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  1. DHonks
    I was there, and it was great to see us win despite the 5 miscues by the corner outfielders. Lee had that one, and it just went off the tip of his glove. Jenkins slipped and fell on Clemens' double, then misjudged it and took a poor route. He followed that up by breaking back on Berkman's RBI blooper, only to have it fall inches infront of his slide. He also showed off his arm on a throw to third, however, Clemens (bad Hamstring and all) wasn't going to run, and by throwing it wildly (rather than hitting the cutoff man) would have allowed anyone tagging to make up their mind to go for it. And, of course, Magruder taking yet another terrible route for the ball. So at least 2 of the runs--and possibly 3, with JJ's bad hop error--should not have scored. I'm always more forgiving of infielder errors, though Speaking of Magruder, why is it that he gets lightly bashed on this site, while Durrington was the whipping boy for brewerfan.net users last year?
  2. DHonks
    Sure would be nice if Adams, Hendrickson, and Housman regroup next year and return to pre-2005 form
  3. DHonks
    here's to hoping they hold the lead...the Nashville pen is solid even without Capellan and Davis
  4. DHonks
    so is there something wrong with me that when the Crew jumped out to the lead, I went to MLB.com to A) see where we were in the Wild Card standings, and B) see if other important games were underway.?????
  5. DHonks
    Scoop, knew you'd come to mention those things about Jenks, as you should when he does well. It's been a couple of years since he had this kind of hot streak, but it sure is fun to watch. Torn groin, bad back...and the best baseball of his career
  6. DHonks
    You couldn't get a Matt Morris type for Jenkins or Lee? I thought a 35 hr 100 rbi guy or a .295 25 hr guy would garner that much. sweepscc, Morris is a free agent I'd sign in a heartbeat. Not sure who else is Matt Morris-like, but maybe for Lee, I doubt for Jenkins
  7. DHonks
    Jenkins up-ing his trade value, I like it. yeah, but the problem is that if he's truly figured "it" out, we can't afford to deal a guy capable of hitting .300 with 35 homers. It seems now Carlos or Jenkins could garner a number 1 or 2 starter for next year in a trade that's not true at all. No team would deal one of the top 20 pitchers in the game for a player who might be lucky to be among the top 30 OF's in the game, especially since OFs are a lot easier to find than SPs
  8. DHonks
    you guys are right on with the theme of this...defense is hard to quantify. It would seem Hart would yield a few less hits falling in than Clark. It would be logical to argue that Krynzel may in fact have saved at least 30 hits over the course of the year, and his arm likely would have thrown out another player or two. But how can you compare that to the offensive contributions of Clark? note: I said at least 30 for a reason. Clark plays deep, Jenkins and Lee have limited range. We've seen many balls fall just out of reach for Clark, whether left, right, behind or infront. I would assume with Krynzel's superior range playing shallower, defensively speaking those games where they bloop several to CF or hit some that fall in the gaps might have been very different with Krynzel. Of course, they'd also have been very different offensively, too. It would seem logical that Krynzel would likely have produced 30-45 more outs, however, a .235 avg and .300 obp would have resulted in many more outs.
  9. DHonks
    Hancock has been in the bigs several times before. He's a former top prospect for the Phillies and Red Sox, I think
  10. DHonks
    Donnelly is one of the better 3rd base coaches I've seen. He sends them whenever they'll be safe OR a perfect throw will nab them. It's too bad we have little team speed though. Also, is there anyone who would rather have Jenkins than Dunn? Similar number of homers, yet Dunn's still 25
  11. DHonks
    Hardy with 20 doubles now, Lyle with 26. Fielder already w/4 doubles. Wonder why Lyle hasn't been a doubles machine this year
  12. DHonks
    AJAY, I was suggesting during spring training that when Cappy, Obermueller, and Kieschnick aren't pitching, they should be playing in minor league games to increase their versatility and work on defense, should they ever be needed (it would have allowed more flexibility in late game moves)
  13. DHonks
    Dunn is someone I'd love to have. I can't believe there's rumors they'd move him
  14. DHonks
    darn, and I think I didn't play Jenks and Overbay in fantasy leagues, since it's a lefty and I thought they might go with the all righty lineup
  15. DHonks
    Sheets best strikeout pitch since year 2 of his MLB career has been the high heat. It wasn't until 2004 that people began swinging at his curveball and whiffing, but that's mainly because he dramatically increased his command with it, while also increasing his fastball velocity on his fastball
  16. DHonks
    Holmberg has had a huge year, but he only has 51 RBI. How fun must it have been to follow Overbay in Rookie Ball when he had 100!
  17. DHonks
    Everyone here gave the reasons why they wanted to see Prince and JJ in the lineups and it had nothing to do with "favorites". I want to see them in the lineup each day, too. Why? In 3 years, they'll be better than Hall and Overbay. Heck, they seemingly have been better than the other two lately. I just get frustrated with the "Why isn't (insert name) playing!??!"
  18. DHonks
    nice try there for Weeks. I like the call, as it took an absolutely perfect throw from Kearns. If that's offline, it's likely very close
  19. DHonks
    How can Bill Hall still be playing ahead of JJ. He is inferior defensively, and lately he is inferior offensively. it's comments like this that make me stay away from the in game thread often. It really can be annoying reading each day "how dare Ned not start (insert name)!" What always is amazing is that the game notes often mention why the player didn't start. Some here expect all of their favorites to play 162 games. Some here think all 9 starters can play each day AND others can also get their AB's, too. It was obnoxious hearing "why isn't Branyan starting" almost daily, while the game notes plainly stated he was scratched with an injury Not to pick on anyone, but I guess I now remember why I stayed away from these threads for several months.
  20. DHonks
    I should note that there's some great matchups in the games with NL Wildcard implications: Oswalt vs Lieber Martinez vs Smoltz although the Valdez-Rasner matchup does little for me, and our own Helling-Harang matchup makes me feel iffy at best. I trust Helling, but Harang been one of the unsung solid pitchers the A's developed
  21. DHonks
    Statistically, is there such thing as being clutch? We've been told that there isn't. Maybe being clutch is just more a way of glorifying great players. For instance, who do you want as your SS, Jeter or Neifi Perez? Which do you want batting in the 9th, down by 1? So I would theorize that clutchness is perhaps simply a way of praising the guy statistically more likely to come through IN THE CLUTCH, forgetting that they are more likely to succeed in all circumstances. There are some differences though. With nobody on base, would you rather have Branyan up, or Cirillo? How about bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, tying or go-ahead run is at 3rd? I'm sure most would say Branyan in the first case, Cirillo in the 2nd. Why, because while Branyan is technically the better player, they have individual skills they are better at. Branyan is better at being a 1 man rally. But in the 9th, Cirillo's bat control, obp, doubles ability, etc are more likely to reach base or bring home the run. It's one of those rare situations where the strikeout is the worst possible scenario, and so in this case the better player isn't the one you want batting most likely. Still, if we were to compare them to someone like Aramis Ramirez, then I'm pretty sure we'd take the vastly superior player in all circumstances. But in comparing marginal players, I'm pretty sure there are vastly different probabilities for succeeding in CLUTCH situations.
  22. DHonks
    that hit by Hardy through the hole...that was the one that wasn't finding it's way through earlier in the year. That's just going back to our conversation the other night. This seems like the first game all year when those choppers and grounders to the hole actually made it through. I wonder if the Reds position their SS differently from most teams
  23. DHonks
    that first inning was an example where the strikeout was the worst possible scenario. Some deny that strikeouts are ever the worst possible scenario.
  24. DHonks
    while some mentioned Fielder's shortcomings at 1b, don't forget that Lyle turns a lot of outs into hits, and bad throws into errors. We got spoiled having Richie Sexson here, as bad throws routinely were dug out for outs, and he picked nearly everything hit his way. It seems as though anything hit remotely hard at Lyle will be a hit, either cleanly or off his glove
  25. DHonks
    deeswan, you're not the only one. Apparently they've been reading my posts. Although I haven't posted at espn.com in years (if ever...I think I may have at one point back when AOL was eliminating their boards). Some of us work hard to be brewerfan.net idiots. We just try to offset our foolish remarks with solid scouting reports occasionally
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