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  1. brewers4eric
    "So run you cur..." Kurt Russell, portraying Wyatt Earp, in "Tombstone". Here's one from a spaghetti Western: "More Feeling"
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    Theoretically, if I was manager, I might have gone to one of the closers for the 8th inning. The toughest outs in the Cardinal lineup are Duncan, Pujols, and Rolen. If you sit those three guys down in the eighth, you could bring Dessens in for the ninth without any worries (sarcasm alert). It seems like something Felipe Alou might have done when he was managing the Expos and he had Mel Rojas and John Wetteland in his bullpen.
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    April 2, 2007. Wake up and smell the tailgate. Go Brewers.
  4. brewers4eric
    The 2002 Brewers managed to scrape together 56 wins. Put me down for 63 wins for the Nationals.
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    The World's Fastest Indian A motorcycle enthusiast at work loaned me his copy of this dvd. Although I haven't seen a movie in a theatre since my daughter was born, I would recommend this movie to anyone. Anthony Hopkins stars as Burt Munroe, who treks from New Zealand to the Utah salt flats to run a time trial on his 1924 Indian. Think of it as an upgrade over the typical road picture. The usual cast of quirky characters is present (although I kept looking for Steve Buscemi to appear and he doesn't), but Hopkins takes the picture to another level with his portrayal. The dvd also contains a fine documentary short on the real life Munroe, and footage of his motorcycle in action on the salt flats.
  6. brewers4eric
    The Office might occasionally miss on a few cylinders, but it is the only show I can look forward to seeing right now. Creed's fake ID bit was my favorite part of this episode.
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    I let myself get optimistic about Ben Diggins after the Tyler Houston trade. After his major league pitching debut and subsequent injuries, I checked the link reports regularly to see how he was doing as a first baseman/designated hitter. I lost track of him after he left the system in the minor league portion of the rule 5 draft. Some of the Denver Zephyrs put up huge stats when they were our AAA affiliate. One of the names that I always looked for was Jim Olander.
  8. brewers4eric
    Thanks for your efforts. You have made me a better educated fan of the Brewers.
  9. brewers4eric
    Thanks for your efforts, MH. I've found myself paying more and more attention to the Brewers minor league affiliates, especially when the progress of the minor league system is compared to the struggles of the parent club. Thanks for helping me to become a better Brewers fan. EP
  10. brewers4eric
    Sarcasm alert. Trading Nelson Cruz might just screw up Nashville's playoff chances.
  11. brewers4eric
    Cub radio announcers just recanted a story about Uecker shagging batting practice fly balls with a tuba.
  12. brewers4eric
    Not necessarily the excitement generated by the Steve Woodard versus Roger Clemens debut, but an impressive start so far for CV.
  13. brewers4eric
    I was hoping the Pirates would bring Rick White into the game (must have been a flashback to the 2005 season opener).
  14. brewers4eric
    Lot's of interesting names scheduled to pitch for the Brewers today. The days when Ben Ford and Adrian Hernandez broke camp with the club seem like a distant and sad memory....
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    The decision on whether or not to include a left hander in the bullpen should make this an interesting camp. Compare it to last year, when Tommy Phelps made the roster.
  16. brewers4eric
    I had the same nightmare as sweepscc, but I was sitting in the Dodgers dugout between Tim Leary and Tyler Houston. We had traded Wise to the Dodgers for Darren Dreifort and Milton Bradley. I remember the comments that Yost made about his changeup coming out of spring training in 2004. I'm still amazed by the number of batters that swung right through it in 2005. Eventually the scouting reports will catch up with him, but until then, we've got a nice bridge to Derrick Turnbow.
  17. brewers4eric
    "That's why it's hogwash when an announcer says, "team A is 56-21 when scoring 4 or more runs." Well no duh! If an average team scores 2 or less runs 30% of the time, and they have an aweful record doing it, of COURSE they have a good record when they score 4 or more." I was thinking this discussion would come up when I made my earlier post. I remember a similar thread from earlier in the year. When I wrote, "it's disturbing that we were shut out 12 times..." I should have just said, we had a team that could really mash back in 1982 that almost always put runs on the board. The 2005 version of the team doesn't yet have the depth and consistency of the most successful team assembled in the history of the franchise. I checked the splits at baseball reference.com and learned that we were only shut out once in 1982. That seems pretty remarkable.
  18. brewers4eric
    It's disturbing that we were shutout 12 times. Also, we scored 2 runs or less during more than 1/4 of our schedule. Without checking historical stats, and avoiding the AL versus NL comparison, it seems like some of our better teams (circa 1978 - 1982) wouldn't get shutout more than a handful of times each year.
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    Excellent post, RL. Turn a few of the TLosses into wins and we're in contention. I groaned a bit when I read the comparison of Ohka and Cappy to Wayne Franklin. I understand the statement, it just made me flashback to the days when Matt Kinney and Wayne Franklin were getting 30 plus starts and we had worse options in the 4 and 5 slots. Given the injury problems with Sheets, I also think its a good sign that we've only used 8 different starting pitchers this year.
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    Thanks for all of your efforts, Mass Hass. You've made me a better Brewers fan.
  21. brewers4eric
    That game was painful to watch, especially on TBS. At least I was able to sit in my favorite chair and create my own version of the Cactus League nachos. Although we won't be calling up Gus Gandarillas and Ron Rightonowar this September, the pitching staff, particularly the bullpen, is really going to have to step it up if we are going to make it past .500. Am I the only one that thinks that Dana Eveland's stat line will be worse than Tommy Phelps' by the end of the year? Go Brewers
  22. brewers4eric
    Kind of funny how there isn't much talk about Ben's back or his inner ear problem, especially after a complete game win. go brewers
  23. brewers4eric
    Didn't Wright nail Carlos Lee with a pitch in spring training? Carlos was on fire at the time, and I think it set him back for a couple of days. I'm reminded of the time that Jamey outdueled Greg Maddux when he was still with Atlanta. I think it was a two hitter. Hopefully Cappy can put it together tonight. We'll need some momentum going into Houston. go brewers
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    My wife is also a big fan of the Cactus League Nachos. We were watching the game on ESPN last night when they showed some footage of some heaped up nachos at one of the Cactus League stands. Brantley made some comments on how County Stadium was always one of the best smelling venues in all of baseball due to the concessions and the tailgates. I should be able to parlay the footage of those nachos into another trip to Milwaukee in the near future. It should only cost me a side trip to Johnson Creek for some shopping. Go Brewers. Don't let me down tonight, Doug Davis.
  25. brewers4eric
    I'm baffled that the Cardinals win consistently with their current lineup. At least we aren't facing Joaquin Andujar tonight, and Dane Iorg isn't in their lineup.
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