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Good news - Bob Brenly withdrew his name from the Cubs job, so he's available.

I think I'm the only sports fan who doesn't hate the wave. I mean, I'm an adult now, so I don't get excited when I see it start up, but I generally just don't care about it. I do like the slow wave, though.

And rugged good looks.

It's jhart's discussion and he chose those five for it.

Bats made of a dense rubber core, wrapped in yarn, and covered in leather, along with wooden balls. That should do the trick.

Did you seriously leave because of that?

Everybody needs to stop taking my posts so seriously in this thread. When someone makes a joke, don't ruin it by getting all nitty.

They should switch to aluminum bats. They don't break. Problem solved.

Settle down man, I was joking around.

Braun was sure dogging it Sunday when he robbed that home run. I can't believe how little tries in the field and how he obviously doesn't care. I blame Duffy Dyer.

Castillo, the batter, said that he didn't do it on purpose. Thanks for that clarification.

Fortunately for the Cardinals, their poop doesn't stink.

If he simply did not make that start against Pittsburgh, his ERA would be 3.88. If he still had a bad game, giving up 6 runs instead of 12, it would be 4.17.

The headline is awkward, but the story is solid.

Out of curiosity, do you have a problem with an outfielder lifting his glove up to show the ump that he "caught" the ball when he actually trapped it? Is it poor sportsmanship for a catcher to frame a pitch that was just off the plate? I think people have a problem with Jeter's fake HBP because a) it is rare, b) he really went nuts with the sell job, and c) it was the Yankees. It was Jeter's job to get on base. It was the ump's job to see whether the ball hit the bat or the batter. Jeter didn't make the call to send himself down to first, the umpire did.

First two broadcast teams are good, third is not so good, and I can't think of who Orsillo is, so I can't judge the fourth.

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I think numbers should be retired if the player was terrible. Like he stunk so badly that the team doesn't want another player to suffer through wearing the same number. So...Ben Hendrickson's #40 shall be hoisted to the rafters!

Gorman has his Grill. They should make the Ben Sheets Comedy Club.

Wait, are you saying that you are wondering if Edmonds' number should be retired by the Brewers if he makes the HOF?

I really think people are being unfair to Ryan Braun. There's a difference between not hustling and simply not being good at defense. I've noticed that people have the same complaints about Hart sometimes, too. Here are some examples of times where not running at an all-out sprint or not diving can be seen as lack of effort, but they usually aren't: 1) Balls hit into the corner. It often looks like an outfielder is not running at top speed to field the ball when it makes it to wall in the corner. Typically, this is the smart thing to do because the player is going to want to be in position to field the carom cleanly. There's no sense in sprinting to the corner only to have the ball bounce past you or have to slam on the brakes when you get there. Additionally, in left field, the outfielder understands that the runner is getting to 2nd no matter what and almost certainly is not going to make it to 3rd, so he can play the ball conservatively. 2) Low line drives/soft, shallow fly balls. Braun tends to pull up short on these. I really think this is just him not having confidence in his ability to catch the ball. He's gotten burned on trying to make plays on those in the past only to have the ball skip past him, so he'd rather play it safe. Maybe he shouldn't, I don't know, but he's not very good in the field and is still having a bit of trouble judging some balls. 3) Deep fly balls to the wall. These are the kind similar to the Cain catch illustrated earlier, as well as hard hit, deep line drives. I'd have to watch the play again, but I'd be willing to bet that Braun honestly didn't think he had a chance to catch the ball, so he was getting into position to play it off the wall or backup Cain, who he obviously knows is a much better fielder. Of course, maybe he was dogging it, I don't know, but most of the time in situations like that, guys know whether they'll have a chance to get there, and if they don't, they'll try to play it the best they can off the wall. Again, maybe Braun isn't trying, who knows. But I honestly think he's just not very good at the outfield.

Why?I'd like to know why, as well. If you're going to make a statement like that, logan, it would be nice if you would give some reasons.

For those who fantasize about Mark Cuban buying the Brewers if Mark A. buys the Dodgers (and I don't blame you), why wouldn't Cuban just buy the Dodgers?

You're reading WAY too much into this.

Lighten up, man. Let people enjoy something in a season that didn't have much to enjoy.