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  1. 3and2Fastball
    Jean Segura waves hello. I would imagine that he might have some interesting things to say about playing for manager who allows others teams to constantly pitch further & further inside with no fear of retribution. Honestly I am somewhat stunned that so many here, who are otherwise so incredibly intelligent about Baseball, don't understand just how important this particular topic is at the professional Baseball level.
  2. 3and2Fastball
    From all accounts Counsell is very intelligent in regards to the game of Baseball. One would hope that he is a little more old school in that at least if a Brewers player gets hit by a pitch, the opposing team's star will be plunked in his next at-bat. Hopefully also there will be a much bigger emphasis on smart base-running, fundamental defense, playing some small ball, working the count. Only some of that can be accomplished, though, without bringing in better players. I am optimistic about Counsell's managerial abilities
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    I remain convinced that Melvin was 10 times the bigger problem than Roenicke and, frankly, Mark A was a bigger problem than Roenicke. Obviously you cannot fire the owner. This feels more like a PR move than anything. Hopefully Counsell does well. He certainly hasn't been handed an elite roster of talent. It'll be interesting to see how he changes the lineup, if at all. He really doesn't have a lead-off hitter on the roster (hint, its not just supposed to be a guy who "runs fast", it is supposed to be a high OBP guy, which we have very few of)
  4. 3and2Fastball
    Wonder if they'll go outside the organization for a replacement, or instead will just hand things off to Narron?
  5. 3and2Fastball
    Saw it on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Brewers/photos/a.10152039448095003.1073741827.45083850002/10152882926400003/?type=1&theater
  6. 3and2Fastball
    yeah, but Bill Schroeder says Braun has a "very accurate arm".
  7. 3and2Fastball
    5 and 18 wow On the plus side Jeffress looked great today. Nasty curveball
  8. 3and2Fastball
    FSN-Wisconsin is rebroadcasting the game at 7pm for those who can't watch it this afternoon
  9. 3and2Fastball
    I like the fact that Ryan Braun is heating up and facing a LHP today!
  10. 3and2Fastball
    If we follow that line of thinking I guess baseball should have separate players for defense and offense for every position. After all why should we have to watch Kotsay play center just to get his bat in the lineup? Why did we have to watch Rickie Weeks or Prince on defense? It would have been a hell of a lot more fun watching prince hit and Ishikawa field. I can just imagine how great it would be to see nothing but pure hitters hit and pure fielders field. It would have made it a heck of a lot easier to find a first baseman the past two years as well. Maybe also get rid of that rule that says once you leave the game you can't come back. hey if you go that route then Marcus Hanel could've played MLB as a "Catcher Only" for what it is worth, a team doesn't have to DH for the pitcher. They can DH for anyone in the lineup I like the rules the way they are
  11. 3and2Fastball
    Exactly. If Braun can even get close to his 2011/2012 form he would have tremendous trade value
  12. 3and2Fastball
    It is great to see Braun hitting like his old self today. As always when I criticize the Brewers, I would be thrilled to be wrong!
  13. 3and2Fastball
    I always thought Braun looked like "Robo-Braun" in this game in 2012. More jacked up/muscular. Looks at his legs/hips. Noticeably bigger than he is now
  14. 3and2Fastball
    Looking forward to watching the game.
  15. 3and2Fastball
    Because we are mostly a bunch of free swingers. Why throw the Brewers strikes early in the count? Why risk leaving one over the plate? They throw us junk, we get ourselves out.
  16. 3and2Fastball
    I think the biggest reason we have a misunderstanding here is because you don't realize how great I think Scooter Gennett is. I think he could be an elite MLB hitter with more development. I think he's got a great swing.
  17. 3and2Fastball
    so monty57, are you saying that you believe Ryan Braun that he never took PED's except that one time during the playoff run when he was injured and trying to get healthy? Despite the friendship with A-Rod, and the rampant drugs at the U of Miami, you believe that the Ryan Braun the Brewers drafted was naturally built? I think it is a reasonable assumption that now that Braun is facing a lifetime ban if caught with PED's again, he is finally off them for the first time since High School and the .262 BA/.753 OPS Braun of the last 2 years is all he ever would have been without chemical enhancements
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    well.... monty57.... I suppose it is possible that Scooter is on Roids and would just be a Single A washout without them Otherwise I'm not following you. I'm not talking about every Scooter Gennett. Guys like Scooter Gennett have way more to lose than Ryan Braun if caught with PED's. Scooter didn't have the huge signing bonus. He's battling & scraping just to stay in the show. He gets caught with Roids his career might be done.
  19. 3and2Fastball
    On Ryan Braun's U of Miami team: "Five key players were suspended and expelled, including two stars who several sources say were banned for a full season for testing positive for PEDs." Braun worked out regularly with A-Rod as a 20/21 year old "The summer following that season, Braun, Sanchez, and Carrillo all played for the collegiate Cape Cod League, on a team called the Brewster Whitecaps. Braun struggled all summer and ultimately left early, but what his Brewster teammates remember is the 21-year-old kid bragging about his close relationship with 30-year-old superstar Alex Rodriguez. "He said him and Alex worked out together in Miami some when Alex came into town," says Steve Tolleson, who went on to play for two major-league teams. Another teammate remembers Braun ostentatiously talking to Rodriguez on the phone during a bus trip. And a third, outfielder Ryan Patterson, says most Brewster teammates found Braun's constant showboating about his famous friend to be annoying. "It bothered a few of the guys," Patterson says. "It was 'Alex has this car, and did this with me,' and the guys were like 'OK, can we play some baseball?' " http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/steroids-long-history-at-the-university-of-miami-6396150
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    Now, again, I am just making conversation. But if Scooter took steroids through high school in California and through college at Miami it is conceivable that he could have been a .300 hitting 30 HR guy in MLB. Don't discount Scooter, he's got a quick bat. Every player capable of hitting MLB pitching is an elite level hitter. You give them chemical enhancements for a decade or so you can take them to another level. Not sure how familiar you guys are with Steroids, but once you cycle off of them you don't just lose all the muscle mass. You lose some but you are left with more than your particular genetics would normally allow I have some (I think) reasonable doubt that Braun would be built more like Scooter & would hit more like Scooter if he never did PED's..... you think when he was at the U of Miami and training with A-Rod that he was completely clean? Can I sell you a bridge?
  21. 3and2Fastball
    Maybe. I will grant that as a distinct possibility But to be clear: I am saying that Braun just might be Gennett without PED's. And I'm dead serious. Well, Scooter is better defensively
  22. 3and2Fastball
    We're 4 and 16 and facing Cueto My dream of the #1 overall pick in the 2016 draft remains a possibility
  23. 3and2Fastball
    Well, yeah. Hitting .260 in MLB with 10-15 HR's a season means that person is in the rarified air of truly elite hitters in the world Put it this way, if Scooter Gennett was on steroids (I'm assuming he's not) he'd probably hit 20-25 HR's a year. And he'd get pitched to differently, which would potentially lead to him getting more basehits as pitchers would be more willing to risk giving him pitches that he can get singles on while trying to take away the pitches that land in his "HR zone" Nothing exists in a vacuum. Braun is getting pitched to way differently now than he did in 2011
  24. 3and2Fastball
    The cynic in me says he signed the contract knowing that without PED's he is just a .260 15 HR a season guy and figured he'd eventually get caught The optimist says that he genuinely likes/liked Milwaukee, liked being the Face of the Franchise and was happy to get the guaranteed money early
  25. 3and2Fastball
    Got home late just turned on the TV saw the score and laughed
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