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As another data point: I have not heard of any positive tests in the Korean Baseball Organization league either. They've even begun letting fans back into the stadiums.
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Blue-Gold World Series (Summer Camp Series)
tomwopat replied to Eye Black's topic in Archived Game Threads
I like it. Definitely prefer it to the silence of the scrimmages last week and it's a better sound than I've heard piped in for some other sports. They just need to get better at timing the cheers/etc. at key moments in the game. The crowd noise sounds a lot more fake than what they've been using for English Premier League soccer games. I wonder if this is due to the source (IIRC for EPL it's produced by EA Sports using the same content from the FIFA video game), or if it's just easier for soccer, where there's much more of a sustained crowd noise compared to baseball where it's much more situational. -
Wes Helms in as White Sox AAA manager
tomwopat replied to bigredrobbo's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think Helms got a lot of guff because he was one of Yost's favorites, someone he brought over from Atlanta, an era where I'd imagine he had a lot of say over roster construction. And one of the Melvin overpays after limited success, similar to Hall and Brady Clark. On one hand, commendable to show loyalty and reward guys for performing after being paid league minimum, but not exactly the most efficient use of funds. -
While I'd prefer a big FA signing or blockbuster trade (if anything, for the entertainment value during the offseason), and even if the moves seem a bit ticky-tacky on the surface, I believe they're a net positive looking through the lens of production per dollar. Given the current state of the payroll, it seems plausible there could be more moves to come, or we are done barring any major changes or opportunities. Take that as "remaining flexible for mid-season upgrades" or "keeping the payroll down since we overspent last year", the reality is probably somewhere in the middle. I consider the club options as just a way to slightly spread the cost of the contract over two years, more of a cash flow (or luxury tax ) tactic than anything.
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Brewers franchise value and ability to spend money
tomwopat replied to LouisEly's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
At the risk of beating the dead horse, the attendance numbers are only part of the picture. The Brewers have made strides in improving their profitability per fan in attendance with the renovations to concessions (e.g. the $15 craft beers), but are still worlds away from the large markets' ability to milk corporate sales that allow them to rake in scads of cash even when there's meager overall attendances. For example, in addition to lucrative luxury boxes, large market ballparks often have club level-esque areas where all-inclusive tickets cost on the order of $200. It takes a number of Brewer fans who eat and drink in the parking lot to match the profitability from one of these tickets, and companies have huge budgets to spend on this sort of thing, as it's often tax deductible. -
Brewers decline option on 1B Eric Thames
tomwopat replied to Ron Robinsons Beard's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The subtext I see here is more brewing unrest between the union and ownership. Stearns is essentially betting that there'll be more bargain basement deals available at the last minute that he wants to have the cash for. The value in this far exceeds the uncertainty of how he'll fill the hole, especially for a position like 1B where there's abundant internal and external options. Think we'll see another odd looking roster, given his tendency to min/max. Could be several weeks into ST, if not the regular season before the roster is fully set. -
Agree. If they are going to revert to the old logo and make changes do it in a way that provides tangible some positive value. This is just a distracting change, one that is subtle but noticeable that it registers to your brain as a cheap knock-off of the Brewers' logo. If there were something outright ugly or inconsistent with the old logo I could see correcting it, but this current leak looks a generic and fake, and worst of all, stale out of the gate. Although maybe this is just a non-controversial transitional piece while they figure out what the new real rebrand is?
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Count me among those with fond memories of Bob Betts. Did he normally talk that slow, or was his cadence to counteract the terrible County Stadium sound system?
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Davies was pitching well? He only lost his last 4... On a side note, what year is the IGT picture of Ray from? Looks like about 60 pounds ago, lol. One advantage of the all-black uniform look, it's very slimming...
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While it's certainly no excuse, it's also worth pointing out that there's much more societal and institutional pressure to drink in SK. To refuse a drink from your elder or superior can be considered disrespectful and can jeopardize your standing and relationship with the person or the company. It's not uncommon to see business men in full business attire passed out a bus stops or on the side of the road after a long night with their coworkers. I'd like to think he's taken the necessary steps to correct himself and give him one final chance, even though as @sung_minkim notes the Korean Baseball Organization league has much stiffer penalties.
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Would love to see some data on if there's any correlation between fastball location and the uptick in HR. I have two hypothesis: 1) His release point and arm slot is inconsistent, possibly due to fatigue, which has diminished the late life and rise his FB needs to be deceptive to hitters 2) The consistency of his location is unchanged, but hitters have learned to recognize and sit on the FB lower in the zone So as his armchair pitching coach, I think his FB is still a plus pitch, but he either needs to dial in the control, or develop a minimally effective second pitch.
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The price of higher expectations and the fact that a large portion of the fanbase does not realize that despite the standings the team is pretty weak. The Brewers need to sell tickets to fans who still believe the team has a decent chance of making the postseason. What is confusing to me is that now is when the media chooses to challenge the decisions the club makes and chooses decisions like CC bringing in Hader on 3 consecutive days to focus on, but I suppose blaming the manager is the most convenient and easy target to explain to the casual fan.
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Braun is trash, just playing to the score instead of trying to maximize the run potential by swinging for the fences
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Cubs pitching around Yelich to get to Hiura... interesting strategy.
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This seems like a great way to add $3 per ticket to the cost of attending a game. I'll admit the TSA precheck thing isn't a bad idea, but might be tough to enforce. Would be a nice perk for SSH. At Yankee Stadium and CitiField they have the Clear lines for expedited entry. $179/year and I don't think it affects the bag policy. This seems like a great way to add $6 per ticket to the cost of attending a game...and is frankly just a silly suggestion. Stop acting like this is some ridiculous inconvenience. It's a mild inconvience at most, and much preferred to the alternatives you've suggested that would certainly increase the cost of attending games. And again...everybody continues to gloss over the improved security portion of reasoning for this policy I can't speak for how inconveniencing this for you, but I can certainly see how it's be rather inconveniencing for some people, in particular those who have families, come directly from work, or go to lots of games. Everyone is glossing over the improved security because there's little to no data or evidence to show measures like this improve security.
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Regardless whose "fault" it is, the majority of the burden to find a good solution is on the business. The Brewers have spent millions on improvements and infrastructure to more effectively take more money from the fans, but have spent next to nothing on improving this aspect of the fan experience... then have the audacity to ask the the customers to fix the problem. The clubs realize that game length is a problem, but are unwilling to reduce the amount of downtime between innings and are slow to reduce the amount of mid-inning pitching changes. But are fine asking fans to come 20 minutes early to stand in line?
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This piece still rings true to me: Baseball’s new metal detectors won’t keep you safe. They’ll just make you miss a few innings. This especially floors me with the increased attention on the fact that you're much more likely to be injured by a foul ball than a terrorist attack, yet clubs have been slow to take action, and seem completely uninterested in doing in ways that are less invasive to the fan experience. The Mets had the audacity to implement a similar change in the middle of this season. I can understand if there was some threat intelligence that changed the level of urgency, but in the absence of real data that shows this is necessary I'm still inclined to call this a bunch of hand-waving. There's even security check at spring training games... really?
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Puig giveth, and Puig taketh away
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I think you can go and get him?
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Keston stroking a non-strike for 2 RBI.
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Sure this has been said before, but the authority that Hiura is making contact is increasingly reminiscent of Braun's rookie year.
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At least there's some real baseball fans in the house, booing Chapman and Cubs.
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Pete Alonso almost loses because his pitcher can't find the strike zone
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The Stearns hiring was brilliant on Attanasio’s part. He hired a boy genius that re-built this team with help from Melvin’s all time record hader houser Phillips Santana Trade, among other moves, in near record time. Avoiding a tank that would cost the team lots of revenue. My guess is Stearns has made Attanasio over 150 million in the last 3 years if playoff revenue is included. 2.5-3 million fans year after year, 20-60 million in profits every year. All we are is a fan, that continues to overperform their market size to the extreme. It’s laughable how much this fan base supports this team, and, that’s it’s NOT reciprocated with a payroll deserving of said fan. 127 million is embarrassing. I believe this supports your cause/the fans cause quite a bit! Check out this: Now show us the numbers of how much profit the clubs make per average fan. And how many dollars per year each club makes on advertising, corporate sponsorships, suites, parking, television rights, merchandising, etc. Making the Brewers competitive has cashed in the biggest opportunity for increasing the value of the franchise: raising gate receipts, but significantly improving the profit on the other revenue streams is a much tougher endeavor takes years of effort to deliver results on. And the simple stark reality is that the size and wealth of their market isn't comparable to the clubs in the next-higher-tier of payroll.
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Nobody cares about the most popular sport in the world? Even in the US, where "nobody cared" about it in the past. Compare that trend with the meteoric decline of NASCAR, a sport that prided itself on it's parity, cost controls, and "fairness".
