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  1. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I was off the grid this weekend, so time to play some catch-up. First off, #24 is for speedy outfielder Chuckie Carr (RIP), perhaps best known for defying Phil Garner's orders and swinging at a 2-0 pitch after ignoring the take sign. "That ain't Chuckie's game," he said. "Chuckie hacks on 2-0." For #23, it can be no other than my former namesake, and perhaps the Brewer prospect that was most disappointing for failing up to expectations, Joey Meyer. Meyer had prodigious power, but like many power hitters, struggled to make consistent contact at the big league level. His claim to fame is hitting a HR that carried a record 582 feet at Denver's Mile High Stadium as a member of the AAA Zephers. And for #22, another former power-hitting 1B prospect that failed to live up to expectations, Kevin Barker. He was once considered a future franchise cornerstone, but failed to show the power required for the position during multiple auditions in 1999 and 2000, and after the Brewers acquired Richie Sexson, his time as a Brewer was effectively over.
  2. Ron Robinsons Beard
    So ... which bullpen is going to crack first? Neither offense seems to want to win this game.
  3. Ron Robinsons Beard
    While the loss last night doesn't really mean much in the scheme of the season, considering the team's commanding lead in the division, losing like they did, especially against this team and hired-gun Arenado, still sucks. Hopefully they use it as motivation and blow the Cards out of the water today.
  4. Ron Robinsons Beard
    A big part of the perceived "value" is age-related as well. Joey Ortiz just turned 26, and DL Hall will be 26 in September, so they are looked at by the industry as near finished products. Coby Mayo is only 22, though, and has more theoretical upside because of that.
  5. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Fedde has been meh. Flaherty has been pretty solid for the Dodgers.
  6. Ron Robinsons Beard
    A three-fer evening? Sweet!!! First, #27 is for one of my all-time faves, northern Wisconsin native Bob Wickman. A big part of my fandom was, on top of being shaped like Barrel Man and being a great closer, he grew up about 20 minutes from where I lived. For #26, as Bob Dylan once sang, "Here comes the story of the Hurricane!" Hernan Iribarren was once the darling of the Link Report around these parts. The sweet-swinging middle infielder just couldn't do enough at the MLB level to stick, though. Finally, for #25, I have always been a sucker for athletes who overcome adversity to excel, so of course I was an enormous fan of Jim Abbott. When he signed with the Brewers in 1999 in an attempt to resurrect his flailing career, I was stoked. But unfortunately he struggled, and was released in July of that year, subsequently retiring. He did manage to collect two base hits in his short time as a National League pitcher, though.
  7. Ron Robinsons Beard
    #28 may be a "Princely" number in Brewers lore, but to me it will always belong to Captain Jack Voigt!
  8. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Growing up in Wisconsin in the '80s, "the Boz" was never that clown Bosworth, but the Brewers' bulldog of a #2 starter. Loved me some Chris Bosio. You always knew you were going to get everything he had every time out.
  9. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I have an affinity for powerful 1st basemen who look like they should be batting cleanup on a beer league softball team, and Bob Hamelin was one of the best. He always looked like he just got done with his 9-to-5 as a CPA, then went to hacking at the ballpark.
  10. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Another two-for evening! Whoop-whoop! First off, Daniel Norris, a deal that didn't work out. And #31 is Bronswell Patrick ... perhaps best known for serving up Sammy Sosa's 61st HR in the steroid-fueled 1998 HR chase. He also hit the first pitcher HR for the Brewers after their move to the National League.
  11. Ron Robinsons Beard
    If there were any year for Yelich to bring his 1st baseman's glove to Spring Training, 2025 would be it.
  12. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Sweet #33 can be none other than the vaunted (and spectacularly bearded) Ronald Dean Robinson. The talented Robinson came to the Brewers in a 1990 trade for Glenn Braggs and Billy Bates, and proceeded to pitch like an ace down the stretch. Unfortunately he went down after 4 1/3 innings in his first start of the 1991 season, missing the year, and while he tried making a comeback in 1992, he was never the same. We do have that sweet 12-5 record and 2.95 ERA in 1990, though, for the man who Pete Rose once called "The True Creature". Robinson is also known for taking a perfect game 8 2/3 innings for the Reds in 1988.
  13. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Nice to see a philosophical shift to putting the ball in play in tense situations instead of swinging out of their shoes looking to drive one, like in past years.
  14. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Because it's baseball. It's a kids game.
  15. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Gotta love those two-for mornings, as the Brewers knocked two crooked ones off the magic number with their win combined with the flailing Cardinals' loss. A commanding 8.5 game lead over the Cards and suddenly resurgent Reds, now tied at 60-61. The fat lady is far from singing, but she's getting warmed up. For #35, here is Narcisco Elvira ... a young lefty pitcher the Brewers pried out of the Mexican League in the late '80s, perhaps in an attempt to replicate their earlier success with Teddy Higuera. Alas, it wasn't meant to be, as despite having good stuff, Elvira struggled with his command and washed out at a relatively young age. He did go on to have a solid career pitching in Asia, though. Elvira made news later on after being kidnapped in his native Mexico and held for ransom for nearly a month in 2015. He was later killed in a shooting in 2020 (RIP). For #34, it's much tougher finding players, as the number is more-or-less retired in honor of Rollie Fingers. Unfortunately there are no good photos of one-time Brewers prospect and now famous Hollywood film producer Mark Ciardi. So lets go with JHJ.
  16. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Lo Cain, Part I A big thank you to the Cardinals, Cubs and Pirates for also being terrible during this recent Brewers' mini-slide.
  17. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I guess I'm missing the point of this argument. Are you crapping on the Brewers because they play in what you believe is a weak division? Because that really wasn't their choice. it isn't like the Brewers have just been getting fat by beating up on NL Central opponents.
  18. Ron Robinsons Beard
    In honor of Freddy's very Jeff Suppan-like performance last night ... "Soup pitched great!"
  19. Ron Robinsons Beard
    James Austin seeming came out of nowhere to put up a terrific 1.85 ERA in 47 games out of the Brewers' crazy-good 1992 pen, and followed it up with another solid partial season in 1993 before injuries derailed his promising career.
  20. Ron Robinsons Beard
    We might have something in this Chourio kid ...
  21. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I never figured out how he was so effective throwing a fastball the topped out in the low 80s by the time he was closing for the Brewers, but Doug Jones had an excellent tenure in Milwaukee. Plus he had a great old-school look. RIP Legend!
  22. Ron Robinsons Beard
    It is that time of year, and there is no one better to kick things off than one of the greatest of all time.
  23. Ron Robinsons Beard
    I don't think you understand how this thread works.
  24. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Doesn't fit the narrative. If you are going to make an argument about the team being bad, you cherry pick a bad stretch to point to.
  25. Ron Robinsons Beard
    Brett Phillips is a great defensive CF who can't hit. He just signed with the Yankees as a pitcher. So no, those guys don't have a lot of value.
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