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I wasn’t paying attention but was wondering, pissing away a timeout to go for it on 4th down only to make it and go 3 and out didn’t help

Ya know the stupid 50 year old rule about no commercials while early game is in overtime is really stupid and didn’t help us today.

Man we looked outcoached and whipped already.

Was going to post the same thing, hopefully they just need a half but man…

Same old soft defense so far. Gary lost contain 3 times already

Bengals go fo it on 4th and a long 1 from their 30 with a 14 point lead in the late 3rd. Failed and Vikes quickly score TD

I am sure there is local opposition in the Dells area as well as some expensive and complicated parts of it around there to expand. But the Twin Cities has nearly doubled in population since 1970 and with that really the only feasible route to Chicago the problem will just get worse.

The stretch of 90/94 between Tomah and Portage. Filled with semi’s and long rolling hills so they take miles to pass each other, you are constantly in large clusters at high speed, feels like one wayward deer can kill a dozen people. I have driven the interstate from La Crosse to South Florida about a dozen times in the last decade and that is by far the most dangerous stretch of rural interstate on the trip. Looks like they are doing some major construction around New Lisbon, hopefully finally expanding it to 6 lanes.

It is starting to seem like they will have to take a long look at the stats to separate these guys. Do Burnes and Scherzer get eliminated by IP? If not it’s going to be tough to ignore the season Burnes is having, that FIP list above is really impressive. I wonder if they look at the 2 missed starts from COVID and give him a pass on IP.

14 K’s 8 no hit innings. I am disappointed but look at this way, this will get some press and bolster his Cy Young hopes.

These things usually take care if themselves. If Burnes feels good and wants to go back out you let him go out and try to pitch to contact. He starts to labor at all you pull him.

These are things that peeve me. We have watched this ownership group put out the best run of Brewers baseball there’s ever been and still this crap. They went to $125 million in a recent year I believe, my comment you quoted was in response to the idea that they could not go to $140-150 million to make a run behind this rotation if needed. I honestly think they can and would if they felt it would put them over the top. But yes, seeing how you responded that last comment probably should have been left out as the context wasn't very clear.

You can't just magically raise the payroll. Attanasio has done a lot to get the payroll to higher levels than it has ever been, but there are limits and the Brewers are likely to blow past those limits if our guys continue to play well and get the arby increases that go along with good play. There is a reason the Rays don't just push their payroll up to "put the nail in the coffin" of the Yankees and Red Sox. Small market teams just can't do that. As much as it stinks to think that we'll have to trade away some good players because we can't afford them, the Brewers will need to "act like the Rays" or they'll get swallowed up. The good thing is that the Rays have shown that trading away good players doesn't mean that the team will be bad. The return you get from those trades allows the team to remain continually competitive, which is the stated goal of Stearns and Attansio. I didn't mean to bring up something that I think has probably been beaten to death here but if we can have $50 million payrolls during rebuilds we can have $150 million payrolls during high points. It's not magic, there is no cap and owners can spend their own money and push for a title if they want to. I am sure they can borrow and run in the red if needed too. Losing sure isn't going to increase revenue. I said if needed only to make the point that it has to make sense, we obviously can't outspend the Dodgers. But if we are trading Woodruff or Burnes only because payroll is capped at $100 million and they can't afford them then in my mind fans are justified to walk away and spend their money on Bucks/Packers tickets. Again, I am not trying to start that debate here again, just don't agree that it takes magic to increase payroll in MLB. It's certainly possible we are cursed with owners who just really can't afford to lose money on the team for a few years but I wish they would sell it then.

I don't see them trading Woodruff, Burnes or Hader unless the wheels come off and they are selling at some trade deadline. That could happen as soon as next season but doesn't see likely, even then you only trade them for a monster return and only one of Burnes/Woodruff. We have waited too long to develop pitchers, we should be talking about taking the payroll to $140-150 million if needed over the next 3 years rather than trading these guys. Houser/Lauer? Only as part of a deal that brings back major league talent to fill holes.

Why could this happen to Houser and not to Burnes, Woodruff, or Lauer? Just curious what is different about Houser's status as I think he will be in arby this year for the first time.

Hap and Leonard too, good actor, bummer.

Thinking they might pull him considering the big division lead but nice job not letting the homers eat him up and having a melt down. Another day this might be a win.

They are starting to pile up on Woodruff after he had a good start to the season not giving them up.

Ok thanks just watching gamecast and saw he bunted on 0-1 then the infield hit, thought maybe it was a ballsy bunt. Another infield hit comes around to score though, seems like we give up a lot of them recently.

Bad start, did segura bunt on 0-2?

Tightened up the ERA race, here are the top 4(both NL and MLB): Buehler 2.31 Woodruff 2.35 Burnes 2.38 Scherzer 2.40 Opportunity for Woody today to grab the lead, in a close race maybe ERA champ gets the nod?

Well Burnes isn't getting to 200 today. Be nice if we could get rid of Lester and see if we can get to their bullpen. looks like Reds have something going in 8th

Infield singles mixed in has a way of biting you too, just a lousy sequence

Seems like he was avoiding O'neil not sure why he couldn't find plate on Molina, hoping he can strike out side now but they stopped swinging at that low and away cutter after the 1st.

I have been watching Yellowstone and am surprised how much I like it, flew through the first season which is unusual for me as I tend to get bored binge watching most new shows and go back and forth among a few at a time. More of a serial and much darker than Longmire but it does borrow pretty heavily from the broader story lines of that show. I guess I can't get enough of rural crime dramas.