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  1. brewers19
    Don't you think it's at all dangerous to go around proclaiming conjecture based on very subjective evidence as more or less fact? There could be any number of reasons why McGehee continues to start games over Gamel - probably more than a handful that we have no clue even exist - and yet you're content to just paint a picture in black and white that our manager has some sort of baseless vendetta against one of the organization's top prospects? That's not remotely rational.
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    "I just decided late last night that's what I was going to do, and I didn't give it a lot of thought what's going to transpire moving forward," Hendry said. "I just felt like it was time to do this." Yeah! To hell with forethought and shrewd decision-making! I'm extremely pleased that this man is in charge of their organization.
  3. brewers19
    Ejecting the umpire would have also been acceptable.
  4. brewers19
    If you're a cyclist and riding on the sidewalk, you give pedestrians the right of way. If you're riding on the street, you still have to obey all the same traffic laws that motor vehicles do (i.e., stop signs). I don't see why this is so hard for some people.
  5. brewers19
    My computer is almost six years old and strains under the weight of newer versions of programs. Nonetheless, like a sucker, I always give in to curiosity and download the update - and without fail, the updated version taxes my system to the brink of death. Plus, there's inevitably a handful of new insufferable features and/or the absence of once indispensable ones, all which make me yearn for the previous version. And all I really want from my computer is basic and solid functionality. So when Apple takes nice little iTunes 8 and turns it into the swollen behemoth that is iTunes 9, I have to spend the next hour fighting my operating system and its stubbornness in letting me revert back to a previous version. Whereupon I discover that, in the whole 30 minutes that iTunes 9 was on my computer, it decided to take the initiative of tweaking my music library so that iTunes 8 can no longer access it. Most damning was the fact that the green 'zoom' bubble no longer shrank the window down to the mini controller, but rather arbitrarily resized the window and moved it randomly around the screen. And I didn't like the new Music Store. I'm rarely happier with how my computer functions after an update.
  6. brewers19
    iTunes 9 is a piece of crap and I will never again download a software update of any sort as long as my computer is still alive.
  7. brewers19
    Despite their markers being washable to begin with, Crayola has a line now that will only show up on special paper. And yet Kool-Aid can't seem to find a dye for their drinks that doesn't stain every surface that it touches.
  8. brewers19
    Glaus is back? When did that happen?
  9. brewers19
    Consistently nonexistent computer skills.
  10. brewers19
    Having the most anemic offense in the history of the game is a surefire way, apparently.
  11. brewers19
    There are a lot of people in this discussion who are treating 'mediocre' and 'average' as synonyms and, just to clear up any confusion, they're not. There's no simple formula for building a perennially winning baseball team. There are 29 other organizations - many of which are more qualified and blessed with more favorable circumstances and resources - that are trying to do the exact same thing. To expect a GM to keep their team in the top third at all times is, in the words of the original poster, unrealistic; some manage to do it, but they've pretty much all got a hefty head start in regards to what they have to work with. Roughly speaking, half the teams in the league are going to have a winning record and half will have a losing one; being average is really not the pejorative that some people are making it out to be. The pitching staff may be a pile of crap, but the team as a whole is most certainly not.
  12. brewers19
    Nobody (except maybe Braun) openly speaks their mind to the media, especially not front office people. It's a world of soundbites. Very few people are willing (stupid enough?) to call out others in their organization publicly; players don't want to piss off their teammates, managers don't want to throw their players under the bus, and executives don't want to demoralize the organization and its fans. What goes on behind closed doors and out of the public eye is probably nothing at all like what's reported in the papers. This is not a particularly novel concept. If people want to take the comments to the media as gospel and 100% truth, then I guess that's their prerogative; they're setting themselves up for a whole bunch of disappointment, but whatever. If you want to believe that Bill Castro and [almost] the entire pitching staff failed this season because of a 5 second snippet that Melvin gave to the Journal-Sentinel back in March, go for it. I won't have your back on it though.
  13. brewers19
    He was harmlessly stating his opinion, not a directive. No real need for indignation.
  14. brewers19
    And yet if he had said what you apparently think he should have (i.e., 'We're just going to tread water this season' or the like), he would have been crucified for those comments just as much if not more. God forbid that someone sets a goal of success. I'm fairly amazed how many people expect a GM's comments in the press to be brazenly honest assessments of the organization. It's PR, and shouldn't be taken at face value.
  15. brewers19
    Would you rather have this Corky, hawing? http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.20.97/gifs/wait-guf1-9712.jpg
  16. brewers19
    Interesting. McCalvy's article says that Melvin seems content to stay put.
  17. brewers19
    How is nobody in here talking about this?
  18. brewers19
    So you're saying that we should trade Escobar (the younger player with more upside) just so that Hardy can have the chance to increase his trade value? What happens after we subsequently trade Hardy?
  19. brewers19
    Generally, I try my best to eat before the game. It's cheaper, healthier, better quality, and allows me to avoid the hassle of ballpark concessions entirely.
  20. brewers19
    Spaghetti is definitely a good one. A box of that is barely more than a buck and one can easily make it last for four meals. Pick up a giant thing of sauce, make batch of chicken or sausage bits and freeze them, and you've got something that can go a long way for very little. Meatloaf is not bad either. Maybe $10 for the ingredients and you've got four to five helpings of a hearty entree. Cereal is a money sink as far as I'm concerned and only let myself have it as a occasional treat. Unless one has the self control to follow the paltry recommended serving sizes (usually 1 cup), a box rarely lasts more than three or four days. This is a product where nutritional value and cost are almost always inversely related, and thus something that should be avoided if possible.
  21. brewers19
    Not at all. Some of the healthiest stuff is the cheapest. A big canister of oatmeal will run you about $4 and last two to three weeks. Spruce it up with raisins, brown sugar, fruit bits, nuts, etc. and you've got breakfast taken care of for an entire month for about $20. Frozen vegetables are a gold mine. Fairly decent variety, they keep in the freezer forever, they're very healthy, and you can get two pound bags of the stuff for little more than a buck. Replacing one's soda intake with [tap] water is one of the best ways to be healthy and cheap. I'm with GAME05. While I'm usually closer to $100 a month, surviving on $80/month is really not as hard or miserable as people think.
  22. brewers19
    Considering that he's been a reliever his entire career, I would venture a guess that he's a bit rusty at being able to go more than a couple innings at a time.
  23. brewers19
    Normal doesn't always mean better.
  24. brewers19
    It's been in my Netflix queue for a while, waiting patiently for the Sept. 1 release date. How'd you get to see it?
  25. brewers19
    True. Though if the play was called correctly the Dodgers would have had only a 57% win probability, as opposed to the 70% that resulted from the missed call. So while that doesn't guarantee any specific outcome, it still certainly made things more difficult for the Braves.
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