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  1. UeckerAddict
    It was up against the wall in the left hand corner. He probably could have caught it, but it would have been a great play. The ball bounced of the wall, back toward the infield, allowing the triple. If Braun never would have tried it would have been a double. But he missed a homer by about two feet.
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    "He may have ended Molitor's hit streak, but he's alright with me today." Funny. You blame Manning for ending the streak, but always blamed your screen name for the end of the streak. Felder could have stopped at third.
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    Jose Reyes can't be in contention anymore. He may well miss a month's worth of games on a sub .500 team.
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    http://www.mmbolding.com/BSR/SuperBowlXXXI-19973.jpg
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    It may have been an isolated issue of poor judgment, but throwing your bat at an umpire will surly get you the reputation of having anger issues.
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    Unless I missed something in my research, the biggest division lead in Milwaukee history at any point ever was 8 1/2 games in 2007 (June 22 & 23). Think we're gonna top it?
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    Matt Unertl.
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    http://www.beer-faq.com/wp-content/uploads/image/rolling_rock_33.jpg In honor of a Pennsylvania team helping us out today.......
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    I actually think it makes more sense that a number 4 starter (if that is what he is) needs a personal catcher. Number 1 starters should be able to win no matter who is catching. A finesse number 4 starter needs to be on the same page as the catcher to effectively execute some smoke and mirrors (at least the theory of it all makes sense to me).
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    40 games to play, 8.5 out behind a team that wins almost two-thirds of their games. No chance.
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    I can understand that. I really can. It can get tricky if a team is so close, but doesn't quite do it. That argument: "They were in a pennant race and lost, but never would have been anywhere close without (insert player)" is a valid one. I am for that, but many people don't even buy that one. Did Gino Toretta really deserve the Heisman over Marshall Faulk? No. His team was in the title game. I would have given to Faulk for making his 3 win team a 9 win team. I know it's not baseball, but I'm using that as a microcosm in support of what you said. But now I am using Matt Kemp as a frame of reference. His team is bad with him and would be bad without him. Again, I may have muddled it with the term "statistical," but I question the words "Most Valuable." Most valuable to what? With a player on a good team, it is easier to give substance to value. If you want to call it Best Player or The Babe Ruth Award or whatever, I get it. Under the defining term "Most Valuable," I don't. CC Sabathia was really valuable to the 2008 Brewers. He was not nearly as valuable to the Indians that year, even though he was the exact same player. EDIT: This was in reference to greg. Not the previous poster.
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    I completely understand. However, I have been a Brewer fan long enough that even the chance to get excited is a very rare occurrence. I'm not passing it up. Besides, I already have enough experience with disappointment to know how to deal with it if it comes up.
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    I noticed that many people in the IGT are upset about this constant pairing. I am curious why. People are upset that Kottaras is hitting with a lefty starting on the other side. My opinion is that if Wolf likes him, that makes a much bigger difference than a couple ABs by Lucroy or Georgie. It would be different in Wolf had a bad ERA, but he is at 3.30(!) I know the perception is that Wolf is a prima donna, but that is a virtue. Suppan didn't have stuff much worse than Wolf, but he wasn't as picky as Wolf is. Wolf needs a strategic game to win, and he is very particular. You can hate him for it, but the results are speaking for themselves. If he feels he needs George behind for him to perform well (even if it's the placebo effect), I'm all for it. But people seem to be disgusted at Roenicke for putting him in the line-up. I just am having a tough time swallowing the argument against it. Everything is clicking on all cylinders, but everyone seems to argue that things would be going better without Wolf's personal catcher thing. I don't see how that would be so.
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    Not that Marcum is the perfect pitcher, but to leave him out of the playoff rotation...that's a risky move at best by RR. Atlanta has a pretty lefty heavy lineup, though. Not leaving him off. Figuring there will be a 4 man rotation.
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    Then it shouldn't be called Most Valuable Player, it should be called Best Statistical Player.But winning games has value whether a team wins 60 games or 110. This is one of the reasons that WARP is useful as a simple concept, whatever you think of any given version of WARP as a calculation. A "five win" player is going to put five wins in his team's column whether the team is in last place or first. Production is production; good production is valuable. So of course a player on a 100-loss team can be the most valuable player, if that player does more to help his team win games than any other player in the league. Besides, what's the alternative -- to give the MVP to a guy who doesn't deserve it because he's lucky enough to have great teammates? It becomes a semantic argument. Yes, I believe a guy with a WARP of 4 for a team that wins a division by 2 games is more valuable that a guy with a WARP of 6 for a team that finishes in 4th. I agree that the latter is better statistically. Does he have value? Sure. Is it more valuable? In my opinion, no. If it's a best player award, I'm all for it. But calling it MVP and using that formula seems odd to me.
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    Gotta figure Wolf is going to start. RR likes a lefty in the rotation, he leads our starters in ERA, and it would put everyone on three days rest (no segregation home series for the NL in the playoffs this year). Not my personal opinion, but something I am sure is going to happen.
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    Of course you can. If someone (presumably an offensive player) is the best player in the league in a given year, he's the MVP and it doesn't matter how good his teammates are.Then it shouldn't be called Most Valuable Player, it should be called Best Statistical Player.
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    Well, there were some regulars missing in the IGT today.Awesome. Best line I've heard all day.
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    MVP is a crap shoot because no one to this day has defined what it means. If a guy is murdering the ball throughout the year, but is on a crappy team can you really say "He deserves the MVP because his team would have only gotten 68 wins without him instead of the 75 they got with him"? Tough to call that valuable. That's why I can't in good conscience think of Tulo, Kemp, or Reyes as MVP. Of course, Yount did get it '89 win the Crew went 81-81...............
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    Corey Hart RF Jerry Hairston Jr. CF Ryan Braun LF Prince Fielder 1B Casey McGehee 3B Yuniesky Betancourt SS Jonathan Lucroy C Josh Wilson 2B Shaun Marcum RHP
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    Casey would be hitting .260 if his speed was merely "below average."
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    "He's one of those impact umpires. In my opinion, the game was on ESPN, and he couldn't wait to suit up and make an impact. He's one of those guys . . . You go into his house, and there's lots of pictures of himself and none of his family." - Darren Daulton on Bob Davidson
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    Wow. I mean.....wow. I rarely criticize umps, but that was insane.
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