Thurston Fluff
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One thing in favor of taking a bigger risk with Woodfuff is the timing of the injury. We are about to have several pre-arby guys filling major roles on the team so it's easier to absorb the money spent on Woody if he can't make it back to a serviceable level. It would suck to spend money of someone who can't help, but was that money really going to be used on players in 2020/24 anyway? If it was my decision I'd pay a much larger chunk of the 2-3 year deal in year one so the payroll hit would be when we had the lower payroll due to all the pre-arby players on the roster. That way the hit to the payroll when some of the young guys hit arbitration will be lower. If we offer Woody a 3 year $30 million deal with $10 million next season the next two years would be a steal if he's near his old self, not bad if he's serviceable and not terrible if he's toast.
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2023 MLB Postseason Discussion
Thurston Fluff replied to Brewcrew82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I had an early day today so I went to bed at the end of the 8th inning last night. At least I'm well rested. -
When you plan on picking up a balloon arch and are told it's in three easy to assemble pieces, the largest of which is about ten feet long and 4 feet wide would you A- come with an empty mini van with the seats folded down or B- come with your kid in a car seat and the back full of groceries. If you said B you forgot your sunglasses in the store.
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Can't believe Winker didn't get any consideration at DH. I can't fathom any other reason we kept him in that position other than defense.
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Brandon Woodruff has shoulder surgery
Thurston Fluff replied to Jastro's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Granted it was a less money but the Brewers did that last year with Justin Wilson. A lot of it will depend on the money and prognosis going forward. Nothing has to be done immediately. The Brewers can afford to wait. If someone comes in and gives him a deal sooner than we're ready to commit to him nothing's lost. -
I told a lady Halloween fell on Friday the 13th this year. Her response was "Really?" I fear for humanity.
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2023 MLB Postseason Discussion
Thurston Fluff replied to Brewcrew82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Who cares? Now fans of teams that field good but not great teams have a reason to cheer. All season long they know all they have to do is get in and there's a legitimate chance to win. I'm pretty sure most fans would exchange seeing the two best regular season teams in the World Series to know they have a better chance to see their team play in it. If the point is to have the two best teams play the World Series just put the two best teams in the World Series and skip the playoff altogether. -
2023 MLB Postseason Discussion
Thurston Fluff replied to Brewcrew82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I fail to see how fewer teams in the playoffs helps more teams have a chance to win it all in the playoffs. -
2023 MLB Postseason Discussion
Thurston Fluff replied to Brewcrew82's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I also like the chaos. If the the format favored the best teams too much it would make it that much harder for small market teams to field World Series contenders. As it is teams with flaws can get on a hot streak and win. -
It sucked last night but more because it always sucks when baseball ends. It's part of my daily routine. I hate off days for the same reason. The biggest suckitude of a quick exit is we have to wait weeks before any real Brewers off season action starts. The one thing I'm excited about is I think this off season has a lot interesting story lines to follow. Big trades are probable. A lot of young talent is in the pipeline which lowers the payroll enough to be players in free agency. A possible managerial change which leads to coaching changes.
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I agree with virtually everything you said except this. Five runs in two games isn't a lot but it should have been enough for this team to win at least one of those games. When your starting pitchers fail to produce a quality start on a pitching first team it's going to be hard to win. That should have been the minimum, yet it was too much to ask. The bullpen was pretty good but the one weak link turned out to be our all star closer. When two current all stars and one former all star wet the bed it's hard to blame the role players.
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I was just coming here to mention it. His baseball journey was pretty incredible.
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The problem would be you'd have to eat Red Robin fries. They're so soggy I swear they're boiled not fried.
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How cool would it be if the Brewers had everything wrapped up but the Cubs needed to win the series against the Brewers and couldn't do it? Almost as cool as seeing a 3/4 empty Cardinals stadium in September.
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I don't know if it's dumb as much as desperate.
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This is my personal conspiracy theory on that. Selig was trying to get some amount of revenue sharing for the small market teams. If his team was doing well it would be hard for him to say they needed more revenue sharing to be competitive. It's hard to run a good ship when ownership has a vested reason not to. My non-conspiracy theory is it's hard to run a good ship when you don't have the money for sails.
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I'm sure they were disappointed in how it ended but I think overall it was a good year to be a Philly fan. Their entire existence up to that point not so much.
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Considering they had three winning records over the past decade, won more games than they did since 1899 and the most they'd win until 1976 probably pretty good.
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Thanks. Now all day I'm going to be trying to understand. I wasn't a huge fan of Heart but she really has a great voice.
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I'm happy with Arnold so it's pretty much an I don't care situation. The only way I'm sort of interested in how he does in that I have a suspicion that the only instance a single person can make or break a franchise is when it's the owner. If Stearns can come in and turn around a pretty terribly run franchise with an egomaniac as an owner I may have to rethink that suspicion.
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Brewers Wild Card Series series as it sits now:
Thurston Fluff replied to Brian's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
While I want to win the division because simply it's a division title and it's either us or the Cubs I don't think it matters for how well we do in the playoffs. It doesn't appear to matter how good (or bad) the opponent is or if it's home or away. The Brewers have shown all year long than the quality of the opponent matters about as much as where they play them. Which is to say not much at all. -
Dang this kid can play.
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But they're not needle movers!!!!
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I was walking my dog today and someone wanted to pet my dog. They asked what her name was and I told them Trillian. They asked if she was named after the character in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. I said she was. The lady said she loved the books and loves English humor in general. To which is responded I wonder if commas aren't just apostrophes who are afraid of heights. The blank stare I got either meant she didn't get the English part or it really is that dumb of a joke.
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We get our fair share of beggars in our shop. They always have a hardship story and usually want money for gas to get their paycheck or some other lame reason and always promised to repay us. On occasion we'd give them a bit on the off chance they were being honest and really did need the money. It usually ended up with them coming back a few more times to beg money off us and never to return the money we gave them. Instead of just saying no we decided to give them the money if they gave us their license which we would give back to them once they repaid us. Not once did anyone accept that proposal until about two weeks ago. We gave her $20 and today we got it back with a self addressed envelope asking for us to send her license back and a very kind note of thanks. Not only did I send it back but I also let her have the $20 along with a note that $20 to know I helped an honest person in need was a bargain.
