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  1. JohnBriggs12
    I'll be paying half price on Senior days by that time. I figure the infield loge seats will be around $50-55 by that time so that should be around $25 for me. I just fear that all us baby boomers will get the shaft and they'll stop offering this promotion that goes back decades.
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    It's normal. People who buy tickets online most places have the option of printing them. I got tickets to Packer/Ram game in St. Louis via stubhub and they came in that form.
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    Nice one, antagonizing the whole forum. Bravo. I call them as I see them bullox. Just because my opinion isn't the majority doesn't make it wrong.
  4. JohnBriggs12
    They're the ones that say they "expect this team to be in playoffs". Yost is a moron if he thinks he can win with Capuano and Vargas both in his rotation. As to the future, does anyone expect them to give either of those guys long term deals? They've already priced themselves high enough in arbitration to reduce their trade value to nil.
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    Adam McCalvy writes that "The team would base its choices on something other than who are our best five starters". According to Yost: "We did that all the time in Atlanta" The gist of the article is that Villanueva could be optioned despite the fact he has as strong case for being one of the 5 (I'd say 3rd) best starters. Apparently "roster control" is more important than having your best players on the field. Man what a tragedy it would be if they lost control of Vargas or the lefty that's on a 22 appearence losing streak that everyone here is so fond of. That strategy worked in Atlanta because their top 3 pitchers were all Hall of Famers (Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz). It doesn't work when your number 2 starter is rehabbing from knee surgery and your number 3 starter pitched like a number 5 last year. And you guys wonder why my posts have tended to be negative. I just don't trust this management group to give this team the best chance and that guys is the biggest weakness of this team.
  6. JohnBriggs12
    Sexson had a tough 07, but the two years prior he had 71 HR and 228 RBI. He's set up to be AL Comeback POY. By 2012, I could see Richie in a encore season as a Brewer replacing the departed Prince.
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    Sorry ender, I just don't see Cameron as an offensive upgrade over Jenkins/Mench. First Petco is much tougher on lefthanded hitters than it is on righthanded hitters so I think you are overestimating the park factor. It's 367 to straight away LF as opposed to 378 to straight away RF, and 402 to left-center as opposed to 411 to right center. Cameron is also now 35 years old and is more likely to regress than progress. I think he's very likely to match very closely to what Jenkins did last year: .255/.319/.471 with very similar strikeouts. Kendall should be an upgrade by 30 points in OBP over Estrada, but at the expense of 50-100 point of slugging. I said that the improvement has to come from Weeks and Hall, but that could be at the expense of some minor regression elsewhere. Can they improve? Sure, but the thread is whether they are a top 5 offensive team in all of baseball. They might end up being that but it's far from a slam dunk.
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    Offense is measured by runs scored. Brewers were 5th in the NL in runs scored in 2007. Their offseason moves didn't address the offensive shortcomings (high strikeouts, low BA, low OBP), so the improvement has to come from better seasons out of guys like Weeks and Hall. I'd have a hard time arguing the Brewer offense as currently constructed is a top 5 one. Top 10, yes.
  9. JohnBriggs12
    Does that make it better or worse? Maybe he should have more concern for the humans that feed their families by working in the meat/fish processing industry.
  10. JohnBriggs12
    Look I don't agree with Stone's analysis of the NL Central but I respect a guy who's been in baseball for 40 years, won a Cy Young award, and put up sitting next to Harry Carey more than for more than a dozen years. He does know a thing or two about the game. It's no secret that the Brewers need either Sheets to stay healthy for a full season or have another pitcher emerge with an "ace like" season. That was true last year, the year before and the year before that. Had that happened they would have won the division at least once if not twice in that time. But I can't fault Stone for basing his prediction on history especially considering his natural Cub bias.
  11. JohnBriggs12
    Ben Sheets and Roy Oswalt both came up in 2001. Oswalt is 112-54 while Sheets is 73-74. By some statistical analysis it could be said that Sheets is the equal of Oswalt. But the object isn't winning statistical battles it's winning. Therefore Oswalt has been considerably more valuable to the Astros than Sheets has been to the Brewers. The job of the starting pitcher is to hold the opponent to fewer runs than his team scores while he is on the mound whether that means 6 runs, 4 runs, 3 runs, 2 runs, 1 run or 0 runs. Most of those pitchers considered all time greats did this consistently. Now over the course of any particular season, factors such as run support, bullpen effectiveness (more so in the past 30 years) and luck play a part one way or another but over a career these tend to even out to some degree. When your teams "ace" only wins 12 games it puts quite a burden on the rest of the team to get the 78 or so more wins needed to get to the 90 usually needed to get to the postseason.
  12. JohnBriggs12
    Ben Sheets and Roy Oswalt both came up in 2001. Oswalt is 112-54 while Sheets is 73-74. By some statistical analysis it could be said that Sheets is the equal of Oswalt. But the object isn't winning statistical battles it's winning. Therefore Oswalt has been considerably more valuable to the Astros than Sheets has been to the Brewers. The job of the starting pitcher is to hold the opponent to fewer runs than his team scores while he is on the mound whether that means 6 runs, 4 runs, 3 runs, 2 runs, 1 run or 0 runs. Most of those pitchers considered all time greats did this consistently. Now over the course of any particular season, factors such as run support, bullpen effectiveness (more so in the past 30 years) and luck play a part one way or another but over a career these tend to even out to some degree. When your teams "ace" only wins 12 games it puts quite a burden on the rest of the team to get the 78 or so more wins needed to get to the 90 usually needed to get to the postseason.
  13. JohnBriggs12
    Ben Sheets and Roy Oswalt both came up in 2001. Oswalt is 112-54 while Sheets is 73-74. By some statistical analysis it could be said that Sheets is the equal of Oswalt. But the object isn't winning statistical battles it's winning. Therefore Oswalt has been considerably more valuable to the Astros than Sheets has been to the Brewers. The job of the starting pitcher is to hold the opponent to fewer runs than his team scores while he is on the mound whether that means 6 runs, 4 runs, 3 runs, 2 runs, 1 run or 0 runs. Most of those pitchers considered all time greats did this consistently. Now over the course of any particular season, factors such as run support, bullpen effectiveness (more so in the past 30 years) and luck play a part one way or another but over a career these tend to even out to some degree. When your teams "ace" only wins 12 games it puts quite a burden on the rest of the team to get the 78 or so more wins needed to get to the 90 usually needed to get to the postseason.
  14. JohnBriggs12
    Ben Sheets and Roy Oswalt both came up in 2001. Oswalt is 112-54 while Sheets is 73-74. By some statistical analysis it could be said that Sheets is the equal of Oswalt. But the object isn't winning statistical battles it's winning. Therefore Oswalt has been considerably more valuable to the Astros than Sheets has been to the Brewers. The job of the starting pitcher is to hold the opponent to fewer runs than his team scores while he is on the mound whether that means 6 runs, 4 runs, 3 runs, 2 runs, 1 run or 0 runs. Most of those pitchers considered all time greats did this consistently. Now over the course of any particular season, factors such as run support, bullpen effectiveness (more so in the past 30 years) and luck play a part one way or another but over a career these tend to even out to some degree. When your teams "ace" only wins 12 games it puts quite a burden on the rest of the team to get the 78 or so more wins needed to get to the 90 usually needed to get to the postseason.
  15. JohnBriggs12
    Yeah, since when did W/L record mean anything? Actually since the beginning of time. They don't call it the Cy Young award because he had a 2.63 ERA and I don't think there is a Hall of Fame pitcher with a .500 record.
  16. JohnBriggs12
    Stone was on WSCR last week and a caller from Kenosha asked him about the Brewers. He said that while he likes the Brewers, he doesn't think Sheets qualifies as a ace because he's never won more than 12 games, and that's the difference. He went on to say the Cubs have 5 or 6 guys who can win 12 easily. Of course the caller failed to challange him by saying the Brewers have that too. Stone is on the Score every Thursday, usually at noon but earlier likely tomorrow because Murphy is on vacation. Fans can call. Mayble he should be taken on with more vigor than the guy from Kenosha.
  17. JohnBriggs12
    Reality check: The Cardinals brought him in last September and he was awful: 6 for 32, 1 HR, 15 Ks. He hasn't hit over .228 since 2005, and has only hit over .250 once. OB guy? Hardly. His OBP was over .330 one time in a 10 year career. He walks a fair bit for one reason guys. He can't put balls in play when he swings. If he sees any time in a Brewer uniform it's a mistake.
  18. JohnBriggs12
    I just hope the Branyan lovers can control themselves.
  19. JohnBriggs12
    I agree with Dr. Wood. Berkman's been one of the best hitters in the game this decade. He had an "off" year and still hit 34 HR and drove in 102. There is nothing wrong with the Astro lineup. They are two average starters away from being right in the mix in the division which scares the heck out of me because average starters can come out of nowhere.
  20. JohnBriggs12
    I would take Willits over Cameron. Key to Brewer offense is getting guys on in front of Braun, Fielder and Hart. Cameron isn't any better in that regard than most of what they already had. I don't think the Brewers really had available the guys that intereseted the Angels. As for the Cubs, they do have Sam Fuld as alernative to Pie. Fuld was very good in Arizona Fall League. But the Cubs are all about winning now and they prefer taking no chances on guys who haven't produced on the big league level (Fukudome notwithstanding).
  21. JohnBriggs12
    Why would they not go after Willits because they have Pie? They want Roberts not because they need a 2B, but because they want a leadoff hitter. Willits had a .391 OBP last year in Anaheim. He profiles as an ideal leadoff hitter. Pie on the other hand, didn't hit a lick in the majors last year and won't leadoff even if he's the starter in CF.
  22. JohnBriggs12
    I heard the name of Reggie Willits mentioned as on Cub radar this weekend. Now it would make more sense for them to add Cintron if they were getting an OF in return for Cedeno rather than another middle infielder. And a Cedeno for Willits trade makes some sense for both teams. Willits could be the leadoff guy they crave and play CF instead of Pie. ryne100, I think your statement "Cedeno can't hit at all" is off base. He's hit a ton in AAA, including .359/.422/.537 in 07. He's pressed in the big leagues but he's only 25. I think he could still end up as a major league starter.
  23. JohnBriggs12
    So you think he's pitched "well" over the past year and a half? I will concede he hasn't been as bad as the W-L record, and he's had some good games mixed in, but overall, he hasn't pitched "well" in my opinion since the first half of 06.
  24. JohnBriggs12
    Question for the many Capuano backers out there. Suppose in April he extends his losing streak to 15 and/or 25 straight losing appearences and Gallardo is ready to come off the DL. Will you finally be ready to pull the plug on this guy and at least banish him to the bullpen?
  25. JohnBriggs12
    While starting pitching depth is a good thing, let's keep in mind that replacing Gallardo with any of the 5th starter candidates is not exactly an even swap. Though over a minimal number like 2 or 3 starts the difference may not come into play. Personally, I'd like to see Parra take his starts with a rotation of Sheets, Villanueva, Suppan, Bush and Parra. I'd leave Capuano in the pen and move one reliever or Vargas. Then when Yo comes back, they would simply have to option Parra.
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