mattmieske

I don't think it's "cherry picking." My perception from watching nearly every Brewers game the past few years is not so much that the team struggles against all "crappy" pitchers, but that it struggles against right-handed, softer-throwing pitchers who rely primarily on breaking balls and offspeed stuff. I know that's not easy to quantify, but even if you forget about pitching style and just take all of the left-handers off of your list, the numbers don't look nearly as good, especially since two of the top three performances by the Brewers against 'crappy' pitchers were against left-handers (I'm relying on the second, actual ERA chart rather than the projected ERAs, which I consider to be of minimal value now that the season is more than half over). Also, this doesn't take into account pitchers who might not be quite "crappy" enough for the list in terms of projected ERA or actual ERA, but who fit the same style and could charitably be described as "mediocre" in their starts against teams other than the Brewers - Kevin Slowey (17 IP, 2 ER vs. Brewers in 2008) and Jason Bergmann (5 IP, 0 ER) being the best examples I can think of at the moment. Thanks for analyzing this though. I'd be curious to see the numbers for the past few years, since it seems like this is a trend that's been going on for a while - if anything, it doesn't seem to be quite so bad this year.

Considering that there is no evidence and that he has never even been linked to performance-enhancing drugs (to the best of my knowledge), yes I think it is inappropriate to suggest that he had "medical assistance" merely because he continued to hit at an advanced age. Speaking of Molitor, failing to re-sign him in 1993 was obviously a terrible move, but the team also had another opportunity to re-sign him in 1996 (when he signed with the Twins) and passed. I forget who the DH was that year, but they actually had a halfway decent team in 96 (80-82) and if they had added Molitor they might have even finished with a winning record, which at the very least might have generated some interest in the franchise again.

So is anyone planning to go? I have access to pretty good tickets if anyone is interested and would like to get a group together.

I'm not sure yet if I will be in town that weekend but if so I would definitely be up for a meetup and going to a game or two - I am also in Alexandria.