing Weeks this season. Link
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    Another vote here for Felipe Lopez. Can you do better than replacing Weeks with his h.s. teammate? Seriously, though, what others have already said on Lopez... switch-hitter with some pop & he plays solid D. The situation seems pretty solid too, with ARZ not looking likely to contend.
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    I really am at a loss for words, so I'll just let bkbc's suffice. Ugh. If only these punk Brewers didn't untuck their jerseys!
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    Just thought this thread might be interesting to re-visit now that a decent chunk of the seasons have been played.
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    This is from the 3/31/09 WSSP interview with Seid that Mass Haas linked in the Draft forum: "We wanna get All-Stars. Our job is to help make this team a championship team. You know, personally, high school [vs.] college -- they come from all over. If there's an arm that can help us... win a championship sooner [rather] than later, we're gonna probably go for that arm. If there's a position player that is an All-Star type guy with tools, and is gonna bring people to their feet at the stadium, we're gonna be excited about that guy." The way I took that tidbit (happily) is that Seid's philosophy is to find the most talented players, regardless of h.s./college status. I sincerely doubt you need to worry, bkbc.
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    The Pirates announcers are a couple of knuckleheads. They fit right in with this idiotic nonsense out of St. Louis.
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    I think the point is that he's actually had good luck with his BABIP & his FIP is still 'run & hide the kids' horrendous
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    Russ with a HR yesterday & another shot that was caught literally with the Red Sox's J.D. Drew's glove pressed against the very top of the RF wall at Safeco that would have (iirc) been a 2-R HR in what was then a 2-2 game in the late innings. The flyout was a patented Branyan 'hit as high as it was far' shot
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    Yeah, my pick of 14-14 looks downright apocalyptic at this point
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    I've had EI for 3 years now, it is nice that they have finally added the home and away feeds to the package so there are minimal games where I have to watch the opposing teams PbP. Interesting. While I see dual feeds occasionally, it's been pretty rare for Brewers games so far this season (not rare for MLB games as a whole, though). Do you have EI through a cable company? DirecTV? Dish Network?
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    That is what is called an exxageration, which makes the point that the most important factor is not always going to be to "get it right". If getting it right, via more extensive use of replay, legthened the average game by 10% I'd be against that...because it would be about 15 minutes of nothing happening...umpires trudging off the field to review a call, etc. But even your example of 15 min. seems really overstated. I understand what an exaggeration is (really?), but my whole point is that making up extreme scenarios and then saying, 'this wouldn't be good' doesn't really further the discussion. Sure, there is a remote possibility that an extreme scenario comes true every once in a blue moon. But for the most part, discussing replay only under the context that 'we can't have these extreme scenarios happen' is to me a lot like the logic behind walking a guy with the bases loaded so he doesn't beat you with a grand slam. the weaknesses of systems like questec I think Questec has been criticized a lot, and doubt that new systems (if a new system were to be seriously investigated &/or implemented) wouldn't improve from its mistakes. "Getting it right" needs to be balanced with keeping the game enjoyable. Football limited the provisions for "getting it right" to 2 opportunities per game (etc.) for a reason. However, to me there is too much replay foolishness in Football. I would not want to see that much in baseball. Agreed -- and just inherently I don't think baseball lends itself to as much actual video replay as football does.
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    Wow, that really doesn't sound good -- "a multitude of potentially career-ending probems in his ailing right hip". Nice find, and thanks for sharing that, Blanco. It'll be interesting to read Neault's take at the DL Informer once he posts on this one. Rotoworld didn't have anything more than a mention that the Mets are taking a 'wait & see' approach with the Delgado situation.
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    Gritty battlers never untuck'em. MLB announcers & fans luv grittE battlerz.
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    I'm sorta curious as to the effect Stan Kyles is having on the bullpen. Besides DiFelice, none of the guys down there have really exceeded expectations while Julio and McClung have regressed. And depending on who you talk with, DiFelice might not even really be exceeding expectations (I just mean pitching to his talents)
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    Picked up the Kona Brewery Wailua Wheat (passionfruit wheat beer). It's still really good. And I still don't really like wheat beers. And I still really hate fruit-wheats. Honestly.
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    2005: I was completely comfortable with the Brewers taking any of the three players they were most often linked to: Cameron Maybin, Ryan Braun and Jay Bruce. Braun was the right choice. Alex Gordon entered the year as the one player everyone hoped would fall to the team, and Ryan Zimmerman ended the year as the player a lot of people hoped would somehow fall one more spot. Even then, Braun was the right choice. I have to ask about this -- why is Braun the clear 'right' pick? Especially when you add in that comment relating to Zimmerman (not just saying this bc of the hitting streak) & Gordon. To clarify why I'm asking... Gordon: LHB 3B (albeit not a good defender) Zimmerman: 3B & stellar defender Jay Bruce: corner OF LH bat with mega-power; solid fielder & a cannon for an arm Cameron Maybin: Toolsy player with (from all accounts I've seen) a mega-ceiling & CF potential Now I think for me, I can probably cross Maybin off the list, even if I leave out the context of Braun being up in a hurry & helping a team seriously contend. However, I have a hard time justifying Braun over the other three players. I'm not 'calling you out' -- far from it. I'm actually very interested to hear your rationale for why you value Braun so much more than any & all of those 4 guys.
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    I don't think anyone has it out for him, I am just all too familiar with the 'It's mah right ta boo!' subset of the Brewers' fanbase. Meant just to pass along to Mat to ignore should anything like that come to pass (hence my "if they come out on him"). Sorry it was unclear. Really glad to hear that Mat got such a warm welcome. Hopefully he inspires many more ovations!
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    To me the worst announcers are (in semi-particular & ordered from 'worst' to 'less horrible & Sutton-y')... ARZ CHW CHC PIT CIN SEA STL Those are all pretty bad. For announcers that have seemed strong (imo) not only this season but also last... and in no particular order this time... FLA HOU BOS NYY NYM MIL SFG OAK BAL Just bc I think they take too much flak sometimes, I will again say that BA & Rock are about as good as it gets in MLB. We are very lucky imho. EDIT: I should clarify that these are unscientific rankings in terms of announcers, not broadcasts as I'd previously typed.
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    I don't have a problem with him asking for a high price in return for the ball, but just as with the Jenkins HR ball, he gets out of line when he asks for item(s) from players not involved in the situation. Ask for all the tickets or merchandise from the team you want, make Coghlan give you a bat, helmet, jersey, whatever, but asking for stuff from another player is probably both quite insulting to the player whose milestone you obtained, and also pretty embarrassing to him as well. This is where I fall in this discussion too. I think it was FtJ that posted something to the effect of, 'this got ugly'. To me, the reason for the ugliness is clear -- greed. Honestly, put yourself in Coghlan's shoes. There's a good chance the guy doesn't even know Hanley Ramirez, and now some rookie is expected to walk up to the biggest star on the team & just get a bat? Akward, and like PF said, insulting & embarassing. I guess my only real problem with the way in which HY handled the situation was the lact of tact & class. I know people mentioned Coghlan's likely salary, and honestly I'd bet that Coghlan would have been willing to comply with basically any request HY might have had of Coghlan himself -- signed memorablia, pictures, money, etc. Instead, HY chose to create an ugly situation out of what should have been a joyous moment for Coghlan... getting his first MLB HR ball back & meeting the guy that made a nice catch on the mammoth shot. It's embarassing to me that this is now being reflected on the Brewers fanbase as a whole, and for that I resent HY & his actions.
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    Given Iron Chef's comments, we might do well to stop speculating & trusting that everything that's been reported is accurate.
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    I wish... the Sith have too strong a presence on the interwebs... my ability to use the Force is diminished.
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    Any way you can post a bigger version of that pic? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
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