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Ryan Howard has been absolutely atrocious tonight, though most of the Phillies haven't been much better. Howard has had men in scoring position (including twice with a man on third and 1 out) and hasn't driven any of them in, struck out twice and butchered a play at first base. Yet the Phillies go to the bottom of the 9th with the lead.

I don't think it's a nickname. I'm pretty certain he legally changed his name to Boof.

What was the #1 overall play?

Have you been watching the post-season? Longoria is absolutely kiling the Red Sox. We'll see what he does against the Phillies in the W.S. so we can do an apples-to-apples comparison w/ Braun, but if he keeps this up, he will be a vastly superior player in the post-season while being similar in the regular season.There's also the fact that Braun was most likely still injured during our series, so it's not really an ample comparison. It's also an incredibly small sample size.

I also really, really like playing GM/owner mode in most games, but it was nice to have the option of actually playing a game every now and again. EA tried to do this with NFL Head Coach and it failed pretty miserably. Hopefully this one is better but I doubt I'll be buying it. I can do all the same stuff in MLB The Show, but actually play the games.

This seems pretty cool and I'm sure I'd get addicted to it, but is it worth it? How much in "fake money" do you need to buy a piece of autographed memorabilia?

I can't see anyway we sign K-Rod. The only reason we're even somewhat in the Sabathia sweepstakes is because he played here this year and claims to have really, really enjoyed it. If CC had been traded elsewhere and was a free agent, we'd have virtually no chance to sign him. In my opinion, that's the boat we're in with K-Rod.

This is totally random, but I always wanted to see a Kevin Mench bobblehead. And I really, really wanted it to be to scale...meaning that head would be ginormous!! It really would have to have been a baseball sized head on top of the bobblehead statue.

Whatever they decide to do, I hope they tone it down a notch. They just seem to be way, way too infatuated with bobbleheads. When I look around baseball, most teams do 2-3 bobbleheads a year max...we do at least 5-6, and are just 2 years removed from almost 20 in one year. In my opinion, the more bobbleheads they give out, the more they lose their luster and appeal. They've also almost backed themselves into a corner by doing so many...just about every good player on the Brewers roster has already had a bobblehead or two (Prince -2, Braun, Hardy, Hart, Weeks, Hall, Capuano, Sheets-2) and they've used up most of their "legends" already too (Yount - 2, Cooper, Gantner, Thomas, Molitor, Aaron, Fingers, Uecker). It seems silly to just start repeating players. I understand that a bobblehead day means an automatic sellout, but if they have success on the field next year, hopefully they won't need so many giveaways to attract fans. If they keep the core of this team together for a couple years, I really hope they tone down the bobbleheads. After they give away the few deserving players they have left, they're going to be in a really weird spot. They'll either be repeating bobbleheads again, or giving away very average players (see Jeffrey Hammonds). Of course, they could blow up the roster and have lots of new guys in place (Gamel, Salome, Escobar, etc), but these players will need at least 1 full year of being good to justify a bobblehead. I'm probably in the minority on this one, but I just want to see them give out a couple each year, they would be more special and important (IMO). Plus, I'm running out of room! That being said, here's my list of "deserving" bobbleheads I think they can still do. I would pick 2-3 from here and go: Brat/Italian - They've started it, so they have no choice but to give out the remaining 2 Bernie Brewer - Surprised this hasn't happened yet (especially since Barrelman did), but this is a good one and saves a player until next year CC Sabathia - If he actually comes back, I'd love a CC bobble either way but I'm not sure they'd promote the fact that he's not here Yovani Gallardo - Stud, future ace, should be here awhile Bush/Suppan - I don't really like the thought of either on my shelf, but they've been here awhile, probably will be here another 1-2 years and are at least recognizable players. I might be missing some obvious ones, but if I'm not, you can see they have a problem already....does anyone really want a Jeff Suppan bobblehead??

Ken Rosenthal (who I know many don't think knows anything) has a posting on fsn.com with odds on CC. He currently has the Brewers deadlast at 100:1. I ]think he's a moron, and I really have a hard time believe some of the other teams he lists off will make a serious run at CC. Brewers, 100-1: While both sides are saying all the right things, there's just no way the Brewers will prevail in such a heated market. http://msn.foxsports.com/...P=OTC-K9B140813162&ATT=49

I don't think the Cubs can afford him (good thing they're paying Fukudome 10 mil!!), but CC signing with the Cubs is probably the one and only thing that would make Brewer fans not love him forever. I'll cheer for him in the future for any team, and he'll always have a spot in my Brewers heart, but I don't think I could stomach him in a Cubs jersey.

Not that it means much, but Gord Ash said Escobar was chosen over Dillon to replace Weeks on the roster because he is "versatile" and "can play all of the infield positions". It was in the JS this morning....so it's probably not ENTIRELY impossible for Escobar to be moved to another position.

Usually the NFL and MLB cooperate with some of that stuff. I'm surprised it wasn't a 3:00 start too, as they easily could have put the Rays/Sox on at noon. It's especially odd in that we have a night game on Saturday. You'd think they'd do as much as they could to give the players some sort of rest period during the playoffs. It's not that bad as the game starts Saturday at 5:30, but still, they control the schedules completely and it seems like they dropped the ball on this one.

Is anyone an Insider that can paraphrase this? I'd be extremely interested in what it says. Buster Olney is one of the few guys I actually feel respects the Brewers, and he was all over the CC to Milwaukee information back in July. Anyone?

For all the talk, this really is a MUST game....win or go home...

I don't want to jump the gun on this but it's getting a bit annoying. Does anyone know or have any idea what time Game 4 would be on Sunday (assuming it's necessary)? I'm trying to arrange some things so I could go and I can't find a start time. I thought I recalled seeing it potentially might be a 4:00 start...anyone?

This is a must win game for us. I'm worried because our offense is in the toilet right now and CC can't possibly continue to throw 1 run complete games forever. It would be extremely nice to actually get him a few runs early. Myers last good start was against the Brewers, so hopefully he can stay in his form for the last 2 starts since then.

I didn't expect to win the game, but it's really frustrating the way they're beating us. We've pitched great, yet because our defense can't catch 2 balls that hit them in the glove (I'm sorry but Cameron has to catch that ball), they have 3 runs. And our hitters make 4 1 pitch outs, when just some 4-5 pitch AB's might knock Hamels out of the game. We've given them the game, literally.

I'm really not all that nervous (as I have been for the last 3 weeks). I'm just really, really excited and anxious! It's been so cool to go to ESPN.com and actually see a little Brewers logo in their post season section.

Me and a few friends all made a pact during the Pirates series to not shave again until the Brewers are eliminated. I don't think my work is too happy about it but they'll have to deal with it for hopefully another month!!

I can't possibly bring myself to cheer for the Cubs against anyone in the playoffs. One, I don't really want to play them because as you've stated, they probably are the best NL team and have the best chance of knocking us out. Two, because I hate them. So for me: 1. Brewers 2. Dodgers 3-4. Cubs/Phillies - and the Phillies if they play the Cubs In the AL, I don't really care all that much. I'm cheering against the Red Sox because I'm sick of them and because they're really no better than the Yankees in regards to power and payroll. I'd like to see Griffey get a ring, but I hate the White Sox too...so I guess: 1. Angels 2. Rays 3. White Sox 4. Red Sox For the WS, assuming it's not the Brewers, I'll take anyone but the Cubs. I can't even fathom going to Brewer/Cubs games next year if they either knock us out of the playoffs or win the WS.

I'm a bit concerned with only 4 OF's. It's the end of the world, but it's a real possibilty that we could need another one. Extra inning game....Gwynn already used, Hart/Braun/Cameron gets injured or something, then what? Stick Hall or Nelson out there (assuming they're available) and hope for the best? Or what if one of them gets injured, would we want Gwynn starting against Hamels? Sticky and ugly situations. Hall played last year but hasn't taken 1 fly ball this year in a game. Nelson played RF in the minors (I think), but he just looks like he would have a rough time in the OF. And this is a reach, but did Durham have some games in the OF at some point? Other than that, I like the roster a lot. And I do think Nelson was the right choice. It's really too bad Kapler is hurt.

The MLB store at Brookfield Square had the grey shirts this morning. They told me they'll be getting shipments of the shirts in all week (though they're selling like hot cakes) and he claimed hats tomorrow around 4 or 4:30. I don't know what hat though. I wasn't too big on the grey wild card shirt, I mainly just went to see what they had...but I bought it anyway. I figured it's been my entire life, I need to get at least SOMETHING (even if it's kind of celebrating second place). The only other one I want is the World Series championship one.

The MLB store at Brookfield Square had the grey shirts this morning. They told me they'll be getting shipments of the shirts in all week (though they're selling like hot cakes) and he claimed hats tomorrow around 4 or 4:30. I don't know what hat though. I wasn't too big on the grey wild card shirt, I mainly just went to see what they had...but I bought it anyway. I figured it's been my entire life, I need to get at least SOMETHING (even if it's kind of celebrating second place). The only other one I want is the World Series championship one.

The MLB store at Brookfield Square had the grey shirts this morning. They told me they'll be getting shipments of the shirts in all week (though they're selling like hot cakes) and he claimed hats tomorrow around 4 or 4:30. I don't know what hat though. I wasn't too big on the grey wild card shirt, I mainly just went to see what they had...but I bought it anyway. I figured it's been my entire life, I need to get at least SOMETHING (even if it's kind of celebrating second place). The only other one I want is the World Series championship one.