Glennron

I know some people who do it to let their dogs in/out if they have to go to the bathroom at night, yet they don't want to keep the garage up all the way.

Does ESPN even have any other hockey analysts? I think John Buccicross (sp?) does some but I can't think of anyone else. Melrose was definitely awesome.

A couple days ago I read through this entire thread, and after seeing several mentions of City of God I decided to rent it from my library. Definitely worth the hype. I also rented Batman Begins cause I've never seen it, but most people I know say it's good...

I don't see how he'd be anything more than a role player in the NBA. He's undersized and not the most athletic, I'm not the biggest fan.

Cardinals are tied at 0's in the 4th against Detroit and the Cubs start in about 15 minutes. Tampa Bay is beating Florida 5-0 and Matt Garza is "pitching well" through 6 innings.

The White Sox are in first with by far the best run differential of +71. They're 6th in runs and 3rd in HR, while 2nd in the ML in ERA. They're also top 10 in K's, BB's allowed and BAA. They'd seem like the "favorite" from here on out because of how well they've performed on both sides, yet Baseball Prospectus had them at 78 wins so they're likely over-performing. The Twins are only 1/2 game back after an 8 game winning streak. However, 5 have been against possibly the two worst teams in the NL in the Padres and Nationals. The other 3 were against the D'Backs at home, and they've been pretty bad for the past 2 months. They're somehow 8th in runs in the bigs, yet nowhere near the top in HR, OBP, or SLG. Is small ball working for them? Obviously Mauer and Morneau are quite good, but other than that their offense just seems so bland. Gomez can bunt and steal all he wants, but a .298 OBP is awful for a leadoff guy, or anyone for that matter. I know he's only 22 and will improve but I don't see how he's benefiting the team batting #1 right now. Their pitching has been pretty below average so far, but they do lead the majors in fewest walks allowed. Detroit got off to a horrendous start, but have won 13 of 17, including a sweep of the Chi Sox. They'd seem like the favorite to take over Chicago if anyone does but their pitching is still suspect. However Verlander has been much better since his bad April. Cleveland is apparently the second unluckiest team in all of baseball behind Atlanta. They have a positive run differential but are 8 games under .500 and in last place. Their pitching has been average, but their offense isn't near what many thought it would be. Hafner was awful before he got injured, and Victor Martinez doesn't have a HR after hitting 25 last year. They're still "only" 8 games out and I'd have to imagine they'll stay within a handful of games for a while. If they continue to struggle it'll be interesting to see what happens to C.C. Kansas City's really the only team you can count out, although they have won 9 of 10 games. Their offense is just way too bad to have a shot. I'm kind of surprised the White Sox still have a 71% chance at the division according to PECOTA. They've easily been the best team but I wouldn't be too surprised at all of the Tigers give them a serious run. I refuse to believe the Twins are good. What do they have, two hitters who are above league average? I'd think Cleveland has just as good a chance at this point as Minnesota.

How long do the Brewers have him for right now? Sorry for not really contributing to the thread...

Parra's WHIP was pretty bad before the Baltimore series, he's lucky Baltimore hit into DP's three consecutive innings, otherwise his ERA could be quite a bit higher. Suppan would also appear to be a bit "lucky" (well, at least before his last two starts). Before today he had a 3.92 ERA, yet his whip was over 1.5 and had a nice K/BB ratio of 48/39. He's not good.

On April 3rd, we had Dave Bush (who was bad for two months) vs Ryan Dempster who's been lights out. May 22nd was Bush again while he was still pitching poorly, and today the Brewers had a disadvantage in the pitching matchup yet again. The Reds game was the only one they "should've" swept.

You win. I'm 20 and home for the summer on break. I've officially applied to 14 different places over the last 4 weeks yet I still don't have a job. I go to bed around 2:30-4:00 AM, get out of bed anywhere between 11:00-1:30, and generally don't shower/get ready for the day until about 5:00 in the evening, when my girlfriend and friends get off work. I think I've been the definition of pathetic.

I can't believe they IBBed what would've been the winning run. It obviously worked out fine but it still seems like a terrible decision.

I predicted 13-13 and they're already 14-6, yikes. Well I can't win the prediction anymore so they might as well finish 6-0 http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif.

Well last time against Atlanta Bush gave up those two solo HR's early and then cruised through the next few innings, I wouldn't mind that again. Does anyone know if Chipper will be in the lineup tonight?

I think it's really annoying too, but unfortunately writers will make a play on words with any team/player/sport or whatever.

I thought it was kind of funny that Brian and Bill were saying how a lot of the Brewers would probably make a big jump cause of their high attendance at the recent home stand. I wonder if they realize that a lot more people vote on the internet than at the stadium.

If I were you I would've ended the contest right there. So far I will be going with Pacman's Hostel unless somebody can come up with something better. Remember, he wants to go by Adam now to change his reputation http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

I take it the mom is a Twins fan? Apparently not a fan of Jodie Holland either.

I've always thought this too. It seems like it should be harder to type the shortcut, unless when you think the word "you" your mind automatically pictures that "u" and you go straight for it on the keyboard. Same goes for "2" and to/too/two. If I don't look when I type numbers there's a decent chance I'm hitting the wrong one.

Sorry to pick on you, but this sort of illustrates why it is bad to use counting stats instead of rate stats. Hart has maintained a higher OBP than Braun for most of the year. Some of that is BA, but Hart still has a higher BA/OBP split than Braun. I agree you need to look at rates, but before Monday's game Braun has walked in 5.03% of his PA's, and Hart 4.97%, I don't really see any difference.

Until just now, Braun had more BB's this year than Hart. I'm not saying it means Braun doesn't have to walk more, but it's interesting to see Hart is also a pretty free swinger.

Wow, this is like the '07 Brewers vs. lefties.

Well one good thing you can always say about Weeks is that he makes the pitcher work like crazy so he sees all of his pitches. Which lead to doubles...

Seven teams in the National League have a worse record than Pittsburgh, and if you go by expected W-L there are 5 teams with a worse record. They're certainly not a good team, but hardly the worst in baseball.

It's nice to see Cameron back in the lineup. It's interesting that the Brewers are still being outscored on the season, I'll say that ends tonight. Counsell's OPS is higher than Francouer's http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif

It says that the Twins are expected 3,000-5,000 Brewer fans for each game this weekend. Doesn't that seem like a really low estimate? I've never been to a Brewer game there, but even if there's only 30,000 fans there a day, that's anywhere from a 6:1 or 10:1 ratio of Twins fans, I doubt it'll be that. Plus, earlier in the thread dadofandrew said: It used to be about 2-1 Twins' fans, but I have not been there in a decade. The Brewers are better now than they were 10 years ago, so you'd think more fans would be going from Milwaukee. I know the Twins weren't good about 10 years ago but I still doubt it'll only be 3-5,000.