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  1. JoeHova
    I think this is overstated. Anyone could have had Russ at anytime for anything during spring training or April, but the Brewers need him now. It could be the same situation with Callix if the team feels they need a 2B.
  2. JoeHova
    Nice! But I think the way to find friends is to email them your Mario Kart code (should be on your License) and have them enter your code in the game or email you back with their code. I haven't played the on-line mode much yet, so I'm not positive.
  3. JoeHova
    Salome with three walks, none of them intentional (at least according to the box score). You've got to love that.
  4. JoeHova
    I don't know how to fix motors, but I'm sorry to see that you're having so much trouble with your yard implements, InsomniacInkRoss. I know how frustrating it can be to have a bunch of little things go wrong for you at the same time.
  5. JoeHova
    All his salary? Then the Brewers are paying Suppan and Millwood over $48 million over the next two years to be average or slightly below average pitchers. Sure, Millwood has been better than average at times, but that is a lot of money for a not very sure thing, not to mention that Millwood has had some injury concerns in his career. I just don't see any reason to pay Millwood and Suppan almost $25 million per year over two years if you're the Brewers. That's too much of the payroll tied up in guys that aren't anything special. I've always felt that you pay the special players top dollar, not the average guys.
  6. JoeHova
    The idea that Prince has to be traded to open up a spot for LaPorta is ridiculous. LaPorta is hitting worse in AA than Prince hit in MLB at the same age. And if Matt really is that kind of hitter, the bat will play in left or right. I'd take two Princes and a Braun in the lineup, rather than trade Prince for a guy like phil Hughes, who has not panned out yet, and have to then count on two guys (LaPorta and Hughes) who haven't dominated MLB like Prince already has. I feel like the certainty that Prince can hit ML pitching is worth something. Look at Rickie, not every great prospect plays well in MLB.
  7. JoeHova
    This same thing happened to me with a wok I bought a couple years ago. I was also ignorant of the seasoning that cast iron needs. Needless to say, the wok sits in my pantry, unused.
  8. JoeHova
    I didn't say you have to be worried. I am starting to get worried though. edit: maybe I spoke too soon. JJ with the HR. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  9. JoeHova
    This is a funny discussion because just yesterday I heard that my cousin, who lives outside of Fond du Lac, got knocked for (of all things) cockfighting. That kind of underscores the value of living in a city where there are more things to do than watch roosters fight each other. (Of course, he was also moving weight, which can also happen in the city.) I'm sure there isn't much traffic in Fond du Lac.
  10. JoeHova
    I didn't compare team by team, that was the question. I want to compare team by team, but I'm not web-savvy enough to do it in a way other than by hand, which would take quite awhile and I don't have the time right now. However, even if there are a couple teams worse than the Brewers up the middle, I thought it was an interesting topic anyway, especially because the 4 up the middle players are comprised of two much-hyped young guys and two savvy vets who were brought in to get a young team over the hump.
  11. JoeHova
    but their hitting is weak even compared to the other good defenders/bad hitters at their positions, which is my point. If 4 starters on a team hit horribly for their positions, it is hard to overcome that unless you have exceptional pitching and/or Barry Bonds.
  12. JoeHova
    sure they do, no one is saying they don't.
  13. JoeHova
    But after hitting terribly for two months (one month for Cam), the projections of the other guys will have been negatively affected, so the difference between current play and their projections going forward will not be as great as in the chart you provide.
  14. JoeHova
    Kendall: 71 OPS+ Hardy: 76 OPS+ Weeks: 79 OPS+ Cameron: 87 OPS+ Just to compare that to their positional averages (numbers are the average of the last 20 years): C: 87 OPS+ SS: 85 OPS+ 2B: 92 OPS+ CF: 99 OPS+
  15. JoeHova
    Geez, lack of traffic is not the way to pick where you live. There are such things as culture and entertainment to be taken into account. Also, the beauty of large cities like Chicago (or even Milwaukee to a certain extent) is that you don't have to drive everywhere, you can walk or take the bus or (at least in Chicago) the train.
  16. JoeHova
    I was just checking the Brewers stats for this year so far and one thing really jumped out: how poorly the up the middle guys are hitting. The corner guys aren't doing great either, but are probably collectively about average (for corner guys) or maybe slightly above. The story up the middle though is just awful: Kendall: 71 OPS+ Hardy: 76 OPS+ Weeks: 79 OPS+ Cameron: 87 OPS+ All of them are below the league average even for their positions. Is there any reason to hope this will turn around? Obviously it hasn't been quite as bad as it looks so far because Kapler got 11 starts in CF and played well, but on the other hand, Gross and Gwynn got 18 starts there and played horribly, so maybe it's even worse. People talk about a lack of pitching hurting the team so far this year (though it's been much better lately), but isn't the bigger problem the fact that two of their up the middle guys seem washed up and the other two have never been able to play well for more than a month or two at a time in their careers? If the team is to make a trade for help during the season, shouldn't it be for a guy who can take over one of the up the middle spots, rather than a pitcher? I realize those guys are hard to get, but so are pitchers. Anyway, I guess my question is, what can the team do about this, and do you see such poor play continuing? Or is it just a bad stretch for all the guys?
  17. JoeHova
    I'm not even saying the anti-Estrada things are overstated. I'm saying that if it is such a big deal, and if him being a jerk was so well-known, why did Doug trade for him and proceed to play him in 3/4 of the games? We've got people saying that any offense from Kendall is gravy and implying that Estrada sunk the team last year. If those things are both true, why did Melvin take a chance on Estrada's offense? Obviously (I think) Doug doesn't believe that offense from a catcher is just gravy and he also doesn't believe that being a jerk is necessarily a huge handicap, or else Estrada would have been cut and replaced by any number of pretty much freely available good-d/no-hit backup or AAA catchers.
  18. JoeHova
    I can't believe the Mets, supposedly a contender, called up Abraham Nunez. If the Brewers had done such a thing, I think I would have lit my hair on fire just to take my mind off the fact that Nunez would be on the team.
  19. JoeHova
    I think Schroeder is just stupid (or, alternatively, thinks the people watching are so stupid that he can just ramble nonsensically without anyone noticing), which makes it a bit of a waste trying to parse the things he says. I hope they move Cirillo or somebody into his spot ASAP, but I don't think it will happen. He seems entrenched.
  20. JoeHova
    I agree with bk, and I hope the Brewers show some patience. His results have indeed been horrible, but he realistically still has 4 or 5 years until he would be expected to make the majors (by age, I mean).
  21. JoeHova
    I believe the word is that McPherson is a butcher at 3rd, but his bat won't play at 1st. Also, there is the standard anti-strikeout prejudice against him, but I think the main thing is that he has a glove for first, but a bat for 3rd.
  22. JoeHova
    I still think that if they can dump Suppan in the offseason, they can keep Sheets. Now, whether it would be smart for a team like the Brewers to take the risk of signing a guy like Sheets to a huge contract is another story.
  23. JoeHova
    who said that? Verlander didn't walk even close to the amount of guys that Frederickson did, his college walk per 9 numbers were 3.42, 3.33, and 3.66. That doesn't seem all that bad and is certainly nowhere near Frederickson's numbers. edit: actually, it appears that Neighborgall actually had better control than Frederickson in college and Neighborgall ended up walking 27 (yes, 27) guys per 9 in pro ball. I'm not saying that that will happen to Frederickson, but it has to be a concern, imo.
  24. JoeHova
    Frederickson sounds interesting, but walking 13.4, 11.9, and 7.3 guys per 9 innings over his college career has me hoping he's not a left-handed version of Jason Neighborgall.
  25. JoeHova
    Is anybody else hoping the Brewers draft Shooter Hunt and Cutter Dykstra, just because it would be funny to have guys named Cutter and Shooter on the same team? Too bad Houston isn't still the Colt .45s.
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