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  1. formerlybis
    I’d like to see the Brewers give Haase a game behind the plate sometime this series.
  2. formerlybis
    If Milwaukee were a deep-pocketed team like the bigger market teams, sure - go spend. You know it's not that simple for the Brewers. Failure to accept that dooms you to disappointment. There are precious few "big moves" that are even remotely possible without mortgaging the future. I prefer being in it year in and year out to the all in and then years of loserdom approach. Some want to be Marlins fans, I guess - at least they got a couple titles, but overall, they're a crappy franchise.
  3. formerlybis
    Currently 14-10 with 3 against the last place baby bears at AmFam to go. Guaranteed winning record. Sweep and they'd end the month 12-2 at home. July doesn't look that daunting, tbh, except for a 3-game set at LAD next weekend.
  4. formerlybis
    I think the Keuchel acquisition was at worst a nothingburger. We saved Rea to pitch against a more important foe, and the Brewers ended up winning what may be his one start. Good enough for me. As to the rest of this bigred against the world stuff, yeesh. You can't win the WS if you don't make the playoffs. That should always be goal #1. When you get there, stuff can happen - like one of your ace pitchers not being able to go. Had that not happened, the Brewers may very well have gotten to chew their bite. I do not feel lied to at all.
  5. formerlybis
    The fielder has to touch it or something for it to count as an error, but that was really a single and a 3-base error if official scoring could use common sense. I’m not sure it’s possible to get an inside the parker that wasn’t misplayed in some way.
  6. formerlybis
    It’ll be interesting to see this Dallas-Texas matchup…..
  7. formerlybis
    Scored in 3 of the 8 innings tonight, but no crooked ones….
  8. formerlybis
    I wonder if any of the stats experts on this site have looked at the % of innings that the Brewers have scored at least one run, and how that compares to the league average. Right now, it seems like the offense has a lot of scoreless innings, but they're getting by on the crooked number. I suspect that % of non-scoreless innings is highly correlated with runs per game.
  9. formerlybis
    That sounds impressive until I realized that, most of the time, players going home-to-home are trotting for at least 75% of the way.
  10. formerlybis
    I won't be there this time, but my dad relocated to Orange County about 20 years ago, about 15 minutes from the big A. We've been to several games there, and it was really fun in the "Rally Monkey" days. They do get a fair amount of fans of the visiting team, either through SoCal transplants or people on vacation at Disney. The mention of Trout reminded me that a saw an at bat of Bass pitching to Trout (I think Bass may have been an Astro, but not sure) - I've re-told that anecdote roughly 1,000 times.
  11. formerlybis
    We all want a series win, but we don't need one (as it relates to the Reds). If we were in Cincy's position, we'd need the sweep. Stopping that is acceptable to me (if not ideal). Yes, Cincy isn't the sole team to worry about. Head-to-head divisional matchups are where ground can be gained or lost, though, and with the lead the Brewers have, getting swept in a 3-game series is really the only outcome that hurts,
  12. formerlybis
    The only outcome of this series that I would not be happy with is a Reds sweep - that would put them only 4 games behind. There's a big mental difference between that and the 6 games behind they would be if the Brewers just took one measly little game this weekend. At least for me, anyway.
  13. formerlybis
    It really got confusing when Chelsea was sponsored by a company named "3" [not making this up].
  14. formerlybis
    I am curious about crediting a run as earned or unearned. In the 6th, all the scoring came with 2 outs. The first one was on a double steal, The steal of home is an earned run - no debate. But, there was an error on the throw to second that allowed Turang to go to 3rd. He then easily scored on the Contreras single. This is the run I have a question about, because it was scored an earned run, as were the subsequent 3 runs that inning. I'm assuming it was scored this way because a) the error wouldn't have caused the 3rd out had it not occurred, and b) the Turang run would have scored even without the error (given the subsequent 3 hits). If they had ruled that without the error, it would have been a caught stealing, then all 5 runs would be unearned, right?
  15. formerlybis
    I haven't lived in Wisconsin for 30 years now, but on the rare occasions I have gotten to hear him calling a game over those years, it's amazing how quickly it feels like home. This is probably true for fans of other teams and their radio announcer, too, but few have had the longevity and percentage of the team's existence as Ueck. I'm only half-joking when I say they should create an AI version of him to keep the thing going...
  16. formerlybis
    Late inning close games are when trading outs for moving runners up becomes strategically advantageous (or at least you can more easily justify it). You don’t do it in the third inning.
  17. formerlybis
    Thanks. What do the analytics say about safety squeezes? It's been my impression that they're hard to defend. As for going for more than one run in the inning, they'd still have a RISP with one out after the squeeze. On a sac fly, that would not be true.
  18. formerlybis
    I'm seeking to understand, here, not criticize - why was it a bad idea? As "just a fan", 4-3, bottom 8 with 1st & 3rd nobody out - get me at least that one run and it makes the ninth a whole lot less worrisome. Don't squeeze plays work most of the time? A guy like Frelick should have that arrow in his quiver. Sanchez really bailed them out though.
  19. formerlybis
    The CWS starter has only pitched in 4 games in the majors while shuttling between AAA and the parent club. Those 4 games leave a lot to be desired in terms of positive stats, but I'd be careful about declaring him "bad", Be patient and accept the walks he seems prone to.
  20. formerlybis
    Any thoughts about using the surplus of OFs in a trade for something they need?
  21. formerlybis
    The Brewers batting average has surpassed the White Sox winning percentage.by .0004.
  22. formerlybis
    I knew the White Sox weren't doing very well, but holy schnikes, they're 15-42, a .263 winning percentage, That's barely better than the Brewers' batting average.
  23. formerlybis
    There's such a long way to go, but it feels like a large psychological difference - for both teams - between a 5.5 and a 3.5 game lead/deficit.
  24. formerlybis
    Done - sorry for clogging the IGT
  25. formerlybis
    For those who follow this closer, with Mitchell close to being available, how does the club/Murphy see the outfield in the short/medium term? Perkins seems like more of a known commodity at this point, and he's useful. Mitchell has had bad injury luck, but I'm not sure I would mess with what seems to be working. You could play them both (I think), but that would likely come at Chourio's expense (I won't beat that dead horse). Maybe DH Yelich a little more? I'm curious what others think. (following the suggestion of the moderator to start a new thread rather than discuss it in the IGT)
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