SenatorShriv

Feels like a lot of stories are missing out on the emphasis on advanced analytics. I've been impressed with the team's commitment to advanced analytics across the board - defensive shifts, managing pitching / the bullpen, pinch hitting, etc. That kind of leadership comes from the top or they would have fired CC the first time they lost a game because of a defensive shift.

Blows my mind that professional hitters can't put the ball in the air.

That baserunning error was awful.

I don’t support using banned substances in sports. Period. That being said, it isn’t all the same... using a cream one time to help recover from an injury feels different to me than regularly taking substances designed to increase strength, speed, etc. it always felt to me like there should be different tiers of punishment based off what they were doing and Braun’s was a pretty low level infraction. The debacle that surrounded it made it worse. I dont live in Wisconsin so every time baseball came up, this came up and I stood up for him for a long time during the process. I personally felt like I got burned a bit there and wish he would have handled it way different. All that said, I don’t think that is why he gets booed so much. I think he has a quietly confident and cocky demeanor that doesn’t play well with the general public. Outspoken and brash players with similar struggles seem to get dismissed as “just being them”. The “good guys “ find a way to skate through as well. Braun just never had the PR people around him to build a persona that would withstand or re-endear people to him quickly. I hope he has an amazing couple of years with the crew and enjoy every time he comes up to bat.

I remember being a bartender back when Braun and Fielder were just about to break into the MLB. A guy was talking trash about the brewers sucking (he wasn’t wrong) but I tried to inject some optimism by saying there are two HOF caliber players about to join the roster. He called me crazy but I don’t regret those statements all these years later. Prince didn’t have the longevity; which is obviously a bummer. I honestly think the hourly is still out on Braun. In a hypothetical that ignores PED issues (bc they’re gonna have to get a LITTLE flexible on that) what kind of numbers does braun have to put up in the next 5 years to make it? Given reduced playing time are there some statistics that could isolate his amount of playing time vs others of the Same era to justify it? He’s clearly not going to make it on counting numbers alone so what does the path look like?

So glad I was able to catch the end of this one. I live in a time zone where the games are almost half over or more by the time I get home from work there have been times in the past where I would often decide the time and emotional investment weren’t worth it because the odds of winning were so low and it didn’t feel like we were playing for anything. This season feels different. This bulls pen can hang and the offense is well rounded enough to get us back into most games.

Crazy to me that I logged on tonight and found this thread front and center. I had just gotten home from work and had a short break before I needed to meet my wife for dinner. Decided to turn on the radio feed instead of the MLB TV feed... It was 8th inning and the comeback was just starting. Uecker literally had me jumping around in the kitchen with excitement in both innings. When I met my wife for dinner the first thing I talked about was how amazing it was that an 85 year old man can still bring that kind of energy and fun to the game. I don’t watch a lot of other teams games but I listen to a decent amount while I’m doing stuff around the house because I like the cadence of baseball as a background noise. Most of the other announcers are terrible. I hope that we have the privilege of listening to Ueck when he’s 90.

The most interesting question imbedded in this topic is how much do we think they'll raise the payroll next year (and the years to come.). There are levells of certainty with some existing players that allow us to get to a general budget for 2018 butt I can see the front office deciding to go the rout of bringing in some key players they believe have us in playoff contention. Are they ready to drop 30 miliion on the gambit? 10 million? 20 million? That's the biggest question mark in my mind.

Batman was fantastic. In depth analysis that wasn't found anywhere else on the brewers at that time. Clancy, Brian & AndThat certainly had regular thoughtful contributions that are missed.

Terrible

Terrible

Every time they say Cody Asche i think that they're talking about the Nathan's Hot Dog contest guy. Guess I'm just hungry.

Wow. The boys are swinging at some bad pitches tonight!

This!

Yeah listening online and they're brutal. Had to plug my phone into stereo to listen to WTMJ feed and watch the video on mute. It isn't perfectly in synch but its better than listening to them. Annoying voices and bad commentary.