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Brad Woodall was good, so was Wes Obermueller. Rusch had moments too.

This team has the epitome of warning track power. Every game it seems we have about 6 deep drives that get to the fence.

Never hurts to look into it. He'd be a cheap acquisition and has always been seen as a good teammate. Only problem is his numbers won't be at good in Miller Park as the used to be--not only because he's older and not as good, but also because he won't be facing Brewers' pitchers

With a few runs, we could have swept Philly and the Cardinals. Not even that many runs

But I think that's the heart of Underachiever's question- what is Aaron actually looking for here? Either you're forced to tie up the cap in an aging, currently still elite QB, or you try to restructure to give more freedom now but create a disaster a bit further down the line. It's really a lose-lose situation for the Packers. The only way you can actually 'guarantee' anything is to basically eliminate any outs you may have on his contract, thus creating a mess at some point. That's my concern. Rodgers has had one superstar season and 3 sub-par seasons recently. Was last year like Braun's 2019?

Maybe one thing that has stood out is previously there was no high strike called in MLB. Wasn't it during Sheets' era when MLB fought the umpires to normalize their zones and start calling the high strike? Now teams are using the high fastball as a weapon much more so than they did 25 years ago.

I agree with all of that, but we haven't really seen sustained inflation. We've seen one data point. Every report for the last few years has warned of potential inflation, but it's come in less than the low-end of the desired range (2%). The Fed and Treasury have pointed out that too low of inflation has been one reason that lower and middle class workers have seen their wages decrease in REAL dollars. With moderate inflation like the Fed's general target of ~3%, employers are more likely to pass along COLAs to those workers or risk losing them. That's in addition to the typical raises that they may be giving. Now when inflation is in the teens like in the 1970s, that's when a worker's COLA never has a chance to catch up. While a worker gets an annual adjustment, the rest of the year they have fallen behind and paid more. The Fed and Treasury have pointed out that when inflation is low like it has been for many years, employers don't feel pressure to adjust wages. So while inflation might have been 1.5%, it wasn't big enough to draw the attention (on a personal note, selfishly I'd love a COLA...jealous of my teacher friend in Utah that gets a COLA in addition to any pay raise). And is fuel more expensive these days? It depends on when we compare it to. I don't know about in Wisconsin, but in AZ it's cheaper than it was for most of the 2009-2015 time period. I'm filling up for around $3/gallon, which is about 10-15% lower than a decade ago. It's more expensive than when prices plunged about 3-5 years ago due to the fracking boom and OPEC's decisions to try to outcompete the US firms by driving prices into the ground

We all remember Ben Sheets' hook, but there were a couple of other developments that helped him really take off heading into 2004. For one thing Sheets scrapped the 2-seamer the Brewers wanted him to throw (remember "down and away" was stated a lot by Maddux) and shifted to a 4-seamer, resulting in a velocity boost from around 92 to 96+ mph. Ben also used this heater to generate a lot of strikeouts at the top of the zone, while also setting up his curveball in the dirt (using vertical planes rather than horizontal). He generated a lot of K's on the high cheese, and we can all remember Chad Moeller both waving the glove towards the dirt (indicating to keep the curve low) or squatting a little taller wanting the high cheese. Each year we heard stories of his developing changeup, but it was never a factor. So was Ben Sheets ahead of his time with the high 4-seamer?

There wasn't really much to indicate Grisham would have staying value in the big leagues. At the start of 2019 most fans had given up all hope and just a few of us were holding out. The weird thing was he got to MLB due to a strong year with the bat, but was knocked for his defense...AND last year he won the gold glove! We sold high on Davies as he was another person that people were down on. His mysterious velocity drop (from low 90s in 2017-18 to 88 in 2019) in 2019 was concerning, even if the results improved. He didn't have much control left, and other teams likely would have overpaid for him. Right now, the trade looks like a slight advantage for the Padres, but by the end of this season it could already flip to the Brewers' advantage with years to come. My concern with Lauer is that he doesn't have an out pitch. His breaking stuff doesn't fool hitters, and his heater isn't hard enough. But hopefully he works on things and improves

not sure why that's the case. We haven't had significant inflation since the early 80s when the Fed cured it with the manufactured recession. Inflation isn't necessarily a bad thing. Moderate inflation can lead to wage increases and is a byproduct of a growing economy. Virtually no inflation like the last several decades has been problematic, as employers haven't been giving COLAs and workers have been subtly falling behind each year. I don't buy that the current issues are really inflation. Rather I feel we're dealing with supply and demand imbalances brought upon by shifting consumer habits, low interest rates, and a manufacturing sector that was shut down for much of 2000. For the last 10 years we've been hearing that inflation was coming, and it hasn't. One gov't report isn't a trend, it's a data point.

this is something that's wrong in America. It shouldn't be a personal choice, it should be a public health requirement. Amazing how our forefathers--who stormed the beaches of Normandy and liberated the South Pacific-- defeated Polio, Smallpox, etc. Yet now because we've been insulated from these sicknesses for decades, people feel they don't have to get vaccines because they read fake news from false prophets. They either claim religious reasons or personal choice.

I've owned Apple most of the time since 2012. It's been very good to me. I sold some at $136 recently, but purchased some at $122.50 today. My next limit order is $117.50.

I think you guys are talking about Kenosha Brightondale. Having played the Kohler courses and Sand Valley, I would not compare them at all. SV courses are a joy and extremely fun to play any day. The Kohler courses are unnecessarily brutal and an example of why Pete Dye, jr doesn’t get most golfers. When friends ask me about Wisconsin golf, I tell them to be sure to take in the 36 hole deal at Lawsonia and make their way to Sand Valley. Besides the scenery, the only Kohler golf course I enjoyed was the Irish course. I can’t comment on Erin Hills because it didn’t exist when I grew up there or came back frequently in the years after college. Always loved Nagawaukee, Washington County, the Bog, etc.

There’s a great article about this on the Athletic with regards to the Indians. It basically explains it while good scouting and statistical analysis can greatly improve a pitcher, there is no link right now for developing hitters. In fact given the pitching revolution, it’s suppressing hitting statistics and making it even harder. I didn’t realize how bad the Indians are developing hitters, and how good they are at developing pitchers

not sure who this announcer is, but he keeps calling these good sliders. Each and every one of them is a hanger, mid-thigh, heart of the plate. These should be hit a mile

one flaw with your statement is that they HAVE WON the majority of their games

he's been one of our best hitters lately and has been driving it hard. Pretty obvious why. He really should be hitting 2nd given his good eye and approach

yes there is....Every Brewers replay goes against us, even when evidence is clear it shouldn't. Every opponents' replay goes in their favor even when it's clear that it shouldn't.

My thoughts....Never liked sauerkraut or mustard, and raw onions should never be served as they ruin food. Only thing I’ve ever put on a brat is ketchup or secret stadium sauce.

I've actually wondered that, as I'm pretty sure he's caucasian but every once in a while there's a shot where he looks like he's light-skinned African American. I always just assumed he was very tan, or maybe had some Greek or Italian ancestry. But when discussing racial makeup of the team, it's an interesting question. And even though I teach some 300+ students each year, I can't recall ever teaching a Tyrone, regardless of race, so I can't fall back on past experiences.

The no hitters are a combo of pitchers throwing harder with better breaking stuff than ever before AND hitters swinging harder and trying to crush balls than ever before. My friend that worked in baseball for many years used to suggest that if a team didn’t party hard on the road, they could win their divisions. He said road trips were a challenge when teams went to fun cities. I wonder if there were a team of Jeff Cirillo, Bill Mueller, and Lyle Overbay types in today’s game, if they could dominate due to sustained rallies from putting the ball in play and line drives. These guys never tried to lift the ball, and with less launch and all-field approaches these guys might be the next undervalued type of hitters

I don’t get the frustration about trading away cheap, controllable high minor league players. Is our goal to have talented minor leaguers in AAA or a quality big league club? Where are we supposed to stash all these players on our 40-man roster? I like our minor league pitching depth. I’m also tired of us prioritizing pitching in seemingly EVERY draft, and would like to get some legit OF and corner IF prospects. We don’t draft 3b and 1b, but middle infielders and hope that they hit enough for when they have to move off SS. Then again, Grant Richardson, Tony Festa, Perry, Nelson, and countless other 1b/3b haven’t panned out as well. On the whole I’m happy with Stearns. He’s technically not the GM anymore, so why not write complaining about Arnold? Or do we assume that Stearns is still in charge?

Already the 4th no hitter this year in MLB. So much for more balls in play. It is sort of incredible Cleveland has been no hit twice in the past three weeks or so, and both against LHPs (Rodón and Miley). And both by former Brewers

Rodgers looks really bad to those that follow the team, but is anyone surprised? Over the last 5 years we've grown to hear about his peculiarities. We also witnessed him have 3 subpar seasons while being one of the highest paid QBs in the league. There's no guarantee that next year he'll be happy, healthy, or effective. Gutekunst has been on the job only a few years, he hasn't many many bad moves at all, and yet Rodgers blames him for everything. Rodgers needs counseling to deal with his family issues and likely to deal with his interactions with McCarthy and now Gutekunst. If I had an offer of 2 1st rounders and another fairly high pick, I'd try to move him in a heartbeat, pick up a solid veteran to pair with Love, and try to build for the future. Rodgers had a great year in 2020, but prior to 2020 he wasn't a top 5 QB. Was he even a top 8 or 10 QB over the previous few years? Everything clicked last year, he had fun, and he elevated his game. I hope he changes his mind and has a nice 3-5 years to finish his career, but if he's going to be this way, let's move on and find some hungry, coachable players.

I don’t get that review at all…it appears his foot is touching the plate when he’s tagged. I know that in Counsell’s career it appears we are terrible at reviews. When it’s called our way and seems obvious we were right, umps use some less than 100% criteria to overturn them. When it goes against us and is 100% obviously wrong, somehow the umps rule that there’s not enough evidence to overturn it. Every game it’s like this.