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  1. ilikewisco
    Goin to see Bon Iver Monday in Eau Claire. Saw him once at a kickball tournament they do up here, just him and a drummer and he was great. Amazing voice and guitar player, though after talking to him after the show, I think he might have been a little drunk. It was a free show so who cares, but I'm thinking Monday will blow that out of the water. If your fans of Justin's, try to check out Megafaun, its a couple of my friends from high school who played with Justin before Bon Iver and another guy when they were Mt. Vernon. TLB, I'm also a sucker for some good blues guitar.
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    I don't understand how so many people complain about the role of a closer. Then when someone tries to say K-rod's ability makes the money somewhat worth it, they come back and say he's not even closing. Who cares, salary should only be determined by the talent of the player, not what inning he pitches in. Its an overpay, but not the end of the world. We got him on a one year deal with no option buy out, its really not that bad of a contract when you look at other elite bull pen arms. Most likely he'll be gone by ST and this won't even matter anyway. The Brewers may get something of value back, which is better than not offering arby at all. I agree, the two draft picks and avoiding this whole mess would have been better, but he accepted. And now either we'll have two shut down guys at the end of the game, or we'll rid ourselves of the contract and move on. It's not that big of a deal. At first I was pretty upset too, but reading all the alternatives, its not so bad.
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    Except Alonso has shown he can hit in the majors. It might be a small sample, but he already did it, Gamel has yet to. My opinion is Alonso will be better, but I know that doesn't mean much.
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    I wonder what it would take to get Andino and Reynolds. Maybe have Wolf involved to off-set salaries. The Brewers could get creative and try to bring back one of their young, under achieving starters as a change of scenery move. I don't know if they are ready to sell on any of them, but if they are I would be interested. I have no idea what Andino's defense looks like, but if he can play a passable short he's young enough to play everyday if needed
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    A writer at MASN talks about the Orioles options with Mark Reynolds: Roch Kubatko Could Mark Reynolds be an option? If the Brewers could trade McGehee and an outfield prospect for him, he could be a better version of the platoon mate we see McGehee being. And he has huge power to help with the loss of Fielder. He may be a butcher at third, but he's more athletic than McGehee. With the salary difference they may do the trade straight up. It would be brutal to watch all the strikeouts and botched routine plays at third, but we will see a lot of long balls and some great plays on the corners as well. He probably can play a pretty good first base and gives the Brewers an established alternative to Green and Gamel. Baltimore would probably be interested in an established starter as well, their young guys haven't been very good so far.
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    If Melvin offered Peralta and Gamel for Yonder Alonso, would the Reds do that, is that too much? Or maybe Marcum and Gamel? I know these players probably won't be traded within the division, but the Reds could use pitching and possibly Gamel. I think they used Alonso at 3rd a few times this year. From what I saw of Alonso this year, he looks good. Obviously not an OFer though. I guess if Gamel can be productive they don't do this, but as of today I would bet on Alonso to have the better year, and probably career. Or maybe try to make a move for Montero, but I would rather have a lefty. As far as free agents, I would hope they give Gamel the first chance in the spring and have a RH option brought in. I hope they invite Katin to spring and play him at first, and I like the idea of Green, Mcgehee and Gamel available to fill out the corners. I think I would like Alonso at first a lot more though.
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    Logan, you just assume Gamel will hit in the majors. He probably will, but spot start/pinch hit opportunities are all he's gonna get. And small sample or not, he did not do very good with it when he was up. If its a wash between he and Kotsay for that role (in the eyes of the orginization), I'm sure the edge goes to the veteran without any baggage. Edit: I think you are giving way to much of the benefit to Gamel, and way to much of the doubt to Kotsay.
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    You're right, Kotsay's dead meat at this point. He can't hit major league pitching. I, for one, don't want to see him pinch-hit during the postseason. (I tried to select the deepest shade of blue possible.) You are right. Kotsay had a good game so that proves that he belongs in the majors. In other news even blind squirrels sometimes find nuts.For all the Kotsay bashing I think by now we can say he proved us wrong. He has played well this season and you definetely cannot say Gamel would have outproduced him this year. The only thing Gamel has going for him over Kotsay is power, and while it would be nice to have some on the bench, I wouldn't say its worth replacing Kotsay over. For a
  9. ilikewisco
    Thank you Max for some inside info. If he understands what they're asking of him, that's great. And its good to hear he and Money have a good relationship from the way you make it sound. I for one did not think that was the case with some of the reports that came out. I don't think its that big of a deal this year, but I do hope he can be a big part of the Brewers next, because they are gonna need him. I do hope to see Mat in Milwaukee next year and if he hits no one will care how he got there. I'm sure they ask a lot out of these players, so anyone that can make it has took their lumps throughout their time in the minors. Even if they're playing a game they love, treating it as a job I'm sure can get frustrating. But if they can persevere they are in a position financially and professionally most can only dream of. Good luck to Mat in winter ball and I hope to see him in Milwaukee next year.
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    Just like you can't say he definitely couldn't succeed at the MLB level right now based on the small sample there. You can't say his AAA numbers automatically transfer favorably to the majors. He's been playing in a league where offense is inflated, and like everyone has said, he's spent parts of four years there. So he should dominate. His numbers obviously warrant a call up, but they aren't so great to overlook his flaws. And whether we believe his flaws are detrimental to the team or not, the organization does, and that's all that matters. To me he seems lazy and acts like he's owed something. That is just my impression after following this whole fiasco, but showing up late and not being willing to listen to coaching (don't know if this is true, just seems to be the case) are not traits I really want on the Brewers. The best players in the league put in the work, and players with all star talent but poor work ethics don't usually amount to much. If he is unwilling to put in the work to make the show, what makes you think he will once he gets there. If the Brewers were high on him, he would have been called up in September, if not sooner. Again, its all heresay, but like someone else mentioned, where there's smoke, there is usually fire. I hope he can change these impressions, but if he doesn't, I don't mind if he's not in the long term plans. Or maybe he is just dumb as hell.
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    If he could "not think, just hit" he would be up already. He may not have had a lot of opportunity at the MLB level, but if he was that advanced of hitter, he would have taken advantage and shown he belonged. I always hoped the maturity rumors were blown out of proportion, but it looks as though they are pretty accurate. I have no problem with Money saying what he thinks, as long as he's said these things to each player first. And in Gamel's case, confronted him and saw no improvement. The sooner Gamel realizes that to be a good major leaguer, you have to put in more work than the guy trying to take your place, the better off he'll be. And until he does that I doubt he sees time in Milwaukee. Natural talent only goes so far, and I don't think Gamel's talent alone is enough to give him a roster spot. Someday soon he needs to decide if he wants to be a good major leaguer, or a guy bouncing from team to team trying to be the 25th man. Just look at Felipe Lopez if you want a comp on wasted talent. And if he did go into that spring training wanting a roster spot, he did show up late. Whether the report date was optional or not.
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    It doesn't seem like the other players are too fond of Gamel as well. I remember hearing they put his locker outside during spring training one year for being late. If he is the heir apparent to Prince, this definitely does not make sense. Melvin and Roenicke are pretty much saying Kotsay would have more value, whether its PHing this year, or first base next, than Gamel. I'm hoping they are just waiting to clinch before they announce a Prince extension, team friendly extension that is. Hypothetical, but if Prince is extended, where do you move Gamel to, or do you just trade him?
  13. ilikewisco
    Great news, now call up Gamel and DFA Wilson. As long as Gamel and Green are on the 25 man September 1st, it doesn't matter if Gomez and Weeks come back, they are still playoff eligible, right?
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    I just don't get it, Weeks and Fielder are always at the top of the hbp column, but once Albert gets hit you are putting someone's career in jeopardy. Weeks did get hit in the face and I don't remember any retaliation. Sometimes a pitch gets away, but if it happens to a Cardinal there must be retribution. I guess take your base and hopefully we can say "scoreboard" when its all said and done. I hope this never happens, but I would love to see what the hypocrites have to say if a Cardinal pitcher puts a player out for an extended period of time because of an errant pitch, or intentional with there tit for tat ways.
  15. ilikewisco
    Saw this insightful comment over there and thought it was pretty funny. Its in regards to hitting Braun with the second inside pitch after they presumably sent a message with the first inside pitch. "Because if you locate it properly it's a tough pitch to hit and you could catch the corner for a strike. There's an unwritten rule in baseball to not do that because the margin of error is so small. Maybe Motte decided to make it intentional, but I'm positive Tony is telling the truth, but what does it [expletive] matter. People here just want to crucify Tony at any opportunity." So throwing one so far inside Molina can't even catch it and another into Braun's back is just working the inside of the plate. I hope we don't seem like that bad of homers when discussing our team.
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    Could Infante be an option? He's a free agent after this year, having a real down year, and can play all over the field. I don't think he could handle short routinely but he could get us by until Weeks is back, can play some center, I believe switch hits, and could play some for Yuni and Casey once Weeks is back. I wouldn't think it would take much to get him. And I don't know how well he plays center or short anymore, but maybe he could turn around his season with a stronger lineup around him.
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    Look at what Rizzo did in AAA this year and how he's performed since being called up. He is younger, but was a more highly thought of prospect than Green. I'm not saying Green should stay in AAA, but it could get worse than what McGehee has done so far. Still, the defense would be better, and that alone probably warrants a call up for Green. I just don't think we can assume even a .600 OPS from a guy who has never really been regarded as a top tier prospect. Pennant chase or not, he should probably be brought up for his defense, which can't be worse than McGehee. And Betemit, or some of the other sub par options, should not be considered. Edit: I wonder what it would take to get Infante from Florida and if he is a solid 3B? His on-base skills would be nice in the lineup. He's seems to be struggling this year but maybe a stronger lineup would help him out.
  18. ilikewisco
    I don't think he can field SS, and he goes through some horrendous stretches at the plate. He seems capable at third, but he has absolutely no power. Good speed and can play multiple positions, but I don't think he plays any at a real high level. At the plate he would be another Gomez rant waiting to happen, but at least we wouldn't have to worry about a dinger screwing up his approach. Edit: I see he has better on base skills than Gomez though, but not by a whole lot not counting this year. Maybe he's turned a corner, but IMO I don't thinks so.
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    His analysis is pretty spot on. I think he needs to improve a lot, but he made a great call when Kotsay had the game winner. He mentioned about the Reds pitcher trying to sneak pitches under Kotsay's hands. And it was a risky move if Kotsay could get around on one. Next pitch they tried the same thing and Kotsay ripped it to right. I don't think Bill notices things like that very often.
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    I guess I'm pretty pessimistic with almost all announcers, and I agree, Bill doesn't offer much for analysis unless its about making excuses for horrible plays and decisions. I agree, I think the voice has a lot to do with it.
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    Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but I'm too lazy to go through all the posts. Who is the announcer with Brian? He is pretty terrible.
  22. ilikewisco
    If he can play third too, I think he's a better option than Josh Wilson. Wilson has been great, but I don't see him keeping it up. It probably wouldn't be worth the prospects to get Keppinger just to upgrade our BU IF though.
  23. ilikewisco
    Noticed the MLB free game is blacked out. So if you order the service, all Brewer games are blacked out or just the home games? And if home games are, why would MLB black out a game in Florida for the free service? MLB really has to review their blackout policy because its bogus.
  24. ilikewisco
    I think the "Y" thing is just a sports thing. Same thing with my coaches in hockey growing up. I'm pretty sure Brendan Shannahan gets called Shanny quite a bit as well. I'm sure there is others.
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    Its just the way you see the ball carrying. If their's some angle you can judge its trajectory better. Playing infield growing up I had a heck of a time judging balls hit right at me when I started playing outfield in slow pitch.
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