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  1. jeffy
    Yount, Fielder, Sveum in Cubs uniforms may be enough for many fans to wish that the Brewers were going (back) to the AL, instead of Houston.
  2. jeffy
    Why stop at one DH, then? Why not go all-NFL and have separate offense and defense? Let's have 9 DH's.
  3. jeffy
    Thanks for the Jayson Stark link. That is a schedule that I had suggested back in June: http://brewersfandemonium...nment-2-15-team-leagues- Here's an article with the schedule proposal that I had seen a while back, this is reporting it as a USA Today proposal, but previously I had seen in reported as something MLB was leaning toward: http://www.usatoday.com/s...oposal-astros/51212594/1 Maybe they decided that it resulted in too many 2 game series? The article about this that I had seen before had indicated MLB did not want to increase the number of interleague games and that this was designed to create a somewhat more balanced schedule to appease teams that have to play a lot of games 2 time zones away. But if they went with playing 15 interleague games vs. the corresponding division each year, that also helps with the time zone issue.
  4. jeffy
    I don't think that is quite the plan. I think what I recall seeing is that they are planning to keep the number of interleague games about the same as now (15-18) and that they would do that by playing the 5 teams in one division of the other league, plus 3 against the "natural rival". So the Brewers would play each division once every 3 years and the Twins every year. I think it may have been that in the years that they play the AL Central they would play 6 against the Twins, instead of 3.
  5. jeffy
    In 1998 was it not known that 6>4??? The big "problem" was interleague play throughout the season. The main reason that is a problem is the DH rule. Scheduling, unbalanced or not, is a lot easier with the same number of teams in each division, with or without interleague play. An equal number of teams in each league also makes interleague scheduling easier. The schedule became a mess only when they came up with the foolish idea of 6 teams in one division, 4 in another,14 teams in one league, and 16 teams in the other. I'm glad that things went the way they did as I hate the DH, but I think it was obvious in 1998 that the problems that would be created by unequal divisions and leagues were greater than the problems that would be created by interleague throughout the season. I'm sure NL fans in Houston will be saying: "Why don't the Brewers just go back to the AL?".
  6. jeffy
    The credit finally showed up, transaction was posted yesterday, 11/1.
  7. jeffy
    What is annoying is that the guy was in MLB for 6+ years before anyone bothered to learn the (more) correct pronunciation of his name. Les Nessman and "Chai Chai Rodrigwez" was a bit of an exaggeration, but I always find it amazing that sports announcers are too lazy to ask a guy what his name is...recent Brewer examples: Podsednik, Villanueva. BA at least was intelligent enough to know that prior announcers and BS were probably mispronouncing Villanueva's name and so he asked the guy.
  8. jeffy
    I had not seen that time frame anywhere, but I would have assumed that it meant 10 days after the Brewers post season ended. We are now on day 12 and I am still waiting for my lousy $234 refund from lottery purchase, not sure why they are so slow about this...
  9. jeffy
    I'm pretty sure the announcers had said 8 tied a record, so yeah, 9 is now the record, I guess.
  10. jeffy
    I don't think you'll see a major shake-up. We're coming off a NLCS run, and have most of the starters, including the entire starting rotation, returning. I just mentioned it but the more I read, I don't understand why some people seem to want to overhaul a 96 win team. Yes, this team just won more games than any Brewer team ever, won 5 post-season games and came within a couple wins of making it to the World Series. I don't think the team will be considered to be a failure that needs to be blown up. They are going to lose Fielder, some bullpen pitchers, and some utility players. I don't expect them to do much more than fill in those holes, maybe offset some of the offense they lose with some better defense at SS, and have McGehee compete with Green for 3b.
  11. jeffy
    It has made me realize that as all sports have done, baseball has cheapened the meaning of the regular season. Not to the extent of basketball, hockey, and football, but still, once you expand post-season play to include teams that did not win a division in the regular season, it really kind of makes winning in the regular season almost meaningless. Getting into the post-season tournament becomes what really matters. In a couple years baseball will apparently be playing 162 games in order to eliminate 20 teams from the post-season tournament and to set the seedings for the ten that do make it.
  12. jeffy
    Ticket prices have fallen for every game as the day and time of the game approaches. I don't think there is anything unusual about this happening for game 6. You have the added factor that a Brewer win just means another game while a loss is the end, so Monday's game does offer a better risk/reward or pain/pleasure trade off.
  13. jeffy
    But bullox, I do totally think she's not even hot. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B47gQsSh5gc/TZAezy-81RI/AAAAAAAABxs/SZcNBU3Ypmw/s200/Fat-Nerd-computer.jpg
  14. jeffy
    More likely, should they make it, is ticket prices dropping as the game gets closer, just as has happened with every playoff game so far. Of course, there are always some "gotta buy now" folks who vastly overpay, but I think many of those who have no interest in going to the games but win the lottery and think they will easily flip the tickets for a big profit may be disappointed.
  15. jeffy
    Bleachers and Bernie's Terrace are $125, Terrace Reserved is $150 http://milwaukee.brewers....ting/postseason_info.jsp
  16. jeffy
    Don't forget Land Shark! 7 innings 2 runs, both "earned".
  17. jeffy
    If we're going to base the decision on small samples, Greinke has great stats at Busch stadium this year. Maybe we have been looking at the wrong splits and the key is he pitches well in ballparks that are named after beers. How has he done in CO? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  18. jeffy
    Holding Yo back until game 4 would also means he'd have to go on short rest, if he is going to pitch game 7. It would be a very foolish move to make, IMO. The Brewers have to win at least 1 in St. Louis, if that is all that they do it doesn't really matter which game they win. I don't believe winning 2 back at Miller Park is somehow more difficult if they lose Wed, Thurs and win Friday rather than lose Wed, win Thurs, lose Fri.
  19. jeffy
    Yes, for me it is the disappearance of good starting pitching, aside from Gallardo, that makes me think they will have a hard time winning this series. The other starters all seemed to falter in September and it has carried in to Oct. While I don't think they will get swept in St. Louis, if they lose 2 of 3, then it become two must win games back at home. If they win one in St. Louis, perhaps game 6 should be 2 innings each for Marcum, Narveson, Estrada, then an inning each for Hawkins, Saito, K-Rod, Ax?
  20. jeffy
    Why would there be an off day between games 4 and 5? Maybe I've not paid close attention recently, but haven't the off days always been the travel days between games 2 and 3 and between games 5 and 6?
  21. jeffy
    I've sold my tickets for Sunday and Monday to a co-worker. I never use the parking, so did not have parking passes (and buying one was not an option for lottery winners, anyway). If he goes and buys advance parking passes from the Brewers box office, would he get a refund for the cost of the parking for any games that are not played?
  22. jeffy
    Demonstrating the complete incompetence of those making these decisions! Near 80 degrees on Friday and the idiots have it closed, now today for some reason it is okay to have it open (as it should be). The claim is always it's MLB's decision, so I blame this guy for the foolishness of Friday: http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/297/170/2002_display_image.jpg?1279026889 So does this mean that if it is 50 degrees next Sunday or Monday night that the roof will be open in order to have "consistent conditions"? On Friday they had the roof open until just before the game started. With it open, the entire field and even the batter's eye was in shade, except where sun was coming through the window (which of course did not change by closing it, so there would have been no impact on the players, unless they are distracted by things like a blue sky.
  23. jeffy
    But isn't that story more about the brewers and their fans losing him, rather than saying "poor Prince has to leave a team he'd like to stay with."? I don't think anyone is feeling sorry for Prince, everyone knows (well, almost everyone) knows that while he does not HAVE to leave the team, he will leave because some other team will make him a huge offer that he feels he can not turn down. The underlying problem is the screwed up finances of MLB. The players and owners could choose to find a way to fix this, but likely will not. I also do not agree with the notion that only positive comments may be made because the Brewers made it to the NLCS. My brain is complex enough to be happy that I was able to attend the game, disappointed that the roof was closed, worried that my hearing was damaged by the noise at the game, happy the Ryan Braun will be with the team forever, disappointed that Prince will likely be gone, and happy that I'll (potentially) be attending another big game next Sunday (with ear plugs), all at the same time. (I'm sure the next in game thread will feature only positive comments, the last of the negative ones were made last night, right?)
  24. jeffy
    Braun chose certainty over the risk that Prince took (that he would stay healthy, that he would earn his money). Exactly, Braun did not "leave money on the table". He transferred all the risk to the Brewers and that did not come free, he had to give up the potential for an even bigger future payday. He took an early offer paying him $48 million, risk-free and then added another $105 million to that. He could have a career ending injury tomorrow and he still collects all that money. He could turn into the 2011 version of Casey McGehee for the next decade and he would still get his money. Prince chose not to take the sure thing and to, instead, gamble on getting even more. It would make little financial sense for him to not become a free-agent now, when there is almost no risk to doing so. Since $40 million or so should not matter to those with great wealth, perhaps Mark A. should just agree to transfer $40 million of his personal wealth to Prince? After-all that would only be about 6% of his net worth.
  25. jeffy
    Would it make sense to throw Wolf out there vs Carpenter? No, has to be Gallardo in game 3, so that he can start a potential game 7 on regular rest.
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