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  1. jeffy
    If they give the umpires the kind of replays we usually get from FS, it wouldn't be much help. Half the time they don't even slow it down.
  2. jeffy
    It looked to me like Weeks beat that throw, not sure why it is even an issue whether the 2nd baseman was on the base or dropped the ball. Furthermore how do the guys in the booth have any idea why the umpire called him safe? FSWi replay was not much help.
  3. jeffy
    I was wondering what caused the fire. Apparenty he stood too close to a portable heater. http://brewersbeat.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/05/pants_on_fire.html
  4. jeffy
    Actually I think I recall criticizing Ned and/or the organization for not moving Hall. I thought the sensible thing would have been to move him back to 3rd, when they started the year with a platoon aof Counsell and ???, but Ned wanted to keep him in CF. I think the reason was Braun was expected, but clearly it would have been better to have made Braun go to the OF from the start and have had Hall at 3rd.
  5. jeffy
    Leaving aside replay reviews, are you opposed to using any technology that would improve the accuracy of umpires? I'm thinking of things that would work in real time, not the idiocy of the umpiring crew trudging off the field to watch TV replays for 15 minutes. For example the idea presented here of sensors in the ball and on the lines to assist in fair/foul calls. I don't think this is all that easy to do, but let's pretend it could be done in such a way that it would not change the game in any perceptable way. In some way the umpire would get a signal that would indicate to him that the system says "fair", he agrees or thinks it is too close to call and instantly makes the call. Would you object to that? I'm wondering because I can understand being opposed to replay, but I can not understand being opposed to greater accuracy and consistancy on calls if it can be done without changing things in any perceptable way. I'm not actually a fan of replay, but I am in favor of improved accuracy of umpires' calls. I can live with the limited use of it, but it should be implemented the way it has been described above for College Football. (I would take expanded replay in exchange for the end of the DH, though http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif)
  6. jeffy
    Just because of the big lead (as far as we know, anyway)
  7. jeffy
    Hopefully this is enough to keep Parra from stressing out.
  8. jeffy
    I think he was just being sensible and responsible. He merely ensured that no matter what happens he gets $45 million (?). Just as he said the money he supposedly left on the table was all based on projections, it was never a sure thing. Injuries happen and, in addition to that, there is no guarantee that his performance level will not fall off. Personally I think most athletes are fools for not taking a sure thing that will guarantee that they will always have enough money (that is assuming they are not....well...fools, when it comes to handling their money) just as soon as they have the opportunity to do so.
  9. jeffy
    A glaring exception (and far more significant than using technology to increase the accuracy of umpires) being the abomination known as the DH. He already has allowed replay.
  10. jeffy
    You're right, so now I can not understand why they did not include foul balls as a "boundary call" that would be subject to review. When they were first talking about this last year, I had thought foul balls were included as I heard several times that review would be for "fair or foul, home run or not". They could even limit the non-home run fair/foul review to cases where a fly ball hits the ground in the outfield, leaving out cases such as was a ground ball over the base or not or where a fielder has a fly ball go off his glove near the foul line.
  11. jeffy
    What is the longest streak against a single opponent? edit: I guess it is at least 23: http://stats.sfgate.com/mlb/preview.asp?g=290505123
  12. jeffy
    I understand that when the concept of broadcasting baseball games on TV was new, it was thought that would be the way it was done and it would mean no job for the old radio announcers.
  13. jeffy
    I didn't know there was a "wheel house" for double plays...always learning new things from BA.http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  14. jeffy
    And B&B wondered why Snell was not happy about being taken out...
  15. jeffy
    Actually I'd be in favor of using questec (or whatever it is called now) for calling balls and strikes, so no, that would not be my opinion.
  16. jeffy
    The umpire can hear the sound of the ball hitting the glove. Replay is missing that feature.
  17. jeffy
    I doubt you can tell when the ball actually made contact with the glove from the replay, which is why replay would not necessarily be of any help on that play.
  18. jeffy
    Don't forget that The AL currently has 20% more pitchers on the DL, despite the fact that the NL has 14% more teams and pitchers.
  19. jeffy
    There's a large percentage of the fan base that's way too concerned with what happens today or tomorrow in my opinion. It seems to me that there's a significant percentage of the brewerfan.net base that's overly concerned with 3 years from now to the point that, were the Brewers to follow all their ideas, we'd never worry about today and tomorrow and would perhaps never win, because going for it now might reduce the chance to contend 3 years from now by 1%.
  20. jeffy
    I'm pretty sure it's illegal to start referring to Counsell as "CC" http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  21. jeffy
    It would be a problem when it is called foul if the call is changed to fair as you would have to guess where the batter and base runners would have been had it been called fair. Electronic assistance on balls and strikes would not have that problem, I'm assuming it could be done pretty much in real time.
  22. jeffy
    How was that a hit!
  23. jeffy
    forcast currently does not say that, but perhaps it did earlier. It is only 52 deg, though. So lack of a roof is probably a factor just due to temp. We used to go to county stadium in such weather, for the early spring "kool-aid" game, but that was only because the tickets were free with 25 koolaid packages. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  24. jeffy
    I noticed that in a game earlier in the year too, must have been during the free extra innings preview. I thought maybe it was due to poor weather conditions. I'm assuming weather is good tonight. If the Brewers had continued to stink with Selig owning the team, I think that'd be what Miller Park would look like. That beautiful newish ballpark is seemingly now drawing about as many fans as florida gets.
  25. jeffy
    Gotta love Bill Hall. Always flexible and then he makes that nice catch on his first outfield chance in 2 years. Hope he is not hurt though.
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