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I agree the Twins aren't really in a small market. But neither are the Marlins or Rays. In terms of TV market size, Tampa-St. Pete is the 13th largest market, Mpls-St. Paul is 15th, and Miami-Ft. Lauderdale is 17th. Milwaukee is 35th. http://tvbythenumbers.com...-universe-estimates/5037 In terms of metropolitan size, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale is the 7th largest metro in the US. Tampa-St. Pete is 19th. Milwaukee is 39th. http://en.wikipedia.org/w...olitan_Statistical_Areas Just because no one goes to ball games in Florida doesn't make it a small market. It's the 4th largest state in the Union.
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The team has several young players being worked into the mix this season. They have some good prospects in the system, some of whom could be ready next year. Trading Hart and Prince, and and I don't know, Weeks, sends the message the team intends to lose 100 games in 2011. But they don't have to do that. They could continue to to bring up young talent and work them into lineup and pitching staff in 2011, but they don't have to destroy the team to do it. Keep Hart and Weeks, trade Prince if re-signing if possible, and try and field a competitive while also developing young talent. This is what good teams with strong farm systems do.
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If Prince is going to be traded then they can easily afford Hart for next year. And they better keep him.
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Whats the rarest baseball thing you've seen in person?
joepepsi replied to InsomniacInkRoss's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I was at the game when Ripken hit his 3,000th too. Went Friday night in case he got hot that night, then went back Saturday when he got the hit. As an Oriole fan it was great to see Eddie Murray coaching 1B and the first one to congratulate Cal when he reached the base. Twins ran a nice video presentation on the scoreboard and the fans were great. -
Mazzone ruined as many pitchers as he helped. Well, maybe ruined is too harsh a word, but I think there is something to the idea that heavy handed "my way or the highway" pitching coaches are of questionable value. Great talent, like what Mazzone had in Atlanta and Peterson in Oakland, can be successful despite a coaches teachings. It's what the coach does with fringey types that is truly telling. Mike Maddux has been successful taking fringe talent and turning it into valuable assets. This year's Baseball Prospectus Annual points out Maddux doesn't try and change a pitcher. He refines what the pitcher brings to the table, may work on another pitch with them like his famous cutter, but mostly is about preparing the pitcher by studying opposing batters. I think there is some evidence coaches like Peterson and Mazzone may have a positive effect long term on a organization's pitching, but the short term results can be terrible. When Mazzone felt the heat in Baltimore he responded by throwing his pitching staff under the bus. His excuse for the poor pitching results included angry outbursts that he wasn't responsible, his pitchers just weren't any good. Peterson is probably the wrong guy for the current Brewers' pitching staff.
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I don't think they are as far off from competing in 2011 as most here do. Among FVBrewer's categories I agree with trading anyone in 1 or 2, although I probably wouldn't trade Villy. I can see trading anyone in group 4, although I agree only Bush probably has any value. Since he almost certainly won't be back next year, might as well get a AA pitcher for him this year, if possible. I wouldn't trade anybody in group 3. If Fielder is going to be traded before 2011 opening day, then I want Hart still on the team. Even if he gets $8 million in 2011, (not a foregone conclusion), that's affordable for the team. Gamel will almost certainly be on the 2011 opening day roster, so I want either he, Hart, and McGehee to play for the 3 corners not occupied by Braun. If they are around .500 at the Break, I'm not sure I could go for them being sellers. I still don't believe they are as bad as their record, and they may only be one hitter and one rotation spot from being competitive in 2011. Trading Fielder in the offseason could go a long way to filling those two spots.
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How about playing Inglett today at 2B, Counsell at ss, and Edmonds at 1B?
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It's amazing how much better the team has performed lately when the best 5 hitters hold the top 5 spots in the lineup.
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At risk of jinxing things...the team is 7-7 in June, 6-4 in the last 10 games. There are signs of stabilizing. It's time to cut Hoffman when Coffey comes back and go with the best 25 players available for the next 30 days. See where they are at that point.
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At risk of jinxing things...the team is 7-7 in June, 6-4 in the last 10 games. There are signs of stabilizing. It's time to cut Hoffman and go with the best 25 players available for the next 30 days. See where they are at that point.
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I had an email last week from DirecTV that an update to my receiver caused it not to work for a time, but the problem had been fixed. This apparently happened in the middle of the day and no one was home watching TV, so we never noticed. Maybe something happened to your receiver during a recent update and it needs to be checked out.
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Prince has hit 38 homers since last July 1. So, 63% of his homers since then have been solo shots. I wonder how this compares with Pujols? I suspect big sluggers don't see real good pitches when there are men on base. Someone like Craig Counsell might have a better hr rate with runners on base than Prince.
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You want an All Star caliber pitcher. So does every other team. It is difficult to sign this caliber pitcher, assuming one is even available, without overpaying in both years and dollars. the Brewers have to raise this type of pitcher on the farm. Just as they did with Gallardo. Parra comes close to meeting the criteria.
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I think it's a learning process many athletes go through during their career. You work hard, make it to the top, only to discover you have to work harder to stay on top. I agree with RobDeer45, it's something everyone goes through to an extent.
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Joyce handled himself well after the incident, as opposed to Rich Garcia who signed autographs and posed for pictures with Yankees fans after the Jeffrey Maier incident.
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Adam Dunn would. If we can't keep Prince, and it doesn't seem to make much sense to even try anymore, then I'd like to see him traded for pitching, then have the team push hard to sign Dunn. With Dunn you could get 2-3 years of similar production to Prince for less $$.
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I was wondering Is Braun playing Hurt?
joepepsi replied to brewmann04's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif I think we've summed up the last 6 weeks of discussion pretty well! http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif -
Actually, I kinda like Macha shuffling players in the lineup and pitchers in the rotation. This team is playing terribly, he's trying to do something about it. I much prefer this to Nedly trotting out the same lineup and rotation whether it's working or not.
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I don't know if this site is reliable, but brooksbaseball.net has Suppan throwing his 4 seamer in the upper 80's to low 90's in his last outing on June 4th. http://www.brooksbaseball..._slnmlb_1%2F&prevDate=64
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I was wondering Is Braun playing Hurt?
joepepsi replied to brewmann04's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Should have traded him for pitching when he was at his peak. I heard Zack Grienke was available. Doug Melvin can't do anything right. -
This really worries me. He'll no doubt pitch a shutout against the Brewers come July. I suspect the Brewers' pitching woes had more than a little to do with the pitching coach and adjusting to his "system". Getting Suppan under Duncan's wing will resurrect his season. The Brewers will be paying $12 million to help the Cardinals win the division.
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They are 2-3 in extra inning games, 9-7 in one run games. So, in close games they haven't been unlucky. They are 9-15 in blowouts-games where the winning team wins by 5 or more runs. The Cardinals are 14-3 in blowouts. The Reds, 7-8. The only way the Brewers have been unlucky is in the sense that the entire pitching staff, save maybe 3-4 pitchers, has been horrible. It seems strange that an entire staff could be this bad. You can blame it on age and questionable free agents, or bad luck, I suppose. I suspect it has something to do with a pitching coach that uses heavy handed techniques. Instead of playing to a pitcher's strengths, Peterson is like Mazzone; he forces his pitching philosophy on every pitcher. In contrast, Maddux, according to baseball prospectus, is the type of pitching coach that preaches simple fundamentals, and detailed scouting reports on each opposing hitter.
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1969 Carew led the AL in batting average and Killebrew led the league in hr and ribbies.
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Who are the good players we have been trading at their peak for prospects? This is exactly what we are not doing. I'm not saying this is what the team is doing. I am saying this is what many on this board think they should do.
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I think she did it to protect the organization from having the legislature audit the team's books. There was quite an uproar after the board voted to slash payroll to $30 million to protect profits, then fired Ulice Payne for speaking out. This was only two years after the taxpayers gave hundreds of millions to build a new stadium, contingent on the promise the team would spend what it took to be competitive. Instead, they pocketed the increased revenues from the new stadium and broke their promise to the fans. Wendy didn't do it for the fans or because she was sick of baseball. She did it to avoid the potential of an audit. Baseball loves to keep their profits a secret.