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Missing 1 more of the recent .300/.400/.500 club entries, he is not in the HOF but eligible So far Edgar Martinez Frank Thomas Manny Ramirez Chipper Jones Todd Helton

Ruth Bonds Gehrig Mantle Cobb Not sure on Bonds and Mantle. Most of them are in but too early. Bonds just missed .298/.444/.607

Frank Thomas Edgar Martinez ManRam Bagwell? Not sure on the fifth Yes Frank Thomas .301/.419/.555 Yes Edgar Martinez .312/.418/.515

Oops I screwed up, meant retired since Musial in 1963. So based on my original question Musial is right but then there are 7 total Yes Manny .312/.411/.585

Ok I’ll take a stab, first 5 names that come to mind... ARod Helton Palmeiro Schmidt Murray Yes Helton (.316/.414/.539)

Since they mentioned Chipper Jones, he finished in an elite club with a career slash of .300+/.400+/.500+ Can you name the other 5 players (plus Chipper at .303/.401/.529) who have retired since Ted Williams to be in the club?

This team can do it all except slide

Up in the zone again at 86. Come on Suter

Windmill Eddie puts the stop sign up, a little surprised

86 up in the zone will not get it done

Gold glove RF

Great start, broken bat hit gets to the outfield, that is a man's swing

Isn't it past your bedtime?

That went well

Thames already hit

Even with the shift Villar needs to be able to cover second come on

Germany Schaefer begs to differ

Hosmer looked like a little league 1B too scared stay down and scoop a throw

I mean, if that was Villar this thread would probably have at least two more pages right now. True, but it wouldn't be Villar's first. I would guess his first career Brewer brain fart did not generate pages of rage

Chacin visually upset after missing that strike call, cool down out there

They are bad, but things that look worse: Diamondbacks, Rockies and Braun's AB

Nice AB from Arcia, shortening up with 2 strikes. Last year he only worked 11 3-0 counts in 548 PAs.

Wish we could face lefties every game for this 1-5 in the lineup

Lucchesi is making his MLB debut as the starter. Last year we were 1-2 vs starting pitchers making their MLB debut. Antonio Senzatela 4-6-2017 COL 2 MIL 1 Sal Romano 4-16-2017 MIL 4 CIN 2 Dietrich Enns 8-10-2017 MIN 7 MIL 2 The only other time we have faced a Padre SP making his MLB debut was Cesar Carrillo in this game from 2009, Crew won 12-9 on a Braun HR and 2 bombs from Prince and Mike Rivera each.

Very few teams have enough quality to justify sitting a star 10% of the time if he's healthy. The extra 5-10 starts by the star, even if he's tired, are likely going to be better than what the backup would provide. Generally, if the backup is good enough to justify sitting the star, then that backup should be starting somewhere and you're wasting his talent as a bench player. The only reason we have that quality in the OF is because the market for OF dried up, so our quality backup means we'll have to have less-than-stellar production elsewhere. I'd be fine with Yelich playing an extra 5-10 games, even if he's a little tired, if it meant we traded for an upgrade at SP, allowing that SP to get 30 starts with Suter playing a valuable role as "swingman." The relative increase in production at SP should far outwiegh any benefit received by sitting Yelich on the bench 5-10 extra days for rest. But that trade didn't happen. I'm far too excited about the start of the season (odd roster and all) to continue to dwell on this. I am going to cheer for Woodruff and Suter to succeed. They may be question marks, but their success would greatly help the Brewers now and into the future. It's time to put the offseason in the past and watch the Brewers as they hopefully make the next step into the playoffs in 2018. Totally agree Monty, I don't think there is any evidence that you would get more production from a player if they sit 10 extra games, and if so, a less than 100% starter is better than a bench player. If that is not the case, then you are wasting that bench player's near starter level of talent sitting them on the bench for 140 games, and you would benefit your team much more by trading that near starter bench player for another player who could start for you and contribute more.