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I know the Brewers have their methods and it’s hard to argue with the results, but I really hope they grab a high upside TOR type starting pitcher in the 1st round next year. The system needs so more high end pitching prospects.

The thought of going into a playoff series with a top 3 of Miz, Skenes and Harrison for the next 3 seasons would I think allow me to risk it. I assume the deal would look something like Henderson, Made, Pena and maybe Fischer. It’s a ton to give up for sure but man that rotation would look nice.

I wanted to throw this out strictly for discussion, not thinking it would ever actually happen. This is not a serious proposal! BUT, if you were the Brewers, would you offer up this trade proposal to Pittsburgh in the offseason: Brewers get Paul Skenes: Pirates get Logan Henderson and their pick of 3 of our prospects. The only condition is that they can’t have both Made and Pratt.

I think we could have made a deal around Jett Williams. We wouldn’t have necessarily had to give up Pena.

I almost hope the Dodgers get Skubal if it helps the argument that MLB needs a salary cap. The Brewers can match any prospect offer the Dodgers can throw out but the one thing they can’t match is the risk. If the Dodgers create a void on their team by trading away high level prospects, oh well, they’ll just sign a proven major league to fill the void. Milwaukee can’t do that. Neither can Tampa. Neither can 2/3 of the teams in MLB.

I love the idea of bringing Peralta back. I know he’s having a down year but we need, in my opinion, at least 2 starters and he should be able to be had for relatively cheap. My two proposals are: Peralta for Luke Adams Detmers for Letson, Jett Williams and Crow. Run the rest of the season with a 6 man rotation of Miz, Henderson, Harrison, Detmers. Peralta and Drohan.

I read an article today suggesting LAA was looking for a young catcher. Could we make a deal for Detmers or Soriano centered around Quero? Quero, Jett Willams and Gasser/Sproat for Detmers or Soriano?

We are staying at a hotel in Deerfield for the weekend. I was looking at hotels in the area so we could just park at a hotel garage all weekend and walk everywhere but the hotels are ungodly expensive that weekend. There’s a Metra Station in Deerfield that we could use to get to Union Station but I’ve never taken the Metr before so I was a little leery of that. We aren’t 100% for sure going to the Shedd but we definitely want to walk around Navy Pier and that area.

I’m looking for some advice about parking in Chicago. My wife and I are going to visit on a Saturday in October. The plan is to probably start off at the Shedd then head a little north to the area of Navy Pier, park my car somewhere then spend 5-6 hours walking around. I’m trying to figure out the best way to do this. I don’t mind spending $40-$50 or so to leave it in a structure for 5-6 hours if that’s my only option but I don’t know how expensive garages are down there and the websites don’t seem to offer much help in that regard. Also curious about how safe it is to leave cars in structures all day like that as far as car breaks ins go. Anyone familiar with the area that has some advice?

I’m sorry if this was brought up in another thread but I wanted to get some opinions on this topic: With the latest snowstorm came the usual street plowing. As with the usual street plowing came the issue I want to ask peoples opinions on. And that is the inevitable plowing in of peoples driveways. I try really, really hard to not get upset about it because I realize that, for one, there aren’t many viable solutions, and two, it’s not really the plow drivers fault per se. But man, after spending 30-40 minutes snow blowing and shoveling on Friday night, I came back out Saturday morning to kind of clean up my driveway and front walk again since it had still been snowing when I last shoveled. I knew my driveway would be plowed in but I was so pissed when I saw how bad it was. I went outside at about 8:30am. I had plans to leave to take my kids to a friends birthday party at 9:40. There must have been 3-4 feet of snow and ice piled up at the edge of my driveway. The same area I had just cleared the night before. I shoveled my actual driveway in about 20 minutes but the edge of my driveway took me about 45 minutes just to get it wide enough so I I could my car out. I couldn’t even shovel it at first. I was literally picking up big snow boulders and chunks of ice and throwing them off to the side for about 15-20 minutes before I could start digging out. I was late getting my kids to their party and I had to finish when I got home. like I said I don’t know if there even is a viable solution but I’m lucky I’m still young enough where I can still clear this. I’ve seen posts from elderly people who don’t have the ability to clear their driveway when it gets plowed in like this. Unless you have a huge snowblower or a plow of your own you pretty much have to do it with a shovel. And had there been an emergency I literally would not have been able to get my car out of the driveway. Are there any plow drivers that can comment? I know the plow is angled to push the snow off to the side. Can they not angle it straight when approaching a driveway and push the snow past the driveway instead of directly into it? Am I just being a complainer who should just be happy the streets are even being plowed?

Wisconsin is now #1 in the USCHO.com poll. What an unbelievable turn around so far.

I’ve been a proponent of developing the area around AM FAM Field and I think it hasn’t been done yet for two reasons. First, plain and simple the Brewers want the parking revenue. The are very few legitimate alternative to parking in the lot, especially if you have little kids. If I’m going a game with my kids I’m not first stopping at a bar or restaurant and buying an item so I can get on a shuttle to take me to the game. Nor am I parking a mile and a half away on a city street and walking. I’ve done both when I’ve gone without kids and I’d never do either with my young kids. So I’m stuck paying the overpriced parking fee. Second, infrastructure to get there. There are no main roads that take you right past the lots. There will need to be a huge investment in getting roads to go there so people can actually get to a development. You can extend Miller Parkway but that’s already a parking lot most days around rush hour. You’d need roads to get there from other directions. Maybe you could even convince the Potawatomi to pay for an extension of the streetcar to run past their casino, through the new District and to the Stadium. Anyway, I think all you need for this to be successful are spaces that are open year round. Restaurants. A hotel. Apartments. Offices. A small dog park maybe. I’d love to see a Milwaukee or Wisconsin Sports Museum down there. Maybe a Gym. A small medical center. Things people go to even when baseball isn’t there. But they key is infrastructure and making it convenient to get to.

I agree you don’t generally draft for need but you also can’t constantly ignore certain positions year after year like the Brewers have at 1B and 3B. We probably have one legit prospect combined at those two positions, and that’s only if you count Tyler Black as a 3B when he gets could just as easily be considered a 2B.

I know prospect for prospect deals are rare but it always made sense to me to trade him for Elly De La Cruz. You want your young stud third basemen there he is.

Latest rumor has Oregon approaching the Big 10 about membership. At least one insider seems to think it’s only a matter of time before they join, along with Washington, Cal and Stanford. That would out Big Ten membership at 20. Interesting side note is that the new tv deal has an escalator provision, meaning if new schools join the price of the deal goes up. The new schools wouldn’t siphon money for the current members.

Why do I even get excited about their drafts anymore?

One proposal I saw today with that Yankees: Yankees get: Josh Hader Brewers get: Albert Abreu Marwin Gonzalez Austin Wells Anothony Volpe Ken Waldichuk Trey Sweeny Thats the Yankees #1, #4, #5, and #6 prospects plus a MLB ready reliever and an MLB ready utility player. Personally I don’t see the Yankees giving all this up for one player but you’d have to take this deal wouldn’t you

I’ve seen multiple reports that the Brewers listening to offers on Hader so I thought I’d start a dedicated thread on him. One proposal I saw today with that Yankees: Yankees get: Josh Hader Brewers get: Albert Abreu Marwin Gonzalez Austin Wells Anothony Volpe Ken Waldichuk Trey Sweeny Thats the Yankees #1, #4, #5, and #6 prospects plus a MLB ready reliever and an MLB ready utility player. Personally I don’t see the Yankees giving all this up for one player but you’d have to take this deal wouldn’t you? EDIT: Reported in the other Hader thread. Sorry for duplicate topic

I keep seeing reports that the Big 10 is going to wait for a few years then try to get Notre Dame. I don’t quite understand that. There are a limited number of schools that can bring value to your conference. Letting the SEC have the pick of the litter seems like a mistake to me. I think the Big Ten could have gotten Virginia, UNC and Duke if they pushed but it seems like UNC to the SEC is the rumor. I certainly think they could get Oregon and Washington as well as Cal and Stanford but who knows what will happen if the PAC 12 signs a new media deal and/or combines with the Big 12. Plus it seems like moving toward the two super conference model will push Notre Dame towards a conference. It’s not the best comparison, but it kind of seems like the Big 10 is a country who bombed another country, but instead of going all in and continuing the offensive they are sitting back and let the enemy respond.

With USC and UCLA moving to the Big 10 things are starting to get crazy again. I would have to imagine the remaining PAC-12 teams are looking to get out and there are indeed rumors that Arizona, ASU, Utah and Colorado are looking to move to the Big 12. That would be a good move for all those involved, I think. There are also rumors now that the SEC is negotiating with FSU, Clemson, UNC, and Virginia. If that’s the case I’d be a little disappointed as I think UNC and Virginia would good additions for the Big 10 and would push the conference further into the Southeast where football is king. I think it’s mistake for the Big 10 to sit back and let the SEC make the next move. Assuming those 4 schools end up SEC this is what I’d like to see the Big 10 do: I think it’s inevitable they and they SEC end up at 24 so why not get out in front? I’d add Oregon, Washington, Stanford and Cal to get a monopoly on the West Coast and make scheduling and travel easier. Then I’d like to see Notre Dame for obvious reasons. BC, which gets you into the Boston market, solidifies the East Coast and gets you a historically dominant hockey program for the conference. Then Georgia Tech which fits academically, gets you into the Atlanta market and gets you into the Southeast. Then finally a boring program but one that also fits academically and geographically and that’s Kansas. Yeah football sucks but basketball is dominant. This would equal four 6 team divisions: 1) USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington, Cal, Stanford 2) Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois 3) Michigan, Michigan St, Notre Dame, NW, Indiana, Purdue 4) Ohio St, Penn St, Rutgers, BC, Georgia Tech, Maryland

I wonder if they are making this stadium in a way that is capable of expansion. The smallest MLS stadium holds 18,000 so this stadium would have to more than double in capacity. I can’t imagine if we get an MLS franchise they would play at the same stadium.

I think plenty of teams would have enough to offer in return. It’s just a matter of whether or not they would. If the Yankees offered up a package of Jason Dominguez, Austin Wells, Ken Waldichuk and Hayden Wesneski for Hader and Woodruff after the season I would be inclined to take that.

What if you pair Hader with Woodruff in a de? Ashby is ready for a full time spot and that would make Ethan Small your #6 behind Burnes, Lauer, Houser, Peralta and Ashby. The Brewers don’t have a ton of high impact prospects, especially on the mound. If they can get a major league contributor or two in this deal plus 2-3 high end prospects they should seriously consider it.

I’m late to the game here so I apologize if I repeat anything. My first thoughts on this are 1) $100 million seems like an awful lot. What kind of improvements do they need? I’m fine with things like structural improvements (the roof, for instance). But if these “improvements” are to help the team make more money then I think the team should pay for it. 2) I don’t know the deal with parking revenue but if the team gets the parking revenue and they want money from taxpayers then the stadium district should get to keep the parking revenue. That money, in turn, could be put into a fund for future improvements. 3) I don’t know where this comes into play but the team, or the city, whoever owns the parking lots, really needs to consider developing the area into a stadium district. The possibilities really are endless given how much land is available, not just the parking lots but then East into the Menominee Valley. Condos/Apartments, bars/restaurants, entertainment, shopping, hotels, etc. Maybe a future stop for the streetcar. Perhaps this could be used as a future revenue source for the team to find stadium improvements.

Call me spoiled but going from the best players in the World to players I’ve never heard of takes away a fair amount interest from me. And I’ll watch the World Juniors so it’s not like I won’t watch international hockey if it doesn’t involve NHL players. I’ll probably watch a Team USA game if I’m around and it’s on but I’m not going to go out of my way to watch it, or record it and watch it later, like I otherwise would.