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Here's the link to the McCalvy story: Is Peralta's spot in the rotation in jeopardy?

This take on the situation from awfulannouncing.com more or less covers all bases. Carlos Gomez says Chronicle columnist used his quotes “to ridicule me” I think the sub-headline on Smith's article made his intention to ridicule Gómez pretty apparent.

The article wasn't behind a paywall when I posted the link yesterday. [cite]The Houston Chronicle[/cite] might make articles available for a day or two then require payment to access them after that.

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/padres.png[/logo][game-info][h1]May 15 | 1:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Padres (17-21) Brewers (15-22)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620, WRRD 1510[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/brewers.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/opponents/padres_vargas-cesar-03.jpghttp://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/brewers/brewers_davies-zach-11.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][pitcher]César Vargas[/pitcher][h2]0-2, 3.54 ERA, 1.72 WHIP[/h2][h3]Game Log[/h3][h3]Vargas will look to bounce back from the worst start of his young career. After allowing one run or fewer in each of the first three starts of his rookie year, he was touched for six runs on ten hits over four innings vs. the Cubs on Tuesday.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][pitcher]Zach Davies[/pitcher][h2]1-3, 6.29 ERA, 1.89 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Padres | Game Log[/h3][h3]In his last outing, Davies picked up his first win of the season, going five solid innings against the Marlins on the road. He allowed just two runs on five hits, while striking out one and walking three.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] CF Travis Jankowski (L) C Derek Norris ® RF Matt Kemp ® 1B Brett Wallace (L) LF Melvin Upton Jr. ® SS Alexi Ramírez ® 2B José Pirela ® 3B Adam Rosales ® LHP César Vargas ®[/divclass][divclass=home] SS Jonathan Villar (S) 2B Scooter Gennett (L) C Jonathan Lucroy ® 1B Chris Carter ® CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis (L) LF Alex Presley (L) 3B Hernán Pérez ® RF Ramón Flores (L) RHP Zach Davies ®[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

Here's the original article: Carlos Gomez knows he's a disappointment to Astros fans I think the sub-headline might be worse than the actual quote itself: Hey, Go-Go, bring the sexy back when you can put bat on ball When you put it in terms of time frame, this almost ranks with the [cite]John Rennon's Excrusive Gloupie[/cite] article that was published in [cite]Esquire[/cite] in 1970.

Brian Smith wrote the article. I'm not sure why Kaplan is bent out of shape.

In fact, in some parts of the country that could mean 80-85. I have very little interest in driving over 80. But roads that are actually marked with speeds that high likely have traffic levels low enough that they should be able to accommodate a wider variation of vehicle speeds. I'll drive in the upper 70s on parts of the Tri-State Tollway. I think that takes my smaller car to its limit. My humongous car can likely go faster, but still, I don't know that I'd want to do that. One of the more frustrating roads is I-41/94 in Racine and Kenosha counties. It's frequently difficult to go the posted 70mph, even though traffic levels would seem to indicate that one probably should be able to. Part of the issue is that many drivers seem to have little concept of slower traffic to the right and faster traffic to the left. I find myself changing lanes much more than I'd like to, and I'm in the left lane much more than I'd be on most roads. It's particularly bad in Racine County, where the road is old and only has three lanes in each direction. Most cars have included bluetooth as a standard feature for several years now. Many have voice activated calling. Studies are indicating that hands-free is dangerous too and that the safety difference between hands-free and handheld usage is negligible. Of course, fiddling with buttons can't be good. But the acts of simply talking on the phone or using voice activation take one's mind off the road. The National Safety Council claims that drivers can miss seeing up to 50% of what's around them by talking on any type of phone. They also suggest that voice to text is actually worse than punching the buttons. FWIW, Illinois prohibits all cell phone usage — both handheld and hands-free — in construction zones. Signage makes that pretty clear, so you won't be taken by surprise. GPS has me in a quandary. It makes sense that verbal directions are safer than being lost or attempting to pinpoint your destination on a busy road where all buildings look more or less alike. On the other hand, it's annoying being yelled at. And it's particularly bad when the directions tell me something that I don't expect to hear. The best I can come up with is to check the map first so I'm not completely relying on the GPS's voice. If I have a passenger, I pass off GPS duties to him or her. A lot of car radios have a nanny mechanism that makes certain features unavailable when the vehicle is moving. While I'm all for being safe and not taking on more than the driver can handle, I think the idea of a built-in nanny goes too far. For one thing, the passenger has a hand and a brain available to operate the controls. Also, the manufacturers don't seem to have a logical way to decide what's safe and what isn't. In one radio I looked at, I can't hit two buttons in sequence to turn off the rear speakers while the car is moving. But I'd be allowed to use the much more complicated fader control to accomplish the same task.

Tonight's pitcher is Luis David Perdomo. He's the second Luis Perdomo to pitch for the Padres. Luis M. Perdomo appeared in 36 games for the team in 2009–10.

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/padres.png[/logo][game-info][h1]May 14 | 6:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Padres (16-21) Brewers (15-21)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/brewers.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/opponents/padres_perdomo-luis-02.jpghttp://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/brewers/brewers_peralta-wily-08.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][pitcher]Luis Perdomo[/pitcher][h2]1-0, 9.88 ERA, 2.34 WHIP[/h2][h3]Game Log[/h3][h3]With Andrew Cashner on the DL, San Diego is going with a bullpen game. Perdomo, a Rule 5 pick who hadn’t pitched above Class A Advanced prior to this season, will make his first MLB start. He has struggled in ten relief appearances.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][pitcher]Wily Peralta[/pitcher][h2]2-4, 6.75 ERA, 1.94 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Padres | Game Log[/h3][h3]Peralta was able to work around ten hits to allow just two runs against the Marlins his last time out. In six innings, the righty struck out four and walked two.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] CF Travis Jankowski (L) 1B Wil Myers ® RF Matt Kemp ® 3B Brett Wallace (L) LF Melvin Upton Jr. ® SS Alexi Ramírez ® C Héctor Sánchez (S) 2B José Pirela ® RHP Luis Perdomo ®[/divclass][divclass=home] SS Jonathan Villar (S) 2B Scooter Gennett (L) 1B Jonathan Lucroy ® RF Domingo Santana ® CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis (L) 3B Aaron Hill ® LF Alex Presley (L) C Martín Maldonado ® RHP Wily Peralta ®[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

I'm not likely to be able to post a Padres lineup before gametime. If someone's able to post it to a reply, that'd be great.

What's annoying is when drivers deviate too much from the speed of the traffic flow. That could be driving either too fast or too slowly. Cars that weave through traffic to try to gain an extra couple of mph are a drag. On the other side of the coin, when traffic on the Kennedy Expressway happens to be moving, it tends to go about 60 mph. The posted speed is 55, so that's fine. However, it's guaranteed that there'll be one vehicle in the midst of everyone that's going 45 or lower. Having said that, if you're driving on 76th Street near the Greendale Community Center, I absolutely recommend going the speed limit or a little below despite what traffic is doing. Law enforcement is hot and heavy on that particular stretch. There are big hills on the north and south ends of that segment. If you start your descent at a little below the limit, you'll end up slightly above the limit at the bottom of the hills, which should be good enough to satisfy the police. That beats being a lot above the limit and potentially running into trouble.

^^ This one. If people pull out and turn when the arrow turns green, it can make a difference of two more cars making it through the intersection. I'd much rather that people get their butts going on green than I would like to see them try to extend a yellow light… or as Patrick says, extend a green arrow. If two or three cars try to go through once the light is red, all that does is screw things up for traffic going in the other direction. My dad and I had the discussion about pulling out for a left turn from the time I was 16 until the day he died. We were taught in driver's ed not to do it, and he took the opposite view. Having said that, I pull out unless I think it's a dangerous or fruitless endeavor. That happened to me today at 27th and Wisconsin. I was headed northbound on 27th and wanted to turn west onto Wisconsin. Oncoming traffic was heavy and fast. I knew that if I pulled out, I'd be sitting in the intersection on red way too long. Plus, I knew I'd have a green arrow soon enough and that I'd be fine. owbc, Wisconsin drivers have gotten much better with the zipper, but it only takes one or two drivers not following the signs to mess things up. I wish we'd have zipper signs in some places that aren't construction zones. The lane reduction on northbound I-43 just north of Silver Spring comes to mind.

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/padres.png[/logo][game-info][h1]May 13 | 7:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Padres (16-20) Brewers (14-21)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/brewers.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/opponents/padres_friedrich-christian-01.jpghttp://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/brewers/brewers_guerra-junior-06.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][pitcher]Christian Friedrich[/pitcher][h2]0-0, — ERA, — WHIP[/h2][h3]MiLB Game Log[/h3][h3]Friedrich has been recalled from AAA El Paso to make tonight’s start against the Brewers. He replaces Andrew Cashier, who has been pushed back at least a few days with a hamstring injury. This is Friedrich’s first start in the big leagues since July 1, 2014.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][pitcher]Junior Guerra[/pitcher][h2]1-0, 6.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP[/h2][h3]Game Log[/h3][h3]The 31 year old Guerra has gone six innings in each of his first two starts this season for the Brewers, allowing four earned runs in both outings against the Angels and Reds.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] CF Jon Jay (L) SS Alexi Ramírez ® RF Matt Kemp ® 1B Brett Wallace (L) LF Melvin Upton Jr. ® C Christian Bethancourt ® 2B José Pirela ® 1B Adam Rosales ® LHP Christian Friedrich ®[/divclass][divclass=home] RF Domingo Santana ® SS Jonathan Villar (S) LF Ryan Braun ® C Jonathan Lucroy ® 1B Chris Carter ® 2B Aaron Hill ® 3B Hernán Pérez ® CF Ramón Flores (L) RHP Junior Guerra ®[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

Here's some detail. Brewers acquire RHP Jhan Mariñez from Rays for cash

Here's an interesting article from Illinois: Readers honked off over left-turn rule

Interesting observations, DHonks. I think part of the problem you're experiencing is that you live in an area that attracts drivers that were trained in a lot of different states. And left turn laws vary from state to state. The California Driver Handbook states that vehicles must remain behind the limit line until it's safe to make a turn. In Michigan, you must remain behind the limit line when there's a dedicated left turn lane, but you may pull into the intersection if there isn't one. I agree that turning into the inner lane is generally the smartest and safest thing to do. However, according to driversed.com, doing so is only required in some states.

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/padres.png[/logo][game-info][h1]May 12 | 7:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Padres (15-20) | Brewers (14-20)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/brewers1.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/opponents/padres_shields-james-02.jpghttp://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/brewers/brewers_nelson-jimmy-08.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][pitcher]James Shields[/pitcher][h2]1-5, 3.60 ERA, 1.33 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Brewers | Game Log[/h3][h3]The Brewers are the only team Shields hasn’t faced in his 11-year career. The veteran righty has been sharp for the most part this season. But he was roughed up his last time out, allowing four runs on five hits and five walks in six innings.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][pitcher]Jimmy Nelson[/pitcher][h2]4-2, 3.74 ERA, 1.25 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Padres | Game Log[/h3][h3]Nelson looks to rebound from his most unproductive outing of the season. In his shortest stint of the season, he went five innings in Cincinnati, giving up eight hits and five earned runs.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] CF Jon Jay (L) 1B Wil Myers ® RF Matt Kemp ® 3B Brett Wallace (L) LF Melvin Upton Jr. ® C Derek Norris ® SS Alexi Ramírez ® 2B José Pirela ® RHP James Shields ®[/divclass][divclass=home] RF Domingo Santana ® 3B Scooter Gennett (L) LF Ryan Braun ® C Jonathan Lucroy ® 1B Chris Carter ® CF Kirk Nieuwenhuis (L) 3B Aaron Hill ® RHP Jimmy Nelson ® SS Jonathan Villar (S)[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

This game is today's free game of the day on MLB.TV.

I just think under the current roster makeup, it's more of why would you move Villar to 3b now vs him at SS currently? Who you got playing SS everyday? That's the whole thing. You have Rivera and probably Pérez. Villar is far and away the best current option at short. Hernán hasn't played a lot of shortstop in the majors, although he played there a lot as a minor leaguer. I don't know if there's a deficiency at that position or if things have just worked out that way. With the absence of any definitive information, I'll assume that things have simply worked out that his teams have needed him more at second and third. There's no rush to bring up Arcia. He's been playing well, but he isn't playing so well that he's forcing a callup. That'll happen eventually. At that point, Villar becomes the second best option at short; it makes sense that he continues to play there for now.

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/brewers1.png[/logo][game-info][h1]May 11 | 6:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Brewers (14-19) | Marlins (17-15)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620 | Free on MLB.TV[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/marlins.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/brewers/brewers_anderson-chase-06.jpghttp://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/opponents/marlins_chen-wei-yin-03.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][pitcher]Chase Anderson[/pitcher][h2]1-4, 6.44 ERA, 1.84 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Marlins | Game Log[/h3][h3]After allowing no earned runs in his first two starts, Anderson has lost four in a row. During that span, he’s allowed 21 earned runs on 34 hits, including 8 home runs.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][pitcher]Wei-Yin Chen[/pitcher][h2]2-1, 4.66 ERA, 1.28 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Brewers | Game Log[/h3][h3]Chen had a stretch of four straight starts lasting at least 6⅓ innings snapped in his outing. He didn’t strike out a batter for just the second time in 123 career starts, while allowing 11 hits and four runs in five innings.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] RF Domingo Santana ® SS Jonathan Villar (S) LF Ryan Braun ® C Jonathan Lucroy ® 1B Chris Carter ® 2B Aaron Hill ® 3B Hernán Pérez ® CF Alex Presley (L) RHP Chase Anderson ®[/divclass][divclass=home] 2B Derek Dietrich (L) 3B Martín Prado ® LF Christian Yelich (L) RF Giancarlo Stanton ® 1B Justin Bour (L) CF Marcell Ozuna ® SS Adeiny Hechavarria ® C Jeff Mathis ® LHP Wei-Yin Chen (L)[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

If you read [cite]Baseball Maverick: How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets[/cite], you'll see that GMs are very much concerned about the fans. Hopefully, it's a matter of GMs selling the fans on their plans, likely with the help of the press.

I'm good at ignoring commercials on TV and on the scoreboard. The Andy Grammar ad on brewers.com bugs me, though. A while after the page loads, the Andy Grammar grows in size. If you're about to click on something, the content moves downward, forcing you to have to move with it — or possibly causing you to click on the wrong thing. This annoying technique was used previously with an All Star voting ad.

It was probably Rodriguez. K-Rod reaches settlement against former agent

[igt-2012][game-setup][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/brewers.png[/logo][game-info][h1]May 10 | 6:10 P.M.[/h1][h2]Brewers (13-19) Marlins (17-14)[/h2][h3]FSWI | WTMJ 620[/h3][/game-info][logo]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-logos/marlins.png[/logo][/game-setup][pitching-photos]http://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/brewers/brewers_davies-zach-08.jpghttp://forum.brewerfan.net/igt/2016-pitcher-photos/opponents/marlins_conley-adam-02.jpg[/pitching-photos][game-matchup][divclass=away][pitcher]Zach Davies[/pitcher][h2]0-3, 6.98 ERA, 1.97 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Marlins | Game Log[/h3][h3]Davies had an 8.78 ERA after three starts. But he was much better against the Angels his last time out, allowing two runs in six innings. Davies said he made a point of being more aggressive against hitters.[/h3][/divclass][divclass=home][pitcher]Adam Conley[/pitcher][h2]2-1, 3.06 ERA, 1.11 WHIP[/h2][h3]Versus Brewers | Game Log[/h3][h3]Conley threw 7⅔ hitless innings at Milwaukee on April 29. Including Thursday’s start against the Diamondbacks, he has 13 scoreless innings, 2 hits, 13 strikeouts, and 204 combined pitches over two outings. The club is monitoring his pitch counts.[/h3][/divclass][starting-lineup][divclass=away] SS Jonathan Villar (S) 3B Hernán Pérez ® LF Ryan Braun ® C Jonathan Lucroy ® 1B Chris Carter ® 2B Aaron Hill ® RF Alex Presley (L) CF Ramón Flores (L) RHP Zach Davies ®[/divclass][divclass=home] 2B Derek Dietrich (L) 3B Martín Prado ® LF Christian Yelich (L) RF Giancarlo Stanton ® 1B Justin Bour (L) CF Marcell Ozuna ® C J.T. Realmuto ® SS Adeiny Hechavarria ® LHP Adam Conley (L)[/divclass][/starting-lineup][/game-matchup][game-links][h3][chat]BrewerFan Chat[/chat] | MLB Gameday[/h3][/game-links][/igt-2012]

I think it's pretty routine for players to annually name the teams that they can be traded to. In Ryan's case, it's pretty apparent that he prefers teams that are close to home. What was the deal with K-Rod? There was an oddity about his approved teams when he was traded to Milwaukee. Did he forget to submit his annual list or something? The only thing I recall was that the Brewers were on his no trade list at one point because they had Trevor Hoffman.