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How bad does this quote from Roenicke sound out of context? "...it’s just not comfortable when you know what’s going on with everything." -
Having K-Rod as the closer could be beneficial but only if Roenicke were to use Axford when his best reliever was needed and not in a strict 8th inning role. I don't believe Roenicke would use Axford like that so I would rather they just use John as the closer and Frankie as the set-up guy.
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I think he meant that the budget will presumably be around $80 million.
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Looking at his minor league numbers, it seems like Scarpetta could perhaps be a good reliever. He's got a career 9.9 k/9 and a pretty high 4.5 bb/9, to go with a 1.374 WHIP. In comparison, in the minors John Axford had a 9.9 k/9 and 6.0 bb/9 to got with a 1.481 WHIP. Axford did some of that at AAA (which Scarpetta hasn't seen yet) but he also didn't even debut in the minors until he was 2 years older than Sarpetta is now. Turnbow had 8.0 k/9, 4.6 bb/9 (perhaps skewed a little higher by his disastrous stints in Nashville and OKC) and higher WHIP. Dan Kolb had 6.5 k/9, 4.1 bb/9 and a higher WHIP. I point this out not to say that Scarpetta is a future closer, just that a large amount of walks doesn't necessarily mean a reliever can't be effective.
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I've been looking everywhere I can think of and I can't find anywhere that is selling those hats in bulk. That doesn't mean there isn't someone somewhere with a cache of them though. I did, however, find this beauty.
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Here's a bucket hat with that logo. American Needle appears to make every vintage Brewers cap except for the one you are looking for. They even make the hideous 1994-1996 version. Not to mention the Seattle Pilots cap. Maybe they'll make the one you're looking for in a couple years. Unrelated to the 1997-1999 hat search, but here's a 1936 American Association Milwaukee Brewers retro hat. Pretty cool. That's from Ebbets Field Flannels. They have some of the best looking throwbacks I've ever seen. For example, this.
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I found another trove of the fitteds on ebay: 6 3/4s 6 7/8s Two 6 5/8s and one more adjustable. Obviously those fitteds are pretty small but if you are little or you want one for a kid, you might be in luck.
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There's also a guy who has a couple 7 1/4s for sale but his listing is confusing in that the colors seem different (could just be a bad photo) and there is talk that "these custom made vintage caps are made to order by HAND". That seems to imply that they are being currently produced in the guy's basement or something but it could just be bizarrely worded for some reason.
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There is one on ebay if you wear a 7 1/8. There's also a few adjustable ones there.
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Memories of 2008 Phils playoff/Man, I miss Jim Powell
JoeHova replied to molitor fan's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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Come on Brewers, this bench is awful -- how about some changes?
JoeHova replied to adambr2's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Mediocre is actually quite good for a bench player. Anyway, by bWAR, Kotsay has been below replacement level 7 of the past 8 years. Counsell's only year below that threshold in that time is this season. Also, Counsell has some good will built up from being a Brewer for 6 years. Kotsay is just some scrub who has been here a few months. -
I'm glad I watched it and I don't have anything against Jeter as such, but how is it commendable for him to have taken the most money every time it was offered? By that logic, anybody taking the largest contract offered is doing something commendable. I think it's nice for Yankees fans that Jeter has only been a Yankee so far but it's not like he ever turned down more money in order to stay a Yankee or that he took a paycut or smaller deal in order to help the team. He's insisted on top dollar every time he's been up for a contract. I don't blame him at all for that but I also don't find it any more commendable than anybody who makes decisions based on money. It was just his good luck that he was drafted by the richest team in American sports so he never had to decide whether he wanted top dollar or to play for the team he came up with.
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I don't agree with this. I was displeased at the time because they hadn't really given Adams a chance for whatever reason. I'm sure I wasn't the only one as I recall that Mike was pretty popular around here for awhile because of his undrafted rise to the majors. As for criticizing Melvin for it, it depends. It was a bad move (horrible move) judging by the results but as was mentioned, the Mets and Indians also gave up on him so it's not like Doug was the only guy who couldn't see Mike's future dominance on the horizon.
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Come on Brewers, this bench is awful -- how about some changes?
JoeHova replied to adambr2's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
That's debatable. He was embarrassing himself earlier in the year. A good game or two doesn't really mean much because every pro athlete haas a good game from time to time, no matter how bad they are relative to their peers. -
Once when I was a kid, one of my neighbors (an adult) wanted to play a quick game of touch football with me and my brother. We lived across the street from a park so we normally played there but the neighbor insisted we should play in the street, because that was how they did it when he was a kid. My brother had/has no fear and almost no regard for his safety or well-being so I was wary but we agreed. A few minutes into the game I threw a pass that led my brother too far toward the curb. He leapt for the pass and hit his hip on the side of a pickup truck (coincidentally owned by the neighbor we were playing with). His momentum made his upper body whip forward and he smashed his face into the windshield of the truck hard enough to spiderweb it. He was knocked unconscious, slid limply onto the pavement and had to be rushed to the hospital. I felt horrible about that for months (though my brother didn't hold it against me). Anyway, this is a terrible story. There's nothing I can really say except that I hope the son or Josh Hamilton don't blame themselves too much. Hopefully the guy's family can recover.
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Is it just me or is the heat and humidity in Miller Park when the roof is closed something of an unspoken scandal? MP is totally unbearable to me if the roof is closed and the temperature is anywhere north of 70 degrees or so. It's the least comfortable ballpark or arena I've ever been in (if the roof is closed). There is no air circulation whatsoever. Can't they spring for some ceiling fans or a bunch of those big state fair barn fans or something?
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Impressions of Roenicke so far (part 1)
JoeHova replied to adambr2's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I don't know what exact overall % of the total team at bats that Betancourt, Gomez, Kotsay, McGehee, Nieves, and Counsell have taken this season, but i'd be surprised if their combined OBP is over .270 and their combined OPS is over .600.Those six guys have accounted for 36.4% of Milwaukee's plate appearances thus far. That's including pitchers hitting so they've accounted for an even higher percentage of the team's position player PA's. Doing a quick and dirty calculation of OBP, I get .273 cumulative for those 6 guys. Calculating slugging would take pretty long but considering that only 2 of those guys have slugging percentages over .330, it's safe to say that their cumulative slugging percentage isn't too pretty either. edit: I went ahead and calculated slugging percentage for those 6 as well. I get .320. So, their cumulative OPS is .593. -
But the competition is about quantity, not distance.
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I think Upton would have made a good pick, since he hits the ball far and hard, plus he was lobbying to do it. If the All-Star game was in Milwaukee and Upton was the captain, wouldn't you be slightly upset if he didn't pick Fielder?Upset might be a bit much. I might be a little disappointed but Upton is tied for 18th in the league in home runs. It's not like he's been forcing his way on the team (unlike Kemp). I'm not sure why Prince asked Holliday (tied for 32nd) instead of Berkman (tied for 1st) except that Holliday is a Boras client so maybe they got to be friends through him or something.
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The "Ryan Yount" talk is in the 2nd episode. I kind of like the show so far but my wife didn't enjoy it. It does seem a bit mean-spirited, but not always in a funny way, sometimes in a creepy way. I usually don't really mind mean-spirited but parts seemed a little off to me. I agree that it has potential though and there were quite a few funny lines so I'll keep watching.
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I really hope Prince isn't pressured into picking Upton. What's the point of allowing him to make the picks if he is forced to take guys like Upton or Howard?
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I would love to see an all-Brewer team but I would think that Prince realizes that picking all Brewers would probably lessen the chances of him being asked to participate in the future. But if he doesn't plan on doing it again, he should just go for it. It would be hilarious to see half of the field made up of guys from the smallest market in the league. ESPN would not be happy. Maybe Ortiz could play along by picking 3 Royals.
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Cecil Fielder: Prince could sign with Mets
JoeHova replied to DannoMac21's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Cecil Fielder: Prince is my son, please put me in the paper -
I think I saw something about Fitzgerald "presenting" Aaron Rodgers on some NFL Network top 100 players special. Maybe he was in town to film that.
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"Hey, you're a jerk... no, just kidding!" isn't that funny to me, I guess. You've never heard of facetiousness? I don't actually think Minnesotans are scum. However, I do think fans of their sports teams are annoying. Thus, I chose to be excessively mean when talking about one of their teams. I thought it would be pretty clear I was employing a rhetorical device but I guess not.
