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  1. PrinceEatMeat
    Can't really look back on that Votto hit anymore although Hart should've been able to hold Stubbs at 3rd, because Phillips would've just driven in 2 anyway with that single. So really it comes down to the fact that Phillips got lucky with that blooper. Although there's probably a chance they could've thrown out Stubbs at home after the debacle, but that's not a guarantee.
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    Should've just left Greinke in for the 9th. He clearly wasn't tiring with 3 K's in the 8th, and it's not like Conrad stood a chance against Chapman anyway.
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    Kind of on topic, but your friend looked so familiar to me, and I wondered if I knew him. I couldn't place him, and it was killing me- then I noticed he was in Vegas. He's an expert on Pawn Stars isn't he? Pretty cool. Yes! I was wondering where I recognized him from as well, and you are exactly right. That is awesome.
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    Completely agree with this. I feel the same way. Especially the first point. No GM is perfect, but he's done a great job with what he was given. He led us to our best stretch in years and years, and has us in a pretty good position right now. Couldn't ask for much more honestly.
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    This is just wrong, our minor league system was pretty terrible when he came in. Yes we had a couple big name prospects but it was still a really bad system overall, easily bottom half of the league. Melvin inherited one of the 3 or 4 worst franchises in baseball and he managed to turn it around. We were the Pirates back then and we easily could still be the Pirates. Exactly. To say Melvin inherited a top farm system is completely untrue and ignorant. The farm system was pretty bad, and the team was worse. Take a look back, there wasn't much at all to show for the farm system he was left with. Take a look at the guys who are on the 40 man roster this year he drafted. Fiers, Gallardo, McClendon, Rogers, Scarpetta, Lucroy, Farris, Gamel, Green, Weeks, Braun, Gindl, Schafer, Kjeldgaard. And he also signed Manzanillo and Peralta as amateur free agents, and used some of his guys to acquire the like of CC and Greinke. That's pretty good. He didn't really end up getting much out of the guys he was left with when he took over the team.
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    If the Brewers ever started renting out full-time residential living spaces on the Club level, I'm not sure how I'd be able to justify not living there. The Club level is just... awesome. It is awesome. That's why I moved my 20-pack there this year. Right behind home plate too. Even more perfect.
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    I would agree with that, but the problem is that he'll get paid a lot more than DH money. The Rangers will likely keep him though. I don't see how they can let him go as you said.
  8. PrinceEatMeat
    That was an incredible performance. Hamilton is definitely a great player. It's too bad he can't stay healthy. Someone will give him a huge contract this offseason, although I definitely wouldn't. Way too risky.
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    I met Rollie at Spring Training last year, and it was awesome. He's a great guy, and he was fun to talk to. Got my picture with him, and a personalized autographed photo. It was a very cool experience, and great memory for me. That autographed photo is now a prized possession of mine.
  10. PrinceEatMeat
    Yes, I'm completely forgetting that. I figured posting something like what I did would open this oh-too-familiar Pandora's Box. You can be both a huge Brewers fan & still believe the team would/could be better off with a different GM. Not saying you can't, just don't agree with your rationale. I see no reason to believe that Melvin can't successfully rebuild the team again if it comes to that. A lot of what he's done has to do with the philosophy of Attanasio. He is an owner that wants to win, and now is the time to do it. If things keep going this way the best route is to be a seller at the deadline, but again that's not Melvin's call alone. If were are close enough to compete, Attanasio will want to make moves to stay in it. That's just how it is. Now that Melvin has this extension, I really believe that he would make moves to sell this year and try to build the team more for a few years down the road. It makes sense. That being said, Melvin has done a good job in keeping the Brewers in contention. Yeah, there were definitely other ways to go about things the last few years, but that was our owner's philosophy. Melvin did a good job doing what he had to do to put a winner on the field. I don't agree with every single move he's made, but I'm happy with the results. I just don't see any reason to believe that he couldn't also rebuild the team if Attanasio wanted to go that direction. I'm not saying that someone else can't do the job, I just believe in Melvin, because I haven't been given a reason not to.
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    I'm exactly the opposite. I'm ready for Melvin's tenure as GM to be over, he just isn't a long-term builder, he's a win-now/patcher. He's gotten decent to good results with that style, but he's left the Brewers in a really bad position in doing so. I would've rather had a new GM be the one to come in & clean up this mess; I just fear Melvin will continue to make bad long-term decisions. Are you forgetting that Melvin came in at the end of the '02 season, proceeded to clean up that mess he was given, and then build the team back up into a winner? Why can't he do that again if put in that position? I'm not sure it'll come to the point where a total rebuild is necessary, but he's shown he can build a winner. The win-now approach actually has a lot to do with Attanasio's influence. The guy loves winning. It's not all Melvin. I approve the win-now approach he's used the last few years. It got us the best season of my lifetime, and a deep playoff run. In the next few years I might think differently, but we'll just wait and see. There's talk that because Melvin was named President of Baseball Operations, that he'll be allowed to pick his successor. He would likely be GM until he decides to step down, and then pick his guy, and continue to stay in the front office. Attanasio really likes him, and trusts him to run things.
  12. PrinceEatMeat
    Yeah, it ended up being really bad timing, but they had been working on it since ST. Didn't really have control over when it would get done. Oh well. At least it's some good news at this point.
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    I can't fault Melvin for only having Izturis as backup SS. There just weren't many options out there. He didn't wanna overpay for a backup. Can't fault him at all for that. If a better backup SS would've been out there for a reasonable price he would've signed him. Just wasn't there. Obviously there's a lot of people here that will argue that he should've kept Hairston, but I'm not one of them. He just wasn't worth that kind of money, and he likely wouldn't have come back anyway because LA offered more playing time.
  14. PrinceEatMeat
    http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/150659935.html#!page=1&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirst Well deserved for both in my opinion. Melvin through 2015, and Roenicke through 2014 w/ option for 2015.
  15. PrinceEatMeat
    Just heard Melvin on 620. He confirmed that they had discussions with Derrek Lee, but "that's not gonna happen." So scratch this off the list for now. Sounds like they'll go with internal options for now. Probably until closer to the deadline.
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    Man, I would love to have Hardy back here right now. Probably a pipe-dream, but it would be amazing. I really don't see us being able to do anything at SS until sometime in July though honestly. Don't see a lot of teams willing to move their SS this early in the season.
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    I saw that too. That's hilarious! I agree with Gamel. Just leave him alone. Don't need to be taking pictures of him and his family without them looking. If you want a picture with him that bad then just go say hi and ask. Even though out in public at a restuarant, while he's with his family, isn't the time or place.
  18. PrinceEatMeat
    http://brewernation.mlblogs.com/2012/05/06/brewers-may-have-offered-contract-to/ Probably nothing of significance, but just to throw fuel onto the fire. This link mostly pertains to a possible offer to Lee, but an interesting snippet is at the end, "In the same message, I was told that the Brewers are also tossing around the idea of making a contract offer to a certain free agent starting pitcher." I'd guess that pertains to Oswalt. Not that he'd be interested, or that the Brewers will end up making an offer, just thought it was interesting to see.
  19. PrinceEatMeat
    This definitely doesn't surprise me. I had heard from various sources since Gamel went down that the Brewers are seriously interested in Lee. Sounds like it could happen soon now. I definitely am not opposed to it. He could be a good addition.
  20. PrinceEatMeat
    Yeah, it reminded me of the Andrew Bogut air-high fives on the free throw line a couple years ago. Lol, yeah. Except that his teammates genuinely didn't high-five him on that one. This was just a joke on Reynolds.
  21. PrinceEatMeat
    Taylor Green is starting at 1B today.
  22. PrinceEatMeat
    http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-05-05/sports/bal-explaining-mark-reynolds-spurning-of-buck-showalter-20120504_1_buck-showalter-bat-dugout This explains it. It was all a joke.
  23. PrinceEatMeat
    I'm guessing there's some sort of rift between these two? I hadn't heard of anything. Not surprising though with Showalter.
  24. PrinceEatMeat
    Sorry, just never saw that before. Thought it was cool.
  25. PrinceEatMeat
    http://rotoworld.com/headlines/mlb/358545/derrek-lee-definitely-on-brewers-radar According to this, Lee is definitely on the Brewers radar. Can't say that's surprising. Melvin even mentioned him before.
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