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  1. mikerollins
    This is where Lee has to get Geoff in. A perfect example of a time where a strikeout is about the only thing that won't get that done. (and why I've said so many times that strikeouts do matter.). **Edited for spelling Geoff...Jeff. Wow. I really am distracted at work.
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    Atta Boy Rillo. Still rakin at 36 (?). How old is he? Gotta at least scratch one or 2 out here to make this defecit do-able.
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    You're right. I had NO idea he was that high. I'm busy at work and hadn't looked.
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    Dana is gone? I wouldnt pull him yet unless there are 2 on and nobody out. Otherwise he can go another inning or 2. This one is on the offense today. You can't expect a lot more outta Eveland than 5 or 6 innings and 4 runs. That gives you a chance to win the game. **Edit: There is 2 on with none out. Hart is the man. What a spot for a jack.
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    Jsonline doesn't really update anything during the day. You need to go to a website that updates their stuff hourly or by the minute. Espn, mlb.com, milwaukeebrewers.com, WTMJ radio, and even my yahoo fantasy league have Bush starting instead of Sheets.
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    Watching Ben pitch on Tuesday night, it was very very clear that he was not right. Anyone that believed that TV gun was dilusional because he was not throwing in the 94 range. He was throwing the ball about 88 tops. He couldnt blow his fastball by anybody. I believe Jim Powell's radar gun that said he never hit 90 all night over the TV gun because it was very obvious he wasn't throwing very hard. What was even more concerning was the total lack of break on his curveball. It was breaking from about the letters to the belt and no more. He didn't look right. In fact..I called my friend in the 2nd inning and told him Sheets doesn't look good....something's not right..at this point it was only 1-0. 6 runs later I got a return call that said "I guess you were right." Hopefully it's nothing that requires surgery and we get the real ben sheets back before the all-star break. Luckily this team scores enough runs and has enough young pitching prospects to make do for a couple months.
  7. mikerollins
    Brewers lineup: Same as usual with Clark instead of Hall. Weeks Hardy Jenks Carlos Prince Koskie Miller Clark Cappy
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    If I remember right, he got a hit in his last at-bat last night. I gave Lee and Prince a chance and they didn't get it done, but Jenkins last at-bat was a thing of beauty. He swung for the fences to try to tie the game until he got 2 strikes on him, then he fouled a couple off and then just put the ball in play to give the team another baserunner.
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    The staff can give up 30 runs so long as the Giants never tie the game, Davis will still get the win. If the final score is 17-16, but the Giants never tied or took the lead, the win goes to Davis.
  10. mikerollins
    Is tonight's lineup the greatest lineup the Brewers have trotted out since 1982? I'm serious. No bad-Chad. No Bad-Brady. Awesome! For those interested....... Weeks Hardy Jenks Lee Prince Hall Koskie Miller Sheeter
  11. mikerollins
    Tarp is off the field. I'd say 15 mins. 30 tops.
  12. mikerollins
    Play ball!!!!!!!!!!
  13. mikerollins
    I'm following the draft too. Thank god for sidekicks. Haha
  14. mikerollins
    Wow. Dead IGT today!!!! I'm gettin no info here. Hahahahahttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
  15. mikerollins
    Ryan dempster is sitting 4 rows in front of us sugning autographs for kids. Kinda cool he is in the stands. I didn't expect it to be him...and even said to my buddy..."check out the tool in the full cubs uniform." Next thing I knew he was being swarmed by kids. Then it clicked. Ooops.
  16. mikerollins
    Hey all. Sitting at wrigley. About 30 rows behind the brewers dugout. 2nd deck keeping us dry. Its a very steady rain. Hasn't let up or picked up in about 2 hours. If it were just raining like this....I'd say they play, but the fact that it has rained allll day without any breaks makes it tough. The field appears ok but the warning track is starting to turn into some pretty big puddles. I say they play if it stops, but won't try to start it as is. Please keep me posted on what ueck, jp, sut, and bill say. Go crew!!!!!!!
  17. mikerollins
    I just said it's not something that some stupid stat can prove. It's just common sense. I'm not going to get into a huge debate over it because it is so obvious that it's not worth discussing.
  18. mikerollins
    I'm not really trying to correlate K's to runs scored over a season. I'm trying to say that strikeouts do matter. One example, in the first inning today we get a run with pretty much any other outcome other than Prince Fielder's strikeout. My point about the teams with a chance to win a world series not striking out very often is very valid. The reason that St. Louis, New York, New York, Chicago White Sox, Angels, etc have legit chances to win the World Series is because they are much better situational teams. Sure the Reds and Rockies might score a decent number of runs despite their strikeouts because they score 10 or 11 runs/game often enough to win some games. However, when games are close and situational hitting is important, strikeouts are very detrimental to getting runners home from 3rd with less than 2 outs, etc. There is really no way to "prove this with stats". It's one of those things where it just makes logical sense when you think about it.
  19. mikerollins
    That's just being silly. They scored on a double steal on a 3rd strike. They didnt score because of the strikeout. It could have occurred on a ball or strike 2. It just happened to be strike 3. OK I did. Most strikeouts in the league with league rank in runs in ( ) 1. Brewers 178 (14) 2. Braves 173 (16) 3. Rangers 169 (9) 4. Florida 160 (28 5. Tampa Bay (17) 6. Reds 157 (2) 7. Padres 153 (29) 8. Indians 150 (1) 9. Rockies 149 (5) 10. Detroit 148 (20) 11. Pittsburgh 146 (26) 12. Seattle 145 (21) 13. Boston 144 (18 14. Washington 143 (24) 15. Oakland 139 (27) 16. Kansas City 135 (30) I think that's a good enough sample size. Now despite the fact that 3 of the teams in the top 10 in strikeouts are in the top 5 in runs. I would argue that out of the 16 top teams listed...the only team with a chance to WIN THE WORLD SERIES is Boston. (Maybe Cleveland or Atlanta). No St. Louis. No Yankees. No Mets. No Giants. No White Sox. No Houston. No Angels. No Phillies. No Blue Jays. I would also argue that the reason that Atlanta and Milwaukee are struggling so much to get any kind of consistency is because they strikeout far too much. But think what you want. I'll continue to think that putting the ball in play gives you a better chance of SOMETHING positive happening. You keep thinking that striking out, walking back to the dugout, and hoping the catcher throws the ball over the pitchers head to advance a runner. **Edited to eliminate the smiley faces casued by the ( ) on FLA and BOS
  20. mikerollins
    I honestly was not aware that there had even been a single thread regarding Russell since the one where he was optioned to AAA out of spring training. I never saw either of them and never knew they were locked. I actually thought everyone was kind of over that whole dispute that was so prevelant last year and didn't think it would stir up such a hot debate. I'm sorry.
  21. mikerollins
    Brian--I was responding to a questoin why nobody talks about Clayton, Counsell, etc. The reason why is because Branyan has been put up on a pedestal around here. It really doesn't bother me. And it wasnt my intent when I started that thread about him today to have it turn into an "I told you so" thread. It was just to point out that he has gotten off to a slow start. I honestly do not understand why it is such a taboo for someone to criticize that guy. I'm not saying I don't agree with letting him die a peaceful death in Tampa. That's fine. But I don't think posting his current stats and having a discussion about his struggles classifies as saying "I told you so."
  22. mikerollins
    I wasn't told for 2 years by the people on this site that Counsell, Clayton, and Sexson would hit 40 HR's if they were allowed to play every day. I wasn't told that if they were given more playing time they would be all-stars. I wasn't told that they got a raw deal because Ned Yost hates them. I wasn't told that they should play despite their whopping number of strikeouts because strikeouts don't matter. The reason Branyan is such a hot topic isn't because of his naysayers. It's because of the ridiculous expectations the people in charge of this board had for him when it was obvious to any common baseball fan that the guy can't hit for average, strikes out too much, and would never be an every day player. I'm sorry, but that's the reason there is so much venom. And with every strikeout Branyan has and every thread the moderators lock...it just fuels that venom among the group of people who never thought he should play every day.
  23. mikerollins
    Peavey...I respect all you guys that run this site and I really don't want to come across as someone who doesn't understand you have the right to do whatever you see fit for the forum.... But, I did not start that thread with the intent of personal attacks. And quite frankly..i just reread the whole thing and there really weren't any personal attacks??? It's the name of the player being discussed that forced the thread to be locked. Simple as that. Every time someone (not just me, but anybody) brings Russell Branyan into question as a solid player...the thread becomes locked. It's just amazing to me.
  24. mikerollins
    Seriously, that thread did not deserve to be locked. It was a civil conversation with lots of very good points being brought up. As someone else said in that thread there aren't many interesting topics on the first page of the major league forum right now. If you don't like the topic, don't read it. Nobody said anything that violated any forum rules. I just think that the fact that every single thread regarding Russell Branyan since the day he became a Brewer has ended up locked shows just how paranoid you Branyan loyalists are. It's comical. And it has to make fans that are neutral on Branyan just laugh.
  25. mikerollins
    Unfortunately I missed the top of the first and had to hear it on the radio. However, that was my first thought on the radio (without seeing the play) I wonder if we should have sent JJ there. Oh well. It's over. Get em tomm.
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