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  1. JoeHova
    Then Laird isn't your man.
  2. JoeHova
    Guillen has been pretty terrible this year (home and road). I doubt any team is eager to take on that contract at this point. The Royals would probably have to pick up half of it in order to get any interest at all.
  3. JoeHova
    I think Brain Giles is the best fit among realistic options, though I doubt he plays an acceptable CF anymore. He would be a nice upgrade from Kapler. It would suck to cut Gabe though, he did his best to earn his spot. I just think he's not that useful on this specific team and Giles would be. Cameron's career OPS is 80 points worse against righties than it is against lefties, so I think it might be useful to have a guy who can play against righties a time or two per week. Giles' career OPS against righties is almost 1.000, so he would be a nice fit, imo. Also, Giles has extensive experience at all 3 outfield spots and has a career OBP 111 points better than his BA, which is excellent.
  4. JoeHova
    Why is Doug so obsessed with Laird? He's rumored to be traded to the Brewers every freaking year. The elephant in the room is that Laird sucks, despite him having 150 nice AB's this year. I think it would be a horribly stupid move to trade for Laird. What is the point when Kendall plays every game anyway? What could be the possible upgrade? He and Rivera have exactly identical career hitting numbers. Meanwhile, Mike is making the minimum, Laird is getting $1.6 million this year and will get much more next year. In addition to salary, the Brewers would have to give up talent as well. I hate the idea of trading for Laird and if Doug does it, I think he should be fired. I'm not even joking about that. He needs to realize that there are more players in MLB than just ones he's had before. I don't think Laird is an upgrade over Rivera and I don't think he's worth giving up any talent for. This isn't as bad as the Brian Schnieder rumor/wishful Met thinking of last month, but it makes just as little sense.
  5. JoeHova
    I doubt the Jays will deal Halladay for some random Canadians. I think, if they want to trade him at some point, they'll take back the best players offered, regardless of nationality. I mean, the only Canadian of note on their team is Matt Stairs and their attendance is fine (7th out of 14), so I don't really see any evidence that they are or should be making decisions based on people's nationality.
  6. JoeHova
    I would disagree. I found Titus practically unbearable. I give the director some credit for trying something different with the staging but it didn't work at all for me, instead of seeming fresh, it seemed pretentious, unnecessary, and much more derivative than I was expecting. It ended up seeming like she was just throwing random things into the movie so that reviewers might praise her avant-garde sensibilities. The direction itself was vomit inducing, the director had no idea what she was doing with the camera at any given time. I also thought Hopkins gave one of his worst performances (which is saying a lot for a guy known for mailing it in. He is a great actor though, don't get me wrong). I thought Titus was one of the worst movies I'd ever seen when I saw it in the theater and this talk of it has revived my old hatred.
  7. JoeHova

    Cuil

    JoeHova replied to homer's topic in Off-Topic Forum

    what is cuil? I mean the word itself, how do you say it and what is it supposed to mean? Is it a cutesy name like ICQ where it's supposed to sound like something else? If not, it looks gaelic or otherwise celtic to me, which seems like a poor choice considering those languages are practically unpronounceable.
  8. JoeHova
    Hawkins would be better than Mota, but so would a lot of guys. I'd rather the Brewers trade for an actual good pitcher or give one of their young(er) guys a shot.
  9. JoeHova
    The Yankees aren't stupid, no matter how much people wish they were, so I can't see that deal happening. It's not like Cabrera and Gardner are anything special, but Washburn's on-field value is not nearly as high as his salary. I can see why Seattle would be trying to hold out for a useful part, but if they let that blow the deal and are stuck with Washburn, that's going to turn out just as bad as taking Sexson off of waivers last August when some team claimed him did.
  10. JoeHova
    I believe the Brewers are 4th in ratings so far this year (there was an article in Sports Busines Journal a couple weeks ago about ratings). However, their market is tiny, so even teams with far worse rating average more viewers.
  11. JoeHova
    I watched way too many old Shakespeare movies when I was trying to cram for a Shakespeare class years ago and all I can say is that Olivier is much hammier than is my preference and anything with Richard Burton is nearly unwatchable. Also, I'm surprised Julius Caesar (1953) didn't make it over some of the lesser films (O? Really?). Any film starring Marlon Brando and John Gielgud is at least interesting. Julius Caesar might not be considered one of Shakespeare's greatest works, but the film was surprisingly entertaining. It's actually probably my favorite faithful film adaptation (my two favorites are Ran and Throne of Blood, but those don't use Billy's dialogue). Agreed with raykingsforemangrill that 10 Things I Hate About You is very watchable compared to many of the teen movies that came out in the late 90s. As a bonus, it featured Heath Ledger's first American film performance. And count me among those who didn't know that Strange Brew was based on Hamlet. I haven't seen it since I was like 10 and at that time I wasn't really into tracing the literary threads that are present in derivative works. It's somewhat surprising that any movie where a guy drinks himself to the size of a house is based on classic literature (unless it's something by Lewis Carroll, of course).
  12. JoeHova
    Jose Tabata looked like a huge prospect until this season. His OPS in A+ last year was .763, but he was only 18. He's cratered this year in AA though. They say he's a bit of a clubhouse cancer and that he likes McDonald's a little too much, but he's a guy I'm worried about a division rival having. If the Brewers had Tabata, I wouldn't have wanted them to give him up in this deal as his upside seems too high to waste on two average-ish guys, but the Yanks will get to keep Marte and Nady in 2009 if they want and Tabata could wash out (some would say he's in the process of doing that now).
  13. JoeHova
    For one, why would LA do that? And secondly, if they would, there is no reason to doubt that the Brewers could get a similar deal in the 2009 or 2010 offseason. Look at what it took to get 3 months of Sabathia, there is no doubt in my mind that teams will pay handsomely for Prince even if it's just for 2-3 months of him in 2011.
  14. JoeHova
    Will Mota be next? What a trade of crap that was, the Mets were smart to dump Estrada right away.
  15. JoeHova
    It is weird the way he acts during potential no-hitters. I agree that he's being annoying on purpose because he should either just say that there is a no-hitter going on and totally ignore the superstition or he should not say anything. Instead, I feel like he's trying to be cute and skirt the issue. I don't really care about the superstition, it's just jarring to have something that hasn't happened yet be constantly alluded to. And the production crew does the same thing, zooming in on the "H" section of the scoreboard after every inning. On a related note, on Thursday after Braun's home run, Anderson and Schroeder acted like the game was already over and started talking about how it was the 6th time the Brewers had beat the cards in the last at bat this year and naming all the guys who had got the hits that won the game. Luckily, the Cards announcers were guilty of even worse hubris by naming Ryan Franklin the player of the game before he had actually closed the game out. Is it that hard to wait to talk about things during sporting events until they actually happen? By constantly talking about things that haven't happened yet, all you do is set yourself up to look foolish. It's one thing to mention the possibility of something happening, but to dwell on it is annoying, at least in my opinion.
  16. JoeHova
    It is weird the way he acts during potential no-hitters. I agree that he's being annoying on purpose because he should either just say that there is a no-hitter going on and totally ignore the superstition or he should not say anything. Instead, I feel like he's trying to be cute and skirt the issue. I don't really care about the superstition, it's just jarring to have something that hasn't happened yet be constantly alluded to. And the production crew does the same thing, zooming in on the "H" section of the scoreboard after every inning. On a related note, on Thursday after Braun's home run, Anderson and Schroeder acted like the game was already over and started talking about how it was the 6th time the Brewers had beat the cards in the last at bat this year and naming all the guys who had got the hits that won the game. Luckily, the Cards announcers were guilty of even worse hubris by naming Ryan Franklin the player of the game before he had actually closed the game out. Is it that hard to wait to talk about things during sporting events until they actually happen? By constantly talking about things that haven't happened yet, all you do is set yourself up to look foolish. It's one thing to mention the possibility of something happening, but to dwell on it is annoying, at least in my opinion.
  17. JoeHova
    It is weird the way he acts during potential no-hitters. I agree that he's being annoying on purpose because he should either just say that there is a no-hitter going on and totally ignore the superstition or he should not say anything. Instead, I feel like he's trying to be cute and skirt the issue. I don't really care about the superstition, it's just jarring to have something that hasn't happened yet be constantly alluded to. And the production crew does the same thing, zooming in on the "H" section of the scoreboard after every inning. On a related note, on Thursday after Braun's home run, Anderson and Schroeder acted like the game was already over and started talking about how it was the 6th time the Brewers had beat the cards in the last at bat this year and naming all the guys who had got the hits that won the game. Luckily, the Cards announcers were guilty of even worse hubris by naming Ryan Franklin the player of the game before he had actually closed the game out. Is it that hard to wait to talk about things during sporting events until they actually happen? By constantly talking about things that haven't happened yet, all you do is set yourself up to look foolish. It's one thing to mention the possibility of something happening, but to dwell on it is annoying, at least in my opinion.
  18. JoeHova
    It is weird the way he acts during potential no-hitters. I agree that he's being annoying on purpose because he should either just say that there is a no-hitter going on and totally ignore the superstition or he should not say anything. Instead, I feel like he's trying to be cute and skirt the issue. I don't really care about the superstition, it's just jarring to have something that hasn't happened yet be constantly alluded to. And the production crew does the same thing, zooming in on the "H" section of the scoreboard after every inning. On a related note, on Thursday after Braun's home run, Anderson and Schroeder acted like the game was already over and started talking about how it was the 6th time the Brewers had beat the cards in the last at bat this year and naming all the guys who had got the hits that won the game. Luckily, the Cards announcers were guilty of even worse hubris by naming Ryan Franklin the player of the game before he had actually closed the game out. Is it that hard to wait to talk about things during sporting events until they actually happen? By constantly talking about things that haven't happened yet, all you do is set yourself up to look foolish. It's one thing to mention the possibility of something happening, but to dwell on it is annoying, at least in my opinion.
  19. JoeHova
    It is weird the way he acts during potential no-hitters. I agree that he's being annoying on purpose because he should either just say that there is a no-hitter going on and totally ignore the superstition or he should not say anything. Instead, I feel like he's trying to be cute and skirt the issue. I don't really care about the superstition, it's just jarring to have something that hasn't happened yet be constantly alluded to. And the production crew does the same thing, zooming in on the "H" section of the scoreboard after every inning. On a related note, on Thursday after Braun's home run, Anderson and Schroeder acted like the game was already over and started talking about how it was the 6th time the Brewers had beat the cards in the last at bat this year and naming all the guys who had got the hits that won the game. Luckily, the Cards announcers were guilty of even worse hubris by naming Ryan Franklin the player of the game before he had actually closed the game out. Is it that hard to wait to talk about things during sporting events until they actually happen? By constantly talking about things that haven't happened yet, all you do is set yourself up to look foolish. It's one thing to mention the possibility of something happening, but to dwell on it is annoying, at least in my opinion.
  20. JoeHova
    It is weird the way he acts during potential no-hitters. I agree that he's being annoying on purpose because he should either just say that there is a no-hitter going on and totally ignore the superstition or he should not say anything. Instead, I feel like he's trying to be cute and skirt the issue. I don't really care about the superstition, it's just jarring to have something that hasn't happened yet be constantly alluded to. And the production crew does the same thing, zooming in on the "H" section of the scoreboard after every inning. On a related note, on Thursday after Braun's home run, Anderson and Schroeder acted like the game was already over and started talking about how it was the 6th time the Brewers had beat the cards in the last at bat this year and naming all the guys who had got the hits that won the game. Luckily, the Cards announcers were guilty of even worse hubris by naming Ryan Franklin the player of the game before he had actually closed the game out. Is it that hard to wait to talk about things during sporting events until they actually happen? By constantly talking about things that haven't happened yet, all you do is set yourself up to look foolish. It's one thing to mention the possibility of something happening, but to dwell on it is annoying, at least in my opinion.
  21. JoeHova
    not exactly related, but I heard on ESPNews that Johan Santana has never thrown 120 or more pitches in a game in his career. That's pretty incredible and most likely explains why he only has 6 career complete games. I guess such a strict pitch count is working (looking at his results and lack of DL trips), but it's surprising.
  22. JoeHova
    Yeah, shocking that guys are better at the sport they've devoted their lives to than they are at others. Your point seemed to be that anybody who isn't playing one of the main 3-4 money sports is inherently incapable of playing them, when that doesn't follow at all. That's what I took umbrage with. And I agree with Kramnoj, a 31 year old guy hitting over .200 in AA after not playing baseball since high school is pretty impressive. It may have suited the agendas of some people to point to that as an epic failure, but plenty of guys who are drafted in the top 10 rounds never even make it to AA. Sure he sucked if you remove the context but there were 7 prospects on his team that had an OPS within 100 points of him and he had the 2nd most steals on the team (albeit at a poor percentage). Actually, he was 5th in the Southern League in steals that year and 10th in walks.
  23. JoeHova
    I would agree that one of Hardy/Weeks will be shopped. The question is whether they think Escobar will be ready to play Opening Day 2009. If they think he will be, I think whoever brings the most back in a trade will be the one to go. If he isn't, I think they keep Hardy and pick up a stopgap 2nd baseman until Escobar is ready to take over at SS, then they move JJ to 2nd. Of course, if they think JJ won't take to 2nd without complaining, I would guess he'd be the one to go. As for LaRoche, I'd be very interested in getting him. I think he's been a bit overrated as a prospect (I don't see him as a future star) but I think he should provide above average production at 3rd for cheap. Then again, his results this year haven't been encouraging (in AAA or the majors) and I'm not sure how good his defense is. It would depend on who the Dodgers wanted for him, but I like the idea in general.
  24. JoeHova
    Why not just call Stetter back up? I don't think Rhodes is a great bet going forward, he missed all of 2007 and is 38 years old. I don't want to see the Brewers throw away more future service time for a couple months of a washed up guy like Rhodes. I mean, he was very good in 2005, but he was terrible in 04 and 06 and missed 07. He's also being used as a loogy this year, which wasn't really the case in the past. ZiPS had him projected as a below league average reliever coming into this year (then again, ZiPS had Stetter being even worse, but Stetter is at least relatively young). I'd rather keep Pena and call Stetter up, I think that would be better for this year and the future.
  25. JoeHova
    I'm curious to know if there is anything Gagne or Mota could do (on the field) that would result in them being cut. I'm not saying not cutting them is the wrong move per se, it's just that with a team in the hunt for a playoff spot, you would think guys with ERAs of 6 (and Mota's was that high last year too) and 7 would be places where improvements could be made. I guess the reason I bring it up is because if the Brewers do make the playoffs, there is no way I want to see Mota or Gagne come into the game in a key spot. I won't be able to stomach one of those chumps blowing the season and then having to deal with all the media and fans of other teams laughing about it all off-season. At least Stetter is young and homegrown. No shame in losing with a guy like that (though I guess Giants fans would tell you different about Salomon Torres).
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