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No mention of Bill Hall? The guy is jacked. Kendall looks like a guy who's been in a few fights in his life, the Brewers as a whole would not be a team most teams would want to scrap with. Also the Counsell v. Eckstein idea is awesome.

If Braun does hit one tonight, he may just backpedal around the bases.

I love this as well, not only does it make for great entertainment, but Braun has a legitimate gripe. He does tend to, to put it nicely, take his time out of the box after he jacks one, but in the HR yesterday he put his head down and ran. "We're the wrong team to mess with." How can you not love this guy?

I was about to post the exact same thing. I've been umpiring for years and the call at first base is probably the easiest to make because you just wait for the pop of the glove or the sound of the runner hitting first base, whichever comes first. There is no doubt that in the scoop situation it is a more difficult call.

First off, I know it's still extremely early in the season, but if Jason Kendall continues to struggle, at what point should Rivera begin playing more than 1 in every 5 days? Kendall is not getting any younger, maybe the absurd amount of games he caught last season are catching up to him.

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Just saw on ESPN, Mark Texeira has apparently signed with Yankees. This is pretty puzzling to me as just earlier today it was reported that it was down to the Red Sox and Nationals. Even before that, I hadn't really heard much about the Yankees in the discussions. Buster Olney is reporting it's an 8 year deal worth $170 million. Unbelievable how the Yankees can literally just buy themselves a roster. What position does this put the Brewers in as far as the draft picks they will be receiving?

lineups been posted: Cameron Durham Braun Fielder Hardy Hart Counsell Kendall Sabathia Counsell + Durham > Hall + Weeks in my opinion. I'd rather have the vets playing in the biggest game in 26 years. Go Brewers!

I'd love to get that molitor bobblehead, plenty of great stuff though, thanks!

as good as Braun has been, has anyone else noticed that he seems to do most of his hitting in non pressure situations? And when he does get into a pressure situation, he becomes a completely different hitter. I know I've been spoiled when I catch myself venting about Ryan Braun.

Brian and Bill have been speculating that there may be something wrong with jj's arm the way he's lollipopped his last two throws. Especially the last one, which had an uncharacteristically high arc on it.

only jj would put a swing like that on a 2 - 0 pitch.

As much as villanueva has been struggling lately, there's no way he gets sent down. I think it will be Dessens, as his role is already being filled by Parra.

Mench and Wise for Rowand? I would do it, Mench could replace Rowand in the OF, and we all know how much solid relief pitching is worth...