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  1. Fear The Chorizo
    What a terrible use of pinch hit options today, no matter what happens
  2. Fear The Chorizo
    I think it's beyond the point where the best value the Brewers could get for Hall's contract is to pay him his money after releasing him and give his roster spot to a player that can be useful to this team. They already have plenty of righthanded hitters who perform well against lefthanded starters.
  3. Fear The Chorizo
    jeez, gameday has Hardy flying out to some fan 10 rows into the stands in left
  4. Fear The Chorizo
    Marlins had to bat around before they made an out
  5. Fear The Chorizo
    Maybe Macha's making a point to Melvin... "If you're saddling me with a 12mil per year starter who's fortunate to get through 5 without getting shelled, I can't have any craptastic pitchers in my bullpen to prevent the rest of them from getting burned out. Julio's craptastic, so I'm running him out here in a Suppan game to make the point that he doesn't belong on a pitching staff that needs relievers who can throw strikes and get outs." One can hope Macha actually can form thoughts like this, but my gut tells me he just forgot Julio is bad.
  6. Fear The Chorizo
    So Coffey in now when he should have probably started the inning...what is going on here exactly? This inning may never end
  7. Fear The Chorizo
    ok, so at this point you might as well leave Julio in - Macha pulled the uber move by bringing in Julio preemptively so that the game could get out of hand, and then Julio could get some mop up work in
  8. Fear The Chorizo
    this inning will not end well, i predict
  9. Fear The Chorizo
    I'm not sure why Julio is the bullpen arm to pitch this inning, unless Macha's deadset on keep Suppan from getting win #4
  10. Fear The Chorizo
    4 @ FLA (2-2) 3 @ATL (2-1) 3 vs COL (2-1) 3 vs CWS (2-1) 3 @ CLE (2-1) 3 @ DET (1-2) 3 vs MIN (3-0) 3 vs SF (2-1) 3 vs NYM (2-1) 18-10 21 HRs
  11. Fear The Chorizo
    The Cubs had an entire offseason to land Peavy and didn't, because the Padres didn't want what the Cubs were offering. I don't see how a trade's any more likely now, especially with the Padres flirting with contending. The Cub team as a whole is having all sorts of problems right now - Pitchers with injury histories/alarms are going on the DL, veteran position players are getting hurt and appearing to regress (as the downside of careers typically do), their bullpen is a total mess and their roster looks nothing like a team with a 140 million dollar payroll should. Their farm system, aside from Vitters and an extremely blocked Fox, is nothing to be excited about, either. IMO, they are a team that's still good enough to win the division and could be scary in the postseason, but their roster is constructed much worse than last year - they're going to have a much more difficult time making the playoffs. It will be difficult for the Cubs to have any sort of good firesale, since many of the contracts Hendry signed people to are backloaded, include no trade clauses, and are extremely overpriced.
  12. Fear The Chorizo
    I'd hope the Brewers trade for DeRosa just to see him untuck'em at Wrigley! While the Brewers do seem to have plenty of internal options to man second base, consider how good a fit DeRosa would be for this year: - He's a free agent after this season, so he could walk, the Brewers could get comp picks and 2nd is open for Weeks next season - Acquiring him keeps Counsel in the super utility role to back up any infielder, and keeps him from getting overused - Keeps Hall at third, and if he continues to struggle against righties Gamel is an ideal platoon mate - Some of the extra 2B/utility players the Brewers already have (McGehee, Irrabean) could be part of a trade to Cleveland so they have 2B covered the rest of the year - they wouldn't be the centerpiece of a trade, but could be added for roster management purposes. Apparently every high draft pick the Brewers made last year is converting to second, so the AAAA guys they have at that position are becoming increasingly expendable. DeRosa gives you good pop for a 2B won't kill you defensively there...He would be worth kicking the tires on by Melvin. I think the problem would be the Indians' asking price may be too steep for it to make sense.
  13. Fear The Chorizo
    I recall several instances where Soriano's stupid hop before catching a routine fly ball has actually caused him to drop it. He's terrified of running into the wall, so he plays extremely deep. He has good athleticism and range in the outfield, but it isn't any better than Braun. He does have a solid OF arm, but often times he's having to throw guys out trying for a double or at the plate because he wasn't able to make a better play on the ball to keep a runner from trying to take the extra base. Of the two great plays Braun made last night, Soriano maybe makes that first catch if he gets a great jump - but there's no way you'd ever see him flying into the picture in center field to make a play on a ball the center fielder misjudged. I think we'd all agree that neither is a gold glover, but I'd take Braun at this stage in his development as a left fielder over Soriano 100% of the time. Guy's still learning the position, and it was a great move to get him off third base and move him to a position where he may become an asset defensively to go along with his elite offense. Soriano's past the age when you hope for more development - he is what he is, a middling defender who's only going to get slower and worse as he gets older.
  14. Fear The Chorizo
    (and I think you're being pretty presumptuous that they're doing it to consciously show boat the other team). That's not at all what I was implying
  15. Fear The Chorizo
    well, there you go - I have zero problems with it. honestly, if this sort of thing actually offends other teams, they are mental midgets. I think the Cardinals extreme displeasure with it has much more to do with the fact that they went 5-10 against the Crew last season, after posting winning season records against the Brewers the previous 8 years. Apparently losing classy isn't something Cardinal nation needs to do in order to keep the title of "Baseball's Classiest Franchise"...they must also not have to worry about having a manager who was as big a part of the Steroid Era as anyone or need to post local taxi numbers in their clubhouse to keep from driving hammered. that pic of Cam on the Mets should get emailed to STL and that announcer should be asked why he didn't bring this up back then.
  16. Fear The Chorizo
    maybe the "untuck'em" ritual was something Cameron started doing to honor his father innocently enough, but it morphed into something that has little/nothing to do with paying respect. I don't want to play devil's advocate, but I would think anyone on the Brewers interviewed about the "untuck'em" post-game routine would directly link it to honoring Cameron's dad, and at the very least not mention how it shows their "swagger". All I'm saying is maybe Cameron does it to honor his father, but the rest of the guys on the team that do it have their intentions in a different place after taking so much crap for it. Does anyone know whether Cameron did this with any of the other teams he played for prior to coming to Milwaukee? If not, then the pessimist in me can start seeing how this whole background story may be the excuse and not the reason the team "untucks em"...I hope that's completely wrong, because I think it's a cool tribute if done for the right reasons.
  17. Fear The Chorizo
    Ludwick officially hit the DL which means they will be without him and Ankiel when we face them. So there should be next to no reason why Pujols should see a strike all series long. I can live with the Brewers getting beat by anyone else in that lineup, but right now I see no reason why Pujols has to be pitched to, unless walking him forces in the winning run.
  18. Fear The Chorizo
    I think he's trying to follow the career path of Nuke LaLooche of Bull Durham. A guy that wild that throws that hard has to be a real treat to get in the batter's box and face. It's definitely concerning, but I'd rather it be just command related and not injury related. A guy with his stuff just needs to develop a repeatable delivery and release point, and the light suddenly goes on. Sometimes it takes longer for guys to figure it out, and there are many instances when they never do.
  19. Fear The Chorizo
    I'd like to see baseball go back to two divisions per league and then add another wildcard for each league. They could keep the 16/14 NL/AL team breakdown to keep from having a constant interleague series, and give the best 4 teams in each league the best chance to make the playoffs, since there won't be decent teams getting inflated records by beating up on inferior teams in a 4-5 team division. The AL is a great example of how this would work well this season. Angels decimated by injuries to this point, no real stud teams showing up in either the AL west or central, and then the AL east appears to be loaded. both wildcard teams could come out of a hypothetical AL eastern division (AL east + 1/2 the AL central teams), and the AL west would get the division winner as its lone playoff entrant. I'd rather see the Brewers play more games against teams outside of Pittsburgh, Cincy, St. Louis, Cubs, and Astros anyway. The current divisional setup regionalizes baseball too much, IMO.
  20. Fear The Chorizo
    The GM of a team with a 140 million dollar payroll should be jailed if the manager has to run out 2-3 everyday players the caliber of Miles, Freel, Fontenot, and Theriot everyday, injuries or not. Apparently the Cubs needed lefthanded hitting so bad that getting rid of their glue guy (DeRosa) was necessary - The Cubs have major bench, bullpen, and starting pitching depth issues with their roster, issues that large market teams rarely have to deal with. It doesn't help that their Minor league system is close to a wasteland, too.
  21. Fear The Chorizo
    If you don't like it, how about you win the game? If it's honestly that big of a problem with the players (which I don't think it is at all, this is more of a fan-crotchety "baseball lifer" sort of issue), why hasn't there been an after game altercation anywhere? I think players between teams are close enough that they all know why teams/players do things similar to what the Brewers do (how about KRod's homage to the heavens after every save?). Players will show emotion, and I think 90% of the time those actions aren't directed toward the other team at all. Fans with 15 beers in them and announcers who cater to their audience don't have a problem with making a story out of nothing, though. I for one wish the Brewers' brass would issue a press release directly to that clown in the Cardinal booth telling him why the "untuck'em" ritual exists - That clown has probably been informally told about the reasoning behind it plenty of times already, but he's probably beyond the point of actually explaining it on-air because he's been so vocal complaining about it.
  22. Fear The Chorizo
    Chicago proper is one of the best cities in the world to experience, IMO - but once you're outside Chicago proper, the rest of Illinois is basically an armpit full of hilljacks and people who wished they lived in rural Missouri/Indiana. IMO, Milwaukee is so-so for being a medium-sized city, the difference is the rest of Wisconsin isn't a continuous cornfield that runs into coal mine country like Illinois is. Brenly's just catering to his audience, since he's the Cubs broadcaster. That doesn't make him right, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt in trying to lighten the mood of the game call after Ramirez went down for what appears to be a lengthy amount of time.
  23. Fear The Chorizo
    Put me in the camp that expects Weeks' walk rate to increase - I don't see a big difference in Weeks' approach at the plate as far as taking pitches...I think the early dip in walks and increase in slugging over such a small sample has more to do with Weeks actually putting pitches in play by making solid contact early this season, when in past years those pitches may have been fouled off. An at bat can't be turned into a walk when a hitter sees a good pitch to hit and clobbers it. At the start of the season, Weeks was one of the Brewers teams had no problem pitching to - my guess is as advanced scouting tells teams to start being more careful with him, he'll draw more walks if he keeps a good approach at the plate.
  24. Fear The Chorizo
    I'm as big a Milton Bradley hater as anyone, but the 3-2 pitch he got rung up on was definitely not a strike...granted, had he not mildly complained about the first two strikes being called that actually were over the plate, he may have gotten the walk on the 3-2 pitch. regardless, for a guy who's supposed to be a run producer, why is he sitting at the plate with the bat on his shoulders with the bases loaded and less than 2 out, especially on the 3-1 pitch?
  25. Fear The Chorizo
    Last year the White Sox won a division that imploded (Cleveland's injuries and Sabathia trade, Detroit's lack of pitching, Twins loss of Santana, Hunter, and other key injuries, KC's constant rebuilding project) - and they had to win a one game playoff just to earn the playoff berth after basically spitting up their lead down the stretch. Plus, the sox built their division lead with a dominating bullpen (before injuries and regression burned it up). Danks and Floyd ended up being their two best starters for 2008, but at the start of 2008 I'm pretty sure they were assumed to be #4 and 5 in the rotation (#3 and 4 at best). I'd also take a healthy Buerhle, Contreras, and Vazquez (3.79, 4.54, and 4.67 2008 ERA's in the AL respectively) over Bush, Looper, and Suppan every single time. The trio from the White Sox I listed K'd over 100 more hitters last season than the Brewers' trio over 14 fewer IP (would have had many more K's and IP had Contreras not gotten injured). Cherry picking one example to show how it's proven wrong on the field every year doesn't work, especially the example you gave. The Brewers could use a veteran ace, young ace, any ace (just like 90% of the other teams could)...1-5 in the rotation right now, the Brewers simply aren't as talented as a majority of the teams in basball. I'll agree that the starter they'd need to acquire doesn't have to be "veteran" - they just need one that's better than anything they have right now if they want to approach 85-90 wins. Since no team will give up a young ace pitcher, I singled out going after a quality "veteran" starter.
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