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  1. THEbrewguru
    The Seth McClung story is starting to remind me of Mike Caldwell. If you remember back to mid-1977, Caldwell was a journeyman pitcher who was in his 3rd organization. Jim Baumer acquired him for Richard O'Keefe and Gerald Pyka, a trade that didn't even make a ripple locally. Caldwell was used in middle relief the rest of that season and in early '78. Then, Moose Haas, fresh off a 14-strikeout game against the World Champion Yankees, got injured. George Bamberger had nowhere else to turn, so he inserted Caldwell into the starting rotation. 102 wins later, Caldwell goes down as one of the best starting pitchers in Brewer history. McClung has the same start to his Brewer career. I'm not saying he's going to finish the same way, but the similarities are there.
  2. THEbrewguru
    I was. I wasn't calling you a moron or a blowhard. Brian the Automator rules with an ironfist, but he doesn't read the whole thread.
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    An attention hound? I guess everything Haudricourt now says is invalid too because he's on the radio twice a day. What an attention hound!!!! Drew Olsen? Idiot. He left his reporter's gig to work for a website and a radio station. He just wants the attention!!! You have proven you can't keep an open mind with your moron and blowhard comments above and the fact you immediately dismiss it because no one on this board reported it first.
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    btw, I don't know why everyone is so quick to dismiss Justice's report. There have been a couple threads and many comments on this board and others (WITH NO ACCESS TO THE PLAYERS) about Prince's attitude this year because of one line he said in spring training about his contract. So when a reporter from another city mentions the same thing, all of a sudden everyone circles the wagon's? There's a bit of a contradiction here. And TooLive, if you can't keep an open mind when someone says something instead of drinking the koolaid, that's ok, that's the way you choose to look at things.
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    If his main agenda was to get a TV job, he wouldn't go after the Milwaukee Brewers. It's like picking on the fat, uncoordinated kid in school. As for your points on Olsen, yes, he does have sources, but if you listen to him long enough, you can see where his loyalties lie. He hardly ever criticizes the Brewers. In fact, he will go out of his way to praise a move by Yost. In fact, that's true of WAUK down the line, they will go out of their way to praise every local team, while WSSP will go out of their way to rip everything about the local teams. Oh, if we only had a legitimate sports talk station in town.
  6. THEbrewguru
    This is too rich to just let go. Better Brewer resource? Yes, as far as fans' opinions go, but tell me what breaking Brewers news has ever come out of here? Tell me any insider information that has ever been reported here? What agenda does he have? As I said above, if his "agenda" was to say how the Cubs were going to run away with the division and the Brewers didn't have a chance, there are any number of things he could have cited other than clubhouse chemistry. What track record? Just because an idiotic site like firejoemorgan.com has a couple articles from him? (btw, FireJoeMorgan.com is really legitimate, they want to take away a man's livelihood and they're suddenly the be-all and end-all of sports reporting. I have found numerous instances where they were way off base. It's a humorous site, but nothing you should take seriously.) As I said before, if Haudricourt or Witrado would report on this, they suddenly don't get any more interviews or insider information from the Brewers. I got on Haurdricourt last year for, when Estrada was released, he finally reported what a clubhouse cancer he was, how he didn't even talk to some teammates and Maddux and him weren't on the same page. He told me he couldn't report on it earlier because he wouldn't have been welcome in the Brewers clubhouse. And, btw, Drew Olsen goes into the Brewers clubhouse as you do nowadays.
  7. THEbrewguru
    Richard Justice is more respected in baseball circles than Tom Haudricourt will ever be. Furthermore, if Haudricourt would report something like this, his access to the Brewers (interviews, news) suddenly ends.How do you know this? How do I know what? That Justice is more respected than Haudricourt? Or that his access would dry up?
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    Especially since the Cubs won't take any regulars to Cooperstown with them.
  9. THEbrewguru
    A slap in the fan's face? All Prince Fielder owes the fans is to give his best effort everytime he steps between the white lines. Silversurfer, let me ask you this. Where do you work? How much do you make for a living? Would you accept a lesser salary starting Monday as a show of loyalty to your bosses? Would you accept less money so your company can keep costs down for the consumer? I think not. Prince Fielder deserves to make as much money as a team is willing to pay him. He is smart to retain the best agent in the business to negotiate his contracts.
  10. THEbrewguru
    You're right. He made it up. He had an agenda. It's not like he could claim the Brewers had 3 #5 starters in their rotation. It's not like there are 3 windmills in the usual starting 8. It's not like half the offensive players are underachieving. It's not like he could say Prince Fielder is on pace to hit 40% home runs. Nah, he had to make up something about clubhouse chemistry.
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    You know the inner workings of a major league clubhouse? You go down there on a daily basis? You've been a respected journalist for 20 years?
  12. THEbrewguru
    Richard Justice is more respected in baseball circles than Tom Haudricourt will ever be. Furthermore, if Haudricourt would report something like this, his access to the Brewers (interviews, news) suddenly ends.
  13. THEbrewguru
    Well I'm not impressed by him. He wrote an article in ST about the NL Central where he stated that the Cubs were the only team and that "Just last week, Selig ordered the Milwaukee Brewers , Cincinnati Reds , Pirates, Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals to take a year off and regroup." And this statement has been proven wrong....how? The Cubs are running away with the division.
  14. THEbrewguru
    People complaining about cutting Vargas or making him out to be more than he is is classic hindsight. Not one person was saying how good a pitcher Vargas was back in March. At this point in time, I'm more intriqued with McClung than Vargas. With Vargas, you knew what you were going to get: 5 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 2 K, 6 BB.
  15. THEbrewguru
    You are taking everything I say out of context. Now I know how Charles Barkley felt when he said he was misquoted in his autobiography. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif No, fan perceptions are wrong a lot of the time (as I said, witness the perception about Derrick Turnbow 2007). I mentioned that because Cordero was relegated to middle relief in Texas and Rangers' brass couldn't wait to get rid of him. The decline of Sexson, AGAIN, is irrelevant. He was a 28-year old first baseman with 3 straight very good to great years. Find me one scouting report, one scout, one fan, who thought Sexson would flame out by 31. There isn't one. Dave Dombrowsky.
  16. THEbrewguru
    The thing that really cranked me about this trade wasn't so much losing Gorman, it was the explanation behind it. Harry Dalton said the Brewers were unbalanced, too much offense and not enough defense, so he acquired Manning for his D. Well, for one thing, you NEVER trade a 30-40 home run hitter for a singles hitter who plays great defense and he got ripped in all kind of national publications for that one. But the bigger thing was that Manning was a free agent after the '82 season. If they wanted him, they should have just gone out and signed him and then traded Thomas for some pitching. But, on the bright side of things, who can ever forget Thomas being interviewed on the 5pm news that day sitting at Ray Jackson's just hammered! I wish that was on Youtube.
  17. THEbrewguru
    I remember this trade like it was yesterday. For some reason, Johnny Briggs was my first hero with the Brewers and I was devastated when he was traded. However, being that I was 11 years old, I recovered soon enough. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
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    Thought you said '06. I think Texas fans opinion of Cordero correlated very closely to Milwaukee fans' view of Turnbow in '07. He had a very good season, but most people in this city think he was terrible.
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    TooLive: I said at the time that the trade was a PR move for the Brewers. If you remember, it "leaked" to the paper about a day before he was traded about the Brewers contract offer. The Brewers had finished at .500 the previous season and didn't want it to be perceived that they were selling off their assets for prospects, so they asked for "established" major league players. I put established in " " because Lance Nix is a classic AAAA player and Kevin Mench was a bald Kevin Reimer. Cordero, as I said before, was Texas' version of Derrick Turnbow. But Melvin didn't want it to be perceived that he was waving the white flag. However, if you remember back, Corey Koskie had went out 2 weeks prior, Rickie Weeks went out earlier in the week so the team was greatly suffering from injuries. The Brewers were 11 GB and in 4th place at the time of the trade. No matter who you traded Lee for, the trade was ending the playoff hopes that season, IMO. But I can respect your opinion on that one. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif
  20. THEbrewguru
    If you think you can't get good value for a player entering his free agency year, then talk to Mike Lowell or Mark Mulder. Melvin's insistence in getting major league caliber players (no matter how mediocre, see Lee, Carlos) instead of prospects with high ceilings is killing this team.
  21. THEbrewguru
    So we are not allowed to take into account how Sexson has done since the trade - but we are suppose to consider how the players we obtained in the trade have performed? That doesn't make any sense. You cannot judge a trade on the day it happens. The only thing you can look at is the final results. I would rather have Capuano, Overbay, Bush, Ohka, Spivey, Counsell, Gross etc. for several seasons than one season of Sexson. Maybe I should start speaking Chinese so you understand clearer. The Brewers traded a 28-year old all-star first baseman coming off a .272/45/124 year with an OBP of .379 and SLG of .548. In fact, his 2 previous years were pretty similiar. So 3 years of an established player coming into his peak years. They were not, no matter how much you want to believe it, trading the .205/.295/.399 player of 2007. As I said, coming into his peak years (most people say peak years are between 28-32). Overbay was a below average league first baseman. (I saw a stat where in 2005, he ranked 13-15 in most categories among first baseman). I won't get into another debate over Crapuano. Spivey played 108 mediocre games for the Brewers, Ohka was 11-13 with a 96 ERA+, Counsell played one year before leaving as a FA, Gross sucks and was traded for almost a non-prospect in A ball, Bush is a #5 starter. If you think that's fair value, that's fine. I think Melvin got hosed on the deal. And a lot of people said so at the time. Those that didn't drink the koolaid or were impressed by the quantity.
  22. THEbrewguru
    Actually, the fact his career has spiraled downwards since leaving Milwaukee is completely irrelevant. I know that Sexson was one year from free agency. I know that he wasn't signing in Milwaukee. And I also know that the Brewers didn't want to sign him because Prince was already in the system. However, I still feel they didn't get sufficient value for him. Let me ask you this, if Prince was one year from free agency, would you consider a career backup catcher, 2 mediocre infielders, a minor league pitcher with not much upside, a #3 starter and an average first baseman good value for him?
  23. THEbrewguru
    My thoughts on Taylor when he was here was that he was great with the farm system (which is what his background was in), but weak when it came to major league personnel (that is, signing free agents, making trades, etc.)
  24. THEbrewguru
    I don't like the DH because I like the strategy involved in the National League game. Your pitcher is pitching great, but the tying run is at second with 2 outs in the 7th. Do you pinch hit for him? The double switches, the strategy of moving runners over. Look at the arguments here about Kendall batting ninth!
  25. THEbrewguru
    jhpc12: Your assessment of Fenway Park is right on. I've been there twice and I think the fans are great. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get there this weekend. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif
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