RyDogg66

Yeah I never know which one to post in.

Where is the best website to use for updated depth charts as they relate to various lines. (i.e. 1st line, 2nd line, PP line, etc etc.)

The only question now is, will Milwaukee weather men/women burn 1 or 2 "storm names" on the impending blizzard. I am sure they are huddled in a room at this very moment deciding such a crucial dilemma.

I want to take my kids to an Admirals game on 2/20. What is the best section to sit in?

So does this mean Oshkosh to Green Bay wont be getting any snow in this storm? Man, I hope so.

Carlos Gonzalez if he could play a decent CF, young, LH stick Joe Thomas because he is the best LT in the game Blake Griffin

In this scenario they would play about 20 9:00 pm starts, if every game were a night game, which they wouldnt be because almost all games on Sundays are day games. Hardly a reason for concern. The current set up works ok, but lets be honest, we need to add the DH to the NL to balance the leagues and adding two playoff teams would benefit everyone. I would guess that just about every fan would be ok with having a few more 9pm starts in exchange for yearly 15 game series with the White Sox and Twins.

That kabob sounds delicious. I would worry about the sharp skewers in the hands of the typical Miller Park Drunk or worse yet, a Cubs Fan.

I would be fine with adding the DH to the National League, or MLB West as a compromise to switching teams from NL to AL. Heck, if we changed the names from AL and NL to something else (Not Legends and Leaders) then there would be no complaining because nobody would know if they were being switched or if other teams were being added to their existing league. As for playoffs. Having 6 teams make the playoffs would obviously INCREASE interest for all teams. As far as I can tell, no real rivalries are broken up and if anything, new ones are created (Cleveland/Pittsburgh, SD/LAA, etc) and existing ones are enhanced (KC/STL, MIL/MINN NY/NY, CHI/CHI). The regular season ends on a Wednesday. The first round of the playoffs would take place on a Friday afternoon, Saturday night, Sunday night. The first game would be at the 3rd place team's stadium. After the game you get on a place and fly to the 2nd place stadium for games 2 and 3(if necessary). Monday is an off day and then a best of 5 between Division champ1 vs. WC champ2 and Div.CHamp2 vs. WC champ 1. Now the division champ has an advantage because their pitchers are rested and ready and presumably the WC champ tossed their best two pitchers in the WC round, thereby giving meaning to winning the division. ELCS, WLCS and WS are traditional best of 7 matchups. Im not worried about the West teams having to fight past one extra team because each division is the same and there is no interleague so all 16 teams are facing the same dilemma, making it fair. Unbalanced schedules in my original plan would be that you would play each team in your division 15 times divided by 5 3-game series, 3 home, 2 away, alternating each year. You would then play each team in the other league in a home and home series. One series would be 4 games, one would be 3 games. That is only 161 games, so in a rotation you would play one team in the other division 8 times. Travel. I would hope this would save travel times for teams, but it is most likely a wash. With 8 teams in the Far Western division of the West the Brewers could knock that out in three West coast road trips spread out throughout the season. Then they are traveling to places like Chicago, Minnesota, STL more often which is obviously much closer. Outside of being radical, I think it is very reasonable and I cant imagine any team would really cry about losing out on something. I think everyone gains here. The players gain the DH in the other league and perhaps less travel time, especially the East Coast teams. The owners gain extra playoff series making their late season games more meaningful and chances at a title more likely. The fans gain more geographic rivalries and more interest with added playoff teams. It probably should be considered.

Fangraphs is currently doing a spot on MLB reallignment, most notably going back to 4 divisions. Just for fun and to kill time before spring training, I tried my own reallignment and this is what I came up with. American League is still the American League w/ DH, but it is now all Eastern Teams National League is still National League, w/o DH but is now western teams top 3 teams in each division advance to playoffs. Round 1 is between the W/C teams in each division, best of 3 games. Winner plays Division Champ from Other division in best of 7. Unbalanced schedules. No interleague Division 1 Yankees Mets Red Sox Phillies Blue Jays Nationals Orioles Division 2 Rays Marlins Braves Reds Indians Tigers Pirates National League Division 1 Cubs White Sox Cards Brewers Twins Royals Rangers Astros Division 2 DBacks Rox Dodgers Angels Padres Giants Mariners A's Plausible? Too Radical? Ready for Spring Training?

I found the words Pearl Harbor in the Angels cloud. That is hilarious.

Great, Seattle's version of David Krynzel. I can't wait to watch him stink it up in Spring Training.

Ive got to applaud Tampa here. While they wont replace Crawford offensively or defensively, they should make up a lot of the value of Crawford and Pena and for less than Pena signed for combined.

The report I read this morning has Wells going to the Angels and the Angels paying his entire salary. An incredible deal for the Blue Jays, who must feel they can finally breathe after being relieved of every dollar of Wells and Rios's contracts.

Here is the deal with Suppan. He was a complete victim of his own contract - and therefore his own doing. But without the contract, on an NRI, with no pressure and zero expectations, if he comes in, is the long man out of the bullpen and starts a few games in a pinch and goes 5 innings with 3-4 runs and keeps his team in it....given his great personality, he could be loved. He was set up for disaster here from the get go. He was bad, very bad, but without the contract he would not have been given the opportunities to be so bad and therefore would not be as disliked here as he is. He is a great guy and I wish him lots of luck.

What bothers me a little bit is the time and loyalty the Brewers showed to Weeks while he was either awful, a defensive liability, or habitually injured. They kept him at second base, were patient. A lot of teams would have jerked him back and forth from AAA to the majors, most would have shipped him the a corner OF spot. All of which would have left him less valuable and further from free agency, potentially. Then he puts it together and basically says "see ya"

Also of the Witrado rumor is true and he has left, then the thread title needs to be changed to "JS Sports Staff finally gets better"

We need to find a Jason Wilde-type to cover the Brewers. I really think Jason does a great job with the Packers.

They should just make a rule that nobody over the age of 15 can get an autograph. That would solve a lot of problems. I just made plans to go, drive down from Oshkosh, but now I am wondering if that was a bad idea...I just want my kids to have a good time and see some players.

I was wondering if anyone has an idea what time it starts and if it is a good idea to go. I was thinking about taking my kids (4 and 6) and my Dad with me.

So the Mets might have 40% of our awful 2010 rotation on the mound for the next year? Gotta be excited if you are a Mets fan.

Our minor league system is bad right now. But not because of poor baseball decisions as in the 90s and early 2000s, it is bad because we gutted to get much, much better in the majors. Therefore, rather than lamenting the fact that the cupboards are bare, shouldnt we be imagining a scenario where we are very competative in 2011 and 2012 while also replenishing the system with two top 15 picks in 2011 draft and presumably 3 top picks next year if Fielder leaves and potentially if Weeks leaves?

I cant believe how much I have become obsessed with hockey over the past 6 months. It is really a great sport. Having the Wild on FSN Wisconsin is nice as I am starting to get to know some of their players. Also Vs. does a nice job. I dont have a whole lot else to add, just wanted to comment about hockey. One thing I have been thinking about, how great it would be if Milwaukee had an NHL team. I do realize though that it is highly, highly unlikely to ever happen. Still, it would be awesome if it did. Another question - Are there assigned numbers to certain positions sort of like Football? For example, I see a lot of goalies wearing similar numbers, mostly #1 and #30, although I have seen other goalies were #29 and #31. Do forward or defenseman have common numbers as well?

My bad, I thought the injuries were related (shoulder?) and that because he didnt adequately address it in the offseason between 2009-10 that he reaggravated it in the spring of 2010. Gamel could probably help more as the regular 1b in 2012 (and therefore in AAA) than he could as a bench player in 2011. That being said, I think it is time for him to have a regular spot on the big club.

I dont know, I think the 21st century sports fan is more vocal about complaining; and even prefers to complain rather than enjoy any sort of success. Look at Packer fans right now. The Packers have won 3 games in a row, are in the playoffs and when I listen to the radio or review twitter all I see are people complaining about play calling, certain players, they just all seem so miserable. Now the same thing is happening with the BRewers. We stink in the 90s and early 2000s, we develop a boatload of homegrown position players, and trade a bunch of other prospects for two other opening day starters, and more impressively the 2009 Cy Young Award winner and we have a host of people complaining about it. I just dont get it. I am fired up. We have a good offense and good starting pitching for 2011. I believe our offense in 2012 will be good as well. I will worry about 2013 when we get there 2 years from now, when, who knows, maybe we will have new prospects ready to step in and help (Kentrail Davis, Mark Rogers, etc). I think we need to realize that is actually OKAY to just be content with what our team is and just focus on enjoying sports for a change rather than being miserable over them. Cant wait for Opening DAy!