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  1. brettac1
    I would be willing to bet that all these ESPN bashers watch it quite often. You have to admit that there is no alternative, though, they have a monopoly on the medium. I watch as little as possible. I'll watch football and baseball games and a little ESPNews before I go to work in the morning to catch up a little bit. But I don't watch any BBTN or SportsCenter anymore and haven't watched either of them regularly for probably about 5 years. I will watch ESPN Classic for boxing, though. Ringside is a great show on Saturdays and it has the guy who is the best on the network by my estimation - Brian Kenny.
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    Patrick leaves a big hole in the ESPN Radio line up IMO. That's an understatement. They can hang their hat on having two of the worst shows ever, though - Mike & Mike and The Herd. I mean, what is their flagship show when Patrick leaves?
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    itsasecretsohush.blogspot.com/
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    I'm just happy now that people can't blame the HR derby if he encounters a routine slump in the second half.
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    I'm not sure there's really a "what if?" here, because I don't think that the Brewers were seriously interested in re-signing Lee. They did the P.R. song and dance and made an offer they knew wasn't going to be accepted because they knew that Lee was going to hit FA unless he just got a massive contract. I think a what if could be if they would have just held onto him for the entire season rather than trade him, in which case obviously they wouldn't have Cordero. I was actually in favor of trading him during the off-season prior to the start of last year.
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    His arm doesn't allow him to bounce back for a second day in a row. But, when he is given the ball he is good. I know that Thatcher has pitched full innings in the past, but I would think that if the Brewers thought of him as more than a specialist they would be having him used for full innings at Nashville to see how he fares, because I think they place development of prospects over W-L record there.
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    There was a rainout earlier in the year down there.
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    Balfour over Wise I agree with your other two, but not this one. Wise is working on his third year in a row of being at worst a good bullpen arm, and at best ('05 and '07, so far) an excellent one. I think there's only two spots - Spurling and Shouse - that could change hands (unless Gallardo were to go back down or in the event of an injury) and that they should go to Balfour and Parra. I like Thatcher, but I think he's third in line because he seems to be a LOOGY whereas Parra can work a whole inning, and when needed could work 2+.
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    Some guy I talked to in the McDonald's parking lot says they need to call up Joe Dillon. Now.
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    Yeah, I think once you get past 10 or so, people kind of part - some would rank the guy who is a sure thing to get to the bigs higher, and then others would go with the high-ceiling guy who hasn't played enough to turn you off to his game yet. I'm with you on liking 19-25 better, though.
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    Some of that stuff makes sense. But - fines for guys who don't want to do it?
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    Over 180 IP things tend to correct themselves to a degree, but it doesn't change the fact that ERA and WHIP are effected very heavily by the defense behind the pitcher. There's no be all, end all number for pitchers just like there isn't one with hitters. An ERA will tell you past results, but results don't always reflect performance. People are kind of arguing past each other in this thread. One part of the discussion is centered on ERA not being a good predictor of a pitcher's performance (especially when you are looking at something like 30 IP) - I agree with that. The other side is saying is that while that may be true, Capuano has still been terrible for a month - which I also would agree with. I think Cappy was just tired yesterday. If you look at the fact that it was 100+ degrees on the field, and he had to stand on the bases for so long, and couple that with it being his second start after a DL stint that included no rehab starts.
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    He had more than a slightly high walk rate. He was walking a little over 5/9 IP in MLB, and had a pretty high walk rate in the minors, other than in '03, that translated to the high walk rate once he got the majors. Like I said, I don't care because he gets K's. He's got pretty similar numbers to another scrap heap guy the Brewers picked up. Turnbow's minor league BB/9: 3.80 Balfour's minor league BB/9: 3.35 Turnbow's MLB BB/9: 5.15 Balfour's MLB BB/9: 5.03 I know players more often than not try to see what they can get, but with that in mind I'd still say the odds are on him coming back. He may think that, but Melvin's not going to give out a huge contract to a 32 year old reliever.
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    I don't think it really compromises the depth too greatly to trade one pitcher. Vargas would (hopefully) be the one that is dealt, with Villanueva then sliding into the rotation. I have a huge amount of confidence in Bush's ability, and don't really have any doubts that he'll pitch well the rest of the way. Vargas, on the other hand, is a ticking time bomb. I'm not sure how much they'd get for him, but I'd be fine with a young-ish (pre-arby) OF that can hit LHP's well.
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    I haven't really been a big fan of his since the glory days of he and Olberman on SportsCenter. His radio show had it's moments, but most of them came when Dibble was co-hosting. Dibble's a total idiot, but he was funny on there.
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    I am wondering the same things as JoeHova is about Balfour. He didn't get the nickname "Ball-four" when he was in the Twins organization for nothing. It seems odd that a pitcher would improve their control so dramatically and so soon after returning from a serious injury. That said, I'd call him up just because he throws hard and can get K's.
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    If Braun has that career he's a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame. I think Sickels is probably a little low on the K's.
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    That rule applies in certain industries (the Writer's Guild of America comes to mind) but it can't possibly cross over into sports like that, can it? Yeah. You are overthinking this one. I said "film performer" rather than "dude that does porn flicks" or something (I don't think there actually is one by the name Tiger Wang). It was a joke.
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    I think there was a film performer who had rights to the name Tiger Wang. Similar to Bowie not being able to call himself David Jones (because of Davey Jones of The Monkees) or Ray Charles not calling himself Ray Robinson.
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    There's a lot of variables there (Hall is back quickly, Weeks begins to hit), but I'd guess when Hall comes back it just goes back to Menchkins/Hall/Hart. I am sticking to getting Botts, though. I don't see the major need for Lofton unless Hall is going to be out for a long time. If he's just going to be out for a couple weeks, I think they could get Botts (who doesn't have a ton of value being almost 27 in AAA) and use Hart in CF against LHP's and use Botts in a corner so they don't have to play Jenkins against them.
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    I think ryanbraun75 nailed it and makes the rumor very believable. I think Rosenthal just worded his "scoop" incorrectly. The Brewers certainly don't mind trading Gwynn - but they want to trade him for a guy who isn't hurt. Hopefully everything checks out with Otsuka and they can just do this trade. If they get Otsuka, I'm fine with carrying Nix as a 5th OF for a couple extra weeks until Hall gets back if they have to (so long as they don't start him). Heck, get Jason Botts from them, that guy crushes LHP's in AAA.
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    Carpenter Miller McGowan Guthrie Weaver Bailey Rodriguez Bannister
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    Balfour has been just ridiculous in AAA. He's pretty much making it necessary to call him up.
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    Yeah, Jenkins/Hart/Gross across the OF would have looked fine against a guy like Redding. The ball's going to be jumping out of the yard (relatively speaking when talking about RFK, of course).
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    Well, no, but he's never been able to hit a breaking ball. He's a dead red hitter, and there's lots of them that have a lot of success.
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