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Yea. But does he get a pass if he slides below 800 ops? [sarcasm]Does Stearns?[/sarcasm] -
Examples of when Stearns deserves a pat on the back: 1) On a vacation in India, spots a 17-year old boy playing street cricket in the slums. Sees potential in the kid, signs him to a contract. Brings kid to the States and teams him up with a grizzled, retired MLB coach who insists he will only work with him if he can "do things his way." Kid becomes an All-Star starting pitcher. 2) Drafts 5'1" high schooler in the 42nd round of the draft because he "sees a lot of himself in him" and "believes someone with his heart deserves a chance." Kid hits growth spurt, becomes 6'2" OBP machine who also - did you realize - paints beautiful watercolors of all of the MLB stadiums. Disney buys rights to his story. 3) Having lunch at Solly's, sits next to a 29-year old mail carrier who is putting down doubles like it is his last day on this fine Earth. Impressed, Stearns strikes up a conversation with him to find out that he used to play semi-pro ball. He still loves the game and can throw hard, but could never find his control. Also had a Beanie Baby addiction. Stearns signs him to a minor-league contract with "no promises." Pitching coaches tweaks guy's mechanics and the dude becomes a lights-out setup man with the Crew.
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This is pretty clearly the correct answer.
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By the way, some have said, "we've all said and done awful things." I haven't. A lot of people haven't. I likely skew way to the liberal end of the posters on this board. I have very little tolerance for racism, homophobia, anti-semitism, and the like (I encountered anti-semitism playing Overwatch last night, which was so much fun). That said, I'm not going to go nuts over Hader's tweets. I wouldn't be surprised if he was a bit of a homophobe back then (I'm not saying he was, but I just wouldn't be surprised), but I would be willing to bet that the tweets were a product of him being a dumbass, running with a bad crowd, and trying to impress/get a rise out of his stupid buddies. Not that I know the dude at all, but he seems to get along great with his teammates (and Jeffress, in particular, which I would think would be tough to fake if he really was racist) and just doesn't appear to a guy with views today that are as detestable as those tweets seven years ago might indicate. Plus, since he never thought to go back and delete them, he almost certainly didn't remember posting them, which also probably means he doesn't think that way today. Look, that was some bad stuff he posted and he should be ashamed of himself. And while I don't buy the whole "he was just 17" excuse, there is a big leap in maturity to be made from then to now, which he seems to have made. I don't think his life should be ruined over it.
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As bad as MLB umps can be it could be worse
dlk9s replied to markedman5's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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I pooped my pants a little when Aguilar hit that foul bomb.
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How about a capper from Jesus here. EDIT: Nobody's perfect.
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In before the complaints that it will ruin his swing. EDIT: Too late.
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I've come close a couple times, but never caught one (I've also only gone to maybe one game a year for the last decade and a half since I live in Atlanta now). At a Brewers game during the last season at Turner Field with my family. Big rain storm came through, delaying the game mid-way. We were in good lower level seats and stuck it out for a while. During the delay, we chatted with a Braves employee. He got called away, but came back in a little while with a baseball for my kids. He said a Brewers fan got it from a Brewers player during warm-ups and wanted to find a kid to give it to. The employee told him he had found just the right kids and that is the closest I've come to kind of sort of getting a game ball. I was in the upper deck at a game years ago when I just missed one. I was in the front row and had to lean over to try to catch it. Obviously I'm not going to try too hard and risk my life, so I couldn't quite get it. A few minutes later, a lady came back from the rest room and her husband told her that we almost had one. She said, "Oh, it was you guys? Don Sutton said on the radio that someone booted one." DAMN YOU DON SUTTON!!!!
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I was thinking that, too. It made total sense to part ways with them and I don't think anybody could have predicted the insane improvement they both showed (maaaaybe Segura), but it's still fun to think about.
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20.2 million votes. That's nuts. He's a Milwaukee Brewer, for Pete's sake.
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BOOM. ALL STAR.
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As a Cobb County resident, on the one hand it is pretty cool having the stadium in my backyard (it's like if the Brewers built a stadium in Bayside or Mequon - how crazy fun would that be for people in the area?) and the stadium and surrounding restaurants/shops is really nice. On the other hand, it really is frustrating that it was basically a smoky back room deal and I believe it may result in my kid's little league park being closed because of lack of funds (that were diverted to the stadium). For the record, I liked Turner Field and had no problem driving down there. It was easy to get to and parking was no problem.
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In stories I've read, they often mention how maybe this time the Orioles would even be willing to trade within the division or "they'd normally be reluctant to deal with the Yankees but...." I don't get it. If I'm the Orioles, I'd WANT to trade Manny to the Yankees. The Orioles have no chance this year, so competing with the Yankees doesn't matter. If they can weaken the Yankees' future by getting good prospects, go for it.
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I've always thought this was funny. On top of already knowing how good Machado is, they can watch him on TV. In fact, with baseball, the only thing I would guess you see better in person - and this depends on the actual, physical view you have - is non-baseball playing-related things like body language, teammate interaction, etc. And those probably don't mean much.
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My one experience with Ybor City was back in late 1998 when I was training for my first consulting job after college. A bunch of us went to some annual drunken Halloween costume block party thing and I randomly ran into a dude with whom I went to high school. I believe I dressed up as a dead nerd. This was way before the zombie craze, so I was clearly ahead of my time.
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Methinks Realmuto already scored.
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I don't think any pitchers are good when they are injured. In fact, most pitchers don't play when they are injured.
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Facebook Broadcasts: thumbs up, or thumbs down?
dlk9s replied to Samurai Bucky's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
It could certainly use some work, but I like the Facebook broadcasts just fine. It's nice for fans to have a chance to watch a game if they live out of market and don't subscribe to MLB.tv. Yeah, the announcing isn't great, but whatever. I do like the fan, coach, and player interaction features, though I think if they reduced them a bit, the balance between actual game broadcast and kitchy novelty would feel a little better. Overall, though, I give it a thumbs-up. -
That "beasting" team is 6-8 in the last two weeks.
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So I went to a movie tonight with my wife. Before the lights dimmed, I had the game up in an app. I turned it off with the Brewers up 3-2 and Zagurski coming in. I joked to my wife, "I don't trust a dude named Mike Zagurski. 'Hi, I'm Mike Zagurski and I'll be your substitute pitcher for today." I know of what I speak.
