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I had a Rob Deer autograph before 3TO was even a thing. o wow, just because you think you know more about autographs than the average fan, like every other expert on this board, does not make it so. I worked at a pen factory starting at the age of 13, working my way up to production manager by 18. I got lucrative offers from Bic (actually from the CEO's wife herself after she was intrigued by my solution oriented, integrated metric based holistic dynamic synthesis of the ink futures market) and Pilot but I was already over qualified for those positions. I moved on to Sharpie at the age of 25 (youngest regional manager in the company) where I invented the question mark and the piano key necktie. If you have ever used a green Sharpie, well...you're welcome. When a baseball player writes their name on a playing card, I don't just say gee thanks with a big fat grin on my face and show it to my mommy like most of probably do. I couldn't even do that if I tried. Instead, I am analyzing the angle they are holding then pen, asking them if they learned cursive in 3rd grade or 4th grade, feeling for the pressure they are using for the most important letters like F and U. Then I will throw that card in the garbage and have them sign another one, this time with me selecting the perfect sharpie to take into account all of their subtle mechanical tendencies. I bet you didn't even know that a perfect Rob Deer signature requires a blue felt H-78XL 8 inch marker, only manufactured between 1987 and 1993 in Panama. Pathetic. I grew up with a guy who dated Bill Schroeder's daughter in high school, and he told me that Bill Schroeder's wife wanted my autograph to put on their mantle instead of Bill's first career hit ball.

I once saw Ted Thompson at Mickys Dairy Bar (Madison) AND I saw Gary Anderson at Monk's in Middleton once. Please direct all bows to me ahead of this peasant farmer. I have a Ron Belliard autograph as well.

Fastball right down the middle and Aguilar was ready

When BA said Santana has hit 2nd, 3rd, 4th...even 5th this year, it reminded me of this

Vogt over Aguilar?

No matter how bad it got with Gomez he never stopped trying

Shaw is a grown man

Their main competition, the Yankees, were hitting a pitcher 3rd that season which was silly

Don't forget about the 1914 Braves, definitely number 1 on the all-time most improbable WS winners

hussle Aguilar you fat lard

Shocking! a close play being reviewed, how exciting

For fun, here is the 2nd team all-time Brewer seasons by WAR (not re-using any players from the 1st team): C: 4.0 Simmons 1983 1B: 6.7 Scott 1973 2B: 5.1 Money 1977 3B: 5.9 Cirillo 1998 SS: 5.8 Hall 2006 LF: 6.7 Vaughn 1993 CF: 4.9 Thomas 1982 RF: 4.8 Burnitz 1997 RHP: 5.5 Bosio 1989 LHP: 8.1 Caldwell 1978

All-Time Brewer seasons by WAR C: 6.7 Lucroy 2014 1B: 6.8 Cooper 1980 2B: 5.6 Molitor 1979 3B: 7.4 Harper 1970 SS: 10.5 Yount 1982 LF: 7.8 Braun 2011 CF: 8.5 Gomez 2013 RF: 5.6 Lezcano 1979 RHP: 7.2 Sheets 2004 LHP: 9.4 Higuera 1986

Top 5 Brewers all-time OPS vs RHP min 250 PA: Rk Player Split OPS PA HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG 1 Prince Fielder vs RHP .988 2950 174 460 459 493 .294 .411 .577 2 Russell Branyan vs RHP .965 507 34 74 75 152 .271 .381 .584 3 Don Mincher vs RHP .912 409 23 69 72 43 .266 .401 .511 4 Richie Sexson vs RHP .907 1798 108 320 182 431 .281 .361 .546 5 Jeromy Burnitz vs RHP .897 2326 127 369 331 474 .261 .371 .526

That 3-0 pitch was ridiculously bad

Torres always assumes there are no outs because that is the most common situation he is in

He took care of that for ya. Here comes the tie ball game. He is crafty, I did not anticipate the HBP. Now Fowler surely will connect

I dont see any scenario where Carpenter does not homer off Torres

Knebel nailed his wife too

Uecker does have a bit of a reputation for having a sense of humor if you didnt know

Scahill should throw his glove up in the air like a little kid after giving up a Goldschmidt granny

Maybe they respect the fans and are not trying to devolve into the football challenge system which is only used based on how much it would help you not how bad of a call it was

Actually there are no specific rules and it is a bunch of unwritten standard since the only thing the rule says it that the pitcher cannot deceive the runner. After you come set, you can take any odd motion as long as it is continuous towards home

As long as it is not deceiving the runner then it is ok but yes it is a balk technically. It is not a balk he was coming set...barely

He has a few rockets mixed in with those 9 outs