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Braun with a chopper to the left side of the infield. Have been seeing that far too often lately.

Was that Kendall's fist sac fly this year?

Ah, I think you just did.

I didn't know Ned Yost could play second base.

Even so, I don't see why you would choose to exclude Prince in that statement. For their careers Prince has hit lefties similarly to Mike Cameron and better than some of the other guys in our lineup.

and the rest of our guys(outside of Fielder) crush LHP Prince actually hits lefties better than righties. vs RHP - .312 avg| HR every 14.73 ABs| Base every 1.65 ABs| RBI every 4.25 ABs vs LHP - .317 avg| HR every 11.22 ABs| Base every 1.53 ABs| RBI every 3.16 ABs

How many guys have we had lead off since Rickie went down? 5? 6? I can count McGahee, Counsell, Cameron, Kendall, and Hart. Am I missing someone? Yep, Gamel.

Ash also drafted Filipe Lopez. Hopefully we aren't done trading for his picks.

I'd much rather see Gamel sent down than Hall DFA'd. Hall has become completely useless, but there's no reason to keep Gamel up now that we have solid options in the infield. It's time to stop wasting Gamel in Milwaukee if he's not going to play.

I have come to the conclusion that I want to trade for Hallady with an offer centered around Escobar. We'd be division favorites this year and could make a serious title run next year. 2010 would be the time to make a run. We'll still have Fielder and Hardy then. You get past next year and that's when Fielder could start getting moved. Getting the best pitcher in baseball for a year and a half would be worth dealing Escobar for. If it was only for the remainder of this year I'd say forget it, but for 1.5 seasons I'm all for it. Remember how good Sabathia/Sheets was last year? Well Halladay/Gallardo in 2010 should be even better. Hopefully Parra will be consistently good by then too. Our hitting is not as bad as it has been recently and should only get better. As good as Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder are, they are still young and improving each year. Gamel should be playing everyday next year and should tap into some more of that potential. Rickie Weeks will be back next season. If he could pick it up right where he left off that would be huge. If not Casey McGehee has been doing very nicely and could be in the equation somewhere. Possibly RF if Corey doesn't pick it up? Hardy is having a down year, he could very well come back. Hopefully Jason Kendall won't be playing everyday next year. Whether he's replaced by Salome, Lucroy, Rivera, whoever, it'll be an upgrade offensively there. So pretty much we could improve offensively at every position other than CF next year, and we're already a good offensive team. The one thing we're not going to be able to improve is pitching. We don't minor league ready pitching for next year, and if we go the free agent route we're just going to get another Jeff Suppan. If we don't get someone this year we'd have to next year anyway. Halladay is better than anyone that will be available next season, and he'd be much more valuable to have for a season and half rather than just half a year. I think that even if Halladay was in the last year of his deal he'd still require Gamel or Escobar to get. If we could get him without having to give up both I think we have to do it.

Anyone else listen to the radio of this game?

Completely off topic, but what's with having DeShawn Wynn as your avatar?

What the heck? They leave Braun in to play defense and then pinch hit for him

Nice quick, 3 up 3 down inning for Hoffman.

I tired that. Broke after only a couple uses and it was a pain to do it myself. I just go to great clips and get the #2 all around for $8.99.

Votto is older than Braun.

I want Gallardo locked up before we start talking long term with Prince.

You are so smart. You didn't want to trade Prince when some others did. You are amazing for predicting that he'd have a good year. That's what you wanted to hear, right?

Who's the chick in RF wearing the Brewers hat?

He didn't in the final round. What a jerk.

Why is Guerrero the only pitcher who doesn't have his name on his jersey?

Reported on SportsCenter. I think Ned Yost could be a candidate for the position next season.

I think it's because managers pick their own players over the players who actually deserve it.

I thought they said Richard. Although I'm pretty sure it's just Rickie, so they'd still be wrong.

I'm guessing you saw him the second time. They mentioned it the first time they showed Rickie