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  1. Dunn does just that ripping a hard hit liner for a single into RF. 1-0 Sounds. Nobody out. Dunn at 1B.
  2. Seigler lead off triple high off the deep right CF wall. Missed a HR by what seemed 3 feet. Dunn will try to knock him home.
  3. We have devolved. I could say quite a bit here - but, glad you feel comfortable playing the part of armchair financial strategist. Incredible. If you only knew (which you don't). I'm going to simply take the high road and declare confidently: we disagree entirely on how we view this entire conversation. I'm fine with it. The Brewers winning with poor strategy and rationale doesn't mean they didn't win via poor strategy and rationale. The two are not mutually exclusive. You feel they are. That's fine. Enjoy that POV. I don't begrudge it.
  4. Hernandez just gave up a 119 mph single past the diving Made. Don't know how he didn't catch that warm-burner.
  5. Anderson grounds into an inning ending 6-4-3 DP. 0-0 and we head to the 5th in a 7-inning game one of two.
  6. Peña just missed an oppo taco inside the RF foul pole by about 6'. Dang. That was close. 0-0 game here in the bottom of the fourth. Instead, he flies out high up the LF wall. MAN, he was all over that AB. Sheesh.
  7. <cue Lebowski Nihlists gif> Is this some sage wisdom? It's the players who win games? Sure. The manager also puts the players in positions to succeed. Clearly you have never watched Glenn 'Doc' Rivers 'manage' an NBA basketball game. I traded crypto and Forex for years (I still do, casually, but with a much smaller play purse). It would be just an asinine approach for any trader to say: "Meh, let me just enter the game. I don't win these trades the Buy and Sell Order do." No. You play probabilities and percentages. You know certain patterns, especially when combined, give a probability of outcomes. None of this is rocket science. I promise you. You play the odds. Because, that is what history tells us has the best chance for success. Anywho, I'm not trying to get into fights over Murf's management style (if we can call it that). It's very fair to say I don't appreciate his approach. 😂
  8. Well, I think it's going to come down to many man factors beyond our comprehension. The most important thing, via my unimportant perspective, is he hasn't had any real physical setbacks. Velo down? Yeah, that's not ideal BUT we don't really know why it's down. Like I said above: his off-speed was fantastic today. Maybe they were working more on that? We aren't privy to the conversations and the plans of attack. Do we want to see him sitting 94-95 mph? Ab-so-lutely. He also pitched 7 innings of 0 ER ball. Was it the Chiefs? Shoot. Yes. Can we pretend it was Quad Cities? Would that even matter?😂 We'll just use Mears, regardless. There I go again! Double darn!
  9. I hear Murphy pitched a rule revision to Manfred over the last month. It's called 'Manfred's Man 2.0'. In this scenario, manager Pat Murphy has received carte blanche to use RHP Nick Mears in any scenario at any time in any game in any season. This mean if he pitched two innings in regulation? He can come back out for two more innings in extras. Actually, he can also fill the role of 'Manfred's Man' by pinch running for the opposing team (?!?!) while he is pitching for the Brewers. He truly is trying to reshape baseball before our eyes. I'm all for it.
  10. It's painful, my friend. Murphy is the cause of the rising ulcer epidemic in Wisconsin I hear.
  11. I sadly agree with you. It truly pains me. I'm mostly neutral when it comes to Brewers stuff. Truly. My bread and butter is obviously the Minor Leagues. It is where I spend the vast majority of my time. But, I watch the Brewers games as well. Watching Murphy repeatedly fumble over the most basic of errors in innings and situation management with his bullpen arms is maddening. It's difficult to stomach as a baseball purist. Maybe his decisions and usages would be defensible in a Minor League arena. At the MLB level? Nope. I mean he literally just said yesterday they were going to lay off the multiple inning scenarios with Mears. He literally said it on camera yesterday. It just makes zero sense. It just isn't defensible logic. Ugh. Hard to rationalize any of it.
  12. You are a MAD MAN. Nobody should get in the way of our great MOTY award winner. He is in a League of his own. Man, I really want to like Murphy. I sincerely do. He's a likable human. BUT, I'm sorry. He is not a good MLB manager. A significant part of helping your MLB team win ball games is reading the tea leaves and orchestrating the pitching staff. To this end, he is a drunken blind man. It's maddening. Truly maddening. These are not hard decisions. They are stubborn and truly poor 'feel' decisions demonstrating he doesn't actually understand what the numbers are telling all of us. OR, he flat doesn't care and thinks he is smarter than the game. You can't 'hope' for outcomes. You play probabilities and percentages. These types of probability and statistically backed decisions are truly the only bullpen logic we have in baseball. Man. It's just painful.
  13. Please tell me managerial savant Pat Murphy did not send Mears out for two relief innings. Did this really happen? Please. Please say it isn't so. I was feeling so neutral this week. Gull dern it!
  14. Very much agreed on the throws to second. He needs reps, reps, reps. His throws have had a propensity to sail on him arm side. And, he then has overcompensated and completely over-corrected as well. BUT, that was in Carolina. Everything continues to trend up and, even moreso, defensively in Wisconsin. I highly recommend watching today's work with Woodruff. Granted, Woody wasn't pulling back and unleashing (or, at least, I certainly hope he wasn't - touched 92 mph. Sat 90 mph). BUT, the framing work from early Carolina and the cleaner glove is night and day improved from early April. It bodes absurdly well for his continued growth. He's really come a long way in a very short period of time in terms of pulling balls quickly into the zone low or on the edges. His high grabs have become smoother as well with an increased ability to both catch and frame. We both lauded him last year for the immense upside in his bat. That has simply continued to trend and validate those sentiments. The defensive work is showing serious growth and staying power. It's hard to be more excited about a single player in the system.
  15. We do see a 92 mph K here. Seems he was sitting 90 mph. Touching 92ish? I think it's also important to remind ourselves: Ashby, who was also rehabbing recently, showed a very similar drop in velo. AND, then in his first outing with the MLB Brewers he was sitting 97-97.5 mph on his sinker. I think it is very 'possible' Woody isn't fully reaching back at present? I'm hoping that's the case. His off-speed was very effective as the game wore on. He was dropping in perfectly timed and perfectly located pitches. I would also add: today's game gives us a glimpse at the Dinges potential behind the dish. Really clean everything. His framing work has already progressed immensely in a month an a half in 2025. Hard not to continue being super jazzed up about his prospects given what we've seen in the first two months.
  16. And, that is the Final. Called after 6 1/2 innings due to rain. T-Rats win 5-1. They improve to three games under 0.500 at 22-25 overall.
  17. We'll likely get the official report in the post-game pod. But, yeah, this is the fear given what we've seen of late.
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