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  1. Eye Black
    I’ve noticed those expressions and grimaces as well. To this point I haven’t been able to decipher if he is legitimately “banged up” or if it is more so just a personality characteristic.
  2. Eye Black
    It was a marketing email blast from Brewers.com (very different than the emails sent by the ticket reps) which included the above text along with photos followed by news links, promotions links, the upcoming home games with “buy tickets” links, links to apps such as the MLB Ballpark app, the MLB At-Bat app, and the MLB.tv app. Then there were a bunch more stories and promotions linked from Brewers.com and it all culminated with a Brewers Trivia Question: “With his home run Wednesday as a center fielder, Hernan Perez has now hit homers at every defensive position other than first base, catcher, and pitcher. Only one other Brewer has homered at six or more defensive positions. Who was that player? A. B.J. Surhoff B. Paul Molitor C. Bill Hall D. Bill Spiers” Answer: I have an email account that I use for my Brewers tickets which is different than the one used for my MLB.com account (account for the MLB At-Bat, Ballpark, and MLB.tv apps). This email went to the account associated with my MLB.com account. I also get constant Brewers merchandise emails to that account, so clearly I didn’t unclick the proper boxes at some point long ago.
  3. Eye Black
    Domingo Santana may be next in the line of outfield injuries per Adam McCalvy...
  4. Eye Black
    The losses just seem so much more painful this season. The 5th inning was indeed a disaster.
  5. Eye Black
    Blevins has struggled some with his command in his earlier outings this year, hopefully Sogard can draw a walk here. Edit: Or a hit would work just fine, too.
  6. Eye Black
    Well we are guaranteed to improve our per game run average tonight!
  7. Eye Black
    Yeah, the 5th inning not going well with Davies back on the mound was about as predictable of an outcome as I can remember in a while. It was so obvious he didn’t have it tonight.
  8. Eye Black
    Well that play (outfield collision) kind of nicely sums up the season so far.
  9. Eye Black
    We obviously have to get more than 4 innings out of our starting pitcher to start this series, but sending Davies back out next inning to face the top of their order a third time seems like playing with fire tonight.
  10. Eye Black
    Regarding the offense... the bad news is they have struggled thus far and are averaging just 3.38 runs per game coming into tonight, only 7 teams have been worse. The good news is the next three series are against even worse run scoring offenses including the worst, #27 Miami (3.25/gm), #28 Cincinnati (3.17/gm), #30 Kansas City (2.91/gm).
  11. Eye Black
    Good catch. We are using the blurbs from MLB.com's game previews, and unfortunately it isn't the first time I have noticed a mistake. We will keep using them, but hopefully their attention to detail improves.
  12. Eye Black
    [pre]Brewers Lineup Mets Lineup 1. Lorenzo Cain ® CF 1. Michael Conforto (L) CF 2. Domingo Santana ® RF 2. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) 2B 3. Ryan Braun ® LF 3. Yoenis Cespedes ® LF 4. Travis Shaw (L) 3B 4. Jay Bruce (L) RF 5. Jesus Aguilar ® 1B 5. Adrian Gonzalez (L) 1B 6. Hernan Perez ® 2B 6. Todd Frazier ® 3B 7. Orlando Arcia ® SS 7. Amed Rosario ® SS 8. Jett Bandy ® C 8. Jose Lobaton (S) C 9. Zach Davies ® P 9. Steven Matz ® P[/pre]
  13. Eye Black
    The Brewers have signed minor league first baseman Fernando Perez. The 24-year old Perez was originally drafted by the Padres in the 3rd round back in 2012, but was released by San Diego at the end of March. He played 63 games at Double-A last season.
  14. Eye Black
    I've watched video of two of his extra base hits and they were badly misplayed by the outfielders. Trust me, I want him to succeed but am tempering my enthusiasm for a while. I am rooting for Corey Ray to show offensive improvement this season, that would be an encouraging boost to the system. However, even with the hot start in this small sample his strikeout rate currently sits at 30% so far this season. In over 500 plate appearances at High-A last season his strikeout rate was also 31%. That is the biggest area where I would like to see him improve. One of his issues last season appeared to be an inability to catch up to fastballs on the outer half of the plate, so hopefully he has made some swing adjustments in that regard as well. I will be encouraged this year if Ray is able to put the ball in play more often and cut his strikeout rate down below 25%.
  15. Eye Black
    The Cardinals-Brewers game on Wednesday, May 30th (Noon start) will be a Facebook exclusive game. It appears they will broadcast an MLB game every week at least through end of the May.
  16. Eye Black
    As noted in the past couple of Link Reports, Hiura hasn’t played since Sunday. Below is a screenshot of the game summary from his last at-bat in the second game of a doubleheader on Sunday. It notes “injury delay”, but doesn’t offer any other specifics. Hiura was the DH and his spot in the order didn’t come up again in this 7-inning game, so it is hard to say if he was “pulled” from the game. If anyone has any additional information please feel free to share. Edit: I went back and watched this at-bat and there wasn’t any injury delay whatsoever as far as I can tell. Hiura did walk off the field lightly swinging his left arm and moving his fingers a bit, but with no obvious discomfort. He had been hit by a pitch to the shoulder in the first game. Anyway, the mystery continues.
  17. Eye Black
    ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| _ _ ┻┳| •.•) I think the rotation might actually be a ┳┻|⊂ﾉ ...strength by the end of the season. ┻┳|
  18. Eye Black
    [pre]Brewers Lineup Cardinals Lineup 1. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B 1. Greg Garcia (L) SS 2. Eric Thames (L) 1B 2. Tommy Pham ® CF 3. Ryan Braun ® LF 3. Matt Carpenter (L) 3B 4. Travis Shaw (L) 3B 4. Marcell Ozuna ® LF 5. Domingo Santana ® RF 5. Jose Martinez ® 1B 6. Hernan Perez ® CF 6. Kolten Wong (L) 2B 7. Orlando Arcia ® SS 7. Harrison Bader ® RF 8. Jett Bandy ® C 8. Francisco Pena ® C 9. Junior Guerra ® P 9. Adam Wainwright ® P[/pre] Reminder: You will need a Facebook account to watch today’s game. More details available at this link, Brewers-Cards exclusively on Facebook today.
  19. Eye Black
    It seems slightly concerning that Keston Hiura has been out of the Carolina lineup on consecutive days, no?
  20. Eye Black
    I don’t like where the Drake experience appears headed here.
  21. Eye Black
    Not sure if this is the same thing you are referring to, but MLB.com did that exercise earlier this off-season and it was discussed in a segment on MLB Network. Lewis Brinson was the player selected for the Brewers, and Christian Yelich was selected for the Marlins. The selections were a mixture of realistic future HoF candidates and complete stabs in the dark. Here is the article: Who's the most likely Hall of Famer on each team's current roster?
  22. Eye Black
    It is a smart play by Wong, but if the Brewers would have done that against the La Russa led Cardinals there would have been hell to pay in beanball retribution.
  23. Eye Black
    [pre]Brewers Lineup Cardinals Lineup 1. Eric Sogard (L) SS 1. Dexter Fowler (S) RF 2. Eric Thames (L) 1B 2. Paul DeJong ® SS 3. Domingo Santana ® RF 3. Matt Carpenter (L) 1B 4. Travis Shaw (L) 3B 4. Marcell Ozuna ® LF 5. Jonathan Villar (S) 2B 5. Yadier Molina ® C 6. Hernan Perez ® LF 6. Harrison Bader ® CF 7. Brett Phillips (L) CF 7. Yairo Munoz ® 3B 8. Manny Pina ® C 8. Kolten Wong (L) 2B 9. Brent Suter (L) P 9. Carlos Martinez ® P[/pre]
  24. Eye Black
    Several photos from the Sky Sox opening series posted on the flickr page of Minda Haas Kuhlman (including much higher resolution options):
  25. Eye Black
    Looks like Cain is getting pulled here. So much for our surplus of outfielders.
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