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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif -
First test of how Runnin' Ron handles the pitching staff: Does Yo go back out for the bottom of the 7th over 100 pitches in his first start? (I'm hoping not....it's a long year.)
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Doesn't seem like he trusts it. Out of the 40 pitches he's thrown, 35 of them gotta be fastballs.According to Gameday, 28 of Yo's first 38 pitches (2 innings) have been fastballs (9 sliders, 1 change-up).
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I'm not a huge fan of Yo bunting....but if there's ever a position where the hitter might not be able to score on a single, it would be catcher. Weeks' double just earned me a badge on Gameday...whatever that means.
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Technically, it's just the first at-bat, so Weeks should have around 550, and Gomez should have around 450 or so, if he stays the starter. Just saying. I'm trying to keep expectations within reason. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/tongue.gif Anyone else have the gameday (browser version) up? There's something about earning badges based on player accomplishments this year, as well as pitches having a "nasty factor" that I can't quite decipher. (EDIT: Not to mention, the background image is the stadium where the game is being played, graphically rendered from the hitter's perspective.) Relatively long first inning for Yo, but he managed to keep the damage to a minimum.
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Weeks and Gomez are now on pace to hit 162 HRs each! (I love opening day. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif)
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Our Current Starting Lineup Does Not Look Good
bjkrautk replied to rluzinski's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Even if that's true (and it is), I applaud the effort inherent in "Bet-on-Errors," as it reminds me of my favorite derisive player nickname: JosE-6 Hernandez. -
Our Current Starting Lineup Does Not Look Good
bjkrautk replied to rluzinski's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Tyler Barnes already tweeted it. -
Opening Day: Weeks Kotsay Braun Fielder McGehee Gomez Betancourt Kottaras I give Kotsay the edge over Gomez for the #2 spot, just to make things interesting for opposing managers late in the game (handedness: R-L-R-L-R at the top of the order). Kotsay's righty/lefty splits will at least give managers a temptation to bring in a LHP to face 2-4 in the lineup, giving Braun a chance to revert to the mean against LHPs. It's otherwise a toss up between the hot hand in spring training and the player with the better career OBP whose clearly on the downside of those numbers. "Ideal" lineup Weeks Gomez / Morgan Braun Fielder Hart McGehee Betancourt Lucroy / Kottaras If Gomez has a breakout year, he justifies the spot. If not, Morgan will start against RHP, and should at least get on base often enough for the big hitters. I'd rather run that risk than have 4 consecutive low-OBP players at the bottom half of the lineup (Gomez, Lucroy, Betancourt, Pitcher).
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Didn't they do something awfully similar to this towards the end of last year? Punctuating some of their late/post-game production with a song montage. (The song in my head as I think about it was "Breathe" by Ryan Starr....might have the name wrong. I think there may have been a few other songs used as well. They also used "This Town" by O.A.R. to punctuate a number of FSN ads right around the same time.) It stuck out to me last year, because it was so random and abrupt that they dropped it in where they did. At the same time, it wasn't offensive, and didn't take away from the game coverage, so I didn't mind.
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Scorpy.gif v. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/MK1Scorpion.jpg Take your pick.
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The most photogenic person covering the Brewers (and, I assume, Badgers & Packers) is the person on the radio. (I'm not in the Trenni adoration society personally, but I don't begrudge the membership.) For her sake, I hope it's a step-up in pay over her FSN/MLB work; either way, I wish her the best.
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...and here I thought the team was snake-bit by injuries... [/rimshot]
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Something I didn't know until a friend brought it to my attention: Shaka Smart (VCU's 2nd-year Head Coach) is from Wisconsin (Oregon, WI to be specific -- just South of Madison). It's as close to a rooting interest as I have in the teams remaining.
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For what it's worth, Ken Pomeroy (the college basketball equivalent to Bill James), ranks teams based on the number of points they score (and allow) over 100 possessions, thus controlling for pace of play, and then adjusts for strength of schedule. Wisconsin currently ranks 2nd, including last night's game, in Adjusted Offense (behind Ohio State). They've been one of the most efficient offenses all year, and for the better part of Bo's tenure. I agree with a good deal of your criticism of last night's game; it bothers me that Leuer couldn't hold his spot on the low block to use his height advantage, like he has most of the season. I would like to see more penetration and cutting to the lane by players other than the PG (Gasser is the PG in-waiting, FWIW). That's also something they did well in the game against K-State. They didn't show a lot of life last night, and didn't play the type of game I would expect out of them (loose balls / rebounds, drawing charges, limiting turnovers, etc.). All that said, the Badgers offense is predicated on working the ball around and finding an open shot. They did that; sometimes the shots don't go in. (I'd actually love to see Bo show that full court trap more often, since that is the type of play I was expecting when he first came to UW.)
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The Badger game cannot come soon enough! Really wish I could sit in on the phone calls from UW to ex-Assistant Rob Jeter (since UW-M beat Butler this year). I'd be surprised if there is any wrinkle Butler can throw out that UW isn't going to be prepared for. It really is going to come down to who hits their shots, particularly from the perimeter....and limiting the opposition to one shot / possession.
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Still Dancing! (Most emotional I've been in years watching a Badger game. What a great team effort.)
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Belmont was a team that I had my eyes on as having the profile for a 12-5 upset, and I knew that the Badgers were going to be a popular pick to be upset when the pairings were announced. Glad to see they took care of business once again. Now we need a win on Saturday.
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Rock Band has built-in calibration tests for sound and audio lag since at least RB2. (My memory is that the first game had adjustable settings to deal with lag, but the current calibration tools came built-in to the RB2 guitar. I honestly haven't played RB 1 in a few years, so I don't remember how it dealt with the issue.)
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Franco wasn't the problem with the Oscars, he's just the easiest target. Was there any piece of that material that would have been redeemed by a more enthusiastic performance? (Anne Hathaway wasn't funny either, but most reviewers give her a pass for trying too hard.) The acceptance speeches were funnier than the scripted humor (the writer for King's Speech, to single one out). I'm not sure that Franco would have been a great host with better material, but I don't think anyone could have been a good host delivering a cutting edge "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" joke. I daresay, with knowledge of what was to come, plenty of co-hosts would have checked out.
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http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp309/npascare2/tumblr_ku43dpigNQ1qzbatyo1_400.gif (Not the perfect picture - too many carbs - but I felt that his presence was needed in the thread.)
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In the past few years, I've made a point of going to see movies that have Oscar buzz (not saying I see all of the nominees...or even a majority of them, but I tend to go slightly further outside my usual watching habbits that get nominated. "Juno" being a good example; a comedy with people I generally like with some degree of snark, but on a subject more akin to a Lifetime Original Movie....and with a pre-Scott Pilgrim Michael Cera). This year, the only film I saw with that in mind was not even nominated for Best Picture ("The Town," mostly because of how much "Gone Baby Gone" hit emotionally. I generally enjoyed the movie, and without spoilers, was surprised by the choice of location for the last action sequence). The only one of the BP nominees that I saw was "Inception," which I thought was a flashy mess filled with logical inconsistencies (pretty much my standard take on the Christopher Nolan movies I've seen). Came closest to seeing "The Social Network" (usually like Sorkin's writing, but really don't care about Facebook) and "True Grit" (nagging feeling I'm supposed to have seen the original - which I haven't - to 'get' the direction and performances). Anyone else just not excited about these nominees? (...and yet, I will still watch the Academy Awards from start to finish.)
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Is this the first time the Brewers have released a full set of contemporary players (hot dog and beer vendor notwithstanding), without a retired Brewers player bobble?
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...interesting choice of words (if you didn't already know).
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Mark Rogers' velocity: behind the ESPN paywall.
bjkrautk posted a topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/insider/news/story?id=6102459 Short version: Rogers threw in the upper 90s in High School, when the Brewers drafted him. After a few years in the '120 program' (limiting distance throwing to 30, 60 and 120 feet), and after two shoulder injuries, his velocity dipped to 87 mph. He received permission from the Brewers to return to distance throwing, gradually increasing to over 300 feet. He's since been clocked in the minors at 101 mph. Pitching mechanics are something that I'll be the first to admit I don't understand. I can see things like release points and throwing angles, and I have a decent ability to discern when a pitcher is or isn't repeating his delivery. In some rare cases, I can see in retrospect how a pitcher's delivery played a role in their injuries (Kyle Peterson and Chad Fox come to mind almost immediately), but only after the fact. Reading this story is one of those cases where I'm curious to get the perspective of people more in the know. On the one hand, the results for Rogers seem to speak for themselves (yes, the injuries would have played a role in dropping velocity...but the injuries didn't happen when he threw 300+ feet). On the other hand, I think about throwing a baseball the length of a football field, and I can certainly see the cause for concern.
