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Per the new rules, I like that it wasn't called a shooting foul. He didn't have his body oriented at all toward the basket, in any kind of way that he was starting a shooting motion.

That couldn't have been any closer.

If Tatum wouldn't have flopped there, he might have been in position to defend that shot.

Shot selection in the fourth quarter here has been......questionable. Gotta pull this one out somehow and hold on to the home court.

"this offense sucks!" XD

rowdy d2 had me in tears. I hope they bring it back.

I think for Williams, getting regular work and keeping the feel for that changeup is more important than Hader getting regular work. For Hader, I'd just rather see him keep his innings down and hopefully save 10 - 12 -15 innings for the post season if possible. If Williams can't hold a 3 run lead for one inning against the Reds, just cut him right now.

I'm sure someone will ask Counsell in the post game presser. He might just say with a 3 run lead he's saving Hader for later in the series.

Yeah, he's gonna be fine. My comment was pretty much tongue in cheek.

If Ashby continues to impress, Woody might be our 6th best starter. Not sure if joking.....

As long as they continue to be excellent (which isn't easy) at draft and develop, they can roll with this strategy for as long as teams are willing to deal with them. I don't view the Adames trade as a loss per se. They got a couple very viable arms and it opened a roster spot for Wander Franco. Now....they already had Wander Franco, and one can argue that a good team will always find a place to play valuable players. But in the same vein, I'll always make the argument that valuation of assets (like Willy Adames) is knowing when to flip them. They turned WIlly Adames into a front end of the bullpen reliever, and a guy who's starting for them now, when he was hitting .160 and looked to be at the very lowest ebb of his value.

Definitely can't win when Giannis plays like this. woof

I think Votto has been so good, for so long that the Reds badness isn't going to matter. He's had some pretty monster years, but as a first baseman, he's hit 30 homers only 3 times, and had 100 RBI only 3 times. A huge part of his value has come from taking walks, and while statistically, we all know how important and valuable that is, I think the HOF voters still lag a little behind. I think he'll eventually get in, but he's definitely not a first ballot, or even likely a 2nd or 3rd ballot guy.

should be an easy 2/3 or a sweep, but..... baseball, so we'll see how it goes. at some point the reds will start winning at better than a .150 clip. let's just hope it's not at our expense.

Bauer also harrassed a college age girl on Twitter for 72 hours because she said he was her "least favorite athlete" to the point she was getting death threats from his followers. like adambr said, there's almost certainly past behavior at play when MLB made their decision.

There are pictures of the women he beat into unconsciousness easy enough to find on the web, and he freely admits doing it, and the face of the one woman clearly exhibits quite a bit of physical damage. I won't re-post those pictures on this site.

This whole "the announcers were biased" is a fabrication and case of people hearing what they want to hear. An announcer might say a few complimentary things about guys from the other team, and suddenly they're biased. They'll gush about Giannis or Jrue, and the people that just want to complain about bias will either pretend they don't hear that, or just actually not hear it. We're all guilty of it, I suppose, to one degree or another. I'm old enough and cantankerous enough that I don't give a fart in the breeze what national media thinks about my team, and having reached that point, it makes enjoying sports a lot easier.

Brewers break out the sticks in weekend tilt vs. Cubbies. Yelich and Renfroe lead the charge to nine home runs. Image courtesy of © Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Brewers break out the sticks in weekend tilt vs. Cubbies. Yelich and Renfroe lead the charge to nine home runs. Game 1 -- Brewers 11, Cubs 1 https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401354539 Do you want home runs? We have your home runs. Six, to be exact. The Brewers launched six big flys against the Cubs in the series opener, including two by Hunter Renfroe. The Crew had a comfortable 4-0 lead with Adrian Houser cruising again and Jace Peterson and Andrew McCutchen both hitting home runs in the early going when Christian Yelich came to the plate in the fifth inning. 447 feet. That's a bomb. The Brewers continued to pour it on, with the two aforementioned home runs by Renfroe and a blast by Willy Adames in the eighth to close out the scoring for the Brewers. With Houser pitching six scoreless, it was all over but for the bullpen to manage three innings and for the Wrigleyville faithful to run that L up the pole on the North Side. https://twitter.com/Brewers/status/1520244138297688065?s=20&t=S3QRh8-ldXbNHJtQr-ny9w Game 2 -- Brewers 9, Cubs 1 https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401354554 Eric Lauer continues to make his case that he's another in the pack of aces in the Brewers rotation. Lauer struck out eleven in seven innings, giving up one run on a solo home run and lowering his season ERA to just 1.93. On the other side of the coin, the Brewers' offense continued the run-scoring onslaught from the day before, scoring three runs in the first and pounding three more home runs, bringing their two-day total to nine. Home runs from Rowdy Tellez, Hunter Renfroe, and Christian Yelich powered the Crew. Yelich and Renfroe went back to back in the eighth, Yelich knocking one just over the wall in dead center field. Yelich had many of these teaser moments last season, where many fans and pundits alike thought, "ok, maybe this is it! Maybe he's back! Maybe he's heating up!" It feels like he's hitting the ball with authority, lifting it, and the deeper numbers suggest this is the case. His launch angle, barrels, and hard-hit percentage suggest that he's hitting more authoritatively recently, and if this is a trend and not just a short tease, Brewer fans would certainly breathe a massive sigh of relief. Getting a productive bat back into the middle of the order would be a huge boost for what has been a run-starved lineup for large parts of the season. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/christian-yelich/11477/stats?position=OF#statcast After an eleven-run and nine-run outburst, the Brewers hang just above the league average of 4.15 runs per game, at 4.27. It's still early, and even a few big games can swing the average a lot, Game 3 -- Cubs 2, Brewers 0 https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401354569 The Brewers and Corbin Burnes went up against Marcus Stroman, and while asking the offense to be average, ten runs per game for a three-game stretch might be asking a lot; getting Corbin Burnes some run support shouldn't be. Burnes was brilliant (again), but he needed to be perfect today. Going seven innings and striking out ten for his third start in a row, Burnes gave up single tallies in the fifth and sixth innings; that would be all the Cubs needed. As good as Burnes was, his counterpart Marcus Stroman was just as brilliant today, holding the Brewers scoreless on two hits through seven innings. The Brewers couldn't break through against the Cubs' bullpen and fell to the Cubs in the series finale. Josh Hader had been used a lot (ten appearances) through the first nineteen games, so a three-game stretch where he's not used at all is a nice rest for his arm and will save some of those innings for later in the season and hopefully, the playoffs. Winning any series from a division rival is a big get, and blowing out the Cubs twice in a row in Miller Park......er, American Family Field, feels doubly nice. Losing the finale with a whimper and wasting an excellent start by Corbin Burnes leaves that feeling of wanting more. Next up, the Brewers get a day off on Monday, followed by a three-game set against the Reds at Miller Park......er, American Family Field. View full article

Cubs are going to have a decent offense. I'd guess they can bash their way to 72 -75 wins. it's definitely the 2 centrals though.

That run differential up to +21

FIre chris Hook!

Small sample, but Brosseau is carrying a .375 OBP. We know he'll hit with a little bit of power, and can play just about anywhere in the field. If he keeps taking walks, he's going to have a role in the offense.

Right now he's a 0.0 WAR player. His defense is just enough to offset his atrocious offense and make him a replacement level player still. I don't think he can play D good enough over the course of a season well enough to offset a .450-ish OPS, but he's still productive with the glove, and like you said, it's enough of a plus that they'll give him some time.

We already got one character guy in this draft. I think there's actually a team rule about taking two guys with character concerns.