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We are in a pennant race,that's not the time to add a 7 year vet with a career 4.90 ERA.About the only thing he looks to do well is not walk hitters.

As Brett said, why would SEA trade a pre-arby guy who can hit? He can be a backup for a couple years, at $350K. A pre-arby pitcher only makes 350K Not that expect a trade to happen,it's rare to see high level prospects traded for another high level prospect.

Maybe Yost should rethink his, "Yell at a pitcher if he's struggling" philosophy? If a pitcher can't handle a manager coming out and telling him to throw some damn strikes,that guy likely isn't long for surviving in the majors.

The main reason i wanted Cordero to pitch the 12th was to be nearly sure Braun/Fielder get to bat in the 13th. It wasn't a nobrainer call though IMO

Balfour probably has decent stuff,he looks like a guy right now that isn't able to control his emotions and just pitch. I can almost picture the guy after his disaster first outing and then the leadoff walk tonight,thoughts running through his mind that i'm blowing my chance after all that time rehabbing injuries.Instead of feeling confident and throwing,he's nervous,overthinking,and trying to guide the ball sorta like a nervous guy on the free throw line late in a game that can't keep his form and bricks the shot.

Anyone have a clue why Ned like batting Estrada fifth so much?

2. clicker training was a really fast way for our dog to learn things. Work on all the commands and eventually he'll realize you lead his pack. Saw that on the Dog Whisperer and considered trying it,but i doubt Tyson would hear it as he's playing his catch me if you can game outside. As far as being 75% potty trained, you may already know this, but Nature's Miracle is absolutely premium when it comes to getting pet messes (especially urine) out of carpeting. It has enzymes that actually 'eat' the stain/odor. I'm kinda lucky in that when he does go in the house if he wakes up before us,the majority of times it's on this small foot rug right in front of the patio door instead of the carpet.I just throw it in the wash machine one or twice a week. Obedience training is something you definitely want to do. If she's old enough, you may want to ask the instructor about your daughter being the primary trainer. I considered it,but it is fairly pricey and besides running off outside and chewing cords,Tyson listens to me.My daughter though is another story,he doesn't listen to her.My guess is he fears me whe he misbehaves,in the house at least,but doesn't fear my daughter. Working with a dog off leash is easier if you walk them first. It burns some of the initial excitement. Before unleashing work on some of the basic commands then take the leash off while she's interested in what you are doing. Only allow her to go so far from you at first and gradually allow her range to increase then call her back. In time she'll start to automatically come back. Never get frustrated and use the bad voice, it only makes it worse. I always walk him first,he just loves playing catch/fetch with this ball.The problem is there is an insane amount of rabbits/chipmunks/squirrel/birds by where i live and even moths get his attention quick.If Tyson sees any of the above,he chases them and instantly quits fetching the ball.He then ignores my telling him to come back and seems to think my trying to get him is a game because as soon as i get close,he runs off in a different direction.This can go on for awhile as i get more and more pissed off because Tyson is incredibly quick/agile.It's getting to the point i don't like playing fetch with him,but he also will bolt out the door and pull this routine if someone comes in my patio door without making sure he doesn't get out.In the house though,he almost always listens to my commands. Watch "The Dog Whisperer" on National Geographic. We had it recommended, because we have a cocker who is a bit high strung. He's done SOOOO much better because my wife and I have become the pack leaders and are not treating him like a person, but a dog. Great stuff! Love that show and it's helped me in that i did get wrapped up early on by viewing the puppy as just cute and being afraid to hurt his feelings.That Ceaser guy is amazing in how quickly he fixes problems. BTW,anyone go through their puppy chewing cords?Early on he chewed through a speaker wire,head shaver cord,and my daughter hair dryer cord.He hadn't done it for awhile,but i woke up today and had no sound on the TV.After the remote did nothing,i looked behind the TV and saw that he chewed through the cable.I yelled at him while holding the chewed cable,but he looked at me like if someone yelled at me in Chinese.Besides this being a hassle for me,i fear he'll hurt himself if this doesn't stop.

Tell me again why he's batting fifth? I've been trying to figure this out everytime Yost does it.My dislike for Estrada grows by the day.

Weeks Hart Braun Prince Hall Hardy Jenkins/Mench Estrada/Miller

On a related note, I think a significant reason Braun is having such a phenomenal season is because he is batting in front of Prince. Thus he is being "pitched to" and getting more pitches to hit because they don't want to pitch to Prince with runners on base. With that in mind, I think Braun is starting to build that same fear into opponents, so I think Weeks could actually benefit from hitting second as opposed to first.Have Hart lead off, then Weeks - that may make teams to pitch to Weeks more, and thus cut down on the number of pitches he waves at out of the strike zone because they are pitching around him to get to the pitcher when he hits in the 8th spot. Fielder managed to win NL Player of the month with Estrada batting after him,guys get pitched to no matter where they hit unless a total scrub is batting behind them. If Bill Hall had been following Braun instead of Prince,i think Braun would still have outstanding numbers.You can't go walking guys in most game situations,it just has to many pitfalls given you're around 70% likely to get out even good hitters. Weeks hasn't been making so many outs because he was batting 8th and teams were pitching around him.He was brutal because Weeks wasn't able to hit an offspeed pitch if his life depended on it,even hanging curves and sliders.His mind and mechanics were a mess.He'd take fastballs right down the middle,then flail at sliders off the plate or hanging offspeed stuff he should have crushed. Instead of being pitched around,they went right at him.Get ahead in the count on Rickie and then fed him a steady diet of sliders/curves/changeups,what followed we all saw.Regardless where Weeks hits,once he lays off all those crappy sliders off the plate and makes pitchers throw him stuff he can handle,he'll improve.

I enjoyed when Costas called baseball games even if i don't always agree with his views.He calls events wonderfully and without forcing things,just naturally good at it.Loved when Costas and Uecker used to call playoff games,they worked great together.

As far as keeping him quiet, do you own a crate? Besides being nice for keeping him out of the way at times and assisting with housebreaking, these can function as sick beds when you need to restrict the animal's activity. While dogs shouldn't be 'over-crated', using one of these things isn't cruel. Their 'denning' instinct generally makes them feel at home. I bought the dog on the internet and had him flown in from South Dakota in a crate.I did it that way because i couldn't find a breed we wanted at the Human Society and they asked me not to buy a puppy from a pet store because i guess many come from puppy mills.So we looked online and my daughter found this one and i talked to the breeder who lived on a farm.The dogs weren't crated,he said they were a small breeder. Anyways,Tyson went crazy whenever in the crate,barking/crying non stop and biting at the crate.My daughter let him sleep in her bed early on and if we tried putting him back in the crate,it wasn't pretty.This likely slowed the potting training some,but he's about 75 percent trained now.Once in awhile i wake up to some crap on the floor by the patio door,but that's gone from every day to once a week at most. The one training method i'm struggling most with is getting him to come to me if he's off the leash and outside.In the house he listens 90 percent of the time if i say come here or sit,outside it's maybe 20 percent.I often have to chase him down which isn't easy,hes to damn fast and agile.I'll be throwing him his ball and he fetches/brings it back,loves playing this,but if he see a rabbit/bird etc he'll bolt and the getting him back game is on.I yell at him when i finally catch the little guy,but i'm guessing he has no clue what i'm yelling about or he just ignores it.I dunno.

It's amazing to me how often guys like Loretta or relief pitchers are fairly ignored as free agents,then at the trade deadline a team that eventually signed them are able to pawn the guy off for a decent prospect or two.

My dog is starting to walk on it today,so it obviously was just a sprain and a lesson learned that i probably should have just given it a day or at least a few more hours.I'm assuming in retrospect,if it was really serious,he'd have seemed in extreme pain and he really looked more scared/upset than in bad pain. One thing that was hard to do was keep him fairly inactive.Tyson was still trying to jump on/off the couch and took a funny header trying to jump on.Must be the mix of the breed being very active and he's no doubt not a passive one from his litter.In fact we named him Tyson because he seems to think he's the baddest dog on the planet even though he's a bite sized lunch for many big dogs. Thanks for the responces,i've never had a dog,either as a kid or adult so some stuff is still new to me. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/danzig6767/DOGGGGGYYYMay18069.jpg

Anyone else notice that Steven Baldwin looks permanently stoned?Everytime i see the guy in a movie or interviewed,he looks like he just took about a dozen bong hits.

If he's not inclined to chew it, you might want to consider a leather leash. Besides being less apt to tangle, it's really easy on the hands. One reason she kept the leash on while playing catch and he's running fast is Tyson listens in the house when we say sit or come here,but once he gets outside his listening skills shrink alot by all the distractions and by being amped up.Plus,there are quite a few birds/rabbits/chipmunks by us and he goes after them if not being held on the leash.With the leash on if he won't come when we tell him to,it's easier to grab him via the leash vs without it.He's only 8 pounds ,lightning fast,and very agile.Guess i need to watch a few more Dog Whisperer episodes so the guy listens outside like he does in the househttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif I mainly asked the question because my dog loves to run and can really jump high on things,i'm guessing this won't be the first time he hurts a leg or foot. Out of curiosity, what parts of the bill were most expensive? Office visit=40 2 Radiograph=84 Radiology interpretation=12 Radiology set up fee=18 Metacam injection=26 Metacam 15ml take home=18 I have no idea if the prices are excessive,i just use the same vet i've been taking my Bearded Dragon to the last five years. Next time I suggest getting a bigger dog. They're dumber (or at least my dog is) but man they're sturdy and built like a ton of bricks (or, again at least mine is.)http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif My daughter wanted a smaller dog and we eventually settled on the Toy Fox Terrier breed after some research.I love the little guy,but underestimated the energy level of a puppy in this breed.Always wants top play,sometimes drives me nut during close Brewer games and takes him forever to get tired.I love rottweilers,but my daughter didn't share that love.

nd from the one inning I saw from Parra it is apparent to me that he has what it takes to step into the rotation It's possible that Parra could step into the rotation now and be good right away,he wouldn't be the first guy in big league history if he did so.With that said,one good inning doesn't make anything apparent. The Brewers aren't going to drop a guy they invested 42 million dollars into and then insert a young kid off a good first inning.I did like though that Parra didn't look nervous at all and he attacked the strike zone vs the nibble fest we saw all game prior.

Pauly Shore has lived a very charmed life Very little talent,yet has quite a bit of cash and nails Playmates all the time.Son in Law did have it's moments though and Carla Gugino i found that nice mix of cute/sexy in the movie.

I bought a puppy (Toy Fox Terrier) for my daughters birthday in April,it's the first dog i've ever owned.Tyson is now about 5 months old and today my daughter was throwing the ball to him by this big grass area right by our place,the little guy is fast as hell when running full speed. Anyways she still had on the small cat leash that we use and she said it tangled in his back foot as he was running and he stopped right away and started squealing,i heard it all the way from my place.Tyson wouldn't put any pressure on that leg when he tried to walk,he kept it off the ground entirely and just used his other three legs. So i gave it roughly an hour and a half or so and he looked very uncomfortable,shaking a bit,but yet not wimpering as if in great pain.I called my mom who has owned dogs and she said she would give it time before going to the vet,but i got worried and instead took him there.The vet had some fear it was a dislocated hip,but 2 xrays showed no damage and the vet said it was likely a strain/sprain.Gave him a shot and some medicine,final bill about 200 dollars,more than i expected.Felt like i wasted the money by rushing to the vet. My question is,how do you dog owners know when to go to a vet if they get hurt and are favoring a leg?Tyson hurt a foot or leg once before,didn't see how,but after roughly 30 minutes he was walking on it somewhat.Dogs obviously don't talk so i felt clueless as to whether today i should have given the injury a day to see if it got better or go to the vet pretty quick because dogs will try to walk and might make it worse. I forgot to ask the vet this,but either way i'm sure he'd have said bring him in right away given the bill i got. (added tag --1992)

The Brewers are in a legit pennant race for the first time in roughly 25 years and it seems like few are enjoying it,i don't get it. We will very likely be playing games that matter alot for the rest of the season,instead of looking at what vets we can trade to a contender at the deadline.I can only speak for myself,but i'm enjoying the tension that these games are bringing vs being 11 games back and not really caring if we win or lose games. Sure it would be nice to have a safer lead in the division,but it getting close does raise the stakes and tension,which all great pennant races need to thrive. Obviously i hope we make the playoffs and i'm not overly worried yet,but i'm going to continue to enjoy and soak in where this team is at right now after so long of not caring about games by this point in the season.When i find myself getting to pissed off,i try to remind myself that for the past 25 years,i'd have been thrilled to have a reason to be stressed over losing a game in late July.

I love how our pitchers seem to think we are facing the Yankees offense

The worst part was Villanueva was pitching to those three guys like Bonds or Pujols was at the plate.Looked petrified to throw a strike to a bunch of crappy hitters.

Painful watching the Carlos tonight Nibble nibble nibble,throw some damn strikes

Anyway, my prediction is that Vick will cut a deal to rat out his friends/relatives in exchange for probation or a fine. If though Vick is the big man financing the operation,won't things likely shake out the other way?His friends/relatives offer up Vick on a platter for lighter sentences,after all i see the feds trying to bring down the big name guy,not the guys working for him. While it's not a perfect analogy,when the government goes after the mob,they get the smaller fish to rat out the bigger name fish who actually run things,not the other way around.

There are a few guys like Dillon on every AAA team. They just aren't that good, or special. They need to find a home and get a chance, like Coste has. Do most teams have a guy who posted a 1.000 plus OPS in over 1000 AAA at bats the last three years? I started the only because Dillon hasn't just hit well the last three years in AAA,he has put up numbers that i'm just guessing a fair number of guys now in the bigs couldn't do if they were sent back to AAA. I'm no scout and maybe Dillon would really struggle vs big league pitching.I'm just assuming that if a guy can post a 1.000 plus OPS in his last 1000 plus AAA at bats,he should be able to hit well enough in the bigs to help a team at least in a bench role.There are quite a few guys in the majors that are pretty poor hitters among thirdbaseman or backup outfielders.