dadofandrew

If it's a phone interview, write down what you want to say. Otherwise, be positive and say what you want. Right now, it's nothing for employers to get 75 apps for a single job. 3 interviews and no job offers is nothing. It ain't the late 90's when I'd apply for 8 jobs, get 5 interviews and 3 offers.

I can't believe how people want to throw away $1-2M every year on someone all but certain to be injured. Unless you can get a guy like this on a minor league deal, let the risk takers throw their cash away. Healthy pitchers get hurt enough, never mind injured ones.

Far too much is being made about who broke camp with the team. Sometimes you end up with a reserve like Almonte or Reed due to a variety of factors; injuries, major league time issues, options issues, and so on. You rarely have your best team at the end of March, the goal is to assemble that team in late September. The irony is, they signed Patterson to play LF in AAA, and he likely has Schafer and Gindl in front of him...though I could imagine them wanting to let Logan and Caleb play every day and allow Corey to get 2-4 PA's a week. Corey has a .290/.400ish career line, and I'd probably project Aoki around .330/.370...the difference is negligible. Corey has been in the major leagues for much of the past decade for a reason, he's about 40 OBP points away from being a very solid backup OF, even a passable starter in CF. If he gets 200 PA's, that means he'll get on base 8 fewer times a year...once every three weeks or so. He has warts, that's why he's not a starter, or at least a platoon guy. For AAA depth, he's superb, and he'll likely dominate that level. Pretending a guy who spent last season in TOR/SL is somehow so terrible he shouldn't be a AAA option is just not understanding the game. The difference between a solid AAA player and a normal reserve is opportunity and minute details (a step faster, able to play more than one spot, being a former high draft pick).

Laporta (and Shelley Duncan, another CLE RH 1B/OF) has a reverse split, hits RHP far better than LHP. Laporta also has at least one option left, so CLE can just stash him at AAA and see what happens. Even if he hit both sides equally, it'd make perfect sense.

No, another store manager's job.

I did a decade ago, took about 30 minutes, basically same questions. They asked a couple things tryintg to get me to be critical of my boss.

I'd tell her you're going to be in the area in a week and ask if you could set up a time to interview. This would be a good thing to put in a cover letter.

Patterson is excellent for AAA depth. I'm sure he just wanted to play 5-6 days a week. Probably enjoyed his time with the team in '09.

My hope for LF in AAA is Drew Locke, who is far better known as Danielle Lawrie's boyfriend.

I sprained my foot almost 20 years ago and it hurts if I step wrong or have to stand on a ladder. It'll be as good as it's going to be soon, but it will never be what it was.

http://www.youmail.com/co...eting/bob_uecker_hr_call Loud audio of the 2008 HR on the final day.

Prince spent a decade in the Brewers' system and finally gets to go where he wants to. I'm not sure why anyone is unhappy or upset about it. Those that are, are they also unhappy Aramis signed with the Brewers?

Pitchers often struggle to get loose in cold weather, which in theory causes more injuries. 7 inning games hurt the middle relievers, who are rarely prospects.

Wheeler signed a min or league deal today, so I expect Doug to sign someone similar to a minor league contract with a late March opt-out, for bullpen depth. The top seven are very good, and there's at least a dozen candidates. That said, if 2 of the top 7 go down, that's trouble.

I doubt they'll start any blue chipper at Appleton because of the cold weather. That's just common sensical.