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  1. BuckyBrewer61
    Gabe Kapler would like to speak with you...
  2. BuckyBrewer61
    So you hope he does really well and one way or another contributes to both the current future success of the Brewers? Agreed. Not sure why his success would be anything but good for the Brewers, whether it's in potential trade value or production in a contending Brewers lineup. Worst case scenario would be to hold on to the guy until his value is gone (something the Brewers are quite proficient at...), and even that would be a missed opportunity rather than a negative. No need to try to find the negatives in Thames' signing to date, because there are none.
  3. BuckyBrewer61
    The Brewers consistently finish in the top half of the league in attendance despite being the smallest media market in all of MLB and having an historically bad franchise. Brewers fans are anything but fair weather.
  4. BuckyBrewer61
    You know you're a baseball nerd when something like Eric Thames' plate discipline is so fun to watch
  5. BuckyBrewer61
    Remember back in the 90s when you watched a game on a 27 inch screen in regular def and it seemed fine? Now we have 60 inch screens, and if it's regular def, we're all like, 'What is this crap? I can't even see this.' The first time I saw HD I thought "eh, nice picture but what's the big deal?" Then I went back and watched my standard def TV and thought "oh...got it"
  6. BuckyBrewer61
    Seconded. Logically I think it makes sense to trade him, but emotionally I really want him to be a part of the next Brewers playoff run.
  7. BuckyBrewer61
    So how many MPH extra are pitchers getting these days with the new radar technique or whatever? Seems like everyone throws 95-100 now.
  8. BuckyBrewer61
    So is the rule now 100 pitches or 7 innings, whichever comes first? Don't get why you pull Anderson at 89 pitches when he was cruising...
  9. BuckyBrewer61
    I am amazed so many people are offended by a marginal bullpen arm in a crappy bullpen not making an Opening Day roster, and even more so that people seem so upset about what he was supposedly told. This is professional sports, this is not new, it happened on every ball club in MLB this spring but this guy is the only one (that I know of) that publicly spouted off about it. Did someone go specifically to Tyler Cravy and say "Hey, you, Milone, and Jungman are directly competing for 2 bullpen spots and the decision will be based specifically on your spring numbers." I highly doubt it, though no one here knows. Far more likely is that the team told everyone that there are open spots and everyone is in competition, so go out there and produce. And this was true, see Jesus Aguilar. But to think that the small sample of Spring Training is the only thing that matters, especially on a rebuilding club, is simply naive. I get being upset and emotional if you're Cravy, I really do, I'm sure he has worked his tail off and really thought he deserved a spot. But go home and complain to your family, friends, or or one of the many other marginal MLB players that had good springs and got sent down anyway in the past couple weeks, you're not the only one. Professional sports is a brutal business, but suck it up and act like a professional. Those 9 to 5ers living the easy life have to do the same.
  10. BuckyBrewer61
    Anyone still wonder why we have 13 pitchers?
  11. BuckyBrewer61
    So...what is it that Sedar does so exceptionally well that he is worth keeping around?
  12. BuckyBrewer61
    Seems to be a recurring theme year after year. Looking forward to the day that these supposed strong finishes after we fall out of contention actually translate to strong starts the following year. Only day 2 though...
  13. BuckyBrewer61
    Your 2017 Brewers. We'll be exciting and put numbers on the board at times, but we're going to give up runs by the bunch.
  14. BuckyBrewer61
    Because in today's MLB, you need 3-4 innings of relief pitching. Every day.
  15. BuckyBrewer61
    I honestly don't know a thing about Hughes, but I'm totally on board with the move. In a vacuum I understand some of the frustration re: Milone, Cravy, etc. But this is not a vacuum, and this is not all about this roster and this year. I'm looking forward to this year and the young talent coming up, but no one is expecting us to be a playoff contender in 2017. The 24th and 25th guys on the roster this year are not going to push us over the top. But, they might accrue some value and help net something that could help us in the future when every last roster spot does actually matter for a playoff run. As we've seen, relievers are very highly valued these days (too highly IMO). So take advantage - buy low on a guy, add depth, give the guy with an MLB track record a chance to show he's still got it. If it works out, great - flip them for a lottery ticket or a guy that might be a useful, young, controllable 25th man in the future. If it doesn't, oh well, nothing lost except for some hurt feelings.
  16. BuckyBrewer61
    I keep trying to remind myself how little spring stats mean...but I can't help but get a little excited as well. Love how Stearns bought low here, and for the exact reasons you mentioned you'd like to think this change of scenery will benefit him. I also hope to use his nickname quite frequently - Mayor of Ding Dong City
  17. BuckyBrewer61
    I've been critical of Kidd in the past, but I think he's handled Thon very well. Put him in the starting lineup, giving him some "meaningful" minutes even though IMO he wasn't really ready to contribute, then putting Monroe and others in for the majority of the game and crunch time. That has given Thon some valuable experience rather than just mop-up duty, while still largely competing with our best lineups. Then, last night when Thon was playing so well and Monroe struggled, he gave Thon big minutes including the end of regulation and all of overtime and he didn't look like a deer in the headlights (pun obviously intended).
  18. BuckyBrewer61
    Yeah agreed on this, I'd much rather have a nice beer over a lite, and would often grab a Riverwest Stein or something the past few years at the park, but as I recall it would be a couple extra bucks over a lite rather than $12-14. I'm sure there are people in the org smarter than me that have pegged those prices as the sweet spot to maximize profit, but it does seem they may be pushing it a bit...
  19. BuckyBrewer61
    I get the frustration that the markups are huge, but this is the nature of the business. The Brewers are a business with a goal of making money, are in a business where making money is vital to competing (perhaps here more than any other MLB market), and as such price their products to maximize profits. If it's too expensive, don't buy a beer.
  20. BuckyBrewer61
    I hope you included Martin Maldonado's walkup music from last year. It's so catchy that Villar would dance in the on deck circle...as well as my wife in the stands.
  21. BuckyBrewer61
    The more I think of it, the more I'm coming around on your guys' point of view. I just would think if you were old enough to remember/love the Milwaukee Braves, it'd be pretty sad to not only see the team go but also largely the memory of those great players the city once loved. Like as a Packers fan, if they moved away (obviously hypothetical), to then lose the memory of Starr, Nitchke, Favre, White, etc would be pretty sad. Bringing a new team in almost wipes those memories away further, as the new team can't really acknowledge them. Instead, they can only be commemorated in a city, and for a fan base, they never played for. To me, players and specific teams (rosters) belong to fan bases more than the franchise that employs them, but I get that strictly speaking the city and their new team can't otherwise claim them. If anything, I guess I can understand a bit more how much it must have sucked to see the Braves leave.
  22. BuckyBrewer61
    Those examples are a bit different circumstances as those are 2-team cities with split fan bases. But point taken. Milwaukee is a bit of a unique circumstance because one team left, then a new expansion team came. While it happens I don't think it's actually really all that common in sports off the top of my head. Put it this way - are you ok with the Cleveland Browns retiring Jim Brown's number? He played for the Baltimore Ravens franchise, not the new expansion team in Cleveland. If Atlanta changed their name when they moved away, and then the Pilots became the Milwaukee Braves in 1970, then we could claim those guys? Just because of a the nickname? Honestly, the more I think about it, I get that it'd be kinda weird. I just really wish we could acknowledge Milwaukee baseball legends with more than a small random wall at MP hardly anyone stops to look at. The average Brewers fan has no idea who Eddie Mathews is, and as a Milwaukee baseball fan that makes me sad.
  23. BuckyBrewer61
    A-What? I'm not saying I believe that, I absolutely believe Aaron's number should be retired, just like I think Spahn's and Mathews' should. Just arguing that if you adhere to the aforementioned logic of... ...then you'd be saying that Hank Aaron = Trevor Hoffman when it comes to connection to the Brewers organization. Hank hit .232 as a Brewer with 22 total home runs - are we remembering that? Obviously not, you can't ignore his connection to Milwaukee baseball on the whole, and that matters. A lot. I don't blame or begrudge those organizations for staking claim to hall of fame players, it's their right. But the city of Milwaukee should be able to claim them as our own as well. I bet if you could ask the players who played and lived here for years, they'd say the same.
  24. BuckyBrewer61
    Of course. But those players have zero connection to the city of Atlanta, with a huge connection to the city of Milwaukee and its fans. I'm arguing the city connection is more important than the franchise, and to me it's not close. Should the LA Rams invite Marshall Faulk and Kurt Warner for a number retiring ceremony so they can get a big round of applause for a bunch of fans that never cheered for them? Bring a Vlad Guerrero to Washington where he never played? Retire Ray Allen's number as an Oklahoma City Thunder? All the same franchises. EDIT: Also with this logic Hank Aaron's number should not be retired as a Brewer. He was just a hall of famer from another franchise who played out his career with the Brewers. Just like Trevor Hoffman.
  25. BuckyBrewer61
    A bit of a tangent - but I personally really wish Milwaukee would retire some old Milwaukee Braves numbers. At least Mathews and Spahn, who played a combined 1 year in Atlanta where their numbers are retired, and 25 years in Milwaukee. Not sure if this is even allowed by MLB, but would those guys feel any sense of connection to Atlanta baseball? If we retired the number of a guy who appeared in less than 200 games here, they should retire those of true Milwaukee baseball legends. Maybe I'm just wishing our wall of retired numbers and pennants was a bit less sad...
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