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  1. thebruce44
    If you read my whole post instead of quoting and responding to 11 words that didn't agree with your dogma, you would notice that I was responding to a defensive stats based argument made by another poster by pointing out my observations, those of scouts, and their current UZR ratings for the season. I too don't put a lot of stock in URZ, but felt throwing out their current stats was relevant when the original poster had shown even more irrelevant defensive statistics. Once again, it seems we are mostly in agreement on something, yet you are trying to start a debate based off of a relatively minor point I made 2 weeks ago. Sheesh.
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    This is like your wife cheating on you on the wedding night which you would probably be able to predict since thats pretty slutty. Its an extreme case. It would seem the turbo was broken on the lot. Sure it could have gone bad during the initial drive, but this is very suspicious.
  3. thebruce44
    I really like Sveum but I can't really find it in me to support him as the next manager of the Brewers. I'm not sure why although I suspect it has something to do with the only managerial decision I remember from him.....starting Suppan rather than Gallardo in Game 4. Didn't he also decide to put Mike Cameron and his steller .330ish OBP as the leadoff hitter because of his veteraness?
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    From a google search, it appears you can tear the labrum in your hip as well. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hip-labral-tear/DS00920
  5. thebruce44
    We really were not at $90m this year. Wolf deferred $4m.With callups though I think we are right around $88 and had we added a player at the deadline I think the plan may have been to hit $90. At the same time, even if they drew more than 3 mil fans, they were expecting to take a loss. With attendance what it was, I would guess the loss to the owners will be fairly significant this year. I agree that we they will probably shoot for $80 mil next year and if they are competative they should have no problem breaking even or turning a profit (attendance around 2.7?). The following year (2012) I think the new TV deal kicks in. Going forward from there, in down years we may be looking at opening day payrolls of $85-90 and in "going for it" years hitting $100 at the end of the year may not be out of the question. Of course depending on the economy that may just be required to keep up with other teams 3 or 4 years from now.
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    I agree with the idea to trade McGehee, but at the same time I don't think that means we shouldn't trade Fielder as well.
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    A car that is designed to use a turbo will not run fine without it. Otherwise she wouldn't have noticed a problem in the first place. That would be like saying a naturally aspirated V8 would run fine if 2 cylinders broke because there are V6s out there that work. Sure, you could probably tune the car to run with 6 cylinders just like you could get a factory turboed car to work without a turbo. It is still a necessary part of the designed power-plant of the car and in my opinion part of the engine.
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    The payroll was stretched to $90 mil to make up for the fact that only $70-$80 mil was actually on the field. Hardy being traded was what allowed us to go after a second pitcher. Wolf and Davis together totaled under $10 mil for us, which was a must given payroll constraints, but management felt it was necessary to add to pitchers. Looking back at it now, it didn't work out. To compete though I still think it was the right move. Save $5ish mil on Hardy and get your 4th starter.
  9. thebruce44
    From reading the article, it sounds like the interest at this point is entirely on Samuel's end. I would be willing to guess we are freaking out about this topic a lot more than Doug is at this point.
  10. thebruce44
    Wow, that's great. If I still lived in Wisco I'd help you. Maybe we could start a brewerfan taskforce.You're in. Here's the sack...But you gotta supply your own doorknobs.
  11. thebruce44
    I don't think calling him a tactically incompetent jerk is a nitpick.That got a laugh out of me.
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    Because he was "hamming and egging" it around the bases. Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't Brenly regarded as one of the worst tachtical managers in the game? I can't stand his personality as well, but I can get past that if he is a good coach. I don't think that applies to Brenly though.
  13. thebruce44
    I guess I consider "a lot" and "very high rate" to be synonyms. Sorry for the confusion. Glad to see we have similar view points on strikeouts in the end.
  14. thebruce44
    Fair enough. When you posted "Hitters who strike out at a very high rate, however, will struggle to be productive hitters" and "Players with very high strikeout rates will fail to be major leaguers for long, because if you strike out too much, you won't get enough opportunities to walk, and you won't have enough opportunities to make contact to get on base enough" I guess I took it as a blanket statement that all hitters who strike out a lot will struggle when history has shown that to be false, as evidenced by the many exceptions from post 26. Perhaps your definition of "a lot" is different than mine, which would include players like Adam Dunn, Ryan Howard, and yes, Mark Reynolds who have been productive. But yea, sorry to get so off topic.
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    Or it shows that there is little to no correlation between strikouts and offensive numbers (besides SLG, which seems to rise as strikout rates do). The info is all in this thread for you guys to read, yet you keep repeating that guys who strikeout will fail to be MLB players for long. Sorry, but as post 26 shows, thats just not true. Showing a single player who isn't good and strikesout a lot doesn't prove your argument. It just shows that some posters aren't grasping the point.
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    Not knowing the size of him and adam is pretty irrelevant if he has a gun.
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    Adam Dunn, Colby Rasmus, Adam LaRoche, the Uptons, Ryan Howard, Weeks, Kemp, Big Pappi, Austin Jackson, David Wright, Jay Bruce, Jayson Werth, Kelly Johnson, and Dan Uggla strongly disagree with you.
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    I had my mind made up that I wanted him before the fight, but that really sealed the deal for me. If you are a player, how could you not connect and respect that. I am sure he has enough background and experience at this point. But stuff like that can't be learned or taught.
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    Though I was 8 when the 80s ended, I recently went on a month long music kick that consisted mostly of Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, ect. Pandora helps a lot with that kind of stuff. I can also back up the previous posters that UHF is one of the greatest movies ever made.
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    I'd ask why is okay to ignore how many K's a hitter has as an out is an out but at the same time preferring strike outs to other outs from your pitcher? Ground ball guys get more double plays in general. That being said I'm not completely sold on Porcello because ground ball rate isn't all that high either though he's still awfully young.. As AndThat said, there is a strong correlation between pitchers performance and their strikeout totals while there is a very weak correlation between a batters performance and their srikout totals. The resons for this are debatable, but the results really aren't.
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    I wonder how she enjoyed 10 year of Lansing, Des Moines, and West Tennessee.
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    Sad but true. I said it last time after Ned was fired but we are not going to get a good manager hired if Melvin is the one doing the hiring. So would 27 other GM's. We should go with these as guidlines but will probably go with these Melvin has hired, what, 4 managers in his entire GM career? Johnny Oates, Yost, Dale, and Macha. From that track record I find it hard to say he only looks at previous experience and winners.
  23. thebruce44
    Yo pitched well the entire year, with a slight slump in July, and some bad luck peppered throughout the second half. To compare him to Bush is almost insulting.
  24. thebruce44
    Sometimes if you want something done, you gotta do it yourself.Are you suggesting dressing up as a bat and fighting crime? Because that would be pretty awesome.
  25. thebruce44
    Haha, I thought the same thing. I couldn't believe the poster that was coming from. Exactly, this was a team with a .372 winning percentage when Axford took over closing and over .500 since and unlike any of the everyday players, he never had a slump. There is so much more that goes into it than just Axford's arrival. That alone is not nearly enough to say he is MVP.
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