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  1. Brewguru2
    I understand W's are a function of the team and shouldn't be the sole judge of a pitcher's merits. However, what I think Stone was trying to say is that if you are considered an ace, you should have won more than 12 games at least once in your 7-year career. Sometimes an ace has to pitch when his team is struggling to score runs, so he has to put up a zero. You can't always pitch down to your competition. And you have to stay healthy.
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    I still say they settle before the hearing.
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    Completely off topic (well, kinda off topic) but the all-star game/World Series debate has been brought up. Bud Selig says you can't have the World Series HFA based on better record because of the logistical problems (i.e. hotel rooms, prepping the city, etc.). OK, someone please explain this to me. The AL wins the all-star game. So, with races oftentimes going to the last weekend, you don't narrow the field to 4 cities before Sept. 28. Then, you're down to 2 possible cities as of Oct. 10 (or wherever the goofy schedule has the first round ending this year). Then, you know for sure on Oct. 18 for the Oct. 22 start date. So, 4 days before you knew the exact city. If best record determined it, you would have 7 possibilities on Sept. 28 (instead of 4), but #5, 6 and 7 in that scenario are pretty much long shots. Again, you would narrow it down to 3 possible cities (instead of 4) on Oct. 10. And you would know the exact city on Oct. 18 again for the start. What's the difference? Why can't they determine HFA in a logical manner??
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    Have you ever heard of a 4-A player? Again, he did a great job last year. But I wouldn't just hand him a job. I hope he does well. As someone said before, we have no pop on our bench. I like Counsell in a utility role because he can play every position, but ONLY if Yost leaves him in a utility role instead of making him a semi-regular. Gross, Gwynn and/or Kapler are competent in the outfield. Riviera (I don't like Munson) is good behind the dish. So I hope Dillion does well.
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    The key word is PROVEN. 72 AB's does not "prove" anything. I don't care how old he is, just that there's a reason he hasn't done anything in the majors before last year (hmmm, not very good?) So, you would just give him a utility job this spring based on his 76 AB's last year. That much is obvious. Even if he hit .110 in the spring in 80 AB's with 30 K's. So, how long would you stick with him this year if that kept up through April and May? Give him until June, based on 76 AB's last year? Maybe July? Based on 76 AB's last year? Keep him on the 25-man all season just because he hit well in 76 AB's last year?? I'm just saying he hasn't PROVEN anything. He has to EARN a spot on the roster this spring, not just be handed a spot based on 76 AB's. If 76 AB's PROVES he is capable after 9 years in the minor leagues, I'm glad you're not running the team because Dillion would be our starting LFer this year based on 76 AB's last year. Cameron wouldn't be here, Braun would still be at third, Hall in center, etc.
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    He's proven himself as much as Hurricane Hazel did for the '57 Braves. Meaning, it takes more than 6 career weeks to prove you belong in the major leagues.
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    So, he took a substance banned by baseball to resume his career? Did you tell George Mitchell of this? And even if he didn't have a "career-ending back injury", he was already in his late 20s at that time and wasn't considered a top prospect.
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    There's no way I'd take AB's from Braun or Hart and give them to Gwynn. Even Cameron, based on his career, is so much better than Gwynn.
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    What "physical problem" did he have? Looking at his minor league stats (http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=3981) , he was pretty consistent. He missed the '03 season, but then came back better than ever. Even after his great '05 season (in which he had a cup of coffee with the Marlins), he saw the writing on the wall and retired for a year. Again, I don't see where he has "proven" anything and why he shouldn't have to fight for a spot on the team.
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    I don't understand this comment. It seems as if the definition of a bandwagon fan would be someone who just wants to go to Opening Day to party and get drunk. The Brewers are taking care of their season ticket holders, which are the loyal fans. That's the way it should be. If you want Opening Day tickets, pony up for a season ticket package. They're not that expensive. This year will be my 29th consecutive OD.
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    I want to know what Joe Dillion has "proven". All he's proven to me is that he's a 32-year old career minor leaguer. Don't get me wrong, he did a great job last year, but there's no way he should just be handed a job. He has to prove himself in spring training. He had 76 AB's last year and did a great job. Not proven by any stretch of the imagination. He's Joe Hardy (to those too young to know, Joe Hardy was a fictional player for the Washington Senators. Sold his soul to the devil and carried the Senators pass the Yankees to the World Series with a great season. From the movie Damn Yankees.)
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    I think the Brewers have prepared for Sheets departure for the last 2 years. After all, Suppan's real big money doesn't kick in until 2009.
  13. Brewguru2
    The DH adds NO flexibility to your line-up. You just put another stick in your lineup and wait for the 3-run homer. No bunting. No double switches. No hit-and-runs. No strategy. No thanks. And I wouldn't want Braun to DH full-time. I'd rather he be a REAL baseball player.
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    First off, it's not going to happen...the Brewers will not go back to the American League. I love the National League. I was against the move when it happened, but I can not stand the American League and the DH. It is real baseball. It is thinking man's baseball. It is strategy in every inning. The Brewers couldn't compete in the American League. (They can barely compete in the NL). But in the AL, you have Boston and New York with their $150 million+ payrolls and the Angels trying to match them. You might get lucky every couple years and win the Central, but how realistic would a World Series berth actually be? Also, you are forced to spend $8 million or so on a one dimensional player. Stay in the National League. The Royals had their chance and blew it.
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    You're correct. I apologize. I'm just tired of people taking everything and anything Yost says and turning it around to say how much of an idiot he is.
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    As a couple of other posters said, this is a garbage thread. What is the manager of the team supposed to say? You can't say that you don't expect anything out of Sheets. You can't say he's a jaker. What is Yost supposed to say, Mr. Briggs, because you seem to know it all??? If you look at his injuries, other than the hamstring, everything else has been the unique variety. One of the injuries has never been documented for another MLB pitcher in history. The organization MAY have come to terms with your reality that the star pitcher can't stay healthy. But what they say publically and what they say privately are 2 different things, as they should be. If you remember back to the early '90s, every year the Brewers SAID they were counting on Ted Higuera. The only way the Brewers have "insulted your inteligence" is because your intelligence is limited because it seems you take everything you read at face value.
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    I would love Villanueva and Parra to round out the rotation. After all, aren't the starters supposed to be your best pitchers? However, I'm afraid this is going to be like last year. If you remember, Yost and Melvin said all winter that the #5 starter would be an open competition. Villanueva outpitched Vargas by a ton, yet was never given a fair shake to make the starting rotation. I have a feeling Parra is in the same boat this year, he won't get a fair chance. I expect Parra to start the year in Nashville. Villanueva and Capuano to start and Vargas and Bush in the pen. Btw, for those of you that think Capuano is just in a "slump", consider this...since the all-star break of '06, he is 6-20 with a 5.20 ERA. Even the year he won 18, he received about 6 runs of support. He's not as good as everyone thinks he is.
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    I actually suggested this last year on the JSonline forums for the Sunday afternoon Braves game in late September. They were undecided on the starter (it was eventually Capuano), so I suggested using a DH, then go to your bullpen for 2-3 inning stints and then your pitcher would never have to bat in that game. Of course, the thread turned into a Ned Yost bashing thread because the simpletons over there didn't get it.
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    Pitchleague: That's too bad. I have nothing against Hooters or beautiful women, but Leinie's Lodge was baseball. In fact, Uecker and Yount were part owners of it. And the Hall of Fame was awesome. It's too bad about corporate greed. In fact, this naming rights thing has got to stop. Does anyone call Candlestick by it's rightful name? And you could have 5 different names on a stadium in 20 years with all the mergers and bankruptcies. The Jake is even getting a corporate sponsor this year. I'll tell you why corporate naming rights don't work. Disney is probably the best marketing organization in the world. When they owned the Angels a few years ago, they didn't even slap their name on the stadium...they sent it out for bids. What does that tell you? Sorry for going off on a tangent. Now, back to your regular programming...
  20. Brewguru2
    Awesome interview. Thanks.
  21. Brewguru2
    You gotta love how the flagship treats the Brewers. Is there any logical reason they can't broadcast every spring training game? Are that many people clamoring to hear Jonathan Green or Gordon Hinckley?
  22. Brewguru2
    Excellent post. I agree 100% but don't even think he was that good a defender. His most famous move was the diving play to his left with the flip to first for the out, but most other second basemen in franchise history (Vina, Weeks, Young, Spivey among them) would make that play standing up.
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    Wow. It's different than when I visited there. I was there over Memorial Day Weekend in 2000. The fans were great. It was very hot (as is usual in Arizona) and I was talking to some fans outside Leinie's Lodge (which they were supposed to build at Miller Park, but that's another story). Someone invited me to sit at their table in the shade under the mist sprinklers. Then he said he had an extra ticket and invited me to sit with his family right off the dugout. For season ticket holders, they have private restaurants behind the dugouts. So I got a tour and actually stood about 30 feet from Davey Lopes while he was supposedly managing. I also enjoyed the Hall of Fame in right center (another thing that Miller Park was supposed to have). As far as an usher telling you not to cheer because it "offended" Arizona fans, well, to me, that would have been an invitation to cheer even louder. As long as the language is clean, they can't do anything about you cheering, I'd like to see them try.
  24. Brewguru2
    I think Brian is a huge improvement over Daron Sutton. (No one will ever compare to Matty) Bill is great, but could stand to be more objective at times. If you have the Extra Innings package, you would realize that Schroeder is one of the best in the business. The new studio guy is miles above Ann Carroll. She was terrible. Davey Nelson is weak. He'll be back this year (he was at the winter warmup a couple of weeks ago). The other reporter, Trina or Reina, she seems pretty knowledgeable. She should be a good addition.
  25. Brewguru2
    Now if only the Brewers could get a Sunday Night Baseball game.
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