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  1. Crew2323
    If I read that article correctly, the Brewers are requesting the fee in order to pay for more police to guide the traffic. I think that they could use more traffic control, especially near the home plate area. You routinely have people cutting in front of the buses as they attempt to pull out of the loading area. Also, you routinely see people loading up in the buses before they get to the loading area, which causes all kinds of congestion and problems. I personally find it to be an unsafe situation, and I can understand why the Brewers would want to do something about it. I always feel like I need to have my head on a swivel when I go through that home plate area.
  2. Crew2323
    Gallardo pitched game 1 on of the NLDS, but your point remains.
  3. Crew2323
    This is an overpay! This signing might be the only one that makes the Wolf and Davis signings look good! I really hope that overpaying Coffey an extra two dollars doesn't preclude the Brewers from making a move at the deadline!
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    I don't have tickets to the bobblhead games on those celebration weekends, but I am able to attend three of the four Friday games on those weekends through my Friday night 9 pack plan. Looking forward to it. I can actually wear my mid '90's MB logo hat with the teal green bill and not look out of place!
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    I hope this will be true for Gomez. I know there is no way to prove this, short of Gomez himself saying it, but could Gomez have felt pressure to live up to being the centerpiece of the Santana deal? Might being "that guy" have made him try to do too much in an attempt to prove that he was worth being traded for a fan favorite?
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    If that's Melvin's plan--to count on Cappy, who hasn't pitched in a MLB game since 2007, and Mulder, who has pitched in 6 games since 2006--he may as well update his resume because he'll need it going into 2011. If the Brewers get anything decent from those two, consider it icing on the cake. But if the Brewers intend on relying on them, it will be a long season. I believe Melvin is playing coy right now. As the price tags for the remaining FA pitchers drop by the day, Melvin will eventually add a servicable if not decent arm to the starting pitching staff.
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    I guess I don't understand how anyone can so definitively say the Brewers have no chance. Is Holliday a good player? Yes. But look at what it took for the Cards to win the division last year. They needed career years from guys like Joel Pinero and Adam Wainright. And not only that, Chris Carpenter actually stayed pretty healthy the entire year. They traded for DeRosa and Holliday and still managed to win only 91 games in a down division. At this point they retained Holliday, but have lost some of the pieces they had last year. I wouldn't be overly shocked if the 2010 Cardinals had a year similar to the 2009 Cubs. Let's not forget that the Brewers were in first place for a good portion of the season, until their starting pitching imploded. And even so, the Brewers won 80 games last year with one of the worst--if not the worst--starting rotations in all of baseball. They won 80 games with their starting shortstop playing way below expectations, with their starting right fielder playing below expectaions, and with their starting second baseman missing for the majority of the season. I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility for some of these guys to start playing up to their potential (see Hart, Parra, and now Gomez etc.). There's no reason to think that the Brewers won't be able to hang with the Cardinals, and there's no reason to think that they cannot win the division. The off-season still isn't over, so who knows what Melvin has up his sleeve yet. But to categorically state that the Brewers are toast for the next three years seems to be a bit extreme.
  8. Crew2323
    McGehee was raking at at third base, and I wonder if his knee limited him to staying at third base. If I remember correctly, Hall was tried at second base and he wasn't very good there. And what makes you think Hardy would have accepted being moved to second? If the rumors are true that he scoffed at moving to third for Escobar, I don't see why he would have been suddenly willing to move to second. As far as Counsell is concerned, from the time Weeks went down with an injury on May 17 to the time the Brewers acquired Lopez on July 19, the Brewers played 55 games (If I counted correctly). Out of those 55 games, Counsell played in 48. In 39 of those 48 games, Counsell played second base. During that time span he went from a .339/.432 avg/obp to a .280/.350 avg/obp. Now I realize that he wasn't going to maintain a .339 average or a .432 obp. and I will concede that his .280/.350 line was also respectable/good. But Counsell, at his age, isn't really capable of playing every day at this point in his career. I would imagine Melvin and Co. noticed the decline in Counsell's numbers and the lack of productive options they really had, and went ahead and traded for Lopez. I won't consider that a poor move, or a sign that they didn't have a plan. I think you could argue that the Brewers didn't acquire Lopez soon enough.
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    While having Lopez would be nice, he would be an expensive bench player and he would be a luxury who would come at the expense of a team need. If the Brewers are counting on John Halama (who from what I can tell hasn't pitched in the majors since 2006), and Mark Mulder (who has pitched in a grand total of six games since 2007), then the Brewers are in trouble. Pitching remains a primary need for this team, and Melvin would be effectively ending his own tenure in Milwaukee if he signed Lopez at the expense of starting pitching.
  10. Crew2323
    I don't think the link you provided contradicts what I said. I stated that Melvin has made it sound as if they won't be going after any big names, which the title of that blog seems to indicate. Now the question is: does a Washburn/Davis/Garland constitute the designation of a big signing or a big name? Or is Melvin lowering our expectations so that when he does sign one of those types of pitchers it ramps up the excitement of the fanbase? I think a trade is more likely. But who that would be is anyone's guess. Again, I fail to see any evidence that states the Brewers are definitively done. And I would be surprised and highly disappointed if that were the case. I forsee another Looper-like signing/trade and wouldn't be all that shocked if Looper himself returned next year.
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    Word is the Brewers are done? I haven't read or heard anything of the sort. If I recall correctly, Melvin stated they were still on the search. Only he made it sound like it wouldn't be a big name. It would be helpful if you could link any evidence where Melvin has stated that the Brewers are done, because at this point I don't know that there is any.
  12. Crew2323
    As a high school basketball referee myself, we always talk about double-whistle situations, and how you wait a few seconds before making the block charge call. We do that in order to avoid the "blarge", where one guy has a block, another has a charge. Whoever's primary the play came from, that's who makes the call. But I never, and I mean NEVER see NBA refs do that. That is what makes what they did so frustrating. They knew it was Kobe who initiated the contact, but no one wanted to man up and make the correct call. If it was any other Laker player, it's a charge, no doubt. The NBA as a whole and its referee's are a joke. It's just absurd.
  13. Crew2323
    Watching the end of tonights game reminds me why I despise the NBA so much. Horribly blantant favoritism showed to Kobe. When else do you see the refs converge to make a call? Never. But they had to make sure Kobe got the call. Absurd.
  14. Crew2323
    How sweet would it be if the Brewers got both Jackson and Morrow? A pipe dream, I know. But the Brewers have been linked to both of these guys in the past, so for them to be the third mystery team wouldn't be all that surprising. Could Lucroy or Salome be included now that Kottaras was claimed yesterday?
  15. Crew2323
    Kottaras requested the release himself. He was out of minor league options, so I would guess that teams wouldn't give much up if they knew he would be put on waivers anyways. Perhaps the Red Sox were just doing the right thing for him and granting him an opportunity to latch on with a team where he would actually have an opportunity on the big league level, seeing as how it is highly unlikely the Red Sox would have carried three catchers. But then again, the Brewers did have a 13 or 14 man pitching staff a couple of years ago.
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    I think from watching that video, it is obvious that this was a set up. The dad had to know exactly what Falcon said, and he just completely ignored it, acting like it was never said. I felt like I was being played for a fool listening to the parents talk there. EDIT: Perhaps this is why they did it. It's from FOX News, I know, but the info is interesting: It all seems to be making sense now.
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    There are conflicting reports about this. Haudricourt reports, "Macha said one player for sure who would be added is shortstop J.J. Hardy, who was sent down Aug. 12 after struggling at the plate all season." However, McCalvy reports: "Three of the Brewers' early-season power bats are out of the lineup. Second baseman Rickie Weeks (wrist) and right fielder Corey Hart (appendectomy) are on the disabled list, and shortstop J.J. Hardy was demoted to Triple-A Nashville earlier this month amid a prolonged slump. The Brewers don't appear to have any plans to recall Hardy before Sept. 1, meaning he could lose the service time he needs to qualify for free agency following the 2010 season." So which is it? Or are they saying the same thing, but with different predispositions?
  18. Crew2323
    I'm curious about what you minor league guru's think of Caleb Thielbar. I know he's a college guy playing in Rookie ball, but he's put up solid numbers so far. 1.49 BB/9, 9.14 SO/9. He's got 43 SO to 7 BB. He's a lefty with a nice curve and average fastball. Again, just wondering what the prevailing thought is toward him.
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    From cnnsi.com
  20. Crew2323
    Does this mean that Seattle is picking up his contract, or are the Brewers still on the hook for it?
  21. Crew2323
    You would think that the GM would know all of that stuff. I think he's playing stupid, so as not to make it a big issue. There just seems as if something funny is going on.
  22. Crew2323
    You can listen live on espnmilwaukee.com. Also, word is the presser is being delayed because Melvin and Macha are still in a meeting.
  23. Crew2323
    I'm listening to 540 ESPN and they said they are still waiting for it to start.
  24. Crew2323
    Melvin did explain the "Sequential offense." He said it is "an offense of sequence that continues to pile on baserunners and runs." My guess is that is use of the term "sequential" or "sequence" is in reference to something along the lines of "one right after another." He admitted that it's hard to do in the NL with the pitcher batting and the bottom of the order in general. But my guess is he is saying we'd be close to having an AL style offense.
  25. Crew2323
    Also, I thought I heard it mentioned that Harang has struggled ever since Dick Pole took over as the pitching coach, because Pole has encouraged him not to use his sinker. That would jive with why Coffey wasn't as good with the Reds, because he was urged not to use his sinker, which happens to be his best pitch. Look at how he has done since joining the Brewers. I think the same could happen with Harang. I'd be willing to take a chance on him.
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