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In the case of trades involving managers, all parties have to agree. Doug Melvin couldn't simply offer up Roenicke to net himself a shortstop. Adding to what kramnoj said, recent trades involving managers have had to do with a manager wanting to change teams while still under contract. His current team could choose to simply release him, but if they can get some kind of compensation, what the heck. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif Two more trades involving managers: Joe Cronin, player-manager of the Senators was traded to the Red Sox prior to the 1935 season. He assumed the managerial duties in Boston while continuing as a player. This would have simply been a trade of a player who happened to also be manager. During the 1960 season, Frank Lane, GM of the Indians, traded managers with the Tigers. Indians manager Joe Gordon was traded to Detroit for their manager, Jimmy Dykes. (Lane later became the Brewers' GM.)

However, the local channels are always in HD--I think that's required by law for all satellite/cable transmission. Actually, digital transmission is required by law (except in the case of a small number of low power channels). HD isn't required. However, I'd guess that every major network affiliate in the country would be broadcasting in HD.

A day or two ago, Brian Anderson mentioned the possibility of the Brewers breaking their all-time attendance record. I don't know if this was based on information from the team or if he was just bringing up the possibility. Anyway, to do that, the Brewers would have to draw 122,148 fans over the next three games, an average of 40,716 per game.

September 26 - 7:10 P.M. http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/logos/pirates.jpghttp://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/logos/brewers.jpg 71-88 94-65 Pitching Matchup http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/pitchers/pirates/morton-01.jpghttp://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/pitchers/brewers/marcum-28.jpg Charlie Morton 10-10, 3.67 Morton is on track to finish strong and with no workload limit. He threw 106 pitches his last time out and snapped a six-game winless streak. Morton has already thrown more innings than ever before at the Major League level. Brewers vs. Morton Morton Game Log Shaun Marcum 13-7, 3.31 Bouncing back from poor starts in his previous two outings, Marcum tossed eight solid innings in Chicago, allowing just one run on five hits in the Brewers' 5-1 victory. He'll be looking for his career-high 14th win of the season against the Pirates. Pirates vs. Marcum Marcum Game Log Starting Lineups LF Alex Presley 2B Neil Walker CF Andrew McCutchen 1B Derrek Lee RF Garrett Jones C Jason Jaramillo 3B Pedro Alvarez SS Chase d'Arnaud P Charlie Morton RF Corey Hart CF Nyjer Morgan LF Mark Kotsay 1B Prince Fielder 2B Rickie Weeks 3B Jerry Hairston Jr. SS Yuniesky Betancourt C Jonathan Lucroy P Shaun Marcum Media Coverage http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/media/media-fsn.jpg Brewerfan Game Chat MLB GameDay | ESPN GameCast | 620 WTMJ Affiliates Fan Sites The Unofficial Pittsburgh Pirates Message Board | The Pirates Tavern

What annoys me is the clumsy situation that occurs when games overlap: part of the game on TNT and then moving to TBS. For the sake of those who DVR, I'd like to see each game start and end on the same channel. Other than the total lack of cable, how is getting TBS a problem? I would think it would appear under just about any situation that ESPN does.

September 25 - 1:10 P.M. http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/logos/marlins.jpghttp://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/logos/brewers.jpg 71-87 93-65 Pitching Matchup http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/pitchers/marlins/nolasco-01.jpghttp://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/pitchers/brewers/narveson-19.jpg Ricky Nolasco 10-11, 4.46 Brewers vs. Nolasco Nolasco Game Log Chris Narveson 10-8, 4.40 Marlins vs. Narveson Narveson Game Log Starting Lineups CF Bonifacio 2B Infante RF Stanton 1B López C Buck SS Murphy LF Rottino 3B Dominguez P Nolasco RF Hart CF Kotsay LF Braun 1B Fielder 2B Weeks 3B Hairston Jr. SS Betancourt C Kottaras P Narveson Media Coverage http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/media/media-fsn.jpg Brewerfan Game Chat MLB GameDay | ESPN GameCast | 620 WTMJ Affiliates Fan Sites Marlins Baseball

September 24 - 6:10 P.M. http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/logos/marlins.jpghttp://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/logos/brewers.jpg 71-86 92-65 Pitching Matchup http://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/jpeg/27035a399568ce6f5ce514121f01e3adbfc5788.jpghttp://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/pitchers/brewers/greinke-15.jpg Alex Sanabia 0-0, 1.29 Brewers vs. Sanabia Sanabia Game Log Zack Greinke 15-6, 3.75 Marlins vs. Greinke Greinke Game Log Starting Lineups Bonifacio SS Infante 2B Dobbs 3B Stanton RF Morrison LF Sanchez 1B Petersen CF Hayes C Sanabia P Morgan RF Gomez CF Braun LF Fielder 1B McGehee 3B Green 2B Betancourt SS Lucroy C Greinke P Media Coverage http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/media/media-wmlw.jpg Brewerfan Game Chat MLB GameDay | ESPN GameCast | 620 WTMJ Affiliates Fan Sites Marlins Baseball

September 24 - 6:10 P.M.http://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/logos/marlins.jpghttp://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/logos/brewers.jpg71-8692-65Pitching Matchuphttp://images.yuku.com.s3.amazonaws.com/image/jpeg/27035a399568ce6f5ce514121f01e3adbfc5788.jpghttp://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/pitchers/brewers/greinke-15.jpgAlex Sanabia0-0, 1.29Brewers vs. Sanabia Sanabia Game Log Zack Greinke 15-6, 3.75Marlins vs. Greinke Greinke Game Log Starting LineupsBonifacio SSInfante 2BDobbs 3BStanton RFMorrison LFSanchez 1BPetersen CFHayes CSanabia PMorgan RFGomez CFBraun LFFielder 1BMcGehee 3BGreen 2B Betancourt SSLucroy CGreinke PMedia Coveragehttp://www.ishouldhavebeenanastronaut.com/brewfan/2011/media/media-wmlw.jpg Brewerfan Game Chat MLB GameDay | ESPN GameCast | 620 WTMJ Affiliates Fan SitesMarlins Baseball

I've enjoyed this day a great deal, but I'm struck by how unsurprised I was at how things turned out. I mean, seriously, Ryan walked up in the 8th and I said to myself, well, this is what Ryan does. I didn't feel a bit of surprise when Ryan homered. It was similar to the way fans felt in 1982. People expected good things to happen. I think the most tense time for me at Miller Park was the few minutes between the last out and the time the Cubs-Cards game was put onto the video screen. There was no information at all about that game on the out of town scoreboard because it was busy displaying "Brewers Win" graphics. That period of time seemed interminable. I saw the TV repeat of the moment where the Cubs had taken lead. The broadcast showed a replay of the homer, and it didn't do justice to the cheers that were in the house. The surreal aspect was that all of the cheering occurred before the scoreboard got around to showing the change in the score. Those of us who weren't directly following the Cubs game all knew that something good happened in St. Louis, but we didn't necessarily know that it was anything as cool as the Cubs scoring three runs. During the broadcast of the game in St. Louis, there'd be brief interruptions when a new player interview would begin. In addition to the cheers that occurred for events in the Cards game, there'd be cheers for the Brewers players who appeared on screen. As an aside, this game really demonstrated the problems that exist with the out of town scoreboard. It only displays three games at a time, the games rotate too quickly, there are different screens depending on if it's before, during, or after a given game, and there are no scores at all between innings. Fans relied on cell phones to keep up to date with the score.

Your wife isn't a "casual fan." A casual fan doesn't pay a lot of attention to what's going on, maybe goes to some games, and tunes in on TV and radio occasionally. I'd submit that it isn't necessary to possess a knowledge of even the traditional stats to qualify as an avid fan. An avid fan follows the team daily in some way shape or form, knows the players, knows who's hot, who's not, etc. By the way, a .300 batting average on its own doesn't guarantee that a player is good. Case in point: Alex Sanchez. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

MLB does check, and the US Government checks, too. But that doesn't mean that it's impossible to slip through the cracks. Several years ago, there was a crackdown and a lot of players' ages changed. I don't recall any name changes, but there could have been.

The "Marlins" lettering would look fine on a jersey — in something other than white, of course. It's not a fit for the rest of the logo, though. I think the dark background is bothering me the most.

I like the Marlin, hate the M. Yeah, the Marlin is fine. Likewise the cartoon drawing of the stadium is fine. I'm referring to the shapes, not the colors. It's not like they can't alter the logo or font prior to next season. Maybe leaking this logo was to gauge reaction to it ...? There's a point where they won't be able to alter the logo. I wouldn't be surprised if we've already reached that point. However, the idea of leaking something to gauge reaction is plausible.

Among MLB pinch hitters with 25 or more plate appearances, Kotsay is 10th in batting average, 15th in on base percentage (Counsell ranks 10th), 23rd in slugging percentage (Wilson is 22nd), and 16th in OPS. Of course, the sample sizes are ridiculously small to the point where they don't offer anything useful. A better comparison would be to find the players who've had 25 pinch hit plate appearances and use their full season numbers. I don't know of a quick way to do that.

Along with separating the DVD and streaming services, they're separating the web sites. Opinion: Netflix's changes are customer-hostile

Moved to Trading Post: http://brewersfandemonium...ut--Monday-vs-Pirates-Fa

A company is going to offer us the ability to hear streamed music via light bulbs. Giinii Audio Bulb mixes iOS dock with light bulbs

Fourth state to join the union.

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The TV guys said that Maloney was supposed to pitch tomorrow. Moving a pitcher up by a day on an hour's notice is pretty Dusty-esque. If a pitcher needs to be moved up by a day, the non-Dusty tack would be to do it with couple of days notice.

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Hopefully, it's a good family thing rather than a bad family thing.

Backupcatchers, I wasn't referring to anyone in particular. It just smelled like a good time to post the FFE items. It would have been impossible for me to be referring specifically to you. Our messages above were posted at the same time. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

As you can likely surmise, the intent behind the FFE language was to keep people civil. When adding the language, all we were really looking for was to encourage people to play nice. Like several items in FFE, similar language was first posted in-thread at one point by a mod. The only vetting process is that all new members go through the same application process to be able to post on the board. Frequently, we don't know that a member is able to provide inside information until he or she actually does. It's possible that there could be a time that any one of us could be an insider under the right set of circumstances.