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  1. OldSchoolSnapper
    Don't feel as harsh as some others, but I would prefer they cut ties, give a new guy a chance that wants to be here all year.
  2. OldSchoolSnapper
    If the Brewers spend $160 million on sub-.800 OPS "grit" and "intangibles," I'll lose the last bit of hope I have left.
  3. OldSchoolSnapper
    People are just being intentionally obtuse. They've played in the World Series three times since 2008. That is not what the Brewers have done. That does not even include two LCS losses in the same timespan. Not even in the same galaxy. They had a big gap of meh or losing between runs, which yes, I would gladly make that trade. Guardians are the obvious preference. Then I'd take the Yankees, Dodgers, Mets in that order.
  4. OldSchoolSnapper
    I'm not sure he survives the night.
  5. OldSchoolSnapper
    HOU is a great litmus test for the defense. And glad the white-out game got a good matchup.
  6. OldSchoolSnapper
    That PF is LOL.
  7. OldSchoolSnapper
    There is no way, just none, that there is not a better kicker out there. It really doesn't make sense. Kickers are better than they have ever been. If you don't have Butker or Tucker, OK, but there's no excuse for not having a guy that's what "good" would have been 15 years ago.
  8. OldSchoolSnapper
    I would have rather watched Anders "work through it."
  9. OldSchoolSnapper
    That body control from Doubs is incredible. I don't know if people realize how hard that is to do.
  10. OldSchoolSnapper
    They need a run producer but I never quite get these ideas like it really matters where that guy is playing on the field.
  11. OldSchoolSnapper
    He's 5'8 and realistically 165. That 185 list makes me chuckle. There are guys who buck those conventional measures but I am never expecting to see a great deal of power out of him.
  12. OldSchoolSnapper
    That's just it. I can't believe he is commanding an alleged $190 million deal. I get it, I know that's where we are, but no thanks. Part of it is also that I trust the org to find another way to make things work.
  13. OldSchoolSnapper
    Am I the only Brewers fan totally fine with Adames leaving? I don't hate the guy or anything but I'm not losing any sleep over his exodus.
  14. OldSchoolSnapper
    They had it just right with the 5-team format, the division champions got auto bids to the real playoffs, then you had the stupid thing #4 but at least it was with teams that didn't win divisions and only 1 game. It was the perfect balance of retaining meaning where it should be, yet doing just enough to keep a few more teams in the running to the end. This stupid thing now is a complete disservice to the #3 seed. Biased, sure, but I still think it's true.
  15. OldSchoolSnapper
    Well it didn't really make any sense. I made a comment about people telling me 10 years from now if they still haven't gotten out of the first round, that it's still "just bad luck." You said you'd expect me to have the same energy, which, after 10 years, why wouldn't you? Lol. Just a bad joke. And who is miserable? This is what drives me insane around here. Simply making an observation that isn't rainbows and unicorns doesn't make anyone "miserable." I am a Brewers fan that doesn't think they are a legitimate contender in MLB's landscape, the same way that an 8th seed isn't a contender in the NBA. It's not nearly as extreme as the NBA, but that is how I see the Brewers. They will have to fall on EXTREME fortune to ever win a WS, but forget about that, they can't seem to get out of the Wild Card as of late. Winning the division excited me 12 years ago; now that half the league gets into the playoffs and we've done it 10 times, it's not really that satisfying anymore. Personally I think it's weird to feel otherwise, but w/e I guess. Sure it is better than winning 60 games and being cooked by May 10, but why is that the only alternative?
  16. OldSchoolSnapper
    Even more remarkable that we managed to never be 1 or 2 and also not advance.
  17. OldSchoolSnapper
    I never care at all after we get knocked out. Yankees already have a million, what's a million and one.
  18. OldSchoolSnapper
    I've already accepted Winker is going to win World Series MVP because that's just how this works,
  19. OldSchoolSnapper
    I think the Brewers will win a lot of games moving ahead. I am less convinced they have the prized pieces necessary overcome the biggest obstacles. Although Chourio sure looks like one.
  20. OldSchoolSnapper
    The Dodgers are definitely a disappointment to their own fans I am sure, and fun to laugh at, but let's not pretend they are failing like the Brewers as far as gross results. They have been to the LCS or WS 5 times since 2013, 6 if we count that fake year they won it. Just my opinion, but the Brewers inability to advance to 2018 can be tracked directly to the lack of premium bats in their lineup over that timespan. Maybe this year they had a couple, but they unfortunately sucked or were hurt in that 3-game span. They basically had one guy come through this time and he isn't of legal drinking age.
  21. OldSchoolSnapper
    We currently sit on top of the league with 14 takeaways, which is what I would rank #1 importance for any defense. 9 of them are INTs, which tend to be a much less random thing than fumbles. Nobody is perfect, but if we continue taking the ball away, we will be in a position to make a run late in the season. Honestly, the 7 giveaways are what I'd like to see fixed before anything else. That is a very easy thing to fix, or at least it should be.
  22. OldSchoolSnapper
    You are really taking that way too literally. Of course every team that wins 90+ games isn't faux competing. The larger point was that stacking regular season wins isn't what it used to be. The Brewers had a good season by most measures, but even the more optimistic posters here noted pretty much all year that they appeared to be a clear No. 3. Most people readily accepted that they were not really on the same echelon as Philly or LA. That doesn't mean you can't beat them, because baseball, but I think most would agree it was true. You've seen this for years in the NBA where there are numerous teams every year winning between 47 and 55 games, but nobody really takes them seriously for one reason or another, and they basically always fall well short of a championship because of some very obvious thing; in the past it was the lack of a big man, now it's generally lack of star power. Because their playoffs are drastically different from their regular season. MLB is trending that way with these expanded fields.
  23. OldSchoolSnapper
    I mean, yes, anyone can do it, and it's not outside the realm of possibility, but I would say it is substantially harder now than it was for KC when they did it. the Rangers would have a 3 gamer with the Angels, the Yankees couldn't get knocked out in 1 game like they were. The Royals were a great team, but the AL was also quite bad that year, now that I look at it.
  24. OldSchoolSnapper
    Bingo. Exactly the point I was making. Doesn't really make sense to draw parallels to the last 100 years when they have drastically altered it in the last 10. If sabremetricking your way to 2 or even 4 playoff spots worked, that would be very different than what we have right now, which is inching closer and closer to the NBA. "Just let them rest, we can get the 5 seed and then overpower the Brewers."
  25. OldSchoolSnapper
    Probably because prior to a few years ago you usually had to win that many games to have a chance. It's a moot point when you can have the 6th best record in your league and still make the "postseason." Winning a division title? You better be 1st or 2nd because that 3rd one isn't worth a whole lot.
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