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I wouldn't mind seeing if Cain could handle Huntsville. That guy is a machine.

I thought the Stats forum was just so my drinking water wouldn't be tainted by those people?

It's nice that the Stars have a few special players to watch in the second half after a dreadful first half. I'm crossing my fingers that Fermaint gets promoted along with Iribarren. That'd actually give the Stars a pretty solid lineup from top to bottom for the first time in a few seasons.

I do believe Lou is developing quite the reputation for his work behind the plate.

I suppose wishing for some discretion by piggybacking Jones and Pena would be asking too much. :/

I do believe Krynzel has been mentioned as one who didn't deal well with reaching his "goals" and then finding he wasn't going to be promoted. Of course that was back when we had a bit more open dialogue with family members of players and not much has been said about it in a while. Given that Krynzel has admitted to not putting his full effort behind playing baseball, I think it's a fairly safe assumption to make that in the past he hasn't dealt well with how his promotions, or lack thereof, have been handled. Though I think it's difficult to place all of the blame on the Brewers management, especially in a case like Krynzel's.

That's an amazing line from Rogers, quite possibly the best of his career (probably by far). Or just the best in a week. 6/2/06 6.2 IP 2H 1ER 2BB 9K As someone mentioned earlier, Mark has been on fire for almost a month now.

*ahem* Steve Moss.

Greg, I understand how much you don't like HS pitchers, but isn't it fairly obvious by now that Jack Z feels completely differently then you? I'd think you'd already be resigning yourself to seeing HS pitchers well in advance of every draft. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif And considering the lack of corner OF prospects in the farm system, seeing college corner OF's drafted shouldn't be all that suprising. Though I'm hoping the Brewers think highly enough of them to start them at least in WV so they will be at least somewhat pushed.

I'm pretty sure this is Roger's 3rd dominant start over his past 4 or 5, when before that he pretty much had zero. Given his past struggles, I'd be pretty ecstatic if he keeps up a 60% quality start rate for the rest of the year.

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Dave Krynzel's first game back from injury and he doesn't disappoint with a leadoff homerun to open the game. We missed you Dave, but no need to rub it in.

I say apathy for some and Branyan bobbleheads for others!

Steve Moss, all he does is hit doubles. I know he was catching heat from people early in the year, but it should be noted he's putting up some nice numbers so far, and it seems he's re-learned how to take a walk. And has been stated before, good grief the Brewrs are loaded with CF prospects.

I can't wait for the eventual locked Khalid threads due to this thread.

Much like Happy Fun Ball, you shouldn't taunt Khalid.

Remember when pitching was being overshadowed by the hitters and was viewed as a potential weak spot?

Hardy is just spoiling us at this point. Anyone have any idea when the Brewers last had a 4 homerun inning?

We have the greatest catching tandem in the history of the universe.

tease Pronunciation Key (tz) v. teased, teas·ing, teas·es v. tr. 1. To annoy or pester; vex. 2. To make fun of; mock playfully. 3. To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity in without affording satisfaction. See also, David Bush.

I hope someone convinced Gross that he's still pinch hitting.

I don't know if I would call 5 singles and one home run getting shelled. The defense didn't help him out either. It's not a good outing by any means, but it isn't a disaster either. It's kind of a typical, muddled, Mark Rogers start.

Ye of little faith. Moss has never been one to start out fast, even last year he struggled for the first month and a half before finally clicking. And with the way all of Huntsville is struggling, it seems a little picky to focus just on how poorly Moss has performed. Of course, I'm absurdly biased, so take my defense with a grain of salt. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Can Badgerfan be traded for past considerations? I know Badgerfan ruffled quite a few feathers when he first joined, but I really think he's toned down since then and started to make some solid posts.

You are the winner!!!! I was waiting for someone to tell me it was "only April". These sort of things set the tone for the season. Disappointing losses like these are telling of the character of the ballclub and the way that clutch hitting is non-existent. The worst hitting team in the MLB and you're telling me there's a chance? Our pitching is good....but not nearly good enough to carry us all season long. Yost has to get his head out of his lower extremities and start switching up the batting order or putting guys in there who can hit (ie. Gross!!! Hart!!!). Mix it up. If Yost's definition of mixing it up is putting Chad Moeller in there, then good luck. I think it's difficult to prove that in 13 games any sort of "tone" has been set for the season. Weren't all of our first 5 victories the come from behind variety? That we finally got a lead and were unable to hold it is disappointing to be sure, but we've already shown a short history of being able to come from behind and win ball games. And I think it's even more difficult to extrapolate that this team will continue to be the worst hitting team in MLB for the remaining 149 games. Just 2 games ago their were multiple threads calling for Jenkins head, and here he is once again getting into a groove and the talk dies down. Three games into the season people were calling for Prince to platoon, and now he's settling in nicely at the plate. Does anyone really think that Clark is a .527 OPS hitter? Or that Miller is a .429 OPS hitter? Or conversely that Gross is a 1.048 OPS hitter? It's incredibly early in the season, and as such stats tend to fluctuate wildly and rapidly. As we get further into the season we'll have a much better idea of just where this team stands offensively. Also, have you even considered that since this team is so young, that it also has an incredibly good chance of improving during the course of the season? That should also help curb some of your early pessimism about their start. As for the pitching, the rotation is the one thing I have no qualms about. It's talented, young, deep, and very, very good. As an added bonus we have talented young starters waiting for a shot in Nashville. The bullpen OTOH, does still have question marks, but I wouldn't call it a sore spot by any means. But I do think it is apparant that for stretches, this team is going to live and die by it's bullpen, and by it's rotation as well. One other thing I noticed in the "What weaknesses does this team have?" thread was that the most common answer was backup catcher. To me that means that people had some very high expectations of this team, and I think they might have been slightly misplaced. This is probably the best team we've fielded in about 15 years, but there are still weaknesses, and those weaknesses will frustrate us as fans many times throughot the course of a season. But the one thing I can't iterate enough is that a baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. You can't get too upset about small stretches here or there or you'll burn yourself out.