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  1. Jim Goulart
    One word: binoculars. But it's an unobstructed view, and you'll be able to see their jumbo scoreboard with a sharp turn of your neck to the back right. Visit this link and click on your section for the view.
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    http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=2573
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    http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=2573
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    June 7, 2006 Dragons' Clark: No thanks, Brewers New Palestine first baseman, unhappy with draft position, says he'll go to college IndyStar news service report The call came too late to interest him now but just in time to motivate him for 2009. New Palestine High School senior Andrew Clark was selected by Milwaukee in the 18th round Tuesday, one of 13 players with state ties taken on the first day of the annual baseball draft. "I've already talked to people and told them I'm going to go to Ole Miss for three years and see what happens," Clark said. "I'm going to prove to people I'll be a first-round pick (in 2009)." Clark, a first baseman who had heard he might go as early as the third round, monitored the early rounds before spending the afternoon with friends. He said he talked to a Brewers scout soon after he was selected. "He could tell I was kind of upset," Clark said. "He just told me to calm down. I'm determined to go down there (Ole Miss) and show them something." _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ So now Clark's at Louisville. Does that mean he sat out a season as a transfer and won't be eligible until 2010? Wonder if he now has second thoughts, he seemed bitter in those 2006 quotes.
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    I'll be at the Friday and Saturday games and as the date of the series nears, we'll try and firm up a nice Brewerfan gathering either pre- or post-game, or both. I got my tickets via local connections here, not through today's waiting game. I live about 50 miles south of Boston, and not necessarily an expert on the best way to enjoy the city in a tourist kind of way, for those arriving early. But again, as the date nears, I'll offer whatever info I can. Good luck to all.
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    This is the site Al is referring to: http://www.aarongleeman.com/
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    I love good Greg Aquino talk http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
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    Unfortunately, the Gazette's non-blog coverage only focused on the steroid / suspension aspect of recent acquisitions.
  9. Jim Goulart
    Is anybody else a fan of Project Runway on Bravo? Here I am, in all my heterosexual sports fan mentality, getting wrapped up in the challenges these designers face week-to-week. I guess that says something for how well the show is crafted, and the talents these folks have. If I have one issue with the show, is that I don't necessarily think the most deserving person will win the top prize. It seems the goal is to not finish last each week. Someone who excels in nearly every show yet who stumbles badly on just one challenge can find themselves "out", as Heidi Klum would say. Yet a relatively poor performer who rarely if ever shines manages to stick around. Jillian rocks this season...
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    Doug Melvin WSSP Audio Some Alcides Escobar love, among other things
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    Brevard County's Newsletters Are Fan Favorites Congrats to Buck Rogers and staff for the recognition.
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    You really can't consider players who have only toiled in rookie ball (Lucroy, Wheeler, etc.) when assessing overall strength / weakness at a position. Simply too much can happen in the meantime. Once again, we've been spoiled by the likes of Fielder, Weeks, Hardy, Braun, Hart -- Ash is most likely referring to players who have been identified as those who will be able to assume a starting role in the majors someday, or can be major bench contributors. When viewed in those terms, those two positions can only be defined as huge question marks, with various issues or warts surrounding each of the players you cite.
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    Because Rivera has already played that game with the Brewers' organization. Would he do that again (reject free agency after being outrighted yet again?) Perhaps, but he'd probably take his chances elsewhere at that point, even on a minor league deal. Obviously not etched in stone...
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    Thanks, we'll include discussion in the non-roster invite thread.
  15. Jim Goulart
    Rivera and Munson are out of options and unlikely to accept assignments to Nashville off the 40-man roster, so hopefully they both shine this spring and gain trade value. It certainly looks like it'll be a Palmisano / Rottino catching combo for the Sounds this season. Personally, I'd be shocked if Munson's not in Milwaukee and Rivera isn't in another organization on Opening Day.
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    Veteran reliever Dan Kolb to Boston (Pawtucket) on a minor league deal.
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    In 2003, the Brewers signed a 25-year-old minor league free agent third baseman named Wilton Veras, who had seen big league time with the Red Sox during his stint in their chain. At AAA Indianapolis that year, Veras posted one of the truly hideous seasons in recent Brewer affiliate memory, with a .543 OPS in 129 games. He has toiled in independent ball ever since that season, and today was traded from New Jersey to Pensacola within the American Association.
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    Shame on his organizations -- don't they all test for vision every spring training? Millions of dollars spent on salaries, they don't bring in an optometrist every spring? Somebody please forward this to Doug Melvin, just in case the Brewers don't already do this.
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    The Rockford (Ill.) RiverHawks of the independent Frontier League have picked up a former high-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers. The RiverHawks have announced that they have acquired veteran pitcher Robbie Wooley from the Sioux City (Iowa) Explorers of the independent American Association in exchange for future considerations. Wooley, a 22-year-old right-hander, was selected by the Brewers in the sixth round of the 2003 draft. He spent the following four seasons in the Milwaukee chain and topped out at West Virginia of the Class A South Atlantic League. Wooley will be returning to the Frontier League. He spent the first two months of the 2007 season with the Southern Illinois Miners. He was 4-2 with a 3.51 earned-run average in 10 starts. After a July trade to the Explorers for a player to be named later, Wooley was 3-1 with a 6.92 ERA in nine appearances. Wooley is 20-21 with a 4.56 ERA and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of nearly 2-to-1 in his professional career.
  20. Jim Goulart
    Just general questions: RE: RHP Thomas Atlee, how did the signing with Milwaukee come about? Did Atlee pitch winter ball, or were the Brewers going strictly off their independent league scout recommendations? Perhaps a tryout camp? Is there a database of agent representation that MLB clubs refer to in order to make contact with you about a client? Or did the Brewers simply tell Atlee to put you in touch with them once they were prepared to sign him? Is your client list up-to-date? Atlee is listed on your testimonial page, but not on your client list. Obviously your insights will have more importance as your top Brewer prospects hopefully blossom and become big leaguers, but info about these low-level signings is interesting as well as we learn about the process.
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    1B Grant Richardson will be playing in his native northwest for the Sioux Falls (North Dakota) Canaries of the American Association this coming season (he'll be a teammate of former Brewer farmhands C Tim Marks and OF Ben Van Iderstine.) Just how did the promising first baseman miss all of 2006 after successful 2004-2005 seasons? At the age of 24, Richardson already knows how fleeting opportunities are in this game. In fact, one area of the field is a constant reminder. Back in 2006, between first and second, it all ended on one play. "I was trying to be a hero in a worthless spring training game," he said. "All my stuff was already shipped off to Florida (Brevard County). I just dove for a ball between first and second base. Kind of a weird deal, the shoulder popped out of place; 1-2 weeks turned into 2-4 weeks, which turned into surgery and a year down the drain." Richardson played independent ball in Texas in 2007, posting an .869 OPS in 92 games with Coastal Bend. About his Brewer release: "It's one of those things where they say, Thanks" and you say, "Thanks,'" Richardson said. "Really, there's a feeling in your gut you want to get back out there and prove they made a mistake by letting you go." By the way, Richardson was a 2007 teammate of former Brewer farmhand Will Lewis, who had his own legion of fans as well during his time in the Milwaukee chain.
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    From the Adam McCalvy article on Matt LaPorta at MLB.com: Gord Ash, who along with Reid Nichols heads the organization's Minor League operations, announced that the team had re-established a presence in the Dominican Republic for the first time since 2003. Latin American players will spend the two months prior to Spring Training at a facility north of San Pedro. Rene Gonzalez, who will manage next summer at Helena, is running the program. "It's a bit of a head start," Ash said. "We have not had that opportunity. Other clubs have had that opportunity." There are currently 17 professional players at the facility, which was built by a Japanese professional baseball team. The players focus on on- and off-field topics, including strength and conditioning, community service and "learning to be an independent individual," Ash said. "This is not like other sports. There are a number of development years involved and the players have to learn to take care of themselves. That is part of this process as well." Ash also announced that the Brewers had added a postseason strength and conditioning camp at Maryvale Baseball Park for Minor League players, plus a preseason camp that Ash called "a head start on the season." "The players are fresh in the spring and perhaps a little more ready to receive instruction," Ash said.
  23. Jim Goulart
    Baseball America: OF David Krynzel -- Still Diamondback property, reinstated from their inactive list RHP Matt Ginter -- Cleveland minor league deal LHP Valerio de los Santos -- Colorado minor league deal De los Santos may go down as one of the more forgettable No. 1 prospects in BA history. He scaled the top of the Brewers' list in 1998, made the big league rotation the next year and proceeded to go 9-12, 4.54 for his big league career with 197-116 K-BB in 248 innings over parts of eight seasons. He spent most of the past two years with Monterrey of the Mexican League, so at age 35 de los Santos may not have much left to give. -- Matt Eddy, BA
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    Rotoworld comments on Chad Fox (minor league Cub deal) Victor Santos gets a minor league contract with a spring training invite with San Francisco Jeff "I don't want to be remembered as the guy who got stuck in the bathroom" Liefer, back after hitting .256/.321/.552 in 281 at-bats in Japan over the last two years (Rotoworld), will be in camp with the White Sox, with whom he spent the first seven seasons of his pro career. Jamey Wright to spring training with Texas.
  25. Jim Goulart
    From a Baseball America Winter League Update: Lefthander Dana Eveland moved on to his third organization in the last three years when he was included in the package that sent Dan Haren from the Athletics to the Diamondbacks. Eveland is coming off a great season in Mexico during which he went 4-2, 2.51 with 69 strikeouts in 61 innings for Mexicali. But scouts still have questions about Eveland's impact in the big leagues. "He's always carved guys up in the minor leagues-not just succeeded, but dominated-and struggled when he's been called up," said a scout from a National League club. "He gets a lot of swing-and-miss with the slider in the minors and he had it in Mexico, but to me, it's starting to sound like a broken record." In 41 career appearances in the big leagues for Milwaukee and Arizona, Eveland is 2-4, 7.55 in 64 innings. In the Venezuelan Winter League, Caribes went 39-24 to finish in first place in the regular season but got off to a 2-5 start in the postseason round-robin, despite hitting 11 home runs in those first seven games. Catcher Eliezer Alfonzo (San Francisco Giants), who led the league with 15 home runs in the regular season, had hit three more in the round-robin.
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