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  1. TooLiveBrew
    It's not so much that they field it on the glove side, but they are taught to arch or angle towards the ball so that the momentum is carrying them towards 1st (when making the throw to 1st). Yea, I know... but I just see replays of Rickie missing easy(-ish) grounders by positioning himself like this playing over & over in my nightmares about Brewers baseball. On the whole, the strategy is positive, but Weeks suffers from pairing the strategy with poor natural instincts (imo) on D.
  2. TooLiveBrew
    I've noticed that too. He looks like a little leaguer fielding in all the pics from this Spring. It's something he should definitely work on. Ick. Then it isn't just me. It's just such a bad fielding habit. *sigh*
  3. TooLiveBrew
    Why is it that whenever I see a pic of Weeks fielding a grounder, he's got his body nowhere near being behind the ball? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif Another name for consideration on the high socks - Zach Jackson, maybe? That's who I thought it was.
  4. TooLiveBrew
    If there are so many college arms, though, wouldn't reaching at #16 be much more of a calculated risk, though? To rephrase, if we could take a college arm at #16, and then BPA/position player in the supplemental round/2d round, why not take the C at #16, and then a college arm in the sandwich round? From what I've read, I get the impression that there's a relatively large crop of similarly-rated college pitchers - is that mistaken?
  5. TooLiveBrew
    but since when does this franchise think they can afford to go to camp with 11 pitchers making over $2 million (9 over $3 million), several of whom are no better than near minimum salary guys they have ready? All I can say is that the economic landscape of baseball has changed mightily. The Brewers, compared around the league, probably still have a relatively modestly-paid pitching staff. It's really more of an anomaly than any kind of plan that we have so much $ invested in pitching... young, inexpensive position players + lack of young bullpen arms = spending to have an adequate/better bullpen. All of the salaries that are 'concerning' come off the books after 2008, so imo there really isn't reason to be upset with the allocation of funds. In fact, if the plan was to keep costs down just for the sake of keeping costs low - at the expense of not assembling a solid bullpen - I'd be very upset with Melvin & Co.
  6. TooLiveBrew
    "74 Razor!" http://shopping.officialbrettfavre.com/i/56845df68055/pf/810-9.jpg After this play, in my 14-y-o mind, I thought we were going to win this game 65-0. I still have this Super Bowl taped on VHS. Definitely have to upgrade it to DVD... that audible still gives me goosebumps. http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Images/BrettFavreSB.jpg EDIT: had to post this first, then peek. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif Great CNN/SI recap of that game... and a local take.
  7. TooLiveBrew
    Yikes! That 3d pic is downright scary.
  8. TooLiveBrew
    Plus don't forget the extra draft picks and the fact that Melvin gave up no one from our organization to make the improvements he made. (though I suppose if I want to count the picks, I have to note that Melvin gave up some young pitching to make the Linebrink trade happen, obviously)
  9. TooLiveBrew
    Hart had 23 in 30 attempts last year, and will have a significant increase in PA for 2008. I honestly don't think he'll have much trouble reaching 30, given his success rate(s).
  10. TooLiveBrew
    [This year, baseball ain't hurtin' me - I'm hurtin' baseball]
  11. TooLiveBrew
    Hall, Weeks, Braun, and Hart are all 30-30 threats, IMO. Hall isn't - he doesn't steal bases efficiently enough to not kill you running into outs trying to get to 30 SBs. EDIT: Whoops, trwi beat me to it...
  12. TooLiveBrew
    That 1-6 is not broken. Hardy did his best outside of the 1-6 slots last year... or at least not in the 2-slot. Cameron, otoh, is an ideal #2 hitter.
  13. TooLiveBrew
    [insert Sheets injury joke here]
  14. TooLiveBrew
    Why'd you even come back, wOOgie? Your IGTs suck. Seriously... those are incredible. I now want wOOgie to format every single post I make with sweet backgrounds & graphics. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  15. TooLiveBrew
    According to Francona gagne came in and did not use his Change up at all like he did in Texas.... and that changeup when working is probably one of the best in the league... he just tried to throw fastballs by the hitters and got hit pretty hard.... Thanks for that tidbit, erbacaine. Hadn't heard that - at least we know Maddux & Co. will stress throwing that changeup. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  16. TooLiveBrew
    Kendall's OBP will be lower. He will not get the walks that he would in the 8th spot. You can't have it both ways, though. If you're focusing on making sure you're not paying attention to just lineup slot, you really have to throw that statement out. It's not like Kendall has hit exclusively in one spot in the lineup, where you can make the statement that you can determine his line/stats due to where he bats. I'd be more inclined to believe that his OBP would be about the same, no matter where you bat him.
  17. TooLiveBrew
    Your presumption was not without its merits...
  18. TooLiveBrew
    AA is really where you start to see that sort of 'filler'/marginal talent really drop out imo, buc & Tbadder. 82 Ks in 80 IP at AA is nothing to sneeze at. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  19. TooLiveBrew
    AA is really where you start to see that sort of 'filler'/marginal talent really drop out imo, buc & Tbadder. 82 Ks in 80 IP at AA is nothing to sneeze at. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  20. TooLiveBrew
    AA is really where you start to see that sort of 'filler'/marginal talent really drop out imo, buc & Tbadder. 82 Ks in 80 IP at AA is nothing to sneeze at. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  21. TooLiveBrew
    Honest question: is velocity a solid indicator of how good a guy's stuff is at any given time? The reason I wonder is that, even though McClung throws every bit as hard as T-Bow, I'd never call Seth's stuff better than Derrick's. Just for the record, I agree with you ILDB that Gagne's lack of IP rather than anything stuff-wise was the most likely culprit of his rough go in Boston.
  22. TooLiveBrew
    pssshhhh - what does Blazer know?
  23. TooLiveBrew
    It's working... except that it made my computer reboot - unprompted tonight. (yea, that's why I bailed so mysteriously...)
  24. TooLiveBrew
    why not hardy or hall from the 9th spot? Bc it's an attempt to put your least-effective hitter/slugger in a more favorable spot, while not taking away from your 7 (in our case) other solid hitters. That's my take on it, anyway... take that with a grain or grains of salt.
  25. TooLiveBrew
    At least a few of the big market teams would be adding Ben as a #2/3 starter. Exactly. No matter if he's your #1, 2, or on the outside chance, 3... Ben Sheets makes you a better team. You came up with 4 starting rotation examples in NYY & Boston - kind of what I was getting at. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif It doesn't take an all-out, Bos-NYY bidding war to drive up a pitcher of Ben's quality to 4 yrs./$70 mil., which is far out of the Brewers' price range given the other contract renewals to come (imo). Houston would definitely be a suitor for Ben, as would - I imagine - ... *gulp* the Cubs.
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