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At least we got out of the inning only down 2.

Yo is great but it would be nice to get at least 7 innings from him once in awhile.

McGehee has no range whatsoever.

This needs to be Gallardo's last inning.

2-0 with the way our offense is going means trouble.

Watching this team is not easy.

Yeah a hit.

Thats 4 hitless innings for us so far.

Other than the cycle Gerut has been useless this season.

Would be nice if we could get our first hit soon.

Yo is over 70 pitches so once again we will get lucky to get 6 innings out of him.

Yo gets squeezed and then Hinske follows with a double.

Hart was picked off.

Great now Gallardo hit on the ankle by a Heyward rocket.

It would be nice if Fielder would start hitting soon.

Looks like the offense is asleep again. Nice six pitch inning for Lowe.

Awful job Rickie.

How about Vazquez for Wolf? They make about the same amount of money and Vazquez could really use a change of scenery. The trade wouldnt be risky for the Brewers since Vazquez' contract runs out after the season. If he pitches well maybe we could resign him for two years and 20 mil which would be about what Wolf is making. I really think this could be a good trade for both teams.

I see this season being very much like last year where we were able to hang around the wild card race even though were werent any good. I fear this happening again and it will once again fool our management into giving up prospects for rentals. I just dont see this team as being good enough to make foolish deals like that. I also think we will probably just hold onto Prince for the purpose of ticket sales which will end up as a big mistake. The problem is that the NL is incredibly weak and there is most likely not a NY/Tampa situation where the wild card is basically decided early on. I also have concerns that if we do trade Prince it would be a deal similar to the Carlos Lee deal where Melvin feels a need to acquire "major league" ready players instead of doing whats right and getting some AA studs which are far more valuable than the Kevin Mench's of the world. Being mediocre in many ways is the worst possible position to be in for all sports. Being mediocre means lower draft picks and also fools management into thinking they are one or two players away when in fact its more than that.

That is how I see this team and this organization as a whole. This team looks very similar to last years, where we were very mediocre and hung around the .500 level for most of the season. We still have very shaky starting pitcher and the lack of innings from our starters is wearing out our bullpen which was supposed to be a strength. The biggest question I have is what will it take for this organization to take that next step and become perrenial contenders like the Twins who have had similar payroll constraints. I think to take that next step we have to stop signing stopgap type free agents like Doug Davis. We have to make a bold move to acquire the young power arms necessary to have a championship level rotation. Doug Melvin cannot continue to sign mediocre free agents and expect the staff to be good enough to contend with. We clearly have had good offenses but we have not won anything besides a rental aided wild card berth since Melvin has been GM. Enough of the soft tossers, its about time we had some starting pitchers with upside. If that means trading a guy like McGehee at his peak then its still the right thing to do. We have had valuable commodities like Hardy and Hart drop precipitously in value when we could have had the pitching we need in return for those guys. Would it have hurt to trade JJ or Corey when they were putting up all star numbers; of course but to get the valuable pitching that this team doesnt have we should have taken the chance when we had it. Now comes a very important decision on what to do with Prince Fielder. Prince has been a great Brewer no doubt about it but even with him and Ryan Braun together we have not won anything of significance. We have essentially wasted a huge window with two hall of fame caliber offensive players because Melvin has never acquired signficant starting pitching. As this team currently stands we are probably good enough to hang around the periphery of the wild card race which would probably tempt Melvin and the owner to make stop gap type acquisitions like Felipe Lopez in order to give the impression that we are contenders when we in fact are not. The time has come to make Prince a fair last offer and if/when he rejects it we must trade him for high upside starting pitching. The worst thing for this organization would be to wait out the two seasons and lose Prince for draft picks. The organization needs to see a few years into the future to do what it takes to make the team a real contender. My biggest fear is that the owner and GM think that we are better than we are and will mortgage the future some more just to give the appearance that we are contenders. I realize this message has been a long one but I am curious to find out if others feel as I do that this team is essentially stuck in neutral.

I just hope that Braun is ok to play by the weekend. The lineup really looks bad without him.

Jack Z isnt exactly looking like a genius at this point. I never understood why Seattle was such a popular pick to win the AL West when they have no offense whatsoever. Jack overvalued defense at the expense of putting together a viable offense.

Soup pitched great.

Melvin believes in having a "veteran" bullpen. Before signing Hawkins and Hoffman he wanted tom pay Cordero 40 million for 4 years. Melvin has shown no inclination to let the young guys fill bullpen roles.

Hawkins hasnt been the same velocity wise since Macha let him throw over 40 pitches against the cubs. I fully blame our clueless manager for this injury.