FVBrewerFan

I have no problem with what he said. He's an accomplished vet, and has a right to feel this way. I'm sure he's not alone. Bochy is an old school guy, and probably not a big fan of these new creative ways to us the pitching staff. Looks like he's using Madbum to send a message to the front office.

Oh man, that's a good one- Tyme Machine. I remember a few years ago my wife informed a filling station "the Tyme machine is out of order." She didn't realize until later why she got such a puzzled look from the 17 yr old employee.

Regarding the sidewalks, this last round of ice really cleared out the salt supply. Everyone on my street still has ice on the driveway (including myself.) Normally everyone is very diligent about this, but I looked again over the weekend and apparently all of Waukesha county is out of salt.

Two more gems: Billfold Slacks Also, for the record, I wear thongs...err flip flops almost exclusively 5 months out of the year.

Sure, but remember Brinson and Phillips graduated from the prospect list as well. Losing those two along with Burnes, Peralta, Woodruff is a big hit to take. It's why I think everyone is pretty much ok with the system pretty thin at the top for the time being. They're deserving of being ranked in the mid-low 20s as things stand today. Hopefully they have a few guys step up this year, have a good draft, etc. Plus, just have to throw this out there, depending on how this season goes there's always a chance they'll be sellers at the deadline. They definitely have assets with value, and could improve the system that way as well.

He just doesn't want you to get DFA'd Josh ; )

I can accept the fact LeBron/Lakers is a bigger magnet for FA than the Bucks. But if a player wants to go to the Knicks to try to create some sort of big 3, I don't get it. The Bucks are already "there." Klay Thompson would be a perfect fit, but he's not coming to Milwaukee. He'll stay with GS or be a Laker next year. Durant isn't coming here. Porzingis has already said he wants to stay in Dallas. Want no part of the attitude of Butler or Cousins. I would say of that list Vucevic would be most likely to sign with the Bucks. That's actually one of the great things about the Mirotic trade, they now have one more player as an option if they lose one of the other 4 FA. With all the max contracts sitting out there, plus KD and maybe others to be traded it may be near impossible for Kris to get a max deal anywhere. There's also a couple max PGs in there, along with Conley and who knows who else that may be traded. So Bledsoe may be cheaper to sign than we think too. It was a wild trade deadline, and the off-season will be even more fun.

+1 I am a daily lurker logging in for the first time in maybe years to agree with this. Anyone actually bothered by this change needs to sit down and take a deep breath. This overall seems like something done to try and divert attention from other concerns currently harped on across MLB when there aren't daily games to distract fans and reporters. It's alot easier to debate the merits of making what amounts to pointless term changes with no regard to context than it is to tackle the current gripes of the players' union with free agency/player compensation. Can't wait for the first beat writer to inadvertently say a player is headed to the Disabled List and have them branded as hating wounded veterans. Times change. Remember when it was socially acceptable to say the "R" word? To put it in a sentence, those Cub fans are a bunch for R-words. You mean "Ricketts"? I'll admit it, I have no idea what the "R" word is. Rascals?

I have no proof, but I always had the feeling they had too many cooks in the kitchen. Three majority owners, a GM with one foot out the door, Kidd, then Horst and other newer front office people. That's always a recipe for disaster. The new owners were excited to win instead of continuing to build around Giannis. So they made a lot of moves for mediocre or worse scrappy vets. Best example I can think of is when he played that one defensive only guard a ton. Can't recall his name, want to say Lillard but I know that's not it. Now it seems (I hope) Horst has a lot more control over basketball decisions. No doubt others chime in, but I want to believe it's his show now. I don't know that Bud gets involved with personnel decisions or not, not sure it's needed. Horst understands what Bud wants/needs, but I'm sure he at least talks to him before a trade for example.

Close. The "One call thats all free range reliever sanctuary at Americam Family Insurance Stadium at Ueker Field."

SHORTstop. That's offensive.

Also, "Optioned" now changed to "Stearns' San Antonio Express"

We're lamenting the heavy use of 3 pointers in the NBA, trade for a guy called Three-kola and we're all thrilled! I think he's a much better fit right now than trading for another guard. He's not a lock down defender or anything, but one more guy with size and they needed that to match up against certain teams.

So you're saying you didn't like my game?

I'm fine with 6 fouls. It's hard for a star player to get in foul trouble unless they have a couple stupid fouls like Giannis will do once in a while. I have said forever college should go to 6 fouls. I've never been a fan of the 3 point shot, and it's trickled down all the way to youth leagues. Head of my program got mad at me for not allowing my 6th grade team to shoot any 3s. Too bad, I was the coach, my rules. They needed to use horrible form to have enough strength to fire up those shots. But I digress. As Cool said, it's not just increased 3s that have caused more scoring. It's more possessions too. But that's due to the 3 also. The floor is so spread now it's easy for teams to get off a good shot quickly, which is an indirect effect of the 3ball. That's not to say defense isn't played anymore. It's just that you usually don't see teams really lock down until the 4th quarter, and in the playoffs as well. But I get why people don't like a 170-150 game, that's still rare though. The 3 pointer isn't going away obviously. You can move it back some, but really no more room in the corners. They won't move it back though. One thing I like, they did change how they call continuation. They've even called traveling more often the last couple years. Not much more they can do to control scoring, even if they wanted to- which they don't. Edit- One idea that would be fun is limit the number of 3s allowed per game. Each team only gets 10 (or whatever number) per game. That would add to the strategy, could be real interesting. Of course that won't happen, just throwing it out there.

While giving up 130 with all the open 3's they allow. Yes, its 2019. All teams get and give up many open 3s every night.

Let's just be done with it and call it softball. Hit and run is all but dead, stolen bases closely behind. Nobody can put down a sac bunt, the few times it's even tried. Now add DH, may as well out a keg at 2B. The manager can now turn in the lineup card and go home, because there is no strategy left in the game. I realize nobody seems to care very much about that, but it's always been one of my favorite parts about baseball. I also know DH in NL is inevitable, shocked it hasn't happened by now actually.

Nobody has taken me up on this? If you like the Cohen brothers stuff, you'll love this. (They weren't involved with this project, it's just similar.)

Pels want multiple 1st round picks, which is fair to ask in this case. Bucks simply can't offer that. Generic Bucks comment, Coach Bud has the team firing up a historic number of 3s, yet Middleton is shooting less of them than he has in his career. Not saying that's a bad thing, just interesting. Also, I don't find these blow-outs boring in the least. I know what you guys mean by that, but when the Bucks are really clicking on both sides of the court it's NBA basketball at it's very best. And that is REALLY fun to watch.

Bucks have the best record in the NBA. Why cant they win the whole thing as is? If you add AD you subtract a lot of pieces. I know its hard to accept, but theyre the team to beat in the East. Maybe/ maybe not ready to beat the Warriors yet, but it wouldnt be a huge upset. Then in the next couple years who knows what the Warriors will be. Bucks are there right now. They just toy with teams almost every night.

Yea, but have you seen what the Lakers are rumored to be offering? Basically their whole roster not name LeBron and 2 1st round picks. Bucks don't have the ammo to compete with that. Can't compete with what the Knicks can offer either. That's ok though. I would love to have him, but if the Bucks can get everyone back next year and tweak the bench a little I'm fine.

I did read up on it, and it doesn't prove anything. This would get thrown out of court, because there is no actual evidence here. Just statements not backed up by any proof. Just because someone said they guessed his age doesn't make it true.

No, I won't remember that because it's not "almost for sure." I have no issue if you want to believe that, but don't make comments that aren't true. Do I know with 100% certainty he's 21? No. But it's not "almost for sure he's not." In fact, his face makes him look like he's 21 tops, if we want to use unproven evidence. I will say this though, his hands are that of a 2 year old.

Why couldn't there be flooding in Indiana in January? Besides, you don't know where that car has been, flooding could have occurred anywhere. They're not making it up. I think you've come to the right decision on your own. Imagine buying it and having lots of issues with it, you would be kicking yourself.

Exactly. To do what they did, and withstand the rush by Toronto without Giannis on the road, is pretty impressive. 3 out of 4 from Toronto, and won both games at Toronto. I'm more worried about Boston. Not sure why they aren't clicking; maybe not enough shots to go around and nobody is happy. If they start clicking though - Irving, Tatum, Horford (who has owned the Bucks for a decade), Morris, Hayward, Brown... lots of guys to defend. How about Giannis just absolutely taking Leonard to school a few times when they were matched up 1 on 1? That was impressive as hell. Especially the spin move to get to the basket and then the easy layup. By the way, anyone see where Shaq said that Giannis shouldn't even bother trying to get better at shooting the 3 because he's so good now? Was this his approach to his free throws? Because it'd make a lot of sense. If Giannis could develop into a 35 pct 3 point shooter....how in the world do you possible even TRY to defend that dude? You close out, he's gone. You give him 4 feet like last night, he can nail it. I'm not talking about Jason Kidd or Steve Nash type improvements from the start of their career towards the ends, but just an average 3 point shooter would make Giannis SOOOO much better than he already is... Yea, Shaq and a couple others have said that in the past too. I see it both ways, I know what he's trying to say. He usually takes three 3-pointers a game on avg, which is about right for him. They're always "good shot." I do think at some point he will get to that 35% range, as his shot looks fine. You can just tell he's still thinking too much, just needs more confidence. What he DOES need to eliminate is that fade-away jumper. He has largely gone way form it, to be fair.