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Rose Parade, Macy's Day Parade, King Charles' Coronation Parade. As much as I'd love to have the Brewers be parade champions, we might have to settle for being WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think my ideal Tyler Black scenario is for him to become an all-star for the A's or some other team that doesn't seem to value defense, and in the trade we snag some pitcher, run him through the H & H car wash, and make him nice and shiny.

I have no self control when I get on Twitter and Instagram, so I never see any of these. Please share links of the cool stuff!

It looks like most of the everyday catcher types graded out neutral or slightly negative defensively. Depending on how you run the math, only Joe Mack and Gabby Moreno were NL catchers who caught more than 90 games and had significantly better than average defensive grades https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/fielding-run-value?gameType=Regular&seasonStart=2026&seasonEnd=2026&type=fielder&position=2&minInnings=q&minResults=1&sortColumn=total_runs&sortDirection=desc https://www.fieldingbible.com/drs-leaderboard/players?position=2

It's pretty wild that four teams carried 9 of the 10 NL gold gloves.

I have been thinking about this a lot. The more teams search for production from players between age 22 and 27, the less likely they are to pony up and pay a 35-40 year-old player. If the MLB gets their way and kills the possibility of drafting out of HS, that would be the death of the 20-year career. I do think the Brewers should retire #22. I don't think Yelich is a HOFer, but his stat line will end up being close to the stat line of HOFers in the future. I think 10 years from now, we'll see some 48-55 WAR players who had a 12-16 year career. This also makes me wonder if they will reconsider the 10-years-of-service-time rule. It feels like careers are shortening because of team financials. I wonder if they'll drop that service time number down to 9 or 8.

Change game to win, and I’m with you.

I can’t stand Yadi, but there’s a comp here. they won in 2011 when he was 29. contract went through 2012. They signed him to 5/75M for a run of NLCS and WS losses. Say what you want, but he was the heart of that team, and it was the right choice. Having him in the Yelich role, even if his production falls off seems to matter. The last few days worth of interviews seem to make that pretty clear. I’m here for a salary floor and spending it on Wild Bill.

I was trying to find crowd numbers. It sounds like when they were planning they planned for 250K, but actual attendance was closer to 400K

There are a few things that hit me about why this feels different from the Bucks or even the 97 Superbowl. - timing of it relative to other success - my own personal investment in each sport - the way you "get to know" 26 players over 162 games - the David v. Goliath nature of the MLB financial picture With apologies to the growing WNBA, baseball also stands alone in the American sports scene for a good chunk of the summer. CFB, NFL, and NBA don't really have that time when they stand alone as the only sport. For me, the Wisconsin sports event list ranks like this: 2026 Brewers ----Giant Gap---- 1996/97 Packers 1993/94 Badgers Rose Bowl 2020/21 Bucks ----Giant Gap---- 2009/10 Packers 1998/99 Badgers Rose Bowl

It's Ras for the Rays https://www.mlb.com/news/drew-rasmussen-2026-world-series-game-5-start

Just need one of their relievers to come in and be off.

Not a bluff. Murph just got annoyed that he kept talking about Charizard.

Gotta show off that dad bod.

Love Frelick’s little explosion.