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I guarantee you that a short time after replay is instituted, nearly every bang-bang play on the basepaths will result in a 'safe' call. We've seen this in football, where officials are now scared to make a call because they know that replay will be in play. In the end, today we live in a video game type of society where everything needs to be black and white... there can be no 'injustice'. It follows that replay will be implemented in baseball sooner rather than later. As a traditionalist, I don't like that one bit. Relative to other sports, there are far too many plays (and close plays) in a given baseball game, and once you let the cat out of the bag with replay, there is no going back. Where do you draw the line? If you are going to replay, you may as well remove umpires from the equation and have a video booth make the calls. I'm sure the networks will love it though, as they will have even more time to shove commercials down our throats.
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I hope baseball never goes to replay. The human element of umpiring has always been part of the game. Replay has made the officiating absolutely horrible in football- and despite what it's proponents say, it adds a lot of time to the games.
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what to do with 90's baseball cards
RockCoCougars replied to Bikeage77's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
In my view, the first death knell of card collecting as it had been came in the early 90's with the introduction of Stadium Club cards. These were 3 bucks-plus a pack right from the get go, and priced a lot of people out. Next, the 'chase cards' were the second death knell. I remember Gold Leaf rookie cards seeded a few a box and then the Fleer 'Rookie Sensation' cards went nuts. I remember when the Frank Thomas was a fifty dollar card. Obviously, the overproduction that started in the mid-80's basically caused the hyper inflationary effect on values that drove almost everyone from the hobby after a few years, including me. Not only were they printing oodles more cards, everyone was keeping them in binders as an investment and no one threw them out. Since scarcity and condition are everything in card values, pretty much everything from this era is worth less than it was the day that it came out. -
This makes no sense to me. You don't give up on a lefty with that kind of arm when you have Vinnie Chulk on your 40 man.
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Way too early to sell, and I say that fully expecting them to lose 2 or likely 3 against the Giants (they have always been bad on the West coast). I expect that the Brewers will look a lot better once they start playing the Cubs, Astros and Pirates a lot. The Cardinals have already played those teams 12 times, while the Brewers have only played them 6, and also played in places like Atlanta and the West coast where they have historically struggled. Bottom line, let's not cede the division to the Cardinals just yet.... Unless I'm wrong, not one of their opponents to this point has a winning record as we stand.
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K-Rod probably has negative value at this point... meaning the Brewers would either need to eat salary and/or take garbage back in return. I can't see any team with a scouting staff thinking that he's their answer at closer.
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Unless Lee will sign for about a million dollars and is willing to go to Nashville for about a month, I pass. I highly doubt that he'd do that.
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I think that we can look at Soup's body of work over the past 3 years. He had a WHIP over 1.4 and a BAA of .283 in a full AAA season last year. He hasn't held MLB hitters under a clip of .300 BAA since 2008 (.298). Any way you slice it, this was an embarrassing offensive display by the Brewers yesterday with few hard hit balls and fewer hits against a guy that they should have teed off on.
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It's one thing to get shut down by a guy with very substandard stuff- that's baseball, sometimes you hit a bunch of Atom balls. The thing that bothered me is that there were very few good at bats or hard hit balls. Several players took first pitch letter-high 86 MPH heat, only to weakly ground out later in the at bat.
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Roster construction problems with this team
RockCoCougars replied to adambr2's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The Brewers just haven't developed many pitchers period. Who is the last full time closer that they have drafted? Doug Henry (or maybe Doug Jones if you want to get technical). The bottom line is if you take away Sheets and Gallardo, this organization's record on developing pitching has been pretty abysmal for the last 20 years. Regarding the bullpen, they have been very fortuitous in picking up scrap heap guys from other teams. None of these guys have had any long term success with the team, but most have been lights out for a short time. -
And now, Soup has outhit the top 4 guys in the Brewers lineup combined. Why were they playing him so deep?
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For the love of all things that are sacred.
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I actually like this Gallardo/Suppan matchup. Gallardo probably has a more aggressive approach.
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This guy is exceedingly hittable. Why are they taking straight as a string 86 MPH 'heat' right down the middle?
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Based on what has happened since the Brewers released him, I'm still not fully convinced that he wasn't a Trojan Horse double agent unleashed on the Brewers organization by Tony LaRussa.
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I disagree. No one's claiming that Suppan embezzled money from team coffers or anything. The term 'stole' doesn't always mean taking something by theft. Let's say Joe is moving to Florida in June, and he just wants to get rid of his nearly new snow blower purchased last winter. Because it's Spring, Jeff is the only interested party and he gets it for 100 bucks. It could be said that he 'stole' it by giving very little for what he got in return. A perfect analogy to Suppan's performance in Milwaukee if you ask me.
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I think 'stole' is a decent figurative term in this case. Soup took the cash, stunk up the joint and ran. At least Gagne admitted that he didn't earn his money. I don't blame Suppan for taking the money, but when you sign that deal you had better expect to take some heat if you don't perform. In my view, blame lies squarely with Attanasio. I don't remember hearing any other names linked to Suppan at the time other than the Brewers, St. Louis didn't even make an effort to keep him. For whatever reason, Attanasio was enamored with Suppan, and I'm convinced that he took the reigns of the whole deal.
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Best case is probably a Wes Helms type knee injury (minor ligament tear if I remember). Helms missed a few months with that one didn't he?
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Getting beat by Kotsay is no disgrace in my book. He also beat the Nats a few days ago with a two run PH double. I didn't mind Kotsay a bit here, he was a decent bat off the bench, and it looks like the Padres are using him as they should. It's not his fault that he was used as he was last year, and it's not like he was making a ton of money. As for Suppan, basically to sum up.. Worst Brewer Ever. The guy was the ultimate Brewer killer, both before and while on the team. I hope that they knock him around so much that he is unconditionally released by the Padres (which is my guess what will happen, I doubt that they send him back to AAA).
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I thought this was an old thread from when he was picked up by the Cardinals. It appears that the Padres are really hard up... maybe they feel bad for the guy and are hoping that he takes the opportunity to finish his career on a MLB mound. Regardless of jinxes against soft tossers, etc., I don't see any scenario in which the Brewers don't rock him... they should be embarrassed if they don't.
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It's a private business, and until any of us see the audited financials, any numbers bandied about are just conjecture. I have no doubt that Attanasio and his group have done very well with this investment. As long as they are in the black (which is almost a certainty), they are doing great in this economy. I say that because you have to add the unrealized gains on the franchise value to all the profits that they have reaped. A positive revenue stream paired with an appreciating investment is a solid position. To me, the bottom line here is that I won't shed any tears for the Attanasios if someone is pleading poverty on their behalf. It's time for them to step up to the plate and retain one of their own stars once they hit free agency (so far, they are 0 for 2 on CC and Prince). That player is Greinke, and spending money on Oswalt would impede that.
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I think Hall signed a AAA deal with the Orioles. I wouldn't have minded seeing the Brewers giving him a shot at shortstop in Nashville to see if he could still handle it there. It's not like he would have been blocking anyone. If these guys keep bringing Gibbons back, Billy must have really burned his bridges not to be able to get a minor league gig.
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What do you think we have in Aoki?
RockCoCougars replied to SenatorShriv's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
He has definitely held his own in limited duty. Better than I expected for sure. However, I wouldn't trade Mogan back to Washington for Cutter Dykstra just yet. -
Weird Stuff That Really Happened...
RockCoCougars replied to splitterpfj's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The game was a Saturday night, correct? Almost positive that I was at a gathering that evening with the game on a boombox and it was pretty late when Manning got the hit. From what I remember, the Brewers had pretty much fallen out of the race by that point (and then made another push in September due to the Detroit(?) collapse), so the Molitor streak was paramount to whether the Brewers won or not.... he was usually pretty obliging in getting hits pretty early in games. -
I'd rather have Bill Hall. Inge is a terrible hitter.
