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This was a pretty obvious shift in the production of our bullpen when Hoffman came off of the DL early in the season, and roles were finally established. Granted at the time we had no closer, but without a good closer, you just shifting to find one with your current crop all of the time. I don't think bringing Hoffman back is a must, but I would certainly try. We're not the Phillies, and in this division, we're not likely to run away with anything, so a game here or there can make a very big difference, as it did in 07 and 08.
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Let trevor time go
pretendastronaut replied to wishicouldhit's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
This was a pretty obvious shift in the production of our bullpen when Hoffman came off of the DL early in the season, and roles were finally established. Granted at the time we had no closer, but without a good closer, you just shifting to find one with your current crop all of the time. I don't think bringing Hoffman back is a must, but I would certainly try. We're not the Phillies, and in this division, we're not likely to run away with anything, so a game here or there can make a very big difference, as it did in 07 and 08. -
Let trevor time go
pretendastronaut replied to wishicouldhit's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
This was a pretty obvious shift in the production of our bullpen when Hoffman came off of the DL early in the season, and roles were finally established. Granted at the time we had no closer, but without a good closer, you just shifting to find one with your current crop all of the time. I don't think bringing Hoffman back is a must, but I would certainly try. We're not the Phillies, and in this division, we're not likely to run away with anything, so a game here or there can make a very big difference, as it did in 07 and 08. -
I was listening in the car while Cam was at-bat. I got out of the car for what seemed like 1 minute, and I come back seconds before Kendall hits the homer. At the time I didn't know we had two on base, and I got a slight chuckle out of thinking how funny it would have been if Kendall had just hit a homer to tie the game. A few seconds later I was really in stitches and completely shocked.
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I'm wrapped up in the Braves. I grew up a Braves fan, so they're my "soft-spot" team for sure.
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Hmmm, yep, something to that. Of the threads on the first page, hawing is 7-3 and I'm 2-5. I ruined everything!
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I wondered if Macha did it just to be sure he got a standing ovation for his performance honestly. Thanks for the game thread hawing. I intentionally didn't start this one because most of my IGTs seem to result in losses lately, and I didn't want to attend another blowout!
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Cardinals TV announcer calls Brewers disrespectful
pretendastronaut replied to apirk's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I saw it in your original link, he certainly tossed it, and at the direction of the ump who made the call. -
The Weeks bobble, we had also been eliminated from the playoffs officially the day or two before, so the tickets sold, versus actually coming through the gates would probably be pretty interesting there. Also, I believe, it was a fan appreciation day, with the "shirt off their backs" promo and all of that. It was also Jenkins' last game.
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Cardinals TV announcer calls Brewers disrespectful
pretendastronaut replied to apirk's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It was the Sunday night game that was on ESPN. It was the bottom of the 9th. Holliday was on first, Ludwick at bat. I poked around on stltoday.com and a large number of the fans knew the call was the right call, but a large number think they got robbed by the umps, which is ridiculous. I didn't see one person mention Holliday tossing his helmet. -
I think they tend to keep certain sections reserved for larger group sales, and I've always assumed those to largely be on the corners, including the right field corner.
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Casey McGehee, a strong rookie of the year candidate because of his play over the last three weeks, is out of the lineup against Chicago's Randy Wells tonight. Craig Counsell gets the start at third base and Jody Gerut (RF) and Alcides Escobar (SS) get starts. BREWERS 2B Felipe Lopez 3B Craig Counsell LF Ryan Braun 1B Prince Fielder CF Mike Cameron RF Jody Gerut C Jason Kendall SS Alcides Escobar RHP Dave Bush
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Two actually. I just couldn't bring myself to use a Looper picture celebrating the Cards. Edit: Plus, the Marlins picture has the additional insult to injury angle.
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For this year at least, that's not a fair assessment though, as the schedule was set up to drive attendance. The April/May Sunday games this year were: Sun, Apr 12 : vs Cubs : 40,168 Sun, May 3 : vs Arizona : 44,727 : Braun Bobblehead Sun, May 10 : vs Cubs : 41,646 Sun, May 31 : vs Cincinnati : 44,594 : Hoffman Bobblehead So all Sunday games where great, and the bobbles did draw more than the Cubs. The general belief is that families don't come until after the school year is over, and this is true enough, however, that said, they also did great on the Saturdays preceding the bobble days; Sat, May 2 : vs Arizona : 42,422 Sat, May 30 : vs Cincinnati : 44,172 Again, this shows a decent addition for bobbles, but at the time expectations where still much higher, and how much did that assists those numbers versus a premium?
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Per TH: Manager Ken Macha noted last week how rookie shortstop Alcides Escobar has torn up left-handed pitching since coming to the majors (11 for 18, .611). That wasn't good enough to get him in the lineup tonight because J.J. Hady is a career .381 hitter (8 for 21, one HR) against Cubs lefty Tom Gorzelanny. Here is the Brewers' lineup for the first of three games against the Cubs at Miller Park: 2B Felipe Lopez RF Corey Hart LF Ryan Braun 1B Prince Fielder 3B Casey McGehee CF Mike Cameron SS J.J. Hardy C Jason Kendall RHP Braden Looper
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Like I said, this statement makes no sense though. You're reacting the situation today for the Cubs series, but not for the bobble giveaway? How is that fair? Cubs and Brewers fans alike don't want to go this series because their teams are out of it, but a Braun bobble would have made everyone come to the park regardless of the season standings? That doesn't add up. You're stating a belief that people would have lined up in February for tickets to a Braun bobble in late September, ensuring the sell-out, because that would be deemed a high value game/item/ticket, but the Cubs series wouldn't? The big story the past two years was how much money Milwaukee fans where making scalping tickets to the Cubs games, so those tickets had a far higher perceived value back in February than any bobble head day would have. If you want to insist this was a huge marketing failure, more power to you, but it doesn't appear you have anything to back up that notion.
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The kiss was easily the biggest curve ball of the premiere. We'll see I guess, but that seemed an odd move. Agreed about the Charlie twist, way to obvious, and it will be disappointing that nobody else picks up on this right away. They knew they were chasing a freaking shape-shifter for crying out loud. Those two things I felt were pretty weak, but overall I was glad to have Fringe back. It was also interesting that they did the hat-tip to the X-Files in the opening act, as the entire episode had X-Files undertones to it. Shape-shifting super-soldiers. Fighting to keep Fringe from being shut-down. Olivia fighting for her life in a hospital, leaving Peter to carry the load to try to save her. The typewriter thing was wicked cool.
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That stance doesn't make any sense. I take from that, you're implying that if it were a Braun or Fielder bobble, that game would have been sold out before April? The Cubs games these next three days aren't sold out, you can still go online and buy tickets today right behind home plate. If high value, late season games where going to sell out in April, these would have been included, but they're not sold out. I'll be curious to see if attendance is any more these next three days, than it was yesterday. Look at the attendance for this weekend; Friday: 39,057 Saturday: 36,399 Sunday: 30,024 You're essentially arguing that the bobble did nothing to draw attendance, but what then drove the numbers down so dramatically on Sunday? Where did all of those people go on Sunday? Did they decide to boycott the game because of the bobble? That's a drastic dip for Sunday, which says a ton about the effect of the Packers game in my opinion. Looking at Saturday's attendance tells you about the standings. If we're in contention, Saturday's game is a 42,000+ attendance as well, no bobble needed. I don't disagree that a better bobble choice brings in more fans, but even a premium bobble doesn't bring in 40,000+ for this weekend with the season in the state it's in. The failure of yesterday's attendance isn't the bobble, it's the standings and the Packers.
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I looked it up, and the Suppan bobble day did sell over 40,000 tickets still. I don't think near that many actually showed up, but they sold the tickets still. Suppan's bobble day was the lowest sold bobble day other than Melvin. Sunday's attendance was easily the lowest attendance for the weekend series, which is unusual. I can't imagine people didn't come just because there was a Melvin bobble. I think that shows how much the Packers game influenced attendance.
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Ya, I echo what is already said, the state of the season has a lot more to do with it then a Melvin bobble does. The attendance was higher for the Suppan bobble, but that game wasn't sold out either. I'm not sure I saw the official attendance that day, but it wasn't as packed in the stadium has been on bobble days. I don't think a Melvin bobble is all that great of a choice, especially for the casual fan, but I don't think the attendance was entirely due to being a Melvin bobble.
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Wish I could have gotten back in town in time to watch this game. Congrats to Prince.
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