phxMILWfan

I hate that I read some of the posts on jsonline but I get sucked in. The blair guy with his puns and play on the players names, could not be more annoying. I kind of like them staying there.

There has to be a way of saying this but with less condescension. That's not called for. You have a difference of opinion. I happen to buy into limiting pitches and innings thrown for young pitchers or pitchers returning from what is basically a year off. You can think whatever you want but there are studies that support limiting the inning increase from one year to the next. Share a study that shows that it benefits the pitcher or that it doesn't matter and then it will benefit your argument. Simply saying things like "what are they pansies?" or making light of it doesn't help an argument.

I'm not very computer savy and I don't want any viruses. I'm just curious, what is she doing in the video?

I have 2 dogs. Kody has seizures and his meds cost roughly $30 a month with vet visits every 6 months to check his labs. Mable has Valley Fever and her meds are about $20 a month, same thing with the vet visits every 6 months. That's now that we know what is wrong with them. In the beginning they were going to the vet like crazy. Tonight my wife found a dog on the side of the road... She picked it up and it is staying in our backyard until we can do something with it in the morning. Either th Humane society or I don't know what. I honestly expect that it will have some freak illness and we will be keeping it. I love dogs but the vet bills are killer. Hope your dog stays healthy Danzig.

I just want to point out that it isn't like the UFC planned for Lesnar to headline UFC 100. Mir had a knee injury and that is what caused their fight to be pushed back to UFC 100, it was scheduled for like 3 months earlier.

I don't think you can judge him on hits and misses on players as much as results. Before he came around we were perenial losers. Last year the team made the playoffs and is currently in the race. Also, who would you replace him with? No way would I fire DM.

I took up golfing a little over a year ago and love it, I go atleast once a week. I enjoy MMA, the UFC mainly. I also spend hours listening to talk radio, sports and comedy. One of these days I'd like to learn to play the drums.

I think the weight class or weight classes they pick for TUF are usually a good indication of what weight class needs a new star or two. When Amir Sadollah won there didn't seem to be much at middleweight, just a year or so ago they needed light weights, now they could use an up and coming star at heavy weight. I don't know how many legit contenders are needed at a weight class for it to be strong. Obviously you have your champ and a top contender. If you have 2 or 3 other guys that could beat the champ that's fairly strong. Now at Heavy weight you have Lesnar, Mir, Velazquez, Carwin, Nogueira, Couture, Gonzaga, Kongo, and Cro Cop. That's pretty good. Obviously after Lesnar and Mir you go down a tier, then Velazquez, Carwin, Nogueira, Couture, then down a tier to Gonzaga, Kongo, and Cro Cop. These rankings are interesting. I guess they don't really support my arguement but I found them interesting. I think UFC fans are definitely spoiled by the light heavyweight class more than anything. There are more current rankings out there but I like this tier system. http://www.mmaranks.com/

Dogs and I'm starting to get that way a little bit with most animals.

I know they had that situation before. I think that makes it less likely that they bring Fedor over for 1 fight though. The small fighter contracts is kind of necessary to grow the sport. I'd be interested to see where all the money is going. They can't make very much money when the fight is on Spike, whether it is a Fight Night or a fight that was going to be pay per view then is changed. It may have been 2 years ago when they gave away a fight by putting it on Spike.

I think the part that is being overlooked is that the players mentioned that are just as terrible as Bill Hall are moving from team to team and fans aren't stuck watching the same player be terrible for 3 or 4 years in a row. I need Bill Hill or Will Hall to come in and give me a different look while they are terrible at the very least. Who know's maybe one of them will play well like McGehee has so far. Go back and read the Brooks Kieschnik interview to remind you of all the talented guys in the minors that NEVER get a shot. If it were my team I'd let Bill Hall walk and spend the 400,000 on the off chance that someone else would hit .250 when they see the field.

Dana is a smart guy. He'll figure out how much more money Fedor fighting in the UFC will generate and then pay Fedor as much as he can. He has to believe that bringing Fedor in would grow his brand so much that it wouldn't matter that he is profiting the same amount. I'd even go so far to say that he would be willing to make a little less on that fight in an effort to put Affliction out of business. If Fedor fights in the UFC and then Affliction goes 9 or 10 months with out a Fedor fight, they're finished right? It would be profitable for the UFC in the long run to take a loss on a pay per view fight or 2 with Fedor. I think it has been mentioned already but the only reason Dana can't bring Fedor in for a 1 and done situation is because if Fedor wins and is the belt holder and never comes back, they first of all look stupid and second of all we have to do find another champion again.

http://www.zuguide.com/image/Rosie-O-Donnell-A-League-of-Their-Own.3.jpg He wouldn't even be the best 3rd basemen in "A League of Their Own".

I am/was a fan of BJ Penn, I just am really disappointed in the way he handled himself after that. It really seems like he was trying to de-legitimize GSP's victory, which was horribly one sided. Penn needs to realize he's a 155 pounder. He can't hang at 170, no matter what he thinks. If he loves to fight, he needs to fight in the division that he can and should dominate, and be happy with that. I agree with you on this especially now that there are quite a few legit challengers at light weight. After he beat Joe Stevenson and Sean Sherk there wasn't much for him at the time. Now he can fight Kenny Florian, Diego Sanchez dropped down in weight and is legit, Clay Guida would be a great match up down the road, Tyson Griffin, and I have to admit I don't know as much about Gray Maynard of Frankie Edgar but they are highly ranked. GSP walks around at a lighter weight than perhaps any other Welterweight. So it wasn't as huge of a size difference as if BJ was fighting Thiago Alves at Welterweight. BJ fought GSP well the first time and it had alot of people excited for the fight so while the outcome was extremely one sided it wasn't a bad decision for BJ to take the fight.

They had to bump the Fitch fight til last to make sure the Main Event ran in the alloted time. The last thing they wanted was to see the main event get cut short due to time restraint. Undercard fights aren't going to get shown if there's not enough time. I'll take 5 great main card fights over 5 crappy fights and 2-3 undercard fights any day. phx, just to address your "greasegate" comments about St. Pierre/Penn fight. I might have been tempted to see Penn's side of it, had he not whined like a $$@*% for weeks and weeks after the fight. And then his mom saying "I was worried my baby was going to die". GSP is hands down one of the classiest, respectful, and respected guys in the sport. I truly believe if he was greased, it was coincidental/accidental. Penn is nothing but a crybaby, and proved it with the way he handled himself after getting completely destroyed the 2nd time they fought. For what it's worth, I've had the chance to meet GSP, so my opinion may be a little biased. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif I totally admit I'm a Penn fan. I also gave credit to GSP. It's tough to be a fan of a guy and not get caught up in what the opponent says. I absolutely admit GSP is a great fighter. I have a ton of respect for him after UFC 100. I just wish BJ would have won.

I'm a little fuzzy on the details but didn't he bite a bouncer? I live in Phoenix and right after he was drafted I know he was kicked out of a bar for being underage. What a loser.

Lesnar is 4-1. He lost to Mir. I've been following Carwin a little bit and I thought he was destined to be heavy weight champ or atleast challenge for it. However, he is still working a part time job and lives an hour from his camp so he can be near his kid(s). Unless he commits to doing MMA full time with out the distraction of working a job I can't see him beating Lesnar. How about the ridiculous scoring of the first fight televised? Theres no way Belcher lost to Akiyama. That was really disappointing considering this was probably the first fight some people have watched and that confusing outcome could turn some people away. That said, it was a very entertaining fight. Henderson with a huge knockout of Bisping. I like both fighters but I was also disappointed in Henderson's comment that he knew Bisping was out but he hit him again anyway to shut him up. If he would have said "yeah I thought he was out but you just have to go until the referee stops you." I don't fault the guy then. This was a great opportunity for the UFC to gain more fans and Hendersons comments did nothing to help the image of "human $*$%-fighting". I wanted to see GSP lose after "grease gate" but you can't deny this guys talent. Unbelievable that he fought the last 2 rounds with a pulled groin and still dominated Alves. I give him a lot of credit. I don't like him but he is definitely in the top 2 for pound for pound fighters. I really hope we get to see him fight Anderson Silva. From the post fight interview it sounds like he would like to do that. I think that fight may be about a year away. Silva has his fight with Forrest Griffin next month and then if he wins he will most likely fight Dan Henderson again. If he wins that fight he should definitely be fighting GSP. Lesnar's dominance of the fight was incredible. I can't see anyone other than the previously mentioned potential of Fedor beating him. I'm not sure if he is that big of a jerk or if that is what he is doing to get people to buy the pay per views because everyone wants to see him beat. I'd bet good money that he is just that much of a jerk. How can that guys wife be with him? What a disgusting guy. Not sure the fight matched the hype but it was still entertaining. I just wish they would have thrown in an under card fight or two. I paid 55 bucks, would it have killed Dana to include another fight? Why was Fitch after the headline fight? How many people were interested in that fight following Lesnar-Mir? It would have been better off as the 2nd televised fight of the night.

There was a joke that went around forever about an elderly man in the hospital asking his nurse for the urinal. No, no, not that urinal, the Milwaukee Urinal! My uncle would tell it, he worked for the Journal. Never offended him or the people he worked with. My understanding was that it was a play on the diverse population in Milwaukee and an accent. I didn't think it was offensive as the subject for the thread.

I haven't seen much of Fedor either, just clips here and there. I really think Lesnar or Mir could beat him. I'm not saying definitely or 10 out of 10 times. But they could beat him. If Lesnar comes out and destroys Mir I think Lesnar goes years and years without being beaten.

Wow great game Manny! But seriously that's enough now. Maybe it would be wrong for Macha to say great job now get out of there before you blow it, but that's exactly what I'm saying.

So while I know he is only at 92 pitches... 6IP 0R 3H and leaving with the lead would be really nice for Parra's confidence.

Will anyone be watching UFC 100 Saturday night? If you're at all interested in what MMA is about this is the fight to watch. I've been following the UFC for about 3 years and this is by far the best fight card ever assembled in my opinion. It should be well worth the 50 bucks for pay per view or if you're going out it's worth finding a bar that will have it on. Spike will also be running a marathon covering the top 100 UFC fights of all time during the day. Here's a link to who's fighting. http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventdetail.fightCard&eid=2016 That said, any UFC fans that want to make predictions? I think that of the fights we know will be aired it will go down like this. Mir over Lesnar Alves in a big upset over GSP Fitch over Thiago Bisping upsets Henderson Akiyama over Belcher although I have to admit I have no clue because I can't remember seeing either fighter before. Should be a great night!

I like that gameday has that pitch by Parra where he was falling off the mound as a 65 mph changeup that was up out of the zone. I think the ump even got distracted and when he looked down Rivera was framing it right over the plate.

Molina is single handedly ruining Parra's low pitch count.

What a throw by Brendan Ryan! That should have been a hit. For those of you on Gameday, Braun hit that deep into the hole at short and Ryan made a great throw while jumping to stop his momentum from taking him deeper into LF.