TooLiveBrew

letting Capuano walk would be a tragic mistake. It's been posted numerous times how his numbers are essentially better or roughly unchanged from the past two seasons. Poor defense and bad luck have been "his" downfall this year - heck, Melvin even said yesterday that he didn't think Cappy should have been removed from the starting rotation, as it had a trickle-down effect on our bullpen.

It'll be really hard to move in any direction but up in terms of this bullpen for 2008.

Patrick425 (and Brian Regan) - thank you for the uncontrollable laughter on this glum night. http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif

Turnbow did throw some sliders, I know that for a fact. What I don't recall is if they came in the situation the poster had questioned.

IIRC, he'd tried throwing the bender, but it was of the 'nothing lower than shoulder level' variety tonight.

Just a bad experience tonight with you tonight. http://www.mnet.co.za/contentImages/blogs/My%20Pictures.JPG

wow, gross.

Or the guy in the tunnel "not" running the team (into the ground)

Do I win a prize? Can I manage one of the last games? I promise I won't do worse than Yost. If only this were possible Blazer. I can only imagine some of the things you've heard on Yost, especially this year.

There's only one answer... http://www.nychoke.com/images/a-rod%20slap.jpg http://www.bronxpride.com/files/images/A-Rod%20Problems.jpg http://domewright.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/arod_wife.jpg http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/arod.jpg (I don't know why - probably the delerium setting in - but this pic makes me laugh so hard)

"sentient human being"? Were just stoopid fanz!

http://i1.iofferphoto.com/img/item/176/095/11/2006_topps_gold_ned_yost.jpg Turnbow's my 8th-inning guy! WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SAYING THAT I'M MAKING MISTAKES! THEY'RE NOT MISTAKES, MY DECISIONS JUST HAVEN'T WORKED OUT SOMETIMES! http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/mad.gif

Valpocrewsader - Vent of the Year?

The Cubs lost

http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/roll.gif Thank you for a much-needed laugh, Jet. Seriously.

Yost: I brought in McClung under the stipulation that if he allowed a baserunner, he was going to be pulled for Turnbow. Funny how he hit a guy on the first pitch - what a coincidence! Good thing he had Turnbow warming too. http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif

once McClung was brought in, did anyone not know it was coming?

part of that comes from taking terrible - and I mean terrible - routes to balls in the air.

I havent'/hadn't noticed that, but I really think that's nitpicking. If using "and" to begin a call lessens the excitement, I haven't experienced it with BA. You're entitled to your own opinion, obviously, but I don't know what announcer could be found that doesn't have some similar pattern of speech. One thing I would not say at all about BA is that he lacks excitement - he just doesn't overdo it like some. I'll admit I've kind of grown into a bA homer, though, so take that into consideration http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/tongue.gif

As a cub fan, I think everyone sympathizes with what you guys may have to put up with next year (we had to watch and listen to Baker), but in terms of our teams competing, Yost being there next year is really good news for us, because it's a little scary (to me) what a good manager could do with your team. Welcome to the site, glad you shared that. But it also makes me want to vomit. On a goat.

Belling exaggerate something? *gasp!*

I've really grown to love the guy as an announcer. Prime example: his calls on both Fielder's HRs tonight. I no longer live "in market," so I have to catch the highlights on the Brewers' website. His pbp on those two clips gave me goosebumps - I felt like I'd been watching the game the whole way through, and the excitement was just so genuine. Considering he's been learning on the job this year, imho I see no way to give him less than an "A"

It'll be interesting to see how much this damages his FA value.

http://www.availableimages.com/images/previews/Star%20Wars%20Episode%20I%20-%20The%20Phantom%20Menace%20%281999%29.jpg I have encountered a vergence in the force. A vergence you say? Located around a person? A boy. His cells have the highest concentration of midi-chlorians I have seen in a life-form. It was possible he was concieved by the midi-chlorians. You refer to the prophecy of The One who will bring balance to the Force. You believe it's this boy? http://groups.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=view_photo&ID_Community=StarWarsTheJediCouncil&ID_Topic=1&ID_Message=93 Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you. http://starbulletin.com/1999/05/18/features/arta.jpg http://www.volny.cz/thematrix/darthmaul/darth_maul_over_obi-wan_kenobi.gif

One thing that concerns me about Yost is his propensity to support players through their failings (whether he affected their situations/matchups or not). I understand players want a manager who won't go all LaRussa on them, but this team is getting to the point where they need to stop being coddled and told, 'Well, you tried your best.' I'm not suggesting benching players for not executing, but I'd like to see an attitude shift away from, 'He gave it his all, and we appreciate that even though he didn't come through,' to, '[Player] busted his butt, but the bottom line is we have to [execute in specific situation].' A strong example is the amount of strikeouts (especially swinging) this team has compiled throughout the 2007 campaign. Lip service was paid to reducing K's from our offense this offseason, but the approaches at the plate have not seemed to change. Now, is this on the players, manager, hitting coach? Probably a combination of all three. The mentality of the team starts from the top, though, and there has been no change in approach. We're currently on pace to have 6 regulars finish with over 100 K's this season, and only 2 of those (Fielder & Weeks) have drawn enough BBs to justify their high K rate. I understand that the players are ultimately responsible for altering their approaches, but whatever message the coaching staff has been sending is either not resonating, or supporting the way our guys go out & hack away. Fielder & Weeks drastically turned around their BB/K ratios after the ASB, and Hardy cut way down on his K's, but also saw BBs drop (and his BB/K ratio decrease overall). OBP has been a huge weakness for this team, and I'd be shocked if Skaalen is retained in 2008. To be more specific, it's not even just the high K totals that concern me, but rather the lack of BBs. As of today, the Crew's ranks are : OBP - 11th NL (22d ML) K - 10th (20th) BB - 15th (26th) Thankfully the team's SLG is about as good as it gets in MLB, but it's hard to imagine how some more plate discipline couldn't help the Brewers going forward.