jeffy
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It looks like you used total minor league stats, rather than just the splits vs. righthanders. So your numbers are not a good comparison to use. http://forum.mazda6club.com/style_emoticons/default/deadhorse.gif -
Yep, and I think because the bull pen pitchers are so conditioned to this idiocy of the "closer", any attmpt to do it differently is not likely to work because they will all freak out about it.
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Nashville??? The Brewers are a major league team. Dillon's major league career stats vs. RH : .228/.268/.359/.627 TGJ: .262/.316/.325/.640
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TGJ is a slap-hitter, so why put him in when there's a chance to win a game in an RBI situation. He was put in because he is a left-handed hitter. Joe Dillon's career stats vs. right handers are not any better than TGJ's vs. right handers.
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Again...if the trainer can not be certain, shouldn't they know enough to be able state that they are not sure...ie. "he seems okay, but it is possible that acl is torn and so it would be better for him to not pitch until we find out for sure". Wouldn't just seeing how far his leg went past where it should and the fact that he initially collapsed in pain tell you this?
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Sure, the manager is always the one to get fired, if the team under-performs. They are not going to fire all the players.
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Payback for last September? http://a.abcnews.com/images/Sports/638b722e-15a6-4806-b018-ec64f38512bb_mn.jpeg
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The Cubs play mostly day games anyway... But they play day games because they are restricted in the number of night games they can play at Wrigley. I bet if they play all or part of a season elsewhere, they will play mostly at night like everyone else.
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No need to apologize. I took it as a legitmate question not an attack, I wasn't offended and did not think you were "out of line".
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The Ramirez thing was ...several years ago That and the Ramirez thing happened in 2003 http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif
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No choice now... (Sheets extension)
jeffy replied to Harold Hutchison's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
If they give him the closer job, he pitches the 9th only with a lead. Instead the other day he shut down the Brewers for 2 innings. Who gets those 2 innings if Marmol is relegated to closing? -
The Ramirez thing was in the off season and several years ago...but the whether the intent was to send him to AAA is not a factor (I think). How irrevocable waivers work Q: What are irrevocable waivers typically used for? A: These type of waivers are usually used to move a player off the 40-man roster and outright him to the minor leagues. They are also used to release players. Would the Brewers actually think there is any possibility of keeping Turnbow and sending him to AAA, if another team can pick him up for $400K? (code repairs --1992)
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This certainly indicates the salary has to be paid by whoever claims a player: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?id=1650707 In trying to find out what the rules are, also ran across something indicated waivers to send a player to minor can not happen during the 1st 30 days of the season. This would explain the timing.
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No mention of milwaukee in JS article on the renovation: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=745330 I can not imagine how they will be able to achieve the desired improvements in the existing structure or without completely changing the character of the place (in which case, why bother "preserving" it?). The article mentions: wider concourses, food and beverage services improved, player locker rooms improved, the luxury suite clubs, etc. Of course, they are talking about spending as much as a whole new ballpark would cost...
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I believe that is correct or if not 100% true, it is rare that they play at home on the same day. I think any talk of Miller Park is just something the Cubs are putting out for negotiating purposes.
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I have no problem with Yost on this, but what about the trainers. While I would imagine they could not be certain, shouldn't they know enough to be able state that they are not sure...he seems fine, but it is possible that acl is torn and if so it would be better for him to not pitch. Wouldn't just seeing how far his leg went past where it should tell you this? The fact that, in this particular case the trainer missing this did not have any consequences for the player, does not mean that this sort of apparent incompetence should be accepted.
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Here: http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080501&content_id=2625623&vkey=news_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil McCalvy says otherwise regarding option 3 The Brewers have 10 days to trade Turnbow, release him or pass him through waivers and assign him to the Minors. Given his $3.2 million salary, a trade would be difficult, and the Brewers seem intent on not releasing Turnbow and paying the roughly $2.65 million left on his contract. That leaves the final option as a possibility. The Brewers have until Day 7 of the 10-day window, which began Friday, to place Turnbow on irrevocable waivers, a necessary step if they try to assign him to Triple-A Nashville. Any of the 29 clubs could claim Turnbow and pay him a prorated portion of the Major League minimum -- $400,000 -- leaving the Brewers on the hook for the rest. If this version is accurate, I'm sure some team will pick him up for $400K, should they not manage to pull off a trade.
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Really??? I don't think that is true, but I don't know how to reseach it, is there a way to find all my posts in this particular thread? Anyway, even if anti-Yost it does not mean one has to oppose every move he makes, does it? I thought I had been mostly neutral regarding Yost so far this season, the one move that had me yelling at my TV was bringing in Turnbow as closer. I did not think that could have possibly been the best option at the time. That was a big risk for him to take in an attempt (I assume) to salvage Turnbow. When were you in the anti-Ned camp? I already had indicated that in my post.
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Cubs and Brewers play 16-17 games against each other, Cubs and Sox play 6, so the difference is only 10-11.
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Perhaps I'm wrong on this specific occurance...I was listening on the radio, so did not see how the hits actually occured. But still, when in comes to the use of the closer, managers, for the most part, act like automatons. Not that I really blame them, since they are pretty much required to do so for a variety of reasons.
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I don't really know what other options Pinella may have had yesterday (or if Marmol would have been capable of continuing in the 9th), but when Marmall was cruising along, I was thinking that at least they will have a shot pulling this out against Kerry Wood in the ninth. Then when Wood was having problems, I just had to laugh at the fact that no matter how poorly things were going for him, no matter how many he put on base, no matter how many balls were hit over the outfielder's heads, there would be no pitching change...at least until the Brewers tied it or got a lead. The point is not that specific occurance, as the same thing would occur if it were the Brewers or any other team in that same situation. It is just that the mandatory use of a "closer" is really such a bizarre development. Not that I think it can be changed, as it seems that the mentalilty of bullpen pitchers today will not allow any other system to work. Brian and Bill talked about how Marmol is so good he will surely one day be a closer. I'm thinking I hope the Cubs do make him their closer, so he won't be available to pitch in more critical situations. They will be better at holding leads in the ninth, but lose games in the earlier innings instead.
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we don't...dump beers on opposing players I was hoping for a grand slam into that left field corner, but wasn't it great that the player the @sses dumped beers on drove in the tying and winning runs http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif.
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Turnbow looking really good [bad]
jeffy replied to TuesdaysWithRillo's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Yes, but the fans got behind him in his last Miller Park appearance. I had really thought maybe that experience would turn him around. Edit: By "last" I actually meant his April 23 save appearance. Did not know he had had an appearance on the 27th. -
I became an anti-Nedite, last season about late July/early August. After seeing this actual data, I now have to say that he appears to be better than average. Three different ways of looking at this and in all three Ned is 6th or 7th out of 20 managers that were rate-able. I'd rather base my opinion on solid long-term facts and data, rather than an emotional response to a few situations where I thought he should have done something different. Not sure how one can deny that this study at least provides pretty good evidence that, overall, Ned has not hurt the team. I would never have expected any rating system to put Ned just two notches below LaRussa (let alone beating him by some measures). So...I guess I am now no longer in the anti-Ned camp.
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It doesn't rate them on just raw wins and losses, the description of the ratings is: For the close-games category, we subtracted each manager's overall winning percentage from his winning percentage in games tied after the sixth inning, thus determining whether he performs better or worse in close games. The win-expectations chart compares the number of games each manager's team won versus how many it should've won based on how many runs it scored and allowed (also known as the team's Pythagorean expectation). The third category states how many additional games a manager won or lost for his team per season. David Gassko, a contributor to the Hardball Times Web site, arrived at those figures by comparing how players' statistics improved or declined under different managers (with adjustments for age and other variables). I am surprised to see Ned Yost rated #3 overall based on a combination of these three ratings. If not this, what would you base your rating of managers on?
