Samurai Bucky

We were at the Brewers game and some of the fans around us were keeping an eye on the score, too. It was cool when they showed the score and played jump around. TBH, I think only half of the crowd cared... 😄 Going to the game this Saturday. Hopefully there will be a better turnout than the last home game. It is homecoming after all.

Not weird... not embarrassing. Perhaps other sports should take off the C and A off of their sweaters? As was mentioned on some postgame reports -- Bob Uecker was the "captain" of the club. Many people, from the principal owner to the bullpen catcher, would have conversations with him. Uecker would provide silly banter, or constructive criticism. Why do I bring up Uecker? If you have the opportunity to watch the Ueck Movie, there is a point that many people may not have picked up on. When Uecker knew he had cancer, he told Yelich. He was still mic'ed up, but probably didn't know that the camera was rolling. He said to Yelich something like, "... and you are the only one [here] that knows." That was the passing on of the torch from Uecker to Yelich. Yelich is not going to have the same reputation as Uecker (obviously), but the torch was passed. When Uecker died, Yelich took it seriously. He felt the responsibility of carrying on the legacy of Ueck. That is no more evident than Yelich making sure the greatest Brewer, Robin Yount, gave his blessing. Can we as fans understand that? No. Do we really think the Brewers give two hoots about if the fans care about this? I would say not. Is it not traditional? Absolutely. If that is where the discussion goes, then I agree. There is something different with this team. We hear about camaraderie and brotherhood. I trust that they know what it is like in the clubhouse better than me or (most likely) every other person on this board. Enjoy the ride.

I believe Murphy does that so the players don’t get too full of themselves. Clawing and fighting to get to the top of the mountain is more motivating than having the press and fans say you arrived. Now, he can point out how Fangraphs has the Dodgers at a 30%of winning the World Series.

When I saw Gasser pitching last night, it reminded me of Bob McClure during the 1982 postseason. I’m not sure too many people outside of Milwaukee knew about McClure and when he came in, his mix of pitches along with his plus curveball made him extremely effective. Hopefully Gasser will have the same success.

A lot of those were Maddux "strikes"

The Brewers FO plays 4D chess while most on BF.com play 3D chess.

Not sure who the director is on this broadcast. I think we missed three pitches in the last half inning.

The IGT would complain if there is a flavor At Oscar’s they someone doesn’t like. IMHO, he is not reliable now.

Not necessarily.

It looked like the breaking balls low in the zone were missing the target. If Harrison could get back to where he was at the beginning of the year, that would be awesome. I don't know if I have enough confidence in that happening, though. We all know that the IGT will blow a few gaskets if he comes in during the playoffs, right?

Murphy's quote on May: Is May shaking off Contreras? Isn't this something that Contreras should be calling? Perhaps May isn't feeling confidence with the pitch mix and that is what is getting him in trouble.

Thank you! I sent it to him. He said last night he has an interview as a support analyst. Don’t remember where.

I agree. However, if I hear someone saying the following words, I know I will be proven wrong: Longing, rusted, seventeen, daybreak, furnace, nine, benign, homecoming, one, freight car. For those who don't know, that is the code words for the Winter Soldier. Does Woody have a new arm, yet? In all seriousness, I don't see how he would be reliable unless he could throw like Doug Jones. He could fall off the cliff quickly like he did in Arizona. As a fan, I appreciate that he is working his tail to get back, but I would rather see him get healthy... whatever that looks like.

Yeah, it will be (is) broken... Watch, they will give the GG at 2B to someone other than Turang, too. Oh well.

Not quite the same thing but he uses the Lasso Regression.