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I agree with this. Even though he was a complete jerk his talent was so great that I didn't like having to trade him.

What do you want Doug to do here? Too many people think you can just pick up the phone and land a Halladay or Peavy. It just doesn't work that way. If he wanted Kazmir he would have had to give up Escobar and/or Gamel. Do you really want that? I think those who are calling for Doug's head are a little unrealistic in their expectations.

Gamel Offense - Gamel Defense > Hall Offense + Hall Defense I don't really see McGehee as anything more than a utility guy so I say give the job to Gamel everyday. Hall can pinch hit against LHP and be a late inning defensive replacement.

Yeah the shirts are ugly but this is America and people have the right to wear (or sell) ugly shirts if they want to. No big deal to me.

This is no surprise. The Padres are looking for anything that will help ticket sales. Trading for Gwynn and sending him to AAA would make no sense to me. I don't think the Pads are all that concerned about whether Gwynn is of major league caliber. It's about the revenue that he will help generate. I kinda feel bad for Gwynn he has almost no chance of living up to the hype in SD.

I am very frustrated by this situation. i wasn't able to watch that draft prep show with Jack Z. last summer and got no help from DirecTV when I emailed them. I will stick with DirecTV because getting screwerd by them is less painful then getting screwed by Charter. But either way you end up eith a sore rectum.

Thats exactly what I was thinking as I was reading the article. Hey, Braun has anted up. I don't see Corey's money in the pot yet. Let's reward loyalty.

All you hear from the national media when they discuss Cardinal fans is what great fans they are and how knowledgeable about the game they are. This may or may not be true. I don't now enough about Card fans to say one way or the other. However, it is clear to me that they also possess a complacency about their team and themselves which is in a class with Yankee fans and the Red Sox Nation.

The solution here is quite simple. Since Escobar's major value is at SS and moving him makes keeping him not as important and JJ understandably won't move here's what you do. You either sign Hardy long term during the 09 season or trade him next winter. If you do sign him than you trade Escobar. Either way one of them should be gone by Opening Day in 2010. I would prefer to keep Hardy because I like his bat but clearly one of them must go.

Has Macha completely lost his mind? This thread makes me long for the days of Ned Yost.

I feel that some people are overeacting here. Who cares what he feels in his heart? Does anybody know for sure what Powell felt in his heart when the Braves were in town? Did his being a Brewer prevent the Braves from hiring him? No. So either he wasn't a Brewer fan or it doesn't matter. This guy is a professional announcer. As long as he knows baseball, and doesn't sound like Gilbert Gottfried, give him a break.

If they hire the Chicago dude I'm sure he will be professional enough to hide his allegiance while on the air. He may even change allegiance if working in Milwaukee. I hope they give Uke some say in who gets hired. The most important thing is that they work well togeher. One thing I will say about Uke is that he seems to make his partners better announcers so that should help no matter which way they go.

I couldn't agree more. I disagree with JBriggs when he mentions Lepay. I love Matt Lepay but like AJAY said we need someone who lives and dies with the Brewers. We need someone who knows baseball the way Poweel does. I don't want someone else doing the hot stove show (or spring training games for that matter) because Lepay is in Ann Arbor doing a Badger game. And I certainly don't want Lepay to leave the UW. He's that good at what he does. We need someone who can devote himself solely to the Brewers and not spread himself so thin that the listeners get less than what they deserve.

Yeah I'll take another Bobby Grich anyday. Great hitter. I agree with Melvin that trading Rickie is a risky proposition at this point. That's the kind of trade that could ruion a GM's career. I expect Rickie to break out this year and having Randolph aboard should help his glove work.

Yes. Tommy Harper was a god to a little ten year old from Madison. I think a lot of the younger fans don't understand what Bud went through to bring baseball back to Milwaukee but we all owe him a great debt of gratitude.If it weren't for him there would not be Major League Baseball in Milwaukee.