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  1. jeffy
    The analysis that he is a good defender is probably based on nothing more than that he had only 4 errors in 2010. This is the same way our TV announcers rate defense.
  2. jeffy
    Yes, savvy and risk averse. In addition to injury, other things could happen, such as the assumption of ever rising salaries for athletes could prove wrong for any number of reasons. He has guaranteed himself an additional $100 million and without the extension he'd not be able to try to arrange this until 2016.
  3. jeffy
    J-S Brewers blog now has link to this actual newspaper article: http://www.latimes.com/sp...20110421,0,5008259.story Selig generally prefers that owners live in the community in which a team plays and that they have some familiarity with Major League Baseball. The two parties most often mentioned as interested buyers, each of whom lives in Los Angeles, are Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio and Chicago White Sox executive Dennis Gilbert. Mark A buys Dodgers, sells his stake in Brewers to retiring commissioner??? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif
  4. jeffy
    If you remember there was a link to his house in CA being for sale a few years ago, the basketball court he owned next to the house was going for 12 million (just for the court). He seems to be asking way too much for the property, about 10X what he paid for it in 1999: http://www.zillow.com/hom...-CA-90265/20557703_zpid/ Maybe he'd do the same with the Brewers and not be able to sell, just because no one will pay him 10X what he bought for http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif.
  5. jeffy
    "It would take a lot to remove him during an inning," said Roenicke. "With a one-run lead, I don't see doing it. Now, if Kameron Loe was well rested and we had a three-run lead and 'Ax' walked four in a row, that might be different. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/120235039.html Yes, if he sucks with a one run lead, let's leave him in until the game is lost...after all he has been duly dubbed "the closer".
  6. jeffy
    Not only the $425K salary, but also a recent $2 million signing bonus.
  7. jeffy
    It is more of a concern when the designated "closer" is having problems because it seems that the policy of every MLB manager is that once the closer is in, no matter how poorly he is pitching, he must be left in until the game (or lead) is lost (or the inning ends).
  8. jeffy
    I could do without the sideshows, music clips and other noise, cheering instructions, and the glaring LED board (last game I went to noticed how nice it was not to notice those lights so much in seats behind the plate). why we play these clips/organ music while our pitchers are on the mound Yes! It seems to me that music selections are often "offensive" (meaning they play stuff that seems appropriate for cheering offense) when the Brewers are in the field.
  9. jeffy
    someone who hasn't been bad defensively at all all season until that 1 throw His bad defense mostly has come from not getting to balls that should be pretty routine plays. When you never get close and don't touch the ball, you do not get charged with an error, doesn't mean those are not plays that should be made by a major league shortstop.
  10. jeffy
    On the contrary, it's 20 year old technology that I am thinking of switching to http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_display#1992
  11. jeffy
    This would imply half of the major league SS have worse range than he does... He meant average amongst all humans, perhaps? The mystery to me is how a guy with so little range has managed to remain a SS in the major leagues, rather than being converted to, say, a 3rd baseman.
  12. jeffy
    Any chance they might want to use this opportunity to separate the lefties, Wolf and Narveson? Maybe something like Greinke on the 30th, backed-up by (hopefully) only an inning or two from Narveson (as a bullpen session substitute?), who then also starts on May 3 assuming things went as planned on the 30th? April 26 - Estrada April 27 - Gallardo April 28 - off April 29 - Marcum April 30 - Greike/Narveson May 1 - Wolf May 2 - Gallardo May 3 - Narveson
  13. jeffy
    Looked okay to me too (on an SD TV), I did have to crank the brightness up to maximum, but because of the age of the CRT I already had had it at 94% for the FSN broadcast. This year FSN is actually a bit of a problem for me. Lines get distorted, not sure how to describe it....maybe "buzzy" and some other distortion when camera moves quickly. I first noticed the problems with lines when watching some NCAA basketball tournament games in March. Not sure what changed as Brewer games, and I assume basketball tournament, was HD last year. Maybe it has something to do with them going to widescreen format? Last year Brewer games filled my 4:3 screen but this year it is letterboxed. I minimized the FSN problem by turning sharpness way down (to 5%). I may have to move on from my archaic 8 year old TV technology...
  14. jeffy
    Excluding the pitcher, with Hart and Lucroy, there will be at least a 25% change to the line up for most of the 151 remaining games.
  15. jeffy
    I think it was the combination of the glasses and the hoodie, although... http://cwardhenninger.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/joe-maddon-hoodie.jpg?w=233
  16. jeffy
    Does Quade know the future, so that he knew Cubs would not come back? Perhaps he should modify his name a bit to Quado. http://shittymovienight.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/TR-17-Quatto.JPG
  17. jeffy
    http://www.ezboard.com/in...ages/emoticons/laugh.gif Like others, I'd guess they kept them both for now, since they know they will soon have to make another move and either one of them is more likely to have some trade value than Reed.
  18. jeffy
    I have the fear that Roenicke will DFA Kottaras & keep Nieves... call it the Kotsay-effect. Wouldn't it be Melvin making this decision? Regarding the idea of keeping both....teams used to carry 3 catchers in the days when the pitching staff typically consisted of 10 pitchers, can not see that happening today when you have 12 pitchers. With the starting 8 that leaves only 5 bench positions, devoting 2 of those to back-up catchers would not seem very sensible. Kottaras has played a handful of innings (8) at 1st, 3rd, and OF, doubt that is enough to consider him a back-up at those spots but if he can be an emergency fill-in for a couple other postions it might give him another slight advantage over Nieves (1 career inning at 1b).
  19. jeffy
    Here is a spreadsheet comparing the 2010 Brewers ability to score runs in various situations: https://spreadsheets.goog...e=true&gid=0&output=html This seems to show them to be about average in ability to score runs with runners on or with runners in scoring position, a bit above average (about +6%) in ability to score runs with 2 outs and runners in scoring position, and far above average (+28%) in ability to score runs with the bases empty. This would imply that the solo HR are a bonus and not a sign of inability to score in other situations. Thinking a bit more about this, the analysis of situations with runners on and RISP is not perfect as it does not consider how many were on or which bases they occupied. Edit: By subtraction of RISP w/2 out from RISP, the Brewers' ability to bring in a runner from scoring position with less than two outs is a bit below average (-6%)...by about the same amount as they are above average w/RISP and 2 outs.
  20. jeffy
    Conclusion: The Brewers do hit more solo shots than multi-run shots compared to the opposition. But shouldn't we consider whether or not this is a result of hitting more solo shots than average or fewer multi-run homers? If the team hits just as many multi-run homers as the average, then the "extra" solo shots could be looked at as just a bonus. Based on your table the Brewers are slightly above the league average in hitting a HR with runners on base. In plate appearances with runners on base the Brewers hit a HR 2.46% of the time, while the league average is 2.32%. This is the same reaction I alway have to Bill S's constant refrain that they "rely too much on the HR". If they are average in scoring runs without a HR (and I don't know if they are) but then score more than average via the HR, why would that be a problem? So rather than looking at the % of runs scored via the HR, I'd want to see the number of runs (per game or per inning) scored by the Brewers without a HR and how that compares to the number of runs scored by the average team without a HR. IOW, are they "too reliant on the HR" due to a lack of ability to score without a HR or due to a superior ability to score via the HR (combined with ~average ability to score without a HR).
  21. jeffy
    NL shortstops games started 2011: 1 Stephen Drew ARI 143 2 Hanley Ramirez FLA 140 3 Ian Desmond WSH 136 4 Alcides Escobar MIL 134 NL shortstops innings played 2011: 1 Stephen Drew ARI 1260 2 Hanley Ramirez FLA 1217 3 Ian Desmond WSH 1208 4 Jose Reyes NYM 1171 5 Alcides Escobar MIL 1151
  22. jeffy
    I wonder how the players union would react to no DH, but expanding the major league rosters to 27 players? This eliminates potential retirement delaying jobs for 14 sluggers, but creates 60 new jobs. When Selig proposed the earlier radical realignment, what was his intent with regard to the DH at that time?
  23. jeffy
    Adequate picture last night for me, watching TWC on our 8 year old SD tube TV. I did not notice any difference between TWC 7 and 882 (WMLW is on both channels) last night, I did not think to check if there might be a difference previously, not that I would expect a difference.
  24. jeffy
    Another sign of lack of enthusiasm amongst Cub fans is the ready availability of tickets for their games here. As of about a week or so ago, I'd have had no problem (other than the Marquee prices) getting tickets from the team for the Saturday night game and that still seems to be the case. Stub Hub prices also show the lack of interest by cub fans, I think. I bought on stub hub for well below face value, even after adding the fees.
  25. jeffy
    I think any issues with teams located in the same city or state goes back to the time when the leagues were more independent and in competition with each other to some extent. Would owners today be opposed to, for example, putting the Cubs and White Sox, not only in the same league but in the same division? Is any opposition strictly based on not wanting to switch leagues, meaning the White Sox owner would approve only if the Cubs were moved to the AL and the Cubs owner would only approve if the Sox were moved to the NL? My guess is revenue would be increased by putting teams in the same city/metro area in a single division. Most Cub fans hate the Sox and visa-versa, but since they are not competing during the regular season, I think the fans mostly do not pay much attention to the other team. If they were in competition in a single division, I would think (for example) Cub fans would be more likely to watch Sox games on TV hoping to see them lose. I know that I am far more likely to watch non-Brewer games on TV when one of the teams from the NL Central is playing. If the Twins are on the regional Fox Saturday game, I am much less likely to watch than if the Cardinals are.
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