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  1. joepepsi
    Hardy's OPS is .907.
  2. joepepsi
    The stadium is beautiful.
  3. joepepsi
    There is no good reason why Hart isn't batting 5th now. He's damnear the perfect 5 hole hitter. I'd follow with Lucroy 6th, Casey 7th.
  4. joepepsi
    Small sample size to be sure, but Lucroy has been a better hitter against righties this year than Kotsay. I would have understood Lucroy hitting with Kottaras on deck.
  5. joepepsi
    According to b-ref.com, KC is paying Milwaukee $2 million of Betancourt's salary. Seattle agreed to pay KC $1.38 million of 2010 salary. According to Cott's KC is paying Milwaukee $2 million of his salary and Seattle agreed to pay KC $1 million for 2010 and $1 million for 2011. My guess is if Seattle is paying $1 million of his salary for this year, it's part of the $2 million KC is passing on to the Brewers. Either way you look at it, Brewers are paying $2 million for this year, and will have to pay $2 million buyout option unless they DFA or waiver him and another team takes a flyer. That's how Toronto got out of Alex Rios' contract.
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    He's reached the end of that leash in my opinion and did awhile ago. He's not Prince or Braun with a track record. He had two solid years in MLB, after not that great numbers in the minors. He's been absolutely horrid this year. He hasn't hit a HR in over a month, has virtually no power and is awful defensively. This is supposed to be our season to "go for it". Watching Casey have poor at bat after poor at bat is just killing the lineup. Let Green have a shot, he really can't do much worse can he? Oh, I agree with you. I just think they will try and fix the Betancourt situation, then add to the bullpen before they figure do anything about McGehee. I could be wrong though; now that I think about it, it's much simpler to bring up Green than try and trade for a ss or reliever. Guess that's the whole point of this topic, eh?
  7. joepepsi
    I bought a T-shirt 5 years ago in Baltimore that says, "I support the Orioles and whoever is playing the Yankees."
  8. joepepsi
    I think they are going to give McGehee a long leash to right himself. He has been getting a few "timely" singles in recent games, so that's just enough for RR to trot him out there every day for another month. I am confident Betancourt won't be starting at ss after the deadline. Doug probably has inquiries out there right now, but it's too early for any deals.
  9. joepepsi
    That's basically the entire state outside the cities. 'Outstate' is basically one large Adams County. At least in Wisconsin, there are a handful of 'cities' of 40,000 or more fairly evenly spaced out- modern civilization reaches these places to some extent. Minnesota doesn't have that. Outside of Rochester and Duluth, I believe that all their Top 10 population cities are Minneapolis, St. Paul and suburbs.This is the biggest difference between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Wisconsin is a real state, with various regions and urban/economic hubs. Minnesota is the Twin Cities and everything else seems like a suburb feeding off that central hub. Rochester consistently rates among the best places to live in the country, but it's entirely based on the presence of the Mayo health system and its enormous salaries that skew the average standard of living, which is not evenly spread across all its citizens. I know people who live/have lived in Rochester. Most say its pleasant in an innocuous, generic way. It has a real cliched, suburban boring feel, like a giant bedroom community. If people want to do something, they go to the Cities. La Crosse doesn't usually rank as high on these lists, but it's hands down one of the most fun, vibrant, full of character small cities in the country. I can't imagine anyone would prefer to live in Rochester over places like La Crosse or even Winona.
  10. joepepsi
    I think Narveson has been good. He's always going to be shaky in the 5th-7th innings. A good manager should be ready for that and yank him before things go terribly wrong. To be fair to RR, his alternatives in the middle innings are pretty terrible. I think the middle relievers on the roster right now are mostly Plan B guys. Nevertheless, the bullpen is the main area he really needs to get better at. That and thinking Kotsay is a better option against RHP than Lucroy.
  11. joepepsi
    East Dakota! I love it. Yeah, they tend to think they are a cooler version of Wisconsin.
  12. joepepsi
    I thought Mitre was originally going to be the "long" guy. Why didn't he come in after Estrada?
  13. joepepsi
    It's a good thing the Brewers have terrific starting pitching because the bullpen stinks. And the manager doesn't know how to use relief pitchers.
  14. joepepsi
    That's ridiculous.I'm just joking around, I live in Minnesota. That's how I took your post. I live on the WI/MN border, have great friends from MN and enjoy visiting the Cities. But I grew up in Iowa, so any good natured dissing on Minnesota is well earned and fine by me. Plus, as a general rule, Minnesotans are rather arrogant when it comes to comparing themselves to other Midwesterners. Except Dakotans. For some reason Minnesotans seem to have a special bond with them. Don't even want to know what that's about.
  15. joepepsi
    I grew up an Oriole fan, waaayyyyyyy before moving to Wisconsin and being won over by Uecker. From 66-83 there was no better team to cheer for in all of MLB. It's all but forgotten these days, but the Orioles-Yankees rivalry was once as heated as today's Red Sox-Yankees. I also like the Twins-my Dad is a big fan. Then the Blue Jays; used to cheer for the Tigers and White Sox and Mariners too. I admire the Red Sox organization and the strength of the team-they are not unlike the Orioles in their glory days. I've always been more attached to the AL than NL. When I had ExtraInnings for 3-4 I was more inclined to watch AL games than NL. So many NL teams just seem to kinda suck. But Orioles and Brewers is how I roll.
  16. joepepsi
    Agreed. Would love to see Reyes or Hardy finish the year and re-sign, but I don't think the Brewers have the players to get either one. The Orioles might be interested in Gamel, but do you trade him for what might only be a half season of Hardy? I don't think so. Most likely they end up with a short term good fielding vet who can hit a little. Not a lot, but a little.
  17. joepepsi
    It's getting to the point where one of them has to go. I'm at the point where I don't care which one it is. I chalk this up to defending his player in public. RRR can't be this stupid to actually believe what he is saying here. If he is, then Melvin has made a horrible mistake. I'm still counting on a new regular ss by the end of July even if it's an in house solution. Unfortunately Wilson hasn't taken his limited opportunities to force RRR's hand like Nyger Morgan did. Look for a new ss within 5-6 weeks and expect RRR to continue to say nice things about YuniB.
  18. joepepsi
    btw, for those of you who haven't been keeping score, Hardy's current slash starts: .293/.358/.516 At a time when good ss are hard to find, he is setting himself up for a premium contract. Small sample alert: Alcides Escobar has a .920 OPS in June.
  19. joepepsi
    Can he play ss?
  20. joepepsi
    Thank you 2LB. Hopefully this levels the playing field somewhat for the interleague games. Toronto and Baltimore aren't bad teams. The Orioles' two best pitchers, Matusz and Britton, are both young lefties. Not having to face Albert is a bonus if it's their turn in the rotation. Berkman is a little weaker from the RH side. Toronto's two best starters, Romero and Reyes, are also lefties.
  21. joepepsi
    He missed a lot of time during his 4 peak years-2004-2007. Sometimes missing a lot of time due to injury will delay a pitcher's aging curve. The injury has the effect of saving wear and tear on the arm. Once fully recovered, Wolf's arguably was younger than his age. Also, he was pretty crappy when he did pitch during those injured years. That skewed his career stats to make him look like a worse pitcher than he really is. His ERA since 2008 is almost a full run lower than it was from 2004-2007.
  22. joepepsi
    The Blessed Team will put Berkman at 1B, who will continue to outhit Pujols and win NL MVP, despite being washed up a year ago. John Jay will take over fulltime in the outfield and outhit Ryan Braun while playing Gold Glove defense. This phenomenon is known as the Kyle Lohse Effect and is unique to the Cardinals.
  23. joepepsi
    Crap, the La Crosse Tribune listed game time at noon today. Now what am I supposed to do?????????
  24. joepepsi
    This would be pretty radical, but in the long run it could increase fan interest, by splitting national braodcasts into 4 distinct regions. I honestly think the ESPN/FOX love for Yankees-Red Sox hurts fan interest nationwide. It may boost ratings out East where advertising rates are set, but the rest of the country tunes it out.
  25. joepepsi
    I think he'd deserve a D or F if a team this talented had a losing record. A better manager might have them running away with the division by now, but they are at least performing to an expected level; ie; playing competitive, winning baseball. He gets some credit for at least not screwing things up. That's why I give him a C. He has played Kotsay way too much, but it looks like he's settling with him as a Sunday afternoon outfield stander and a left PH. That's an appropriate role, for a reserve. Nieves is finally gone. Wilson appears to be an acceptable bench player. I think Gomez has value in his current role. Counsell would benefit from more playing time. I think after horrible bench decisions to start the season, the current bench is not bad. If RR can figure out how to use his bullpen in the same manner then he has a chance to really help the team. Despite his long experience in baseball, he's only 70 games into his managerial career. It's a world of difference from being the guy who takes orders to being the guy who's accountable for all decisions. As someone who was recently promoted into a supervisory position, I can tell you there is a lot of adjustment to make even if you are knowledgeable about your job. How much a new leader is willing to learn from mistakes and make necessary changes determines his/her success going forward. RR hasn't been good out of the box, but if he's willing to learn and change as he grows into the job, he has the chance to be very good.
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