Zycho32

I would wager I'm the only guy on the entire forum who prefers the 90's Design- stuck in the period of pure loserville. Anyhow- my thoughts: Present Design: More or less Bland, though that seems to be the style with most baseball uniforms- exceedingly colorless and without any intriguing details. But in this case, the navy and wheat gold simply don't strike a chord with me. The colors themselves are dried up, and the gold itself is mainly a thin accent all around anyways. Can't really object to the text or the numbering, and maybe the logo is nice, but the colors don't do proper justice. Classic Design: Not really digging it- but then I JUUUUUUUUST missed those old days. I tend to think people just have their 'Nostalgia Glasses' on when Retro Night comes around. Though I wouldn't object to the old logo making a comeback myself- you can still play around with the basic design. Potential Upgrades; -Add a Third Color. In this case, I prefer Green. Green was a second accent alongside gold for the 90's unis, and while people seem to gag over the overall look, the reality is the design looks considerably more colorful with that third color in place. -Make gold a bit more prominent. You just don't see it very well on the present design- it's so dry it can't stand out and gets swallowed up by the navy. -Try revolutionizing the old logo. You may have noticed some logos- mainly NFL Helmets- making subtle updates in order to look sharper. I'm thinking Cardinals, Seahawks, Lions. The glove can potentially be re-fitted in the same manner, or at the very least given a re-coloring that better matches the present color palette. A white or gold glove doesn't sound so bad. And on a final note- you only hate the 90's look because the Brewers were losers during that same stretch.

Jumping in on an unrelated note... is there a specific reason why teams don't dare to implement the sort of wide-open offense Pheonix was going with through most of the double-oughts? Seven seconds or less? Closest thing to 'Showtime'-style basketball in the 80's? Is there a reason a team with marginal talent and a lukewarm fanbase like Milwaukee doesn't adopt this sort of style to rack up high scoring games and drum up some interest?

So what does a Top-20 player get you as a Top Banana? Well, fringe contention for the last playoff spots, for one thing. Essentially, Redd as the #1 option is good for about 40 wins give or take, good enough to sneak into the playoffs in the East, but comparatively mediocre and fairly uninteresting. For a guy paid like a true #1, that's pretty dissapointing. It also places the team in perpetual limbo- never advancing past the first round, rarely striking gold in the lottery.

Would've been funnier if he used a bat during the swing.

I'm almost interested in Milwaukee virtually destroying its roster and rebuilding entirely from the ground up. Sort of like what the Nuggets tried to do for the LeBron sweepstakes, only they ended up with Melo instead.

A 4.50 ERA Carlos Villanueva, or Wayne Franklin. Wayne Franklin or Carlos Villanueva pithcing a 4.50 ERA. Hmmmm.... That's a toughie. Lemme get back to you on that one.

You could also argue that Suppan acts more or less as a 'Rotation Buffer', ensuring the young propsects this club grooms to be future Starters don't get thrown into the majors well before they are ready. You can also argue that the 'dependability' factor works in this role too, as someone like Vargas or maybe even Bush would have a very hard time playing the 'Buffer' role during one of their more atrocious outings. Besides, the tune of this thread might very well change if more starters go down over the season like Capuano.

Dean Taylor?

First Knee-Jerk Reaction: This is a teeny tiny feel-good story. Second Knee-Jerk Reaction: Right now, the MLB needs every single feel-good story it can get its collective mitts on.

Well, it ain't 'Counsellino' from last year. That's a plus.

....y'know, I always thought the Yankees would dig up Thurman Munson's corpse rather than sign someone like Chad for the Catcher spot, even if it only places the guy in AAA or something.

According to this, he had a successful Heart Procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat, if anyone was paying attention to the few days' drama concerning him. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AsUwApnmlvCaN.BX47mmwKERvLYF?slug=ap-cubs-derosa&prov=ap&type=lgns

Alright, this is probably in bad taste, but I'll just say it anyway; Concerns about Prince with 'Bad BAD Boras' basically stem to the fact that Boras is Prince's agent, and if Pricne listens to Sheffield and gets a new agent... well, it increases the chance Princes stays in Milwaukee. Granted, it's probably very very wrong from Brewcrew2004's standpoint, but it looks like the closest possible rationale for that statement.

If Dillon gets enough PT for 20 HR, it'll come at the expense of somebody else, which means the max of 20 HR players will probably be seven. Well... maybe if his PT is because of a Braun Injury...

Geez, the whole lot of you people make me feel DUMB. I mean, I could tell you I enjoy Nickelback- at least a good number of their songs- but I sure as heck could never accurately tell you WHY I do. Same thing with books, movies, TV shows, etc. I don't even try to put my feelings into articulate thoughts. I couldn't even give a rip roaring fart about how stale and mimicky Nickelback really is because I've never thought about one's music in that way. Besides, when it comes to performing at a 'Safe' level like Nickelback and eschewing the money-making safety for creativity, there's only one kind of person who would chose option B over A; the 'Redwood Tree up the bum' arrogant people who are pretty much narcissisticly in love with their own eliteness.

Well, the Marlins still have seven years to change their name to the Gators or whatever the heck that Miami team from BTTF2 was called... That and a conference change.

...why oh why am I getting a 'Hardcore' versus 'Casual' vibe here? Ignoring strategies and opinions about defense, the lone advantage to moving back to the AL would be a potentially better revenue. A bonus may be the DH allowing some additional flexibility to the batting lineup- admit it, you'd rather have Braun play DH full-time and have no concerns about his defense, period. The biggest disadvantage would be the increased difficulty in reaching the playoffs in the AL- fighting off the White Sox, Tigers, and Twins for the penant or grappling with the loser of the Yankee/Red Sox annual Rock Fights for the Wild Card definitely isn't appealing. Add the period of inepitude this team has suffered through while being in the 'Watered-Down' conference and the ensuing reluctance would be obvious. Quite frankly, I could care less which side the Brewers end up on.

....okay, I saw Scoop Jackson's article about the Shaq trade. He's got about the most positive outlook concerning Shaq and Pheonix. In fact, I'd probably take back my first comment on this trade if I could. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/080207

...well, a revolutionary and sometimes darn entertaining style of Basketball in Pheonix has officially died. I say 'died' because Shaq, healthy or not, won't keep up that kind of pace. He pretty much pulls the speed of the team down several notches and turns them into more of the half-court plodding variety. About the only real benefit this serves Pheonix on the court is that Amare gets moved to the 4 whenever Shaq is healthy. That's gotta reduce some wear and tear and make his D less of a factor.

A 4th/5th OF for a proven SP? I'm not actually convinced yet. Tell me more about this guy. What strengths does he have which makes him better than the other bench OFs we got on the roster?

Again, it comes down to this; Will Cat's production compared to Gross off-set the differences in salaries, not to mention what it might cost to acquire him in a trade? The funny thing is, I'm pretty sure nobody has split stats in such a way that they showed Gross' production for the last one or two months of the season when he was getting his most consistant time at #2 in the lineup.

I'm curious. Out of the Starter candidates who are NOT a lock-on for a rotation spot, which ones have the kind of mentality and tools which could translate to decent success in a vital bullpen role? I know none of them are John Smoltz-esque, but if any of them could become a better alternative than what we could acquire in the off-season...

I took a look at Gabe Gross' stats, and I noticed even this year he rarely goes to bat versus Lefty Pitchers. Therefore, if he wins the LF job for next year, we may still need to find a reasonable platoon option; someone who could bat #2 in the lineup and provide acceptable if not good defense at LF while taking on the Lefty starters. So do we keep Mench or go to somebody else? And if we don't keep Mench, who would fit the criteria?

I think this is one of those moments where somebody would tell us to "tuck our heads between our legs and pray for a quick and painless death."

Terrific for him. I hear he has been really really cold for the Angels recently, and he's supposed to be the clean-up batter. Granted, I wouldn't try to acquire him unless it was for a rock-bottom price though.