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Poor, poor Gamel. I'm sure Melvin and Macha sit in their offices laughing maniacally and plotting ways they can ruin his life....so much more rewarding than having a good team.

maybe hart and weeks just think that not burning bridges is the best way to make the most money and/or can see that Macha is on his way out. I'm using the evidence we have gotten from player comments and media comments to make an assumption. I'm not out to scapegoat Macha, and the manager is definitely not the only factor in wins and losses. I'm just saying that for our next choice in manager, we should consider brining someone in that can actually lead effectively as well as manage the game.

Pick the place you would rather work: a) You feel connected to your team leader. You can talk to him about issues you are having and feel that you will come away from the conversation having gained something, even if it isn't an answer to your problems. The people around you (coworkers and other leaders) are generally positive and on the same page about what you are doing on a daily basis and why you are doing it. You feel that it is a fun place to be and that even on bad days you are generally moving forward with your team and leader. You have more time to focus on solving issues than on being frustrated by them. b) You know who your leader is; but do not necessarily feel connected to him. If you do talk to your leader it is uncomfortable and/or uninteresting. It took your leader a year to decide it might be a good idea to get to know you. You are told that you are a team member, not the leader and just to do the work you are given. Your coworkers are disgruntled and/or uninvolved in what is going on. The other leaders make apologies for the team lead; but don't seem to agree with or understand much of how things are handled. You feel more comfortable talking to the other leaders than to the team leader. You feel that much of your time is spent being frustrated by issues than by dealing with them Granted, I am not in the clubhouse and baseball is different than work. Some things (like job satisfaction) do cross over between work and baseball), and based on the bits of information that come out, the brewers clubhouse is closer to B than to A (my assumption). Again, I'm not saying Braun would go 4-4 on a given night because he is more satisfied with his job or that Narveson would suddenly be a Cy Young candidate; but I am saying that it would make a difference in not just performance (arguable); but in general job satisfaction; which I don't think is even arguable. Being more satisfied=better (regardless of record); therefore a manager that is better at fostering satisfaction is better than one that can't.

Being dull and generally disliked (or at best people seem indifferent to him) makes him a worse manager than someone who has a better ability to connect with people, motivate, etc... I'm not saying that they would have won 90 games or anything, just that it would have made the team better.

I'm still partial to Frank Kremblas and have never heard a decent version of why he was let go from AAA. Many think the manager makes no difference and I agree the best thing a manager can do is manage a good team; however there are some basic skills a manager should have that Macha doesn't that I'd like to see the next one have. Having fun, working hard, sticking together, motivating, all the things that make any job fun and worth going to is for the manager to foster and facilitate. I have to a believe that a team with x win talent would tend toward higher win totals than x if all of these things are in order. Managing the bullpen and not over-managing the offensive lineup/subs are the other major parts. Logan: I agree that playing poorly early hurts morale; but letting that influence your (the players') attitude the rest of the season pretty much takes away and Rockies-esque comeback possibilities. A strong leader can foster a better attitude throughout that process IMO and that gives you at least a chance of bouncing back.

Its a headline I would expect to find in a high school news paper. The first few "paragraphs" are disjointed and clumsy. I would expect more from a professional writer. I'm not looking that hard.

The headline and story by Witrado this morning are pretty brutal. http://www.jsonline.com/sports/brewers/103105704.html

If I remember correctly, he did a couple of post season games a few years back. Maybe it was an all-star game. I remember being annoyed that Costas was poking fun at him. I'm sure it was all in good fun and Uecker probably beat him up after anyway; but it was kind of like having someone outside the family pick on the family member that you always pick on....not cool http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Lack of knowledge and planning on other peoples' parts, the results of which I have no choice but to deal with, when I warned them of such consequences 2 years ago.

google gives me things that I'm afraid are spam/virus ridden. I was hoping to get good/solid info about trusted sources.

The biggest things I miss are Brewers and Bucks games. If anyone can PM and "tricks of the trade" I would appreciate that information.

Dang, RockCo, I thought you were going for an all-blue writing day.

It was 2006, I must have inserted Laporta's name in my memory instead of whoever it was. Either way, entertaining.

Seems to fit the profile of him if you read between the lines. Then again, maybe it was just a bad day and/or a normal "baseball world" reaction to that kind of bad news. Who knows? Hopefully he has matured since then, more mature always = better.

Actually my cousins did, right on the corner of Sunnypoint on the river. My aunt and uncle still live there. I would visit and we would just play baseball and video games for a couple of weeks every summer, then they would come stay at our place near Green Bay for a few weeks. I remember they walked me by Higuera's house, he, his kid and Juan Nieves were shooting hoops outside. They came down and "chatted" with us for a bit. If I remember right, Nieves had to translate for Higuera, or maybe it was vice versa; but one of them spoke virtually no English. I remember being amazed, obviously by just being in the same space as guys I watched on TV; but also by how short Teddy was. I swear I was as tall as he was when I was 10; but that can't be right. Those same cousins have a great story about hanging out with Gorman Thomas in the airport during a delayed flight back from spring training last year; but its not my story to tell. We all were at spring training a few years ago and Gantner recognized us and came over to chat 2 days in a row about wisconsin highschool sports. Talk about just a "real" guy. We bumped into Angel Salome and JJ Hardy, just said hi. I impressed everyone with my bf.net knowledge of who the minor leaguers were, and I showed everyone Gallardo for their first look. We also saw Gamel have a major meltdown at a coach when he was told he'd be a level lower than he though he should be, he was especially mad that LaPorta would be a level higher. Spring training is great for all kinds of brewer encounters.

They are one injury from where they were before Lucroy got here...the old scrap heap. As long as the scrap heap plays decent defense, its not really a disaster. I like what Lucroy has done so far, and feel the same way most do here, with experience there will be more power and walks.

AJAY, did you grow up in Glendale?

I was trying to think of a non-big tangent way of saying the same thing. Put simply, many car companies have had many issues, and there are many Toyota models that were not in the recall. Mine was not on the recall list and I have had zero problems with it.

I got the basic basic model new in November '06 for $12,700. It has AC, cd player, and a thermometer; but that's about it. Most people who ride in it are surprised they still make a non-power window/lock model http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

I have an '07 Corolla CE stick and love it. No troubles at all and I get 36-40mpg regularly driving more city than highway.

we walk our cat. Only problems come when we turn around back towards home he starts laying down a lot more and complaining about getting back up. Eventually, when we get really close to the house/door I just have to pick him up. Guess he really enjoys walks.

neifi perez .267BA .297OBP.375SLG.672OPS64OPS+in 5510 PA's

Just theorizing as I was not quite alive at that time; but maybe they used this line of thinking: if you can do a lesser something enough more times than you could do a greater something that trying for the greater something would not be worth your while, then you do the lesser something as often as possible. Hopefully your brain hasn't deflated.

this just in: Kendall is slugging worse than he did last year. He is currently flirting with the "Figgins Line" (.300 slg%)...or should it be the "Kendall Line"?

"...and Keith Ginter has a .800 OPS." it MUST be a really competitive league!