UeckerAddict

What makes you think my eyes aren't still rolling? I didn't like the idea when you proposed it and I like it less now. Don't much care. There's only one person I really wanted to agree with me. His name is Doug and he isn't on this board. I just think we needed an insurance policy for the Gomez/Hart/Gerut situation. If Edmonds doesn't work out, big deal, he was cheap and the Brewers end up in the same situation in the OF that everyone was anticipating anyway.

I'm so rarely right, but I feel a bit vindicated after everyone rolled their eyes when I proposed this signing.

I don't want to rag on our plans for Carlos Gomez if I am truly missing something. I've suggested we could really use another CF (Edmonds, for instance) but people keep telling me that it is Gomez' spot and there's no need for any other competitor for the CF position. What am I not seeing with Gomez that everyone else is? His OBP has been horrible and even if that is chalked up to youth or a small sample, what sign/proof is there that he can handle the starting CF job? He has not power and has not hit for average. True, he can steal bases, but Macha does not especially go after the steals. Do we have a backup plan? Gerut? That's not a real uplifting thought for me. As I said, I'm not on here just to diatribe, but am really looking for some insight into what I am missing with this full-fledged confidence in Gomez.

Jim Edmonds says he wants to make a comeback but wants 400 ABs (tough to get with the Cards). Am I the only one who thinks this makes perfect sense for the Crew, with Carlos ".246/.292/.346" Gomez in Center and Corey "please return to June 2008 form" Hart in right?

You said it was sung my a man. Sammy Hagar is NOT a man.

....or is from Waukesha, the birthplace of Les Paul.

I disagree with your final sentence, but I'll give you a pass in my own mind since I seem to recall from a past thread that you and I are are two of the only people in the world who don't like U2.

Austin, Texas movie theaters are quite kind to indy films. It was shown at the Alamo about 2 weeks ago; the film has been marinating in my head since. It's one of the perks of this city.

It may be a bit presumptuous of me to make this a whole thread, but I could not help myself. I just saw what I believe is finally the movie that baseball deserves. Pretty much all baseball films made since 1980 fall into one of two categories: 1.) comedies (Major League, Bull Durham, Mr.3000, Rookie of the Year, Little Big League, Bad News Bears, etc.) and 2.) Fantasies (Field of Dreams, The Natural, The Rookie- yes, I know it was based on a true story, but it's still one of those warm and fuzzies- etc.) I would consider The Sandlot a mix between the two. I'm not mentioning documentaries like Ken Burns' Baseball and A Player to be Named Later (Which is really interesting because it is about the Brewers' AAA team in Indianapolis earlier this decade and features Marco Scutaro, Kyle Petersen, and Allen Levrault) because I'm talking about baseball stories bred from screenplay storylines. I've always wondered, where is the great serious baseball film for my generation that takes a truly realistic approach to the game. My answer came the other day. It's called Sugar, and I feel the need to mention it to everyone because it has not been given enough press and I don't want real baseball fans to miss it. It is the story of a Dominican pitcher who has never left the D.R. until he gets invited to Kansas City's spring training (though KC is called the Knights instead of the Royals- A nod to The Natural?). He makes the single A ball club and ends up playing in a small Iowa town and living with a farmer and his family and he cannot speak a lick of English. I don't want to give too much away, so I will stop here. This film is smart about baseball and gives and un-cliched story where the viewer becomes extremely sympathetic to what foreign players have to go through to try to make it. This film does not end with the "big game," like most baseball movies seem to do, but rather ends with a scene that won't soon leave my mind. Also, the Milwaukee Brewers get mentioned during that scene. I will never see the Carlos Corporans and Greg Aquinos of the world in the same way. It was written and directed by the same duo who did the excellent film, Half Nelson, a few years ago. It is a film that is hard to find and I don't believe it will be on DVD until September, but as a film nut and a baseball fan, I will say that this is the best film I've seen this year and the best baseball film in the last two decades. Here is a link to Ebert's review. http://rogerebert.suntime...5/REVIEWS/904159997/1023

Tejada and Wandy may have been my 2 best late round fantasy draft picks ever. Small consolation. I guess Minutemaid Park really started looking small to the Astros hitters after Kendall went deep.

No kidding? Man, sometimes the most random names come up. He was truly the king of the teen flicks.

Going to Lollapalooza and not seeing a Perry Farrell band is like going to Cooperstown and not visiting the Hall of Fame.

Ball Four is the greatest baseball book ever written in my opinion. I still crack up every time I read it and, heck, it's about the Seattle Pilots. Jim Bouton was way ahead of his time- he was the Henry Rollins of the baseball world. Moneyball is also great, but it takes a back seat to Bouton's humanism. I've never looked at a knuckle baller the same way since.

It's not really a password, but a pass-phrase. I've never been told that I said wrong with the password, and have always been admitted without the Mickey Mouse charades, but I still don't know if the first word(s) is supposed to be a contraction or not. Is that the tricky part that was mentioned earlier?

Remember Alex Sanchez?

Even a Dusty Baker team didn't take him. What are we going for here?

I dreamed that in 1982 I was the same age as I am now. No kidding, I really dream that.

NY Giants and Knicks (2007) Tigers and Lions (2006) Braves and Hawks (early 2000s) Twins and Timberwolves (the last 4 years) Rockets and Texans (2005) Colts and Pacers (the last 3 years)

I've argued for years that umps always assume the out on plays like that. Good for West. Even if it goes against the Crew in other situations, there are more calls like that that should be made but Aren't.

Hart's hit was caught on the edge of the track. I never got the sense that it really had a chance to carry out.

I predict the "Stop Abusing Gallardo" thread is going to have a few more pages on it tonight.

But 2006 is considered his rookie year. The way I see it that's the one you start from.Yeah, but every time they say Braun is 5th all time in home runs his first two years, they are including brief stints (such as Prince's). I'd never heard stats done like that either, but in Braun's case they are doing it quite often.

Unfortunately, I now do agree with this. It is time to start thinking about next year.The season looks bleak, but as a fan it would be unforgivable to me to watch my team just give up on the season when they are four games out. I'm not advocating throwing Yo's arm off, but the "I give up" mentality is fine for fans- not for the team. I prayed to be within 4 games as August started from 1994 to 2005.

I was curious if anyone would have access to answer this question. If Prince got to 40 home runs this year, he would have had HR totals in the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s in his first 4 full season. Has this ever been done before?

Once I saw the article was written by a Cub fan (my deduction since he said he was from Chicago, made a mention of all the Cub fans who go to the stadium, and talked about his trips up to Miller Park) I stopped reading. I don't really care about our rivals' subjectivity.