FidoMcCokefiend

Not a fan of going to a guy that has allowed 2.8 runners per inning this post season.

He has yet to have an outing where he allowed fewer than 2 baserunners. I wouldn't use him unless the lead was >6 runs. This is not the time to try and get him fixed.

Counsel has really really overthought this. I’m gonna be sick.

Insane. Insane. Jeffress should not see the mound again

I hate this.

This is where I am. Put yourself in the best position to win now. Deal with tomorrow, tomorrow.

I know Counsel has been good but going back to a clearly ineffective Jeffress just boggles my mind. Thank your lucky stars he got you out of the 7th and go to Guerra or Knebel.

I’m baffled why we keep trotting our a clearly ineffective Jeffress and Cedano the last 2 games while Guerra and Peralta are sitting there. Back breaker if offense can’t do anything in 9th...

Hows about a gapper?

Knebel here? Would prefer him with meat of order coming.

Not giant, but in the tier below the ones I, and others, have mentioned Jenkins 2000 Harper 1970 Jaha 1996 Burnitz 1999 Cooper 1980 Sexson 2003 Hisle 1978

I think it's right there with the best in franchise history. Seems like the top 8-10 seasons are all really close to me. Put in whatever order you want, but gun to my head, hard not to say Yount 82 is the best one. Yount 82 Braun 11 Fielder 09 Braun 12 Yelich 18 Fielder 07 Braun 07 Fielder 11 Lezcano 79 (Just a great year, that often gets lost in the shuffle and I probably wouldn't have jumped in here other than to ensure this season gets mentioned) Moiltor 87

I'll pitch the 9th.

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Mark+Reynolds+Milwaukee+Brewers+Photo+Day+9o65LVMtZ2Cl.jpg

People still think the Cubs and their unlimited resources are "mortgaging the future"?

And, Sogard went 3/4 in one game. Take that game out and his slash line is... .058 / .125 / .077 / .202

Ty Cobb pauses from beating a man with no hands (well, missing one whole hand and 3 fingers from other hand if we're being precise) and gives you the thumbs up. Then gets back to beating him up because Ty Cobb don't care!

The HOF and the voters continue to baffle me. The 4 voted in are fine. Would have voted for all of them. There's so many others deserving that are left by the wayside because of pettiness, bad assumptions, or just plain weirdness. I should know better, but I can't help it and the last week of January every year riles me up. It boggles my mind to no end how a voter would look at Trevor Hoffman, vote him in, and then not also vote for Billy Wagner. I've no issue with Hoffman being in. Wagner is simply a better pitcher across the board than Hoffman. Better ERA+, better FIP, better WHIP, 11.9 K/9 vs 9.4. Edgar Martinez deserves to be in and it shouldn't even be close. In a year where another specialist made it in, excluding him because he was a specialist that's been a legit position since 1973 makes no sense whatsoever. Go look at Molitor's numbers and then Edgar's. Other than counting stats, Edgar is as good/better in every one. It's criminal that voters are holding the DH against him. Likewise, holding "Colorado" against Larry Walker is silly. If only there were a statistic that adjusted for park effects of each player, alas, we'll never really understand if Larry Walker was any good. Wait, what's this? OPS+? A stat that does adjust for individual ballparks? Well I'll be. Well obviously, Walker will be proven not all that good here. I mean, HOFers have an OPS+ like Chipper Jones 141. Or Vlad's 140. Or Thome's 147. Walker must have been like 100 or something, right? Oh, he was 141. I'd have also voted in Clemens, Bonds, and Manny without question. I could go either way on Mussina, Schilling, Sosa, and Sheffield. I think a case could easily be made for any of them, I could also agree that they are very good, but not HOF.

This thread has taught me I'm old. Thanks everyone!

1982 Game 7 of WS. You finally break through on Andujar T6, and take a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the 6th. And you immediately give the lead right back. Immediately. 12 outs from a title. And its gone 6 batters later. At the time you thought the Brewers would be in contention for a while... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYWzNTB8m0

Could not agree more with this. It's been a nice year in a lot of ways, but they are not in a position to start giving up any prospects of value right now as they are not in a legitimate position to compete this year.

Lot of wishful thinking here, IMO. Tons of talent there, maybe not all as unreal as many thought last year, but still massive, and I fully expect them to go on a tear and still win the division. And, even if they are down this year, they are an organization that has as much money as anyone and will be able to upgrade any position easily.

I'm just super glad that the only fan base in all of sports that hasn't won in some time and has very passionate fans that have hoped for a title for so long finally got to win.

The market is nuts this year, but it wouldn't shock me that Jeffress had more value than Luc.

At least throw in Oddibe McDowell.