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  1. TooLiveBrew
    Don't forget the feee-yast-ball. J.J. really handles those middle-half, up around the belt http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  2. TooLiveBrew
    Knowledge is vulnerability, right?
  3. TooLiveBrew
    Melvin is fully informed on who Jack is mainly targeting with the high pick/picks, but that Doug let's Jack make the call because him and his scouts were the ones who went out and spent countless hours scouting these college/high school kids, not Melvin. If this is indeed the case (wouldn't surprise me if it were), that's an incredible amount of trust that DM puts in his assistants... and to be fair, a strong testament to Melvin's skill in assessing GMs/Talent evaluators himself. Ahhh, to be a fly on the wall
  4. TooLiveBrew
    Man, I always feel like I'm missing something with your nicknames http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  5. TooLiveBrew
    I wonder if the meeting today determined that they feel they know what's ailing Gagne, know how to correct it, and want to get him out there.
  6. TooLiveBrew
    I just don't know that he wouldn't be better served taking his game to FSU for 3 years and improving. The latest I'd heard is that this is what Long has said he intends to do (go to FSU, not necessarily for 3 yrs.). Hard to know either way, as money probably wouldn't play as big a role as it does in most cases.
  7. TooLiveBrew
    You can't. I don't think the guy is a Brewers fan; he just seems like another set of flapping gums that happens to be in a MLB market (or in this case, state). Let's see... fans: Jim Powell Jim Callis detractors: This guy Where does 'sparky' fall? I honestly can't remember
  8. TooLiveBrew
    It just makes even more of a mockery of college basketball when a guy plays for a year and leaves. I think there are examples to the contrary, though. Magic Johnson @ MSU & Oden @ OSU are the first two that pop into my Big Ten basketball head. Those were pretty special rides, albeit one-year wonders. I've actually enjoyed the guys not skipping college.
  9. TooLiveBrew
    Agreed. If some knuckle-headed blabbermouth slams something (when he clearly doesn't do his due diligence), that just makes me think said thing might be worth checking out. Anyone that cites ESPN as their main source for sports information... well, there's probably just no saving him
  10. TooLiveBrew
    Brian the Automator? Come on -- we see past the smokescreen!
  11. TooLiveBrew
    I hope that if they decide to let SD hang onto him that the targeted prospect in exchange would be a near-ready RP arm. No world-beater, but Melvin has sold me on the 'gather bullpen arms & see what sticks' approach from the 2007 offseason.
  12. TooLiveBrew
    I didn't say i give Zduriencik all the credit for the good drafting, just the vast majority of the credit Very true, sorry. It just seems from what i've heard Melvin say that he leaves the vast majority of the draft in the hands of Zduriencik. I wonder how that heirarchy ends up working out... does Jack give Doug a phone call to confirm on draft picks? Is Doug there in the draft room? I just can't envision it being, 'Here you go, Jack, take the keys for this thing.' Not saying that'd be impossible or that it's not the way things run... I just know if I were in Doug's shoes, I'd want that final say, if only for the sake of orderliness. if Melvin deserves any credit for the good drafting, it's that he's willing to let Zduriencik pretty much handle the draft instead of letting his ego get in the way and telling a proven scouting director who he has to pick. That's an admirable trait for a GM with some track record of past success in building a winner in Texas. Yeah, I think that's one of my favorite aspects of Melvin -- no ego that he's 'the man in charge, so you'd better listen'. From day one, Gord Ash has clearly been a very active participant in the process, along with the aforementioned role that Zduriencik plays. Melvin certainly has had many chances to put more things/issues/problems on Yost, and has declined at every opportunity as best I can remember.
  13. TooLiveBrew
    You have to make contact to do that, right? I actually read the following article from Yahoo Sports's Jeff Passan this past Saturday. Please do your best to ignore the disgustingly sensationalistic opening line; the article is actually an interesting read. Not going to paste entire text... waaaay too long.
  14. TooLiveBrew
    - I think we can put to bed the notion that JJ isn't getting stuff to hit because he is in front of the pitcher. He leads the team in balls in the zone. Yes -- let's please do so. Zman, incredible work on those charts. Thanks a bunch for slogging through all that!
  15. TooLiveBrew
    Yes but those two examples aren't exactly fair -- guys like Mantle & Williams would've skipped levels too (if the minor-league structure had been the same), but, you know -- they were too busy mashing MLB pitching by age 20. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Mat Gamel is not Cabrera, nor is he Pujols.
  16. TooLiveBrew
    With that said, it is Thompson who makes the final call on any player drafted. With the Brewers, not only were some of our young talent already drafted before Melvin got here, he said that he pretty much let's Zduriencik run the draft. I do give Doug credit for retaining Zduriencik even though it was almost a no brainer choice and for letting Jack do his thing, but i give Zduriencik the vast majority of the credit for the young talent on the roster. He's been instrumental, but Melvin has final say when push comes to shove. I'm glad (as you are) that Doug has been wise enough to let Jack work, but to polarize all the credit to Zduriencik is really unfair imo. I think Doug did a great job this past offseason in filling holes on the MLB roster without giving up any of the prospects. Of course, he had some making up to do after the Linebrink fleecing. EDIT: I especially agree with the bold-faced part
  17. TooLiveBrew
    Gamel... is not going to be part of this 2008 Brewers team until Sept. at the earliest, barring horrible injury WOAHs. He is not ready. Why would you not worry about burning one of your top young prospect's options? Iirc, your scenario uses two options. Is that wrong? I think the situation presented is a bit more complicated than your example suggests.
  18. TooLiveBrew
    Where do we draw the line. What if I start a thread that 80% of umpires are in the back pockets of the mafia and I state this based on something a friend said to me that had ties to organized crime, or that Miller Park will fall apart in 5 to 10 years because I know some Iron Workers that worked on the stadium and gave me some information about short cuts that were taken. Those are pretty sensationalized examples. I don't think MBomber passing along info he's encountered & takes to be true is anywhere near crafting something as slanderous/sensational as that. However, to be fair, I think people would read your post(s) with the respect anyone's post deserves. If it didn't hold water, sure, maybe get mad, but it's not like Bomber is out here saying anything so outrageous -- just that some reps from the Brewers were expected to make a preliminary visit to a possible ST site. I don't think it's all that 'print it!' newsworthy, personally, but I enjoy hearing what updates we can. If I trust MBomber & he was just screwing with us, that's my problem. I don't see what he could get out of fabricating something like this.
  19. TooLiveBrew
    Why burn up options like that for a handful of games?
  20. TooLiveBrew
    DiFelice -- 9 BB / 63 K at Triple-A in '07 (58 IP); 1 BB / 28 K in 2008 (23 IP). If that's a "rummy," pass me the bottle please.
  21. TooLiveBrew
    Nelson is probably the more/most logical choice. Perhaps that's why there's been room kept open on the 40-man?
  22. TooLiveBrew
    What's confusing? It's a generalization to be sure, but most teams stack lineups with righthanded hitters vs. lefties, and they are much more likely to pull groundballs to third than lefthanded hitters, who if go the other way, do so in the air. It's a generalization. What's confused me is that you're assuming you can predict the outcomes (as in, pulled balls by RHB). I don't know if it's that teams 'stack' their lineups in the minors, as it's that RHB far outnumber LHB. You certainly don't tend to see LHB prospects (heck, or any good LHB) benched v. LHP in the minors... not good for development, especially since W-L records in the minors are meaningless. I don't know one way or the other, but assuming something like 'Gamel is seeing more grounders at 3B ditectly related to Huntsville's LHSP' bothers me on principle. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. I see 5-3 (or 6-3) groundball outs seemingly every game I attend from LHB getting jammed in on their hands.
  23. TooLiveBrew
    You probably don't need that blue font. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  24. TooLiveBrew
    Steven Spielberg, when will you create anything that's enjoyable?
  25. TooLiveBrew
    So uh... maybe take Bush out after 5 this time? No matter what. I'd really like to see Bush go 4-5 & then let McClung try to get you 2-3 more. We have a nice luxury in that we appear to have two competent LHRP, so I think you could jump in with a LOOGY (if applicable) at the first sign of trouble with Seth. I really think this game is important enough to burn up the bullpen a bit more than normal. IIRC, this is our last home game v. StL this season? I thought BA mentioned that yesterday.
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