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  1. Thurston Fluff
    It sure doesn't hurt though... It does if you overpay to get one based on the false premise you need him to win a World Series.
  2. Thurston Fluff
    On the flip side, teams like LA and Detroit with multiple aces which supposedly are required to advance in the playoffs get bounced early. The idea that you have to have a legitimate, top of the rotation ace, to win in the playoffs is one of the most over hyped, over stated, obviously false, beliefs in all of sports.
  3. Thurston Fluff
    I think that is pretty much the only thing about Ned Yost the BF liked. Me too. I would rather Ned's approach than Ron's constant rotating fringe major league veterans over younger players. It also begs the question, would Ned have stuck with McGehee or Yuni in 2011 despite them being absolutely terrible? RRR stuck with Davis, Gennett and Nelson when he could have easily replaced them with Parra, Weeks and Estrada when they struggled at various points in the season. I think given Ned stuck with Weeks it's safe to say he would have stuck with McGehee as well.
  4. Thurston Fluff
    I was a solid supporter of him from the beginning. But I also am a person who feels managers don't really have much of an effect on team performance. To be perfectly honest I think a chimp could do most of their job. As long as they don't kill a pitcher's arm or incite riots in the clubhouse I am ok with them. I am more against the whole notion of blaming/crediting the manager for team performance than I am for or against any particular one. I wouldn't even have a huge problem with the continual manager hate if it didn't obfuscate the real problems.
  5. Thurston Fluff
    I never liked the way they tasted anyway. Captain Crunch had a few toys that were ok but only because they stayed crunchy in milk.
  6. Thurston Fluff
    I ditched cable for a combination of Netflix a while ago. I recently added Huluplus. The only thing I miss is Brewer games. However since I ditched cable i end up listening to the Brewers while playing with my dog instead of just sitting on my butt and watching it. Which turns out to be much more relaxing/entertaining than just sitting there eating chips. Add in the health benefits of actually moving and it turns out I miss it less than I thought I would. Huluplus isn't very good for movies but does have a lot of tv shows a day after they air. I watch the Daily show and South Park on it for example. Hulu tends to be a bit glitchy and will occasionally freeze my roku box but nothing major. I tried Amazon prime a while back but didn't really like the interface as much as Netflix and there was so much overlap of product it just wasn't worth it.
  7. Thurston Fluff
    I didn't realize judging a manager's worth comes down to one decision he made three years ago. However at this point I think some people tend to view that as the reason we lost that series. It was not. The fact that nobody who played center seemed to be able to hit their way out of a paper bag was more to blame than who he tried there to get some offense. In that series Gomez had an OPS of .473 and Morgan .536. Kotsay was .717. I can pretty much guarantee you if either of the other two came close to that they would have been playing center that day. Since the real reason we lost that series was due way more to a lack of production from players please explain to me why that is so important to judging the manager's overall performance. As a matter of fact if you consider it is the worst decision ever, and didn't cost us the series, I would say it proves my point about how unimportant it is.
  8. Thurston Fluff
    Smith was/is incredibly valuable, it is just that Roenicke completely abused & overused him. I suppose if one was to factor in the likelihood that Roenicke would overuse Smith, then yes the trade was foolish. Hopefully Smith will still have plenty left in the tank once Roenicke is gone and a smarter manager brought in I agree the Brewers need to hire someone like Yost. Then all our problems will be solved. Too bad Melvin isn't smart enough to hire someone like that.
  9. Thurston Fluff
    Except Yost was and still is one of the worst bullpen managers in the game. I think that is entirely based on what you think bull pen management should be. Why do you think he can ride those good relievers now? Maybe because he didn't wear them out a month ago? You may feel his bullpen use is terrible because he sometimes doesn't use his best guys when you feel he should but he has them now to use when he needs them. That is directly related to how he used them in the past.
  10. Thurston Fluff
    I have always been an unapologetic Ned Yost supporter and still am to this day. Then again I was never a person who felt in game management amounted to a hill of beans when judging a manager's worth. It's also part of why I am not in favor of jumping on the "it's the manager's fault we lost" bandwagon every time a team disappoints. We've hired three distinctly different managers over Melvin's time here and the results remained pretty much the same. To some that means Melvin just isn't very good at finding the right one. I tend to think the results are the same because it was never the manager's fault to begin with. I think the fact that all three managers have managed teams to the playoffs, and one to the World Series, backs up my belief.
  11. Thurston Fluff
    Just curious if trading Lucroy for Giancarlo Stanton is considered reasonable before I post mine.
  12. Thurston Fluff
    Who was our next starter? That is who we have to compare Greinke to if we want to decide if they are still likely to make the playoffs. Estrada was the next starter. He did very well replacing Grienke to start the season.
  13. Thurston Fluff
    I'm happy remembering what happened several years ago AND want more than an occasional post season appearance. Is that okay? Whatever trips your trigger. I just disagree with the "it was all worth it" mantra three years later. Especially for a team that didn't even win it all.
  14. Thurston Fluff
    Lorenzo Cain last 2 years : 278/325/383 Carlos Gomez last 2 years : 284/347/491 Alcides Escobar last 2 years : 259/288/337 Jean Segura last 2 years : 272/310/378 Odorizzi had a nice year. The main reason he had a nice year is because he finally learned an out pitch from Alex Cobb which he never would have learned had he not been traded by the Brewers (and the Royals). Without that newly learned out pitch he is a stalled out prospect with no way to consistently put away major league hitters. I see no reason for even mild depression reflecting upon consummated baseball trades, but maybe I'm a little biased because I have a cache of exhilirating memories from watching the Brewers win their division for the first time in my adult life during the summer of 2011. I agree you make a trade and move on. I also agree with your assessment that we are no worse off with the two guys we have than the two we would have without the trade. But I disagree on the idea that we are supposed to be happy remembering what happened several years ago. I want more than an occasional post season appearance. We were promised a consistent challenger. While we have been close to that I think we are still a step away from what we were promised.
  15. Thurston Fluff
    I know the A's got knocked out of the playoffs but I heard they have a sign in their clubhouse that says Homeruns are rally killers. Yet their offense tanked after they traded Cespedes and his all power no OBP style. I realize OBP is good to have but it's also something more teams are chasing than in years past. If you can't get it you have to find another type of player that gives you something. Ultimately though I think the trick is to find a balance between the two types of hitters. Pay some to get the OBP guy we need but don't go all out on finding only OBP guys. There is nothing wrong with a mix of talent if the OBP guys are expensive or hard to find.
  16. Thurston Fluff
    Unless you can keep a steady flow of young (and cheap and talented) players going to the big league club. You don't need to extend every player or fill holes with an expensive free agent. You fill from within, trade surplus assets, keep an eye on the bargain bins. And you can't be afraid to turn proven players into prospects. Of course, easier said than done, but that's the ticket. Very true. But at the same time it becomes harder to do when you don't get the high draft picks every year. It's doable but not a given. Especially if teams who have higher revenue also spend more on scouting and player development.
  17. Thurston Fluff
    Problem is if they don't pay for those prospects in a few years they will be back to the start of the next rebuild.
  18. Thurston Fluff
    $8MM doesn't buy you much in MLB today. I kind of assume you're hinting at this, but it seems painfully obvious that the Cards are significantly better at identifying & developing talent -- especially pitching -- than the Brewers. I think it depends on how you look at it. It isn't enough to go out and get that one guy you might want but if you want to outbid someone for a couple guys adding an extra $4 million on each offer sure helps. But your point is well taken. The reason they are so steady at the top is not the spending at the major league level. I would love to see some sort of break down on how each team spends on player development compared to major league spending. That might be more telling than just major league payrolls.
  19. Thurston Fluff
    Segura needs to step up and prove he is our guy, I think he has earned another shot too given all the turmoil in his life this past season. I think there are is reason to feel he will. He started slow but he also skipped his usual routine of winter ball. While that may have been a good thing overall I think changes like that can take some time to adjust early on. Especially for a younger player. At about the time he should have been getting back to normal he had the family issues pop up that would take any normal person out of his game. I think it really will help him that he started to come around as the season ended. It may not have been much but a week or so of good hitting to finish the season sure can't hurt his mindset.
  20. Thurston Fluff
    I was disappointed and a little mystified at the lack of fanfare for Rickie this weekend. He never really drew attention to himself and was never flashy. He never was really the focus of any of the teams he was on. Even in his best seasons. Just always one of the guys. I think part of why there was so little fanfare was due to that. I feel dirty for even saying it, but I can't honestly say I am going to miss watching him play. It's a feeling that puzzles me because I loved his no excuses work ethic and never complain attitude. I truly respected him as a player. It just didn't excite me watching him play. I think I need counseling.
  21. Thurston Fluff
    If fewer hitters would dive into pitches you would see fewer pitchers pitching up and in. Intimidation was always part of pitching. For someone who is supposedly so into tradition and unwritten rules LaRussa sure does misremember a lot of how things were always done.
  22. Thurston Fluff
    Can you just please stop with that already? It's old, worn out and boring. There is more to say about this team than hating the manager. Especially in a thread meant to be optimistic.
  23. Thurston Fluff
    Cards are the most hated playoff team. http://theweek.com/article/index/269017/speedreads-the-cardinals-are-the-most-hateable-playoff-team There's a surprise.
  24. Thurston Fluff
    Didn't they try that when they hired Macha? I just don't see how people can still be blaming the manager when we had three very different managers, who all had successfully brought teams to the post season, and got the same results. It seems stupid to keep removing the same piece and expecting different results. Overall I am optimistic about next season because there are ways to go that would fix what happened without having to go on a total Cubs style rebuild. We could either move some players on their last year of a contract for ones who might suit what we need better or just add one of two in free agency and see if we can't pick up the extra five or so wins we need to get there. All in all we are really only a handful of wins away from where we want to be. Finding a couple players who work the count and getting Braun's thumb fixed would go along way towards those extra five or so wins.
  25. Thurston Fluff
    Ned Yost managed a team who hadn't been to the playoffs in decades this season. He was fired here because he was supposedly the problem our team couldn't take this team to the post season. So we brought in a totally different style of a manager who had already brought a team to the postseason. We fired him because it was supposedly all his fault we didn't get there again. So we hire a totally different type of manager and he actually brought us our first NL central crown. Now we are saying we didn't make it to the playoffs because it was his fault we didn't make it to the playoffs. To me the common thread is: A) they all managed teams to the post season and B) None of them were really the problem.
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