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Arson clearly happening. Looters following. Agreed. It's repulsive beyond measure and just a sad state of affairs.
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I'm not going to lie...I was near certain you were going to say 18-year-old German Paul Hoff who really brings the kraut every trip to the bump! Alas, perhaps that is my own mind playing tricks on me. -
Awesome. This is the way. I have two go bags and a fire proof Gun Safe. It is essential where I live. Then I spend like 50% of my time on my lands doing fire mitigation work. AND, it never feels like enough regardless and I can't control the weather and I can't control how land is managed surrounding my 65-70 acres. Hence, two go bags. Survival in the 'wild' modern West comes with risk. It just is what it is. And we must reckon with the ramifications of inhabiting historical fire ecologies. These lands are fire lands.
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It's apocalyptic. The Palisades is essentially completely wiped out. With other fires starting in the hills (likely from ember carry and wind driven downed lines before they turned off blocks of power) and zero containment West LA is very very much not in the clear whatsoever. It is devastating for that larger community. I've been in wildfire mindset since 2020 so I know these scenes entirely too well and, yet, it never ceases to amaze what the perfect conditions seem to do annually.
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Politicizing Fires. It bothers me. We don't know how these start. Culturally, it seems, every wildfire in a fire alley is pawned off on a political failure. I get it: LA and much of Southern California has a massive homelessness context and this is oft-rife with mental illness. Many a wildfire are started in a sketchy manner by a person living in a camp or on the streets. There may be poor leadership at the governmental level (shocker) and a greater context of unease or problems. BUT, in the time of need and the time of trauma we need to band together and help each other. We don't need to play a blame game. People need compassion and sympathy and HELP. I have friends I in Santa Monica. I spent almost the entire evening helping craft their evacuation route and teaching them what a 'Go Bag' is. It was an apocalyptic hellscape in the Palisades and West Los Angeles. This is going to be, potentially, the most economically devastating wildfire in United States history and it is bringing up a lot of festering wounds within our greater culture about failed management and leadership. Now is the time to help people find safety. Help animals find paths out of the blazes. It is a time to rally and support each other. We can pick up the pieces and get to all the finger pointing etc. after the fires are put out. My prayers go out to each and every one impacted. I pray the communities find the means to come together for a rebuild with a fire plan.
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Misc. Minor League Alumni News & Notes - 2025 Version
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
INF Eddy Alvarez has apparently signed a Minor League pact with the Atlanta Braves as covered in the MLB Trade Rumors article HERE. I always thoroughly enjoyed Alvarez's dependability and underrated production in his short stint with the Brewers and Sounds two seasons ago. Good luck, Eddy! -
2025 Minor League Transaction Thread
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
Hey, having a 1B/DH Nashville platoon of Ernesto Martinez; Wes Clarke; and Jake Bauers is pretty dang awesome. I am one happy camper! -
Misc. Minor League Alumni News & Notes - 2025 Version
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
I'm fairly certain velo wasn't the concern for RHP Isaiah Jackson's stint with the Brewers in the ACL (UDFA summer of 2023 - released late August 2024), but, none the less, it's nice to see him continue to put the work in: -
Hey now! Welcome to the Wild fan club, my friend. I've been a peripheral fan of the Wild since their debut season. I lived in the Twin Cities for twelve years and owned a house across the bluff from the Xcel Energy Center. Went to many a game back in the day. I'm grateful for their current season - I think it's fair to say not many expected this! They're dealing with some nagging but significant injuries right now. The emergence of Rossi this season as a legitimate threat is a huge deal. Having Ek back is a major boost. Middleton's return right around the corner. The one tragic thing of being a Wild fan is they essentially always come up short. I have learned to never get my hopes up. I treat each season accordingly - yes, even in 2025. Despite their fantastic record they aren't dominant and they have one of lower goal differentials of the top teams.
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My hope in this trade is the Crew go back to some of his funkier delivery sets in 2023. He kind of 'dumbed' it down last year and the results didn't really follow. I also hope he marries back to his tighter higher velo slider rather than his slower horizontally dominant sweeper of 2024. I became a pretty big Anderson fan when I stumbled upon him when tuning in to watch LHP Antoine Kelly pitch within the Rangers org back in 2023. Who could forget that historic 7 K (of 9 batters faced) in his debut vs the Tigers. That was an awesome moment. Anywho, Anderson has some really fun tools and I'm quite excited he gets a chance to work in the vaunted Lab. I see this as a pseudo right-handed Hoby role but I also see this as insurance for the loss of Bukowski in 2024 and his unknown return to form.
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What a fun early January side road of Brewer fandom! Thanks for putting in the work in to do this, Jim.
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LOL. No problem, I'll answer them here. I have typically finished hours of farm animal chores and chainsaw and mulching work by the time I come back into do the podcast. I am both exhausted but refreshed from a shower. As to the libations: Sometimes it is just my electrolyte lemon water with a side of an adult beverage (I have a kegerator on farm with local hard cider). This past podcast, I had my remaining coffee from the day, my electrolyte water, and a hard cider. LOL. It's funny you bring it up. Early in the pod I realized I had three different vassals going. I laughed to myself internally. It doesn't surprise me in the least you noticed!😅 And, no, I don't day drink so this is the first 'rewards' off of a day of burly farm work. 😆
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Misc. Minor League Alumni News & Notes
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
I shore do wish RHP Robert Stock's arsenal moved like this when with 2023 Nashville (Hint: it emphatically did not). He's been working and tweaking! -
We'll have to tack this on at the beginning of the Nashville episode - we recorded earlier this evening. We do address this vicariously, however, throughout the episode. Just missed today's cut🥲
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Never too many questions. Love it. We will look through and answer accordingly. Let's be honest: any and all help is appreciated for a Shuckers deep dive😂. We were joking 'behind the scenes' we could discover a late technical issue and record the first half of the pod (video) from well behind and above us. Anyone who endured the Shuckers season alongside me knows what I'm referring to here.
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Ask away nag dabbit! Freely and with moxy. Your questions are very welcome, doctor.
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Black's best defensive performances in the Minor Leagues have come on the OF grass where his innate athletic gifts really take over. He's made some realllly nice ranging catches out in CF and LF. I personally don't trust a single bit of his infield defensive output - it just rarely ever looks or feels clean. This isn't to say he can't make plays on the infield. He can and he has. But, it just isn't consistently reliable in any fashion. At 1B, in particular, his scoops and stabs on liners or throws to 1B across the infield were very suspect in addition to not understanding positional responsibilities on grounders to the 2B side. How the Brewers end up using him is a hard nut to crack.
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Misc. Minor League Alumni News & Notes
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
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There are absolutely undeniably few better things in NFL football than beating the Queens in Minnesota on their turf. Hands down. Shutting down the 'Skol' chants is a bucket list feat for any Green Bay Packer. Man, when I lived in the Twin Cities I went to a significant amount of Packer vs Queens tilts at the then Metrodome. It was a grueling experience every single time. I may have added several a gray hair to muh beard in those experiences alone.
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Your memory is speculatively accurate in that he was 'promoted' ahead of Barrios and Guilarte. He was 2-for-23 with 1 2B. It was a super small teaser sample size. At the time, if you recall, they were working with a suddenly small rotation of Murray, Black, and Warren as really the only everyday guys in the left side of the infield after Antonio Pinero got injured. They needed an adequate 'stop gap' before they traded with the Rangers for INF Jose Acosta (who has moved on this off-season as a FA). Acosta was acquired to essentially take Pinero's spot after they placed him on the 7-Day in early June. The ACL season began. Jadher spent the entire season there and then finished in Low-A Carolina through August and September.
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I just found out today when my Sis called with the 'news'.😅
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I'm certainly not going to start a WNBA thread (no offense to any WNBA fans) and I don't see a miscellaneous NBA/WNBA thread. I personally am not a watcher of WNBA games but today my brother-in-law, Sydney Johnson, took the Head Coaching position for the Washington Mystics. He has worked incredibly hard for this opportunity - he's been coaching the FIBA USA Women's 3 v 3 for quite awhile and assisted (led the defense) the disaster that was Theresa Witherspoon in Chicago last season. I wanted to share we are all, by proxy, now Mystics 'fans'. Go ladies! Best of luck, Syd! He is most likely going to need it!😅
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2024 Minor League Transaction Thread
Joseph Zarr replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
- LHP Bruce Zimmerman has been signed to a Minor League contract with an invite to Spring Training. He has been assigned to the Nashville Sounds. Zimmerman went 3-4 in 15 Games Started pitching for the Norfolk Tides (Orioles) last season. He did not appear at the MLB level. -
I was pretty much referring to the whole game. But, yes. IMHO, the defensive growth is the most impressive. He has cut back on the ticky tack reach fouls and has become a legit shutdown menace. Glorious.
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The development of A-Jax this season has been nothing short of phenomenal. The Bucks desperately needed him to take a step and, man, he has taken several. He is playing controlled - he is maximizing that absurd athleticism and he isn't losing control in doing so. If he can continue developing something off the dribble and to the hoop in addition to fine tuning that set shot 3, he becomes a true weapon. I think, for me personally (beyond Giannis just reaching newer other-worldly heights), it's the highlight of this early Bucks season. Credit to Doc for sticking with the young guns even with Midds returning. It had to happen but that certainly doesn't always mean it will happen in a professional sports League.
