JimH5

Scooter best be opening up his own pottery studio.

Rich teams can't help themselves when it comes to spending money. They just seem to be obligated to do it. Good for Price for getting his money. That the Brewers aren't able to swim in those waters isn't the worst thing in the world--a 7-year deal for a pitcher is likely to haunt the team at some point. Price's similarity scores on baseball-reference.com show the 3 most similar pitchers through their age 29 season are Johan Santana, Jered Weaver and Roy Oswalt. None of those pitchers had 7 years of ace left in them. But I'm sure the Red Sox are smart enough to know that.

I don't like my patriotism put up for sale. And I don't like love of country being just another thing to do, like guess the prices of these groceries at Sentry.

I really liked the postseason this year. Could the young Cubs make such a jump? Could the Dodgers play up to their payroll? Could the Royals actually win that way? Could the Mets ride that pitching? Could the Jays outscore everyone? It was really a lot of fun, and I really liked seeing important games played without the Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals & Giants.

I guess it's as fine a pick as any. Young, inexperienced guy looking to make a name for himself. The risk is that he's so outside the box that he ends up causing injuries, but he doesn't have that reputation, so, taking him from a division rival is good.

It must be more than one!

Football hasn't suddenly become unsafe, it's the same as it's always been. The difference here is that kids are not as well coached, nor do they play the game enough to learn how to protect themselves. My generation played unsupervised tackle football without pads as early as 2nd grade. Everyone learned how to fall and what not to do long before putting on pads which for most of us was 7th grade, there bumps and bruises but no one broke bones and no one led with their head because without a helmet it's incredibly obvious that it would hurt like hell. I've yet to see football fatality or spinal injury that wasn't the result of leading with the helmet and hitting with the head down so the neck can compress or fracture. It's nearly impossible to suffer a catastrophic injury if the head is up due the physics and mechanics of the human body. It's a such a simple correction and yet one so often overlooked in reporting. Here's an excerpt from an article I link below regarding the dangers of football: Roughly half of the estimated 1.1 million high school players last year got hurt, and a quarter of those injuries were concussions, according to the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study. That’s upwards of 100,000 developing brains exposed to trauma. There were five direct football deaths at the high school level last year, according to the National Survey of Catastrophic Football Injuries compiled annually at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Every single one was from a head injury. http://nypost.com/2015/10/01/were-seeing-the-dark-side-of-high-school-football/ Seemingly every week we're getting more and more information about the dangers of football. Adrian Robinson is the latest publicized case of a guy who developed CTE. He was just 25 when he killed himself. I would hope that parents of young athletes would pay attention to the mounting data about Traumatic Brain Injuries. Many educated people are suggesting that concussions aren't even the biggest problem in football, but it's the accumulation of repeated (and unavoidable) "minor" head contact that leads to CTE. I suspect that as long as the Packers are winning, that many Wisconsinites will ignore the safety aspect of football, even as it relates to their own children. Run to Glory and all that. But maybe when the shine is gone after a downturn, people will take a serious look at the dangers. Youth sports success is so unimportant in the world, and yet some parents put their kids' academics and brain health at risk. Chris Borland is a hero, and yet I wonder how many families have forgotten or ignored his decision.

FWIW, DHonks, I think you did the right thing. I'm astounded when parents put non-academic stuff ahead of actual school. Our collective preoccupation with sports has gotten way out of hand. And with what we continue to learn about the dangers of contact sports--4 deaths from on field contact in HS Football so far this year--I'm surprised that football and hockey haven't had more parents pull their kids out. I'm happy when parents are supportive of their kids, but I can't see putting a sports event ahead of classroom performance.

Congrats, brewcrewdue80! That's better than any baseball news! Best wishes going forward..

It would be hard to turn toward the future while bringing back all the same guys from the past. And it would be hard to expect great things from Counsell and Stearns while shackling them to Roenicke's coaching staff. And so it goes... I suspect 90 percent of the job as a coach involves stuff fans never see. So it's hard for me to judge any of the coaches as being great or terrible. We'll see who are the new names and faces.

A double switch requires the manager to report the changes to the home plate umpire. So when you see a manager in conference with the umpire prior to making a pitching change, there is a good chance he is also making a lineup change. They also post information on the scoreboard, so you can see if the relief pitcher is hitting outside of the batting spot vacated by the starting pitcher, then they conducted a double switch. Finally, the MLB At Bat app lists all the plays and lineup changes in real time. You can find out what happened that way.

Indeed, he does look like Braun. I like the move. We'll see how magnetic he is, bringing in past colleagues, and how he is at judging the Brewers scouting and leadership talent. And we'll see how he is at working with Attanasio. All of that is a lot, but his pedigree is strong, and I have only heard good things about him.

I don't like Craig Counsell managing the Brewers in that hooded sweatshirt. I think it looks too casual. I get it that Terry Francona and others wear non-jersey team gear, but I would prefer Counsell be in a jersey.

Surprised that there's no speculation that Mark A. nixed the deal. It would fit with the thought that he's a hands-on owner..

WOW! So what am I supposed to do with the Wilmer shirsey I ordered?

I much prefer to get guys in a trade who are certain to contribute at the MLB level. Sometimes the "cant miss" guy misses.

I will miss Carlos Gomez as much as any former Brewer. He brought me great entertainment in good times and bad.

The bottom line is that driving is a team sport. If you're blocking traffic in the left lane, you should move right as soon as traffic permits it. But you shouldn't be forced to go 55-60 in order to allow someone to go 80. I'm not a team player when it comes to the streets near my house--namely Calhoun Road between Greenfield & Bluemound. It's 35 there and people will often go 45. But this is my neighborhood, with kids from my daughter's school and families who live all around. I will purposely stick it at 35 in the left lane the whole way, much to the disgust of people who use that road to get wherever they are late for. Their lateness or urgency isn't my problem. It's 35.

I'm bothered by the guy in the US Cellular/iPhone commercial who has a beautiful wife and adorable kids at home, but he is off rock climbing, waking up in a suspended tent , facetiming with them as they all wake up. Dude, you've got young kids who depend on you to be their dad. You should be home, cooking breakfast for them, not risking your life on a worthless pursuit.

My seats are on the Loge level, behind the screen, so I'm going to say the RF throwing a guy out at the plate. The play would be right in front of me, the dugout is right there and guys would be pouring out, and the celebration would be right there. Generally speaking, I'd say the CF making an over the fence catch. Gomez vs. Votto, the Endy Chavez catch, the Red Sox play with the cop raising his arms. . .those were truly spectacular plays. But if I were in the park, they would be so far away to truly grasp their greatness.

That was a tremendous story about that fan. Thanks for posting it.

Betting on your own team by the same amount each game, every game, offers the best defense that you have not let gamblers influence your play. Still, if others know you have money on that game, that could still effect the outcome. If a teammate, opponent, umpire or scorer wishes to do harm to you or the bookmaker, they could do things outside of your control to influence the outcome of the wager.

Gambling is much worse. It gives entry to the possibility that the competition is compromised and that one side may not be playing to win--the very nature of sport.

I don't think Favre did anything wrong. He wanted to play, he wanted to get paid and the Packers didn't want him. If Packers fans want to hold that against him, too bad. They got more than their money's worth out of him. He was ridiculous at the end, with all the teasing between organizations, etc. but that's up to us to pay attention or ignore. Rose clearly is on the top of the list, then Braun, and Favre is at the bottom.

I would dress appropriate for what the job would be, or maybe slightly better. Try to match how you think the best employees in that job would look.