Jump to content
Game five, and Miz is on the job! Click here to join our game thread! ×
Brewer Fanatic

FVBrewerFan

Verified Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    9,758

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

Forums

Blogs

Events

Milwaukee Brewers News, Rumors & Analysis

2026 Milwaukee Brewers Top Prospect Rankings

Milwaukee Brewers Videos

2022 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Milwaukee Brewers Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Milwaukee Brewers Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2024 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Milwaukee Brewers Players Project

2025 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Milwaukee Brewers Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by FVBrewerFan

  1. FVBrewerFan
    Lots of comments here about regained interest in the Bucks, yet as Gobias said, the Bradley Center was a morgue last night. I know it's a Wed night game, but Denver with Mello should be a pretty good draw. This franchise can't afford to have too many more empty houses like this. What a difference a few months make. During the off-season it was really hard to see a plan, other than "let's dump as much salary as we can." Now early in the season you see the pieces coming together. Jennings and Bogut you can build around. Luc Richard and Meeks are guys who can come off the bench and really help. (At least Meeks projects that way.) Now you do what you can to move Redd, get rid of Gads salary, and you can add a couple more major pieces next year. By the way, how did jennings ever get this reputation that he had this horrible looking jump shot that needed to be fixed? Looks like a real smooth, natural release to me? I'm just amazed. I expected this to be a year where he had to grow. Learn the NBA game, work on his shot, etc. Maybe avg 8-10 points a game with far less playing time. The way he's stepped in and almost immediately became the leader is stunning- at least to me.
  2. FVBrewerFan
    See, that's where I disagree. If they don't have astrength in scouting pitching, then they need to pull a few scouts away from other teams. Wouldn't it be worth it for the Brewers to throw an extra $100,000 at a scout from...say the Dodgers that has a solid track record scouting pitchers? I just don't like the idea of settling for what the scouting dept does well. It's expecially important for a small market team to put resources (money) into scouting, because they just have to develop their own pitching staff. Otherwise you end up with a staff of overpaid vets, guys with potential, and never-will-bes.
  3. FVBrewerFan
    I don't think the Brewers intentially focused on drafting position players over pitching. There have been countless high round picks spent on pitchers ove rthe past 10 years, they just haven't panned out for various reasons. Why? That's a whole other topic. But is it clear that this organization needs to figure out how to identify, draft, and develop top level pitching. If they don't, it will be diffiuclt at best for them to honestly compete for a World Series.
  4. FVBrewerFan
    I heard Suppan is going to give back half his salary this year so he can sleep at night.
  5. FVBrewerFan
    Lunch segment was gold. Only Michael could simultaneously a) figure out her age b) realize he wasn't interested in her anymore and c) "gracefully" trying to get out of the relationship. That was really good. I didn't think the "favors" bit was funny at all, but that's just me.
  6. FVBrewerFan
    They were never going to get a good arm for Hardy. Gomez is about all I expected, a young position player wth potential. There's not a big demand for adequate defensive SS that go into severe slumps for months on a regular basis. Gomez looks like a case of being called up too early, and he's having to work it out at the MLB level. It's a low risk/high reward type of move. Exactly what this team needs to do. If he's a bust, didn't cost you much. But if the guy can play a great CF and raise his OBP, you have a nice player. I did notice he cut down his SO in half 2009 vs 2008. Maybe that's the fisrt sign of better things to come?
  7. FVBrewerFan
    Last night's episode wasn't that great. Not bad, just not as funny as any of the other episodes so far. But I was still entertained.
  8. FVBrewerFan
    I don't agree. It's about the money. And I don't think the Brewers get a home town discount, in fact they probably need to have a bigger package than the yankees, Red Sox, etc. Why? Endorsements. He's a star only to baseball fans right now. In New York, he would be a mega-star that reaches beyond baseball fans. And the money follows. But even IF winning a ring was most important, no matter what the Brewers do they're still not as likely to win the WS as the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers, etc. Add the fact that Boras is the agent, and it's all you need to know.
  9. FVBrewerFan
    Simple formula. Great casting + great writing= great show. They also have enough characters to have plenty of material for awhile.
  10. FVBrewerFan
    It was a pretty good episode, in a pass/fail grading system I would give it a pass. I do agree the insurance salesman/mafia thing was pretty stupid and contrived. Sure, 90% of what they do on the show is unrealsitic. But even at that, there are certain things like this where I just cringe. It wreaks of a bunch of writers coming up with a concept and trying ram it together without realizing it doesn't quite fit the show. By the way, another stellar episode of Modern Family!
  11. FVBrewerFan
    I would strongly, strongly encourage you to retire all credit card debt before you think about buying a home. Not only that, you should really build up an emergency fund and "house" fund for all the things you'll need to buy for your house that you haven't even thought of yet. Otherwise, you're going to move in the house and rack up big credit card balances all over again.
  12. FVBrewerFan
    With all due respect, who cares about Miller Park upgrades! I understand he's looking at the big picture, but his letter could have been one sentence. 'We will do everything in our power to drastically improve the starting rotation." P.S. A 6th sausage will be added to the line-up- The Palermo's Pizza Dog.
  13. FVBrewerFan
    Gallardo Sheets Capuano Mike Jones Suppan
  14. FVBrewerFan
    Yes, but you're not factoring in a very important component. I'm guessing 2.5 of those 3 chances per 9 innings are routine plays. In fact, I bet that number is even higher. So Cameron's "real" value over a lessor CF would be .5 chances per game. At any rate, I would need a mountain of evidence to convince me Cameron is more valuable than a very good #3 starting pitcher. What often gets overlooked in these discussions is what it does to the morale of the team to have a solid SP. How it affects the entire rotation- and bullpen. For that matter, what it does to team's confidence and morale. If you have bad starting pitching, you're done. If you have a bad CF, there are 7 other postions that could poetially make up for it.
  15. FVBrewerFan
    I thought the wedding episode was one of the funniest in a long time. In fact, I decide as soon as I'm done watching each episode if I'm going to erase it immediately, or save to watch again. This is the first one this season I saved. I think I'm done with Community. I've seen every episode so far, and it just doesn't "do it" for me. I don't think it's horrible, just something I'm not going to make sure to see. Modern Family is definitely a keeper.
  16. FVBrewerFan
    I understand the strategy of picking up one SP via trade, one via FA. I just see lots of posts in various areas about getting a SP for JJ Hardy. What's the point in that? I mena, how good of a SP will someone give up for JJ Hardy? Another Looper/Suppan/Bush/McClung type. That's not good enough anymore, and I think Melvin knows it. They need to pull off a bloclbuster, and I think that could include anyone other than Braun, Fielder, Gallardo, or Escobar. Won't surprise me if he pulls off a Hardy/Gamel/Parra/Bush for Greinke...something like that. If Melvin learned anything this year, it's that you can't go with one good SP and a bunch of #4/5 types hoping it works out. Sometimes it does, but it usually ends the way it did this year.
  17. FVBrewerFan
    You can have that opinion, obviously there are others who disagree. Debt assumes risk, having a paid-for $5,000 car in your driveway gives you indisputable security you don't have when $20,000 spread over 60 months' of payments (!!!) is sitting in your driveway. Five years is a long time to roll the dice that no matter what happens in your life -- job loss, medical issue, other unplanned financial emergencies -- you'll be able to feed this beast on top of paying for necessities like shelter, food, lights, and heat.Yes, of course. But I refuse to go through life worried about the worst case scenerio. Then one should never have a mortgage, because how can you pay for that burden if you have financial emergencies? Besides, worst case, if you lose your job and can't pay for the car, the repo man can have it. I've had $3,000 cars before, and now I've made the choice to have (and pay for) something much nicer. I agree with what MJ said. My parents are retired and could travel much more than they have been. And they love to travel. But they are so terified of the worst case that they hoard their money. You need to have balance in your life, and learn to say no sometimes, and reward yourself sometimes. I will never carry a balance on a credit card. I will never have a mortgage with a term longer than 15 years. And I will never spend money trageted for retirement. But I will buy an Infiniti G, I will blow ongodly money on a vacation, and I will buy Kraft Mac & Cheese instead of the store brand. There are no absolutes, we all have to do what works in our own personal situations.
  18. FVBrewerFan
    Plus, if having a nicer car is important to you there's nothing wrong with having some short term debt as a result. There was a period in my life when that was real important. When you think about, very few things we spend money on are necessities. A nice car, eating out, more and nicer clothes, Xbox, cell phones, etc. That's what makes it so hard to stay on budget, there are so many goods and services to spend our money on these days. The key is, you made the choice on the car, now you have to cut back in other areas. Or, as I prefer, find a way to create more income.
  19. FVBrewerFan
    Ford Edge. American, not partially owner by the government, and a very good vehicle. I know a couple people who have had one for a couple years, and they love it.
  20. FVBrewerFan
    I travel fairly often for business, and just about every trip I've had this year the rental car has cost as much or more than the airfare! But if you think rental cars are expensive, try returning it to a different location than the one where you picked it up!!!
  21. FVBrewerFan
    On my list to see once a year or so.
  22. FVBrewerFan
    Every offer/card is different. I recently signed up for the Delta American Express card because I got 25,000 miles for signing up, then another 25,000 miles if I spend $10,000 in 6 months. (Which I've already done in 4 months.) So that's 60,000 miles already and I'll have enough for 3 free flights before long. To me, that's a no-brainer. The 1% is deceiving also, because many of these reward programs will give you double points for various purchases. So I've helped my credit score even more, and earned 3 airline tix with no annual fee. But you're right, now that I've earned the benefits, I will cancel after a year if they won't waive the annual fee again.
  23. FVBrewerFan
    In addition to all the benefits we have already mentioned, here's another reason to have a credit card. Try reserving a hotel room in advance, rental car, airline tickets, etc. without one. There nay be a way in some cases, but it must be incredibly difficult. And in response to Dad's question "Why would I pay off my credit card before payment is due?" The interest on the float for a couple weeks is literally almost nothing these days. If I owe $1,000 in two weeks, and pay it off today instead that's about 40-50 cents of interest. I much rather pay it off to avoid the false sense that I have that $1,000 sitting in my checking account. I bought something, so I will pay it off almsot immediately. I will say, even though I have been the biggest defender of credit cards, mis-use of credit is a huge problem in this country- and not just credit cards. I know too many people with homes mortgaged to the hilt and driving cars they can't afford.
  24. FVBrewerFan
    I'm not orientated to this type of discussion.
  25. FVBrewerFan
    Every great comedy has characters with limited roles that are some of the funniest. Look at all the bit players in Seinfeld... I dvr every episode, because sometimes I miss something the first time. Micahel pretending to be talking on his cell phone was great, but I missed a line. "Hold on.....call waiting..." This was AFTER he had already hung up on his original fake phone call.
×
×
  • Create New...