Brock Beauchamp

Why the sarcasm, though? Honest question. This is such a small change that it's basically invisible to fans but encourages teams to pursue a more dynamic version of baseball that we generally believe was more fun to watch. I believe changes like this should be commonplace in MLB, a game that is far too stagnant and mired in tradition, often to the detriment of the modern game being played. With that said, the change I really care about is the pitch clock and I'm gonna be pissed if it's not here in 2023.

Is there a better way to do it? I know the service time pension system is heavily tiered so it's not as if Cain would have gone from zero to full benefits in a day. The healthcare benefits kick in quickly, IIRC. Anyway, I'm not saying the current system is good, I simply haven't put thought into where it's deficient and how it should be improved.

I was really skeptical larger bases would make a difference but after most of a season in A through AAA ball (smaller bases still used in rookie ball), the numbers are proving me wrong. Stolen base attempts are up, as are successful steals. While I won't post the entire piece from The Athletic, here is a snippet of the numbers (have to scroll way down to find the text in the article itself): Stolen base attempts per game 2021 2022 AAA 1.89 2.37 AA 2.23 2.69 A 3.01 3.15 Rookie 3.39 3.35 Stolen-base percentage 2021 2022 AAA 75.5 78.0 AA 70.7 77.3 A 76.4 77.3 Rookie 73.7 72.5 https://theathletic.com/3575558/2022/09/08/orioles-rutschman-twins-correa-free-agency/?redirected=1

I'm moving this to the site forum, as I see CheezWiz split the new comment out of the Covid bits.

Didn't the team wait until he passed his ten year service time threshold to receive a full pension? I thought that was a thing they did and it seemed pretty damned nice of them to be considerate enough to think of that before releasing him. But maybe there were grievances behind the scenes before this public statement. Either way, it all seems rather petty of Cain to do this.

For the record, I just read through the thread and wholly endorse the closing of it for all the reasons listed here. We don't need to re-litigate Cain's 2020 Covid decision in 2022 after he's off the roster and no longer even a part of the team. Again, this is why mile-long threads are awful. Cain's recent comments absolutely warrant a discussion and I'd be interested in reading that discussion. But that conversation thread was lost almost instantly in the sea of Covid-related posts. But what I'm not interested in reading - nor are the moderators, I suspect - is yet another rehashing of old conversations that are wildly out of date about an event that, at its best times, is borderline against site policy. Please, start a new thread. Talk about Cain's comments about his release and 2022 experience all you want... but for the love of god, let's keep 2020 in the rearview mirror. I'm certainly not the only person who is perfectly content to forget that entire year even existed.

I went to bed with the Brewers up… 4? 5? runs. The look on my face at this morning’s box score. Yikes. This team.

Now it's on to MLB and the real fireworks begin. https://theathletic.com/3568822/2022/09/06/minor-league-union-mlb-mlbpa/

This team is absolutely agonizing to watch right now.

BeST FanS iN BaSEbaLL. No. I am not cheering for anything in a Cardinals uniform, though as a person, Pujols seems like a perfectly reasonable human being.

Welcome to the site!

This is what a Brewers/Pirates game is *supposed* to look like. Not nearly enough of these games this season.

What a great story, thank you for sharing!

One thing EVERY fanbase needs to keep in mind over 162 games: you're going to disagree with literally every manager ever on a pretty regular basis. That's the nature of a game that involves a bunch of 55/45 decisions, sometimes all the way down to a 51/49 decision. Too much fan focus looks at on-field action, probably because it's the only thing we can even begin to evaluate when it comes to a manager. In the case of baseball, more than any other sport, so much work is done behind closed doors or in places we simply can't see as fans. Which is why I tend to give managers quite a bit of slack unless their behavior and decisions are particularly egregious (eg. Tony LaRussa this season).

One thing EVERY fanbase needs to keep in mind over 162 games: you're going to disagree with literally every manager ever on a pretty regular basis. That's the nature of a game that involves a bunch of 55/45 decisions, sometimes all the way down to a 51/49 decision. Too much fan focus looks at on-field action, probably because it's the only thing we can even begin to evaluate when it comes to a manager. In the case of baseball, more than any other sport, so much work is done behind closed doors or in places we simply can't see as fans. Which is why I tend to give managers quite a bit of slack unless their behavior and decisions are particularly egregious (eg. Tony LaRussa this season).

Does WTMJ send anyone to Arizona? Do they have on-site coverage outside of broadcasts?

I'm debating how to handle the transaction articles, expect some sort of change there in the next couple of weeks (I'm punting on most work until my kids go back to school in six days).

Okay thanks everyone, I'll try to troubleshoot this and find out what is going on.

Well that was fun!

I’ve seen it a few times but not frequently. What are others experiencing?

I suspect GT participation is down but chalk that up to a couple of things: 1. Game threads tend to be dominated by a handful of users. Remove a couple of those users and participation changes A LOT. 2. The game threads have often been… less than optimal… this season. I find myself checking out of them regularly because the tone just makes my mood worse and I find myself just closing my laptop. The biggest long term indicators we have right now are users and registrations. Over the life of Brewer Fanatic, we’re averaging about one registration a day. In 2021, it was less than one registration a week. And overall users are up 50-75%.

Hi everybody, we wanted to bring more awareness to the writers' efforts and this is the solution we worked out together. If you're not interested in the article content, please feel free to browse on past these threads as you would any other thread that doesn't interest you. As for older threads dropping off the front page, I've been watching this for awhile now and it takes a thread 5-7 days with no replies before it drops to the second page. Frankly, a constantly-refreshing first forum page is good for the community. It increases user interest and makes participation - especially from new users - more likely. And the changes are bearing fruit. Overall, engagement in the forums and overall posts have been increasing, as have new user registrations and participation. While the forum is greatly outperforming 2021, it's still lagging well behind 2016-2017 and little steps like this go a long way toward bridging that gap and bringing this community back to where it was a decade ago (and hopefully even beyond that point in years to come).

Excellent. Thanks, Jim!

With the wonkiness of the past 2+ years, hard to say for certain. It appears they didn’t send anyone in 2022 but that’s hardly a surprise. ST was very lightly trafficked this year due to the lockout.

More direct question, does Brew Crew Ball actually send anyone to Arizona?