Fear The Chorizo
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I heard nothing but "no player has EVER won his appeal to overturn a failed drug test" for the past 3 months. Whether that's true or not (if this story hadn't leaked we would have never known about it), that statement has been repeatedly used by "experts" to show how infallible MLB's new drug test policy is compared to what happened during the steroid era Now because Braun won his appeal, it's just a random technicality that he isn't suspended? Sour grapes by MLB who's scrambling to cover up a bungled process that started with the unneccessary leak to the booyahs in bristol.
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pound sand, ESPN! My guess is every suspension appeal that wasn't overturned has been "vehemently disagreed" on by the MLB players union. That's the stupidity of this process - a 3 person panel where two of the votes are all but set, leaving the decision to 1 guy. I'm sure Braun's scheduling a press conference and will divulge as much information as he legally can to set as much of the record straight as possible.
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The Brewers have to hope ARam stays relatively healthy - not something he's been great at doing over the past few years. Also, in seeing Ramirez play during his Cubs career while living in their television market, he's a notoriously slow starter. I'm hoping playing his home games inside a climate-controlled environment through April-May instead of at Wrigley will help his production. Ramirez has had the reputation for putting up solid season-long stats, but getting the bulk of his production when the team is out of contention. I don't think that's entirely fair, since he's been on some poorly constructed teams that had unrealistic expectations through the years. I think the change of scenery will be a good thing for him. If Ramirez doesn't break down with nagging injuries, he'll be worth the contract they gave him - I'm not confident that will happen over the life of the deal, though. With the paramaters of his deal, he may be a candidate to put on the trade block in 2013 or 2014 if the Brewers fall out of contention and need a quick way to lower payroll and rebuild.
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Deep Down, what are your thoughts about Gamel?
Fear The Chorizo replied to RobDeer 45's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think Gamel projects as an above average hitter that will help the Brewers. His downside is that he isn't the prototypical masher many teams have playing first base. If we wasn't atrocious at third defensively, Gamel would have been a starter for the Brewers 2 years ago. The Brewers have next to no lefthanded pop on their roster other than Gamel, so hopefully he can settle in right away and produce. He really does need a full season of regular MLB playing time for the Brewers to know whether he's a long-term solution or merely a stopgap for their organization. I hope he plays well, because it'd do wonders for the organization if they can get solid production at pre-arby cost from him while freeing up some budget to extend starting pitching. -
This is the right thing to do - Braun cannot and should not comment on his appeal due to confidentiality at this point. If he were to go to the event it's obvious what questions are going to be asked, and fans/networks looking for ratings will unjustifiably interpret non-answers from Braun on the subject as an admission of guilt. The biggest difference I've seen from Braun compared to other known PED cheats is that he hasn't bent himself over backwards denying everything to the media and anyone else who will listen - he's using the appeal process to clear his name rather than trying to influence public opinion like Bonds, McGuire, Sosa, Palmeiro, ARod, and others have done before. Braun's actions to this point lead me to think he feels that he isn't in the wrong. That's not saying he'll win his appeal because the burden of proof his camp needs to shoulder is overwhelming with the current MLB drug policy.
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Now that Prince is gone? As if anything changed within the division today. He's been gone for months. exactly - the biggest surprises of this offseason in the NL Central is that Pujols isn't a Cardinal, and that the Cubs don't have either Pujols or Fielder (that's a media-spin surprise, the Cubs were smart to steer clear of both of them).
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Here's a bit more expansion on this, admittedly with some assumptions: Say the 2 other Brewers' results were completely out of whack and just thrown out - were those 2 samples even analyzed for synthetic T as Braun's sample apparently was? Say they weren't tested just because they were so high and easily thrown out compared to Braun's. That leaves the possibility open that the reason Braun's (and the other 2 Brewer players) sample came back high could have been a sampling error that could have been tampering, uncalibrated analytical equipment, who knows? I would think each sample would be looked at on its own and the decision to run the B sample would be made on its own merit. It's very possible that the other two Brewer player sample results were so ridiculous that the decision was made to just throw them out, and Braun's was just within the range of acceptable criterion to authorize the B sample to be analyzed. I would think chain of custody procedures would identify the samples in a way that prevents the lab from knowing where, or whom, they came from, so the crazy results coming from the same team may not immediately raise red flags to the sample results themselves.
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Tony Hush
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what. was. that.
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so the team who's scored 7 runs in 2 2/3 innings just pulled their starter after 2 innings pitched...gotta get out of this inning without giving up any more
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can we have somebody other than our #5 starter and a guy who's been useless since August pitch in this game...please?
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Rangers gotta be licking their chops
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if Braun and Fielder aren't hitting again tonight, forget about it
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LaRussa's probably going to start playing matchups with his bullpen in the 3rd tonight...
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This team got there with starting pitching, and the starting pitching hasn't gotten it done this postseason
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Suppan, circa 2008 - why is Marcum pitching this game?
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From a bullpen management standpoint, absolutely....it also helps LaRussa that his lineup can do a lot of things well, he has a bench with decent pinch hit options, and he doesn't have 2-3 everyday players who are in abysmal slumps with no solid alternatives. RR would look alot better if Weeks hasn't been playing horribly and the team could get a hit with 2 outs and runners on...or if the defense could make routine plays
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9 hits during the game tonight should mean more than 1 run, but: only 1 extra base hit (double) hitters 3-6 tonight, 1-15 1 walk all night defense has been awful, but the offense hasn't been much better
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That guy just owns Prince, and when 3-4 in the Brewers lineup gets you 1 grounder with 2 guys on nobody out, Milwaukee's not going to win
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and apparently starting a pitcher who's been shelled since late August
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Starting Marcum in game 6 reminds me of starting Suppan in game 4 when Yo was also available - I hope I'm wrong
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I think with what Wolf did against the Cardinals last night coupled with Narveson's success against them, I'd seriously consider giving Narvy the game 6 start ahead of Marcum - go with Johnny wholestaff behind him if he gets into any sort of trouble.
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why is Loe in right now? Aren't there 4-5 other relievers in the pen and an off day tomorrow?
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Part of how glaringly bad the Brewer defense has been this series has to be the shockingly low # of strikeouts the pitching staff has to this point, particularly starters like Greinke and Gallardo - more balls in play than normal apparently leads to this crapstorm
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this should be a 1-1 ballgame right now, and the Brewer defense is costing them this game - the defense has been bad all year, but it seems like the Brewers are cracking under some postseason pressure this series