Samurai Bucky

He also has two daughters who either are in high school or will be attending high school. For me, I would be sad if he left, but I would certainly respect that decision. I took a job where I was allowed to take time off to coach my kids in softball, baseball, or soccer. Of course, when I was travelling, I would be working between games to keep up on the work, but at least I had that flexibility. The job also paid enough and had benefits so that made it worth it. Counsell makes a lot more money than I do. I'm sure he is set financially, so he doesn't need the job. However, he can't get back the time with his kids. My guess is he takes a different job with the organization to keep his foot in the door. I saw him frequently at soccer events before he was a manager after he retired from baseball. I truly believe his family is very important to him. To echo other comments -- the higher-ups in the organization aren't helping him out.

Would Tyrone Taylor be one of the people who was worse than him this year? https://stathead.com/baseball/player-comparison.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=tayloty01&p1yrfrom=2023&player_id2=turanbr02&p2yrfrom=2023&type=b

Is Giannis playing in Greece again this year? He played for them last year during the NBA offseason. He is not a spring chicken anymore and needs to let his body heal in the offseason.

Messi to sign with Inter Miami. He may need to learn English... https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37812200/hot-takes-lionel-messi-move-mls-inter-miami

Now you just need to teach him the art of "rubbing a little dirt on it." 😁

When looking at videos of Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron and even Wade Boggs, you will see that there is no big lifting of the leg. For Ruth, there was a bigger slide step. Their foot doesn't get much more than 2-3 inches above the ground. Also in those swings, you clearly see the momentum going forward. I would argue that it isn't as pronounced today. Trea Turner video. Bo Bichette uses this approach on two strikes and I would argue that he is good enough that he doesn't need to toe touch or slide step on strike zero or strike one 😉

Oh no. I hope you find something quickly.

A 4-0 win over New Zealand. Nice!!!!

I have only been in one or two MLB dugouts and to a handful of college ball parks. All of them are set up this way. As a coach, when I would sit in the dugout, I would always be behind the netting that was there. Two summers ago (IIRC), a Hitters coach was hit while in the bench at the Rock. I think he passed away. Those dugouts are very, very close. Mike -- I would suggest full netting in front of the dugouts, please. My oldest daughter hit a line drive back up the middle and hit a girl in the head playing High School fastpitch softball. The pitcher ended up in the ICU, but ended up OK fortunately. She was not wearing a mask. A few weeks later, she ripped a line drive towards the third base coach which hit his hand -- which was in front of his sternum. After five minutes, he was ok -- probably from the shock. Three years later, we saw the same thing. Same high school team -- different hitter. No mask on the pitcher. My three daughters always wore face masks on the infield. One was a PO, the other two were on the left hand side of the infield. There are some in the softball world who poo poo the notion. After seeing one girl getting hauled off to the hospital and another being taken by her parents, I have become passionate about that. However, these are grown men. They can "make their own decisions," I guess. Mandating that they sit below the netting will not work. Putting netting all the way up in front of the railing will not solve the problem because players will still have their heads / arms near or above the netting. I would like to see it, though. Finally, unless a 100MPH ball just stops after hitting the back wall, the entire dugout is at risk. I equate this to hockey players being required to wear a helmet. It would be best if they work a full face cage, but they don't. They get hit in the mouth with the puck and, although rare, it is a result of their choice.

I agree. That is crazy.

Do the Canadians care? Thought of this since Milwaukee travelled to Toronto.

How many ABs is considered a fair shot? Voit had 74. Like somebody said earlier in the thread -- a combination of the plethora of statcast numbers can be put together to make a point. Perhaps if Voit made a substantial defensive contribution, he would still be on the team? His xwOBP has gone done every year since 2018 and it was a good move to make. The reason why I ask about the number of ABs is how far do we extend a leash for other players? Hiura had 266 PA last year and had a .765 OPS. Taylor, this year, has 73 PAs and is hitting .171 and a .449 OPS. Based on discussions and articles on this site, the leash on Taylor should be longer that it may be for others. Yup, the Brewers are in first place. Doesn't that suck?

Watched a little bit of the US in the U20 World Cup in Argentina. They are up against New Zealand today in the round of 16. It sounds like the US has a solid defense. The wingers looked like they could have made some more offensive runs, but I think that would put their defensive shape at risk. Still fun to watch.

How about putting some secondary scoreboards in places where the seats can't see the main scoreboard? I see the idea of a "secondary scoreboard" is not going to happen. Put a few smaller 8K displays on each side of the scoreboard to show at a 90 degree angle. It would be nice to have something like Cincinnati has, but that is behind every seat in the stadium. Am Fam does not have that luxury. https://www.daktronics.com/blog/cincinnati-reds-first-to-install-all-hdr-system

I think this would be an acceptable ask. We helped pay for the facility and if we are going to be asked to help maintain it, we should see some type of 10,000 foot view. When the first thing I saw was a new scoreboard, that told me the focus is on something completely different. Foundational things such as fixing a rusty roof have to be top priority.

I had to make note of checking off a box on my buzzword bingo sheet 💪 I didn't realize the amount of money going back to the state. Thanks for the info.

NVIDIA for the win? My business partner bought NVIDIA a long time ago when it was 10 or 20 per share. HUGE portfolio now. AI stocks and funds are going to be on the upswing. Micron, NVIDIA, Broadcomm...

My daughter has been trying to buy a house for around 9 months. Everything is a bidding war. The biggest bargaining chip: waiving inspection. Definitely a seller's market. My fear is that she will get approved for some crazy amount and have to work OT at the hospital (she's a nurse) for the next 10 years to afford a 975 square foot home.

Yet, there will most likely be a 2% increase proposed for the city during the next election, plus a .375 increase in Milwaukee County. The issues the city and county are having now are a result of abysmal fund management dating back at least 40 years. If they would do more with the area around the stadium to make it more useful, devoting taxpayer money towards the stadium becomes more palatable.

Isn't it interesting how a high OPS can be achieved without swinging out of your shoes? I don't think Owen Miller will be keeping this torrid pace all year, but I think he is a better offensive asset to the team than those that have poor batting averages and a serviceable OPS. I recall there being a discussion on the board about Owen Miller not being as valuable because he doesn't hit the ball hard. He has his a nice niche in the lineup and, hopefully, can continue to be very productive.

One drill that might help is to use tennis balls. Throw it at them and teach them to turn their shoulder in instead of backing away. Throw good pitches with the tennis ball and let them swing and then throw some inside or even hit them. It will still hurt with a baseball, but it will, hopefully, teach them how to protect the hands / face, etc.

Some of these aren't "lowest," but there are close (and they change daily per https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/league): Zone Contact %: 79.6% (Atlanta worst at 77.8) Whiff %: fifth worst at 27.8% Launch angle: worst at 9.8% (ties into the ground ball percentage) Flare / Burner %: last at 21.7% . from https://www.pitcherlist.com/beyond-the-barrel-an-introduction-to-ideal-contact-rate/: I would be interested to see what they are told as far as approach at the plate.

I'm sure he will keep the K/Game ratio high. I know the Brewers' goal is to lead the league in that category. They need to sign some more guys to keep that number high. They are not quite at the top, yet. Voit probably has a stiff neck from swinging out of his shoes each time he takes a cut.

I saw the rhyme and thought I'd try some type of poetic mumbo jumbo Greinke is quite odd Yet his pitches dance like rain In the end he'll lose

I'm not sure Giannis' knees will sign on to that deal.