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  1. BarneyStinston
    I want Braun to do well, ignore the PED whiners, and produce for the team. This whole PED circus is all meaningless when a guy has natural ability and I'm pretty confident that Braun will prove that. He took a short course to recover from injury, like many people do in the real world from various ailments. It so happens that recovering from an injury in this way has to be illegal in the MLB. Go figure. Ask people what they think when some of these unnatural medications end up saving somebody's life and are as prevalent as multivitamins.
  2. BarneyStinston
    Yuni took the contract with the Orix Buffaloes because it was guaranteed and higher pay. Anything offered in the MLB were likely non-guaranteed minor league deals. Better money and guaranteed playing time pretty much clinches this decision.
  3. BarneyStinston
    From what I've heard, Molitor used coke and cannibus through the injury laden periods of his life, and he quit in 1981, after basically being caught when he had a wild Christmas Eve cocaine party. Yeah, the guy was an addict, and wouldn't have stopped if he wasn't caught. The cops had to break into his apartment to see if he was alive. As far as rehab, there isn't a technical detox regimen for cocaine withdrawal, so stopping on your own is pretty common.
  4. BarneyStinston
    Well, if the guy doesn't break down from injury, shores up his field play, doesn't continue to be a head case on the mound, and stays off twitter to prevent him from looking like a douchebag, he might be valuable for 2 1/2 years.
  5. BarneyStinston
    The Brewers don't have the best track records with free agent longer contracts. To even consider Garza staying for 5 years seems impossible. Even guys like Marcum and Wolf only lasted 2-3 max. Not many starters can keep up their stuff here for years outside of Sheets and Gallardo. I guess Dave Bush and Chris Capuano made it 4 years, although they were younger. Given Garza's age, this has a real potential of approaching a Suppanesque situation by the end of his contract.
  6. BarneyStinston
    I'm not sold on the possibility of Garza or this rotation staying fully healthy for the year. Plus, its a bit concerning that Garza had an ERA over 5 in September when Texas was chasing a playoff spot. Maybe he's just not as good against the AL. Still, he's probably better than the other free agent pitching options.
  7. BarneyStinston
    Sean Halton should be high on the list. When Francisco and Reynolds show that they are big strikeout busts at the plate, he seems like the natural choice during a rebuilding year.
  8. BarneyStinston
    Reynolds is not as overly cheap as one might expect. $2 million if he makes the club, and $500K in incentives. All for Major League's strikeout king. Hell, even Ike Davis was only $3.5 million, with much better defense. At least we have a backup 3rd baseman who is a defensive butcher.
  9. BarneyStinston
    I don't really see how marketing to 5 year old's is going to gain a lot of fans or bring in a lot of money. Hell, I don't remember a whole lot of what I did when I was 5 years old. Frankly, kids don't play much organized baseball until around age 10. Yeah, wearing a Snuggle Bear outfit might be cute as a baby in onesies, but for a 5th or 6th grader, it isn't cool at all, despite having a gangster backwards baseball cap. But what do I know. The Brewers are trying to make the concept of brewing beer appealing to children. Ever have a 5 year old ask you why we drink beer and why we get drunk?
  10. BarneyStinston
    Actually there are a few cheaper ones close to the stadium, such as a Best Western Woods View Inn right on National. The Ambassador Hotel is about 1.5 miles away, and has pretty reasonable rates. An interesting choice is also Iron Horse Hotel (2.7 miles), which is one of the finer hotels in Milwaukee. Very nice bar and restaurant. The Brewhouse Inn is also a very unique, upscale place with big rooms. It all depends what kind of experience you want to have. I would recommend for those who want the city experience to try places the the Astor Hotel, Hotel Metro, Knickerbocker or County Claire Irish Inn. The ALoft is also very new and convenient to downtown.
  11. BarneyStinston
    Care Bear / Bernstein Bears reject. Its an embarrassing concept. Frankly, Poochie from the Simpsons is soooo much better, and that was made as to be the most lame ass character ever contrived. Also, what is with the curved, bowing baseball bat? Is that a statement about Sammy Sosa and his corked bat?
  12. BarneyStinston
    I don't see how Young agrees to a deal in Milwaukee when he clearly states that he wants to spend more time with his family in Arlington. He sure doesn't need to play a year on a team in a platoon at a unnatural position, that's just trying to rebuild.
  13. BarneyStinston
    IMO, on field leadership in baseball is really overrated. To even suggest that Prince was really in charge of anything related to strategy or willing the team to win is probably not at all accurate. He certainly was not this great leader in Detroit. Its not like any single field player is a quarterback calling the plays. The only player relatively in charge of the overall situation is the pitcher, and perhaps the catcher.
  14. BarneyStinston
    Actually, Weeks at 1B is an interesting idea, outside of the fact that it is hard enough to justify Weeks in any starting batting lineup.
  15. BarneyStinston
    The Brewers will end up with Lyle Overbay, since he is close to retirement. Nobody decent wants 1 and 2 year contracts.
  16. BarneyStinston
    Minor league signing for the Braves, who have their corner infield positions locked up. So, he's looking at a possible bench position on the team. I think everyone just needs to see if he can survive spring training. It doesn't matter whose club he's on at this point.
  17. BarneyStinston
    Hart was far from guaranteed great year at the plate anyway. I just don't see him jacking 30 homers after a year of being idle. The big mistake was Melvin putting too much stock in potentially getting Hart, and letting Gamel go so easily. If you were going to bail on both of them, you should have done it a long time ago.
  18. BarneyStinston
    The Cardinals smartly used Axford in non-critical situations and mop up duty. I don't think they ever seriously considered keeping him past 2013 when they obtained him. The Brewers should stay away.
  19. BarneyStinston
    Yuniesky Betancourt in the postseason .310/.326/.500/.826 Prince Fielder in the postseason .194/.287/.333/.620 Enough said.
  20. BarneyStinston
    Revenue sharing simply encourages more teams to become like Houston or Florida and pull out ridiculous profits. Robbing the rich to prop up the poor is not just unfair, but just encourages small markets to stay small and sit on the profits siphoned from the Yankees and Red Sox.
  21. BarneyStinston
    In the last 2 years, I don't see much of a chance given at all. 75 PA in 2012? 148 PA back in '09. When you're out with an injury, there is no chance. This is a guy who hit .304/.376/.498/.873 with 105 HR in 7 seasons in the minors. 28 home runs back in 2011. The guy had ACL tears, not shoulder tears. He still should be able to hit.
  22. BarneyStinston
    The reason I choose unsustainable success is because, for the most part, particular key players have been unable to produce consistently productive seasons, including Weeks, Hart, SS, 3rd base, pitching, and so forth. Key pitchers have been either unretainable (Greinke, Sabathia) or unsustainable (Marcum, Wolf, Fiers, Hoffman, Axford). The 2 unremarkable seasons were not tremendously successful statistically either and certainly would not be put in the success category, i.e. more years of non-success than success. So we really only see a couple years of spikes, which quickly regresses for the next couple years.
  23. BarneyStinston
    "Fail continuously" is not entirely accurate. Unsustainable intermittent success would probably be more accurate. The last 6 years consist of clubs with 2 winning, 2 unremarkable, and 2 losing seasons. If the roller coaster trend continues (90 win, 80 win, 70 win), then we are due for a 90 win season next year.
  24. BarneyStinston
    Day games are just horrible for the Brewers. Its funny how the team is over .500 in night games, yet only .333 in day games. To win only 17 of 51 day games is ridiculous.
  25. BarneyStinston
    Actually, in most high valued jobs, the worker is disciplined, ordered to some sort of probation, and asked to show progress in atoning for the indiscretion. This is case with physicians and lawyers. You are comparing an accountant to a high valued major league baseball player. Nonetheless, in an accountant's case of cheating on a CPA exam, the probationary period is 2-5 years where the person is barred from taking the exam. After that, he may retake the exam. Most people with a contract for work are not fired without just cause, and one indiscretion is generally not enough. Contracts for workers in the real world are redone for performance based reasons. If players did the same thing, then there are plenty that should have "voluntarily" restructured their contracts because they played so poorly. Jeff Suppan, your contract was done under false pretenses that you were a good pitcher. Give money back. Ryan Braun has not performed outside of expectations at all. He lives up to his contract whether on PED's or not. His major league market value is still more than we are paying for.
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