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I can only wish that it had.

But you just said you'd be taking him for free. I'm pretty sure he meant if the Yankees gave him to us with no compensation, we get him PLUS his contract. That's correct. Thanks for the clarification Rickey.

Worst pitching coach in Brewer history. I'm surprised that he ever got a GM job considering his history of poor judgement.

Wouldn't take him for free. That contact is ridiculous.

I'm going with Broxton. I'm not sure that I've ever seen someone improve so much in the course of a season.... He still strikes out way too much, but could be a late bloomer like Carlos.

The only plus that I saw with Ennis was his age. I never really saw anything to convince me that he has much of a future in the league. That said, Beasley is what he is at this point, tough to get excited about him coming in.. a volume scorer with no effort on D...can't believe that he's only 27 years old. We can only hope that he's matured enough as to not be a bad influence on the young guys a la Stephen Jackson.

Sounds like the Brewers broadcast right? Del Crandall and the late Rory Marcus. I had vivid memories of the Nunez suckerpunch on BJ. What a scumbag. Nunez was a Brewer a year or so prior....I take it that they didn't hit it off.

The Padres should be required to forfeit the players in the trade back to Boston here. On a semi-related note, the Cardinals should be forfeiting the entire draft next year for their actions.

He is solely a gate attraction, and likely will embarrass himself once pro pitchers start throwing him curves, sliders, etc. Athleticism doesn't translate very well to hitting, especially when you haven't played for a decade.

There were "interests" (owners) in MLB at that time that were angry about the lawsuit the state of Wisconsin brought as the Braves were leaving, and it was basically a "milwaukee will get another team over my dead body" type of thing. I'm thinking that O'Malley from the dodgers might have been one of the hard liners on this. Also, I doubt if Phil Wrigley wanted Milwaukee to get another team as the cubs were popular in this market. Had it not been a last minute situation with the US bankruptcy court interfering, there is a decent chance that most of us are cubs fans right now.

From what I've read, Sicks Stadium was a minor league park retrofitted into a larger stadium basically on the fly, but even when complete still had very low seating capacity relative to other MLB parks, which definitely hurt attendance. I'm guessing the attendance was far below projections and that really sunk the owners who were already operating on a shoestring budget. This was back in the days where attendance was a huge chunk of overall revenues. No big money TV and radio deals back then. Basically bad management by a couple of guys who had no business or working capital to own a MLB team. I think another local group came out of the woodwork in an attempt to acquire the team pretty late in the game, but assuming all of the debt put their finances in question as well. The bankruptcy was a finagled as part of the negotiations with Selig's group, and it is doubtful the move would have happened without it. I see John Allyn mentioned above, and he and his brother played into this as well in 68/69. The White Sox were very close to moving to Milwaukee after playing 8-11 home games a year at County Stadium. I believe that the attendance at those games was nearly as high as the remaining 70 or so games at Comiskey for at least one of those years. The White Sox were also in a bad financial way, and I believe their flagship radio station at the time was a low-wattage Spanish speaking station. One of the Allyn brothers was ready to sell to Selig and it was almost a done deal until the other brother stepped in and put a kibosh on it. It's also interesting to note that Charlie Finley seriously considered moving the A's to Milwaukee when they were leaving Kansas City, which is something to think about considering the dynasty that they had going a few years later.

I'd give Houston Garza and half of his salary for next year, but that's about it unless he sneaks through waivers and isn't traded.

Don't get their continued interest in wheeler at all... Is the guy ever going to pitch again? Comfort is like a pre 2016 power hitting version of Gennett... Can't hit lefties at this point. I wouldn't have made the deal for both let alone one or the other.

He'll probably be a non tender in a few years.

Glad they passed on Gallo, but wish that it would have been Thornburg instead of JJ. Have to say the milb stats for both guys are a tad unimpressive, but trust that the pundits and Brewers scouting Dept know more than I.

Robb/Dick Nen

This is exactly how you should draft....shortstops, catchers and starting pitchers. Catchers can become corner infielders or corner outfielders and shortstops can go anywhere but catcher. Starting pitchers can become relievers. Always do this and you will be successful. If all you draft is middle infielders and catchers, you will have a pretty righty skewed organization from a hitting standpoint. Just saying..

Roger McDowell did this pretty often with the Mets back in the late 80s/early 90s.

I'm not heartbroken over this, especially after seeing what Cleveland gave up for Miller. The Brewers basically were getting three A ball players all far away from the majors and all far from being sure things... No pitching and no power bat. Not big on the "lists", but you mean to tell me that Lucroy doesn't warrant at least one top five org prospect? Bottom line is hold until the off season unless something great comes along... This shouldn't be an OBO situation.

Maybe for one of the Cleveland guys? The Brewers have a glut of middle infielders and Allen like guys in the system.

Deal will hinge on Mejia, who is at least two years away.

Im guessing the fourth guy is the lesser prospect. Disappointed if no arms are coming back.

I'm pretty sure that was an error by mlbtraderumors. Yep just clicked the link to the tweet and they have it backwards.

Mlbtaderumors says three going.

I'm seeing that three players are going to Cleveland. Likely Lucroy and Smith... Have to think the Brewers are getting a haul if that's the case.