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  1. areacodes
    Sure is: viewtopic.php?f=82&t=6640
  2. areacodes
    With the two no-no’s by Musgrove and Rodon to start the year and the talk about Ben Sheets’ dominant 2004 in the Burnes thread, it got me thinking about some almost no hitters in Brewers history. I’m thinking of games where our starter went the full game (or 9 innings) and just missed. The two that I remember the most are from 2004 and 2008. The infamous 17 inning tilt against the Angels started by Ben Sheets where he didn’t allow a hit but instead allowed a Vlad thru 9 innings: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA200406080.shtml CC Sabathia’s shoulda been no hitter against the Pirates where they credited LaRoche with a infield hit on what looked to be an error by CC: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT200808310.shtml What other memorable almost no hitters do we have in Brewers history?
  3. areacodes
    Obviously we disagree with what Davison used to do and we can leave it at that. Like I said in an earlier post, I wasn’t going to change anybody’s mind and won’t deny I’m looking thru some red tinted lenses to some extent.
  4. areacodes
    See, this is my issue with it. Taking a charge doesn’t equal flopping. The video clip you used as an example showed 4 legit charges and one questionable one yet you call him a flopper. I looked around and found a bunch of Barstool sports and fan blog articles calling Davison out for flopping on legitimate charges which seems to be a key component on his reputation as a flopper but I bristle at it because he doesn’t do stuff like this: https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2017/3/25/15063284/josh-jackson-flop-kansas-oregon-ncaa-tournament-2017
  5. areacodes
    On that clip, I’d consider #3 close to a flop but he’s definitely not the only player to do that. There is significant contact on the remaining four and you’ve got to sell it to get the call - take that up with the refs not the player... you’d think that how much people complain about taking a charge that it would be like a player leaning into the strike zone for a HPB, you know, against the rules. I believe he’s got two instances where he got somebody below the belt, I found the one against Hauser to be iffy (in terms of intent) but won’t deny that he got him in the junk. I consider a dirty player to be somebody like Diamond Stone bouncing Vito Brown’s (I think it was him) head against the floor, Grayson Allen tripping multiple people or Adam Woodbury from Iowa poking multiple people in the eye - players doing things that are outside of a normal basketball play. I’m not going to change anybody’s mind over this as everybody already has their own opinion (and won’t deny that I am seeing these thru a homer-tinted lense), but I think his reputation as a dirty player isn’t completely fair when most of the time people include him taking charges as part of it. ETA - These are flops:
  6. areacodes
    The NCAA created a rule about flopping (falling down while trying to draw a charge) because of him. He was also accused of punching a guy in the groin while fighting through a screen. There are other incidents where he seems like a bit of jerk. The NCAA most definitely didn’t create the flopping rule because of just Brad Davison. There are some instances where he embellishes it more (just like any other defender has to sell the contact because have you ever seen a ref call a charge without the defender ending up on the ground?) but most of the time there is a decent amount of contact. I consider flopping to be where there is no contact at all and the player tries to sell a foul. What are these instances where he has been a jerk?
  7. areacodes
    I’m glad Davison is coming back because it makes the Badgers a better team next year. If we got a transfer who had started for 4 years at a Power 5 school who averaged 10+ per game for his career who just dropped 29 in a NCAA tourney game everybody would be ecstatic, but since his name is Brad Davison...
  8. areacodes
    I assume you mean Knebel’s “poor performance” was 2018 where he had a FIP of 3.05, WHIP of 1.08 and had a K/9 rate of 14.3. Unless you’re knocking his 2020 numbers for literally rehabbing from TJ surgery at the major league level. Also worth mentioning, Jimmy Nelson blew out his shoulder in two places during his breakout year. His numbers before 2017 were pedestrian: FIP of 4.44 and WHIP of 1.39. Despite his suffering an unprecedented shoulder injury, they threw 7.5 million dollars away retaining his rights and got bupkis. That’s the head scratcher as referenced above No, I was talking about his 2020 numbers - yes there is additional context to it with regards to his injury but there is no denying he had a poor year. I’ll still disagree that it was head-scratching for the Brewers to invest the money in Jimmy Nelson over two years pre-COVID vs investing the money in Knebel - especially factoring losing a years worth of revenue. They saw TOR potential with Nelson vs high end reliever - one is easier to potentially replace than the other. There is no denying that I’d rather have Knebel on the roster than not but he isn’t without his risks. Jumping on Stearns that this was a huge mistake after 3.1 innings seems premature and using the money paid to Jimmy Nelson over two years, in a completely different financial environment, as part of that is a stretch to me.
  9. areacodes
    Not a single person here is arguing that from what I can tell. However there were zero guarantees of that and the early returns had not been good. Relievers are often hard to predict anyway so add in injury, struggles after return's and cost the Brewers made a decision almost every small market team would make. I love Knebel. Wish he was still a Brewer but I completely understand why we traded him. I understand it, but it still looks like it's going to be a bad move. I think the head-scratching part about it is that they went the other direction with Nelson and waited 2 years for a much more serious injury. I understand they can't predict the future, but it looks like they blew the evaluation in both cases right now. It’s head-scratching that they would prioritize a young starter who flashed TOR stuff at $3m+ per year pre-COVID vs a relief pitcher who had performed poorly the previous year with the hopes of returning to (his high level) form at $5m+ after losing a year of revenue?
  10. areacodes
    Because it is asinine and dumb to bench Hiura after the day he had yesterday, and CC has done it a LOT over the years. This is not an isolated inceident. How many times has he done it vs how many times has he played the batter after a good game? How many times would be okay? Im guessing you remember the times he sits the player and not the times he doesn’t.
  11. areacodes
    Of course, as it should be. So then why call it asinine and dumb? Or how Rollie Time says “Success offensively isn’t rewarded on the Brewers and it’s mind boggling.” when Counsell doesn’t just bench guys all the time after they’ve had a good game?
  12. areacodes
    Only read up to this point, but this holds true. Anytime a player breaks out of a slump or has a great game, he finds himself on the bench the next day. Asinine might be an understatement. Success offensively isn’t rewarded on the Brewers and it’s mind boggling. I’m sure there are plenty of instances where a player has had a good game and plays the next day.
  13. areacodes
    Not sure how you can be concerned about Hiura, but not Yelich at all. Both tanked offensively starting in that 60 game clown show. Yah, I’d have way more confidence Yelich bounces back, but I’m concerned about both...but I was concerned before 20 ABs this year, just for the record. Because Yelich has a significantly longer and stronger track record at the Major League level than Hiura?
  14. areacodes
    i disagree. I was referring to it compared to us selling the naming rights to American Family. I don't think the Marlins is near the worst ever though. I honestly don't think it can get worse than the White Sox field name coupled with the giant red downward arrow. djoctagone doesn’t use uppercase letters when he posts...
  15. areacodes
    What specific adjustments did they make?
  16. areacodes
    Man, baseball can't win. Great ABs Thursday, and it's pace of play. Excellent, crisp pitching and a quick pace, and it's too many Ks. It’s not that baseball can’t win, it is the fact that a certain segment of fans (of all teams) just aren’t happy if they can’t be complaining about something.
  17. areacodes
    His 2-5 with an RBI yesterday didn’t buy him any slack with you?
  18. areacodes
    Agreed. Not sure how Castellanos is the only one ejected in that little skirmish. I know he “started” it by yelling at the pitcher but Yadi comes flying in like a bat outta hell and escalated everything along with bumping the ump. He always acting like a punk and seems to get away with it.
  19. areacodes
    I hate that I feel like I’m defending Sinclair/cable here, but I haven’t really seen anybody who is complaining about not being able to watch the Brewers on Hulu/YouTube TV/etc say anything about their role in it. I’m sure Sinclair is trying to get max dollars from the streaming services, but it takes two to tango and it seems like most are putting the blame solely on Sinclair instead of both parties.
  20. areacodes
    The difference doesn’t need to be big to make a difference though. According to that stat shown 66% of people pay $100+ (I didn’t make a free account to see detailed stats). YouTube TV is $65, so 2/3 of people would pay at least $420 more a year. I calculated cable (after the cheap first year) and it was about $135 all-in to get three TVs hooked up with DVR per month, a hefty $840 difference. I’m not surprised people don’t want to pay $500+ to watch the Brewers every year. I surely won’t, I just mooch off someone’s spectrum account. If that wasn’t possible I just wouldn’t watch on TV. What do you pay for internet? I pay $130/mo for my cable, internet, DVR, my sports channels and all the channels my wife/kids want. I have the Spectrum app on the TV’s I don’t have a cable box on and anybody can watch live TV (with a small delay) on our other TV’s.
  21. areacodes
    Ok...but here's the issue, how many people have cracked screens on phones they're still using until they can afford to replace it? How often do phones go dead, people lose them...etc, etc... I'm constantly having problems with my phones. Do you really think more people lose their phones then would lose paper tickets? If, by some chance, you lose your phone or it doesn't work you can just login to your account on your friend's/spouse's phone. Someone in your group is bound to have a working phone. Most new cars nowadays have a USB plug built in so it's easy to keep your phone charged right up until you get to the stadium. And if there still is an issue, you go to the ticket window and they’ll help resolve it. The Brewers aren’t going to refuse somebody, who has legally purchased a ticket, because their phone won’t work or they don’t have a smart phone. It might take longer to get in, but they’ll still get in.
  22. areacodes
    How can they provide news about those ticket promos when they can’t possibly know exact details on when, or if, they’ll be able to have them this year due to reduced capacity.
  23. areacodes
    I’m not sure your point? All I’m saying is numerous people have problems with mobile tickets. I didn’t say most, 90%, 50%, or even 10%. That was in a time where people had the choice to not have mobile tickets...now people who know it isn’t their thing will have to struggle with it whether they want to or not. I’m saying it was a poor example. If you stand by where the people go to fix their issues with the mobile tickets, you’ll hear people complaining more about mobile tickets and not the thousands of fans who didn’t have an issue that day.
  24. areacodes
    Issues? I don't have a smart phone. I use my phone primarily to text and phone my wife. That is what a phone is for. I paid $150 for it and about $15 a month. I don't need it for anything else. I realize society is going in that direction, but I hesitate to drop $800 plus whatever monthly charges just to text my wife that I'm on my way home. Oh well. Good news! You can just plan on getting there a little early and head to the ticket window for help... it’ll be like going to Will Call for tickets in the past.
  25. areacodes
    Of course if you stand by the place where people need to go to resolve their issue, you’ll only hear people complaining about it. Nobody is going to head over to the ticket window to say, “mobile tickets worked just fine for me today.”
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