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Yelich is one of those guys that just always seems to deliver. Just sure feels like his big moments are always meaningful, rarely in garbage time. -
It is the biggest issue and has been for some time now.
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Please no. If I had my way, all replay in every sport is out. Not that baseball is excelling at this, but the NFL is destroying its TV product with all the breaks. Replay system is a nightmare with all the commercials it brings about. There is no reason for umpires to exist. The tech already exists to get things right on the field instantaneously with lasers. The only use for NFL referees are the judgement calls like holding and PI which could likely also be done with tech if they really wanted. Replay was a great idea and a failure in practice. They're still getting plenty of calls wrong with it and it has removed all suspense from the NFL games. Touchdown! Scan for flags...wait for replay to confirm it was a TD...ok, celebrate, or realize it wasn't and go back to square one. I hate it.
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Stearns and Counsell- How much rope does each have?
OldSchoolSnapper replied to rickh150's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
12/32 is not much different than 10/30. Its not like GB is often #12 either. That said, I'll admit there's quite a difference between being in baseball's smallest market compared to football's smallest market. I don't count that play-in game. Many don't either. Saying that 10 get in when one of loses one game and stops doesn't seem like a linear comparison to me. And the length of the season makes it incredibly difficult to be at the top at the end. So I'm using 8/30, which is about 37% vs 26% of the league getting in. Even if you do count that play-in, four NFL teams get a pass to the second round. I consider it far more difficult to have sustained success in baseball, and a lot more impressive when Kansas City can get to the world series twice. -
Stearns and Counsell- How much rope does each have?
OldSchoolSnapper replied to rickh150's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Also, I don't like cross comparing milestones in different sports. Making the MLB playoffs is extremely difficult. It's probably like making an NFC championship. -
Stearns and Counsell- How much rope does each have?
OldSchoolSnapper replied to rickh150's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
CC and DS are not going anywhere any time soon unless Stearns voluntarily leaves. I used to defend McCarthy and Thompson every year, about midway through 2016 when it was obvious the defense was awful again, I started to rail on Thompson's shortcomings. Going into last season I thought his last second defensive adds were jokes. He didn't adapt to a changing league. Capers also should have been canned after 2012. McCarthy's seat is boiling. If they don't win the NFC I think he's gone. Gutekunst probably wants to fire him but knows he can't just yet. And I think he will be gone because I think we're going 9-7. -
No, the premise of my argument is that the guy isn’t god and he has made mistakes too. We are allowed to criticize him for mistakes he made. You made it seem so obvious the Santana was some worthless player who had no track record and strikes out all the time. I simply said if that were true then we should have taken anything we should have gotten for him. For what it’s worth I think Santana was more valuable than you do but I also think Stearns was probably expecting too much for him. No, that's not what I said. Stearns tried to trade him. Hard. The rest of the league, at least the teams that had a need there, obviously did not like him. Maybe Stearns still did, and didn't want to give him away for nothing. He was trying to trade his depth, but (maybe) thought he was still an OK player. You are speaking as though Stearns works with a crystal ball and knew at the time Santana would hit .200, therefore he should've given him away for nothing! It doesn't make any sense. Why do I get the feeling you would have been all over his back in February had he traded him for some low level prospect? I haven't seen anybody say you can't criticize Stearns. It just looks like the Counsell virus has spread to him.
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Actually think that early 2000s farm was overrated. It had two mega stars and Corey Hart, who was probably the third best guy, but the rest of it was not that great. JJ was a good player, as was Weeks, but Weeks was wildly inconsistent and a headache to watch. There was diddly in the pitching department. I would agree it was top heavy.
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Something really funny about people saying they're sick of losing so let's bet the farm on a big splash. The exact impatient mentality responsible for why we can't put together any sustainable success. Doug Melvin will always have a place in my heart for bringing the playoffs back here, but he was very short sighted.
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That’s easy to say now. But I doubt people would have been calling him that last year when he was hitting close to .280 with an OBP over .370 and 30 home runs. Beside, if is really that bad of a player then Stearns should have taken anything he could have gotten for him shouldnt he have? No? Because he might have actually been good. It's too funny you began with "It's easy to say that now." The premise of your argument is that Stearns should have traded him because he should've known he wasn't good. Again, you guys are moving the goal posts. You've decided something about DS and just frame the circumstances to reach your conclusion.
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Had Samtana hit anywhere near what he did last season, keeping him would have been a great thing for the team given the massive trouble the lineup has had scoring runs. The lineup has been so lacking run producing bats the last few weeks, Tyler friggin Saladino has often been hitting 5th in the order. If instead we had Santana of last year or something close to that, he'd be ideal batting 5th after Aguilar or Shaw. There is no way though that Stearns could have predicted Santana would go from a 30 HR/.875 OPS guy to someone with a slap hitting .354 SLG percentage. Sports are volatile. For every good surprise like Aguilar in a season, there are bound to also have a Santana who inexplicably loses all of his power. People keep bringing the Santana thing up. The reality is, Santana had very little value on the market, because teams knew exactly what he was. An inconsistent free swinger with no track record.
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Signing Jeff Suppan was also a career-defining move. You're moving the goal posts.
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Time and a place. I'd do it with a better team. We're not there.
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What do you mean? They did this in the past for both Sabathia and Greinke. They didn't even get to the World Series either time, not to say they were bad moves, but that is the fact. Even though both moves essentially worked, in the end they paid a price. LaPorta was a bust, Brantley had a great career. The Royals don't win a WS and play in two without our assets. Was it worth it? I guess, 2011 was fun. But there certainly was a cost.
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No the Brewers are not close to the Bucks model. If you think that, you must not be following the Bucks closely as they are a train wreck from the GM's office to the court. While we're discussing what's bugs us, what bugs me is that many fans have the patience of a gnat. The Brewers have answers in the pipeline, but those guys are simply not ready for MLB yet. The biggest problem the Brewers have is that many of their stop gap options wound up playing far better than anyone expected and it raised expectations too early. Guys like Aguilar and to a less extend, Shaw, were likely guys they thought could help keep seats warm. But then they performed at a level nobody really expected. Prior to last season, NEXT season was the year most people were talking about fielding a competitive team. I know the response to that is that we should adapt and win the World Series right now, but I see that as abandoning what got you here in the first place. Development, better scouting and patience. The team is fine. The organization is healthy. The fact of the matter is this team is not that spectacular, it is not Manny Machado away from glory. There is stuff Stearns whiffed on, like bringing Eric Sogard back, but this mantra is getting really old. It was the same stuff preseason when he didn't bring in any of the SP that ended up being colossal busts this year.
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This definitely should have been factored into the calculation for sure. These seven games it would be nice to have him on our side. Is this satire? Playing the Dodgers seven times should not have had anything to do with whether or not we gave up precious prospects for Machado.
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We appear to be completely out of gas.
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I'm not saying he was joking, but he was playing a game. He knows exactly why Jeffress was up but isn't going to publicly acknowledge it at any point.
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My guess is Counsell playing a game. Jeffress was up in case Hader imploded but acknowledging that shows he was worried about Hader. So he's just gonna pretend it didn't happen and never talk about it. The getting old and eyes comment make it clear to me he was messing around.
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"Thunderous" lmao. No exaggeration there at all
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I expected that reception to be honest. I've been dreading all week the blog hot takes it's going to cause regarding "what it says about Milwaukee and our deep rooted racism." blah blah blah
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Showing support for a guy going through a rough time. Classy fan move. The only one's not ready to move on are Twitter warriors. He apologized to the fans and his team, and had one of the most exciting nights of his life ruined by this. Not real sure what other punishment he needs to endure. Showing support would be not booing the guy. Standing ovation is enthusiastic approval. No it isn't. It's not an "ovation." It's a nice way of saying Hey, we don't think you're a racist today, we accept your apology. Approval? Give me a break.
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I was half kidding about Villar, just frustrated with his use or lack thereof.
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He been quite vocal about hating being dragged around the diamond. If we don't want a malcontent, he's a shortstop
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I'm all in on Astrubal Cabrera. The price should be low, as he's been unhappy there for a long time and everyone knows it. A solid veteran with good baseball left in him. You can send them Villar to avoid using good prospects. If we're not going to play Villar and it's obvious we won't, might as well make use of him.
