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  1. tosabrewfan
    And by both sides you mean the side that says Ned should have been fired last year and the side that says even though he shouldn't have been fired last year, he should be fired now, right.http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  2. tosabrewfan
    In addition to Sveum's history with the organization and previous management experience - he has already promised that if he were made manager the Brewers would benefit by having a competent third base coach replace him. It was estimated that this would gain the Brewers 15-20 runs over the course of the season.
  3. tosabrewfan
    What I don't understand about this entire deal is why Melvin doesn't come out in support of Yost (assuming he's not going to fire him). Otherwise, Melvin is basically saying "I'm not firing him yet, but could in the near future if things don't go well." How does Yost have any credibility with the players and staff in this position? It seems like everyone is waiting to see how bad things need to get before he is fired. Does anyone realistically think that Yost will be managing a post-season game this year, and if not, does anyone think he will be back next year? If that's the case, why not cut ties when it still early enough to salvage the season?
  4. tosabrewfan
    Brewers are saying its an 8 year deal including this year - through 2015.
  5. tosabrewfan
    New line- up with Rickie out: CF Mike Cameron SS JJ Hardy LF Ryan Braun 1B Prince Fielder RF Corey Hart 3B Bill Hall 2B Craig Counsell P Manny Parra C Jason Kendall Not sure that I like it, but if you like Hart in the 5 spot (I do) who else do you bat lead off? Kendall?
  6. tosabrewfan
    I think it depends on whether you think things turn themselves around magically, or if need to make some changes to expect some changes. If you believe that magical regression to the statistical mean will help the team soon, then yes we are severely overreacting. If you believe that one of the things that makes stats regress to the statistical mean is players, coaches, managers and owners seeing a problem and taking direct action to correct that problem, then no we aren't overreacting. As for me - I believe the answer to which approach is right is a little of column A, a little of column B. As a result, I think that we are slightly overreacting, but should expect some changes if things continue through the next homestand.
  7. tosabrewfan
    His quote in the paper said "'I think I'm going to feel all right (today),' said Sheets, who allowed three hits and four runs (three earned) while logging only two strikeouts. 'I ain't saying I'm in the clear but I think I'll be OK.'" I haven't heard an update yet today, however, and am very interested to find out if his triceps was tight this morning - I'm hoping not.
  8. tosabrewfan
    The "removing a pitcher everytime he doesn't get a strikeout" and "carrying 17 pitchers" comments were obviously exagerations made to accent a point, not silly strawman arguments. I'm sorry to interrupt the I hate Ned Yost circle-j*rk, and will not do so in the future.
  9. tosabrewfan
    I am not a huge Ned Yost fan, but I would like to point out that this constant hindsight **** is very frustrating. If Ned managed like half of the people here suggested, we would need to carry 17 pitchers. You simply cannot remove a pitcher everytime he faces a batter and the result is not a strikeout. It will always be easy to claim that a pitcher should have been pulled after giving up a run, or because his position in the order came up, but at the same time the Brewers have had a serious problem with overworking their bullpen. By constantly critizing all of Ned's decisions, you take away the credibility of the rest of us - who obviously only criticize Ned's really bone-headed decisions.
  10. tosabrewfan
    I'm beginning to think that Sheets hurts a small-mid market team more than he helps it. It is indisputable that Sheets, when healthy, is among the best in the game. As a result, a team has to make him their ace and pay him accordingly. However, it is also becoming clear that Sheets is unlucky/injury-prone/a wuss (take your pick) and cannot possibly pitch 200 innings a year. This hurts a team like the Brewers in two ways 1. monetarily - they do not have the money that could be used to obtain another #2 (I'm assuming Gallardo becomes #1) or to bring in a better #4 and #5 and (2) strategically - the team is trying to just "get by" until its ace is better - (e.g., carrying fourteen pitchers). I would love for Sheets to make me eat my words, but right now I don't understand how you can argue with the fact that Sheets cannot be your #1 pitcher because he is so unreliable. Maybe he works as a number 1A pitcher on a large-market team that has the money to pay, but I'm beginning to think it hurts the Brewers. I am open to contrary opinions.
  11. tosabrewfan
    I think I will personally go for 2 brats with a 3:1 beer/brat ratio, but only because I want to leave room for a stadium dog and more beers during the game.
  12. tosabrewfan
    Gorman, What's with all the negativity today? Why worry now about whether Braun will be able to hit righties next week? Braun hit righties last year and has had a slow start this year, but looks like he's coming around. All you should be worried about before a Friday home game is whether to have 1 or 2 brats before the game.
  13. tosabrewfan
    Gorman, This seems a bit off-topic for the IGT, but when I see Ned's comments, I assume that Ned's philosophy is to always stick up for the players in public even if it means misleading the media. At the same time, I hope that his discussions with the players in private are a bit more candid. Actually, this is one of the things I think that Ned does right. It doesn't necessarily help to call out a struggling player in the morning paper.
  14. tosabrewfan
    I'm even more frustrated about the inability to determine Ben's "injury." I may be displaying my ingnorance, but you would think that they could perform an MRI that would indicate if it's a slight strain, scar tissue from his previous lat. injury or something more serious. Otherwise, it just sounds like a pitcher with a sore arm (Gee, I bet there aren't many pitchers that have sore arms from time to time). I agree with taking extra precautions, but Sheets isn't making much of a case to rid himself of the "injury-prone" label, regardless of the unpredictability and strangeness of his injuries.
  15. tosabrewfan
    Did anyone catch this note in the paper this morning: "Ben Sheets said there was some uncertainty about how his right triceps will feel by his next start after a couple days of playing long toss. The soreness in the area forced him out of his last start in Cincinnati and made him miss Wednesday's scheduled start against the Phillies. Sheets said he could "crank it up" if he wanted, but that there wasn't much point in testing things when he isn't scheduled to pitch until Tuesday." This, along with the fact that the team is still carrying 14 pitchers even though Bush has already pitched for Sheets, indicates to me that no one has any idea whether or not Sheets will be able to go on Tuesday. I understand Sheets' importance to the team, but if keeping him off the DL (retroactively) causes us to lose a game because we don't have enough bench players, I start to wonder about the logic of not making a roster move.
  16. tosabrewfan
    I'm pretty sure that going into last night (and maybe even leaving it) . . . they were leading the NL in batting average with RISP. I am as frustrated as everyone else about the hitting situation, but it can't last. Unfortunately, it looks like a line-up of slow starters. I think that they only need one catalyst (Cameron, Braun, Weeks, Hart, or Hardy) to start raking and you will see the entire line-up come around. To me it looks like each player is trying to be the one to lead the team out of the slump, especially Fielder. I did not include Fielder in the "catalyst" list because he is not going to see any pitches until someone else in the line-up starts making it impossible for them to pitch around him.
  17. tosabrewfan
    I think you are overreacting to a few mediocre (mostly not terrible) outings. One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of these games are on the road and the Brewers are still 5-4 in those games. This was an awful road team last year and they are showing improvement. I don't think that Weaver knocks Villy or Parra out of the rotation unless he has a huge resurgance in the next few weeks. In addition, we should probably wait until Gallardo comes back to start worrying about his effectiveness. As far as Vargas, where exactly do you see him fitting into the current rotation? If your late May predication comes true - I will take back everything I've said above and whole-heartedly agree with you, but I don't see it happening.
  18. tosabrewfan
    Is it bad when you start hoping your own players will get HBP just so they get someone on base.
  19. tosabrewfan
    I'm starting to get really tired of the "it's early" refrain. It sounds a lot like the "don't worry, we're still in first place" excuse that was used last year. Why shouldn't we be making some changes early in the season - it seems like a good time to experiment and see what works (assuming that your original plan isn't working after 5-10 games). For example, why not try the following for a week: 1. Switch Hall and Hart. 2. Advise the batters that taking a meatball down the middle for the first pitch is not a substitute for patience (Weeks, Braun, Hardy, Hall - I'm looking in your direction). I understand that "its early" and that these games count just as much as any other - but if you think that we aren't extremely fortunate to be above .500 right now, you haven't been paying attention. It seems that even if the changes are more psychological than anything else, but why not try to make adjustments now, rather then waiting until it "isn't early" and we're looking at a significant lead by one of the other NL Central teams. In addition, please don't try to convince me that most of the right-handers that we faced are above-average or that they will not be representative of the right-handers we will have to face all season. I also realize the value of trusting in statistics - but how do you think offenses/hitters work themselves out of slumps? I prefer to think that making adjustments helps offenses/hitters regress to their means (for offenses/hitters in a slump), rather than believe that it's some sort of statistical magic that dictates when a hitter will be hot and cold.
  20. tosabrewfan
    I think a lot of the "is it time to panic?" sentiment come from the fact that we were all waiting so long for this season to arrive. That being said, I hope somebody talked to Braun on his off days and pointed out that he didn't need to hit 20 home runs in his first ten games. I think that this team will come around.
  21. tosabrewfan
    After two off days it will be nice to have baseball being played again tonight. Oh . . . wait . . . yesterday wasn't an off day? Maybe someone should have told the Brewers offense. In any event, I think the Brew Crew will rebound tonight and erase all thoughts of yesterday's game from my mind.
  22. tosabrewfan
    To properly figure this out, I think you would need a lot of time and a lot of beer. I don't think its enough to go through the games that we have played and decide whether you think we should have won or not. I think you would need to go through the whole season and decide on each game. For example, you have Cueto v. Suppon as a decisive game, but if you had made the decision prior to the season starting, you may have decided that you thought we had a better chance to win this game than 40 other "toss up" games. In hindsight, however, I would agree with your analysis and would enjoy having a discussion about every game of the season at a bar - though I might not be able to drive by the time we got to deciding on the final Cubs series.
  23. tosabrewfan
    If you watched Gabe Gross "play" center last night and still don't understand this move, you aren't paying attention.
  24. tosabrewfan
    Jazzy, It puts the icing on the cake because Cordero is basically saying that once he started pitching well (read: once he figured he could make more money elsewhere) he did not want to stay. Cordero has every right to seek more money - Brewers fans have every right to boo him.
  25. tosabrewfan
    Lineup via JSOnline: 2B Rickie Weeks SS J.J. Hardy CF Mike Cameron LF Ryan Braun RF Corey Hart 3B Bill Hall 1B Brad Nelson DH Gabe Gross C Jason Kendall LHP Chris Capuano (not batting) Looks like Cappy instead of Carlos.
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