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I live in Omaha and have gone to many games in Rosenblatt. Rosenblatt is a dump and will not be missed by me. They are building two new stadiums...one for 10 days a year downtown and one out in the suburbs for the Royals Triple A affiliate. Getting tickets is not very difficult. Getting good tickets is.

Question: Who is the only player to win an MVP award, yet never appear on an All Star Roster in his entire Career? (MVP and All Star game era )

I don't get too excited when i look at potential pinch hitters of Duffy, McGehee, Nelson and Counsel. Counsel would get all the important at bats in my opinion and that leaves you with no defensive replacement in the middle infield if needed. I think you need a dependable veteran to take the pinch hitting duties in the 6th or 7th inning, so you don't waste Counsell or Hall early in the game as they have more versatility in the field if needed late in the game.

I named my dog Jenkins...so I will always be a fan of Him....but I have to agree that he is not a part time player (does not have the makeup as a good part time player) and there is no room for him as a full time player in Milwaukee.

Don't join in an effort to save money, because Costco often fools you with their prices... I am a member and have actually charted their prices versus a full serivce Grocery store in Nebraska. Their prices on some items are very good, but on other items, you are not saving at all and often paying more than you would buy if you shopped the ciruculars at you full service grocery store. I work in the Consumer packaged goods industry and the membership clubs are not a way to save money...Now, if you like the experience of shopping at Costco, it is worth it as it is like a treasure hunt as they will have unique items that they will only have for short periods of time. Laundry Detergent is a good example of an item I see many people buy at Costco...They have a small variety and you end up paying more than if you would pay attention to the ciruculars at the grocery chains.. my Summary, Don't join to save money, because you probably won't...(you will iv you only buy the few items that Costco happens to be cheaper than anyone else, but often, you end up balancing it out by buying other things that you pay a little more, so unless you are very disciplined and only buy the things that are cheaper, you are not getting the good deals everyone tells you about. everyone will tell you how they saved money on this or that, but they forget to tell you that they dropped 75 bucks on a piece of crap item that seemed like a good deal at the time....They suck you in with cheap formula, diapers, Water, but get you when you buy something else. Having said all that, it is quite neat to walk through a costco and you can find deals....

Pedro is going to sign with the Astros...according MLB Traderumors.

I don't like it....I can't root for USA, because I can't stand any of the players on the team...except for Braun....

Buster Olney mentioned Bill Hall as a possible temporary fill in for Arod...

I would love to see Weeks move out of the leadoff spot....Put him in the 6th hole and find someone else to leadoff... 1 Cameron 2 Hardy 3 Braun 4 Fielder 5 Hart 6 Weeks 7 Hall 8 Pitcher 9 Kendal

91-71. Gallardo wins 14 Bush wins 13 Parra wins 11 Looper wins 12 and Suppan wins 15

With that makeup, there will be days, that all the bench players (except the catcher, who never PH's) will be lefties....I don't know if I like that...

I would like to add a starter if for no other reason, you have to have depth.

I think McClung cna develop into a 3rd starter and I would like to see him in the rotation ahead of Suppan....although I think Suppan is guaranteed a spot with his Salary.

I live in omaha and the Rickets family is from Omaha, so everyone thinks that the Iowa Cubs will move to Omaha in the next couple of years....especially since the Omaha Royals do not whan to play in the new 150 million dollar stadium that Omaha is building for the College World series.

That is impressive, not only coming up with a good line, but also predicting the launch of a new Cable channel...7 years before it is launched...

I got it. yeah!

I think McClung could end up being ahead of Suppan and Bush by the end of the year...I like his makeup as a starter and see a little Sheets in him. I think we have 5 guys that could start and do well and keep us competitive...but you need 7 starters before spring training.... I also hope that Capuano makes a comeback and he might just be the spark to the rotation in the middle of the year....

Sadly, I am just another Bandwagon Brewers Fan....The First year that I followed Baseball was the Summer of 1982, I was 9 years old....I jumped on what looked like a Winner in the Milwaukee Brewers. I followed along as the Brewers clinched the Division and came back and beat the Angels in the American league championship series....Losing the heartbreaker in the World Series to the Cardinals..I was hooked, but was not disappointed in the Brewers...having seen all this in about four months of being a fan...I figured the Brewers would simply just win it all the next year.... Well, the next year came and then the next year and the next year and now we are awaiting 2009 and I haven't lost faith, but it sure has taken a long time for "next year" to get hear..... I always tell some of my friends who ask how a guy from Nebraska would ever become a Brewers fan....(cause in the 80's, you saw no Brewers games, read no Brewers articles, and the only thing I ever got about the Brewers was a box score or a radio broadcast of the Brewers playing the Royals)....I tell these friends that I simply am a bandwagon fan (that never jumped off) and that the Brewers just happened to be good when I was 9 years old.....No it couldn't have been the Yankees, the Red Sox, the Dodgers....it had to be the Brewers and 1982......... Stupid Brewers!

Prior to the 2007 season, there were some Fantasy Magazines that listed Dave Bush as a top 20 starter in the Major leagues...for fantasy purposes...Now you cannot find him rated in the top 75-100. During the 2006 season, he must have showed some things to get him rated that high.....interesting, I like Bush and it seems you can see early in the game if he has it or not...

If Detroit were to take all of Suppan's contract and pay a chunk of Willis's contract. Suppan is of higher value than Willis right now, but Willis has upside if he can ever regain his form.

I did not watch an inning after the Brewers were eliminated...

I hope it is someone not mentioned, yet...as I am not overly excited about any of the candidates discussed on this thread. If I had to pick...it would be Tom Kelly or Bobby Valentine

The Whole Dang Roster. For example...if Counsell does not draw a walk to tie the game on Sunday...is Ryan Swinging as well with a one run deficit as he is with a tie game...Little more pressure when you are losing. McClung was awesome on Friday Night and when he was starting...I think he is strong candidate for a spot in the rotation next year. Branyan had key hits. Fielder carried the team the last month... Braun, unbelievable at times. Hart had key hits and steals and runs the bases really well Kendall handles the pitchers well and killed many a rally with his great catching of would be base stealers. Mota had a great end of the year....and won some big games. Turnbow had a huge save as others have mentioned. These are just to name a few...but it takes a whole Roster to get it done. Oh year, CC was exactly what this team needed when he came to the Brewers before the all star break....Getting those extra starts before the deadline was absolutely huge. (thank you Melvin)

Treat it like the government....Mark A...can say sign him, but don't put it on the payroll budget....that money comes from mark himself.... The government does stuff like that all the time...that is an off budget item, etc.