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Barring a PHENOMINAL AFL/Spring showing he'll probably start the year at AAA. It'll be a combination of his AFL/spring plus Hardy and Koskie's health. If Koskie comes back healthy and ready to roll, that'll help the Brewers keep Braun at AAA for awhile since they'll have 2 better options for now in Hall and Koskie. Likewise, a good/healthy showing by Hardy means Hall can play 3rd and a little SS with help at 3B from Koskie. However, if one or both of these guys can't make it, and Braun shows even more improvement, he could crack the opening day roster.

All GMs panic. Sometimes, you think you're one or two pieces away from being awesome and thus you overpay for the only available player that you think can give you the necessary boost. In the case of Toronto, that's an awful division to be in, and they felt they had to get top-tier pitching to be able to compete. The top guys available to them were Burnett and Ryan, and they overpaid to get them. Moneyball isn't all about being cheap - much of its following is focused on being objective rather than relying on the traditional subjective assessments of players - like stuff Daron and Bill go off about.

Well, at least there isn't a big penalty for signing a type-A FA this winter.

I'll see your Fergie (who is actually not really bugging me for some reason) and raise you James Blunt. ..and I'll smash your James Blunt to pieces with Keane. Oh man do they suck.

CBS sportsline has Weeks at $1.22M this year. Is that because he signed a major league deal after being drafted? His bonus is being spread out, and was raised because he made the opneing day roster in 2006. Here's a LINK regarding his contract.

"Your" whatever gets me really frickin' irritated. I realize it only really matters when "your" a grammar nerd, but it really makes people look dumb.

Now, if the sign you refer to simply means "the Johnsons live here" you wouldn't need an apostrophe because it is just plural, not possesive/ownership I'm pretty sure that's what it's intended to mean. That's why the sign will often read: "The Simpson's Homer Marge Bart Lisa Maggie" In the case of the TV show "The Simpsons" - the show is not called "The Simpson's". It's like "the Simpson family" and not "the Simpsons' show". Either way "The Simpson's" is wrong unless it's a single person who calls themself "The Simpson". I wouldn't mind a house sign that said The Simpsons', but you never see that.

??? It seems to me that "Johnson's" is the correct puncuation here. As in "This is the Johnson's house." Why you assume that it is supposed to mean "The Johnsons live here," I have no idea, especially if the punctuation suggests otherwise. "Johnson's" would only apply if it were a single person, rather than a family that resides in the house. I've done my research, and here's what a newspaper editor who writes a grammar column had to say: It is NOT "The Smith's." It is "The Smiths," no apostrophe. Pluralization does not freaking need an apostrophe. Unless letters are missing (the family name is really "Smithenstein," but they could only afford so many letters) or there are some more words and only one person lives there ("The Smith's ugly wooden sign&quothttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif , LEAVE THE APOSTROPHE OUT.

Move to the South, Splitter. In rural areas down here, you'll hear even educated people mispronounce all kinds of words. I'm not talking about pronouncing it with a drawl, I'm talking about mixing the order of two syllables. What really bugs me about speech is when grown people refer to their parents with baby nicknames like Daddy and Mommy. That, and the phrase "more importantly" when we deal with facts, which cannot act. One may act importantly, facts cannot act, thus they are "more important" rather than "more importantly". Also, I hate unnecessary apostrophes, they drive me nuts. At a gas station, I saw them selling "banana's - 3/$1". What do these bananas own? Also, I hate when you drive by a house and they have some wooden sign outside that they probably bought at a fair or a mall kiosk that welcomes you to "The Johnson's". No, it's "Johnsons" - you don't need an apostrophe to pluralize everything - only if it's shortened, such as shortening "Athletics" to "A's". In theory, you could replace "Johnsons" with "J's" if you really wanted to use that form of punctuation so badly. What's really funny is that I looked up "unnecessary apostrophe on google while I typed this and found "banana's"-related article on wikipedia: Apostrophes used incorrectly to form plurals are known as greengrocers' apostrophes (or grocers' apostrophes, or sometimes humorously greengrocers apostrophe's). It is believed that the term was first coined in the middle of the twentieth century by a teacher of languages working in Liverpool in the United Kingdom, at a time when such mistakes were common in the handwritten signs and advertisements of greengrocers, e.g., "Apple's 1'- a pound, orange's 1'6d a pound". In recent years, however, this misuse has become increasingly frequent in other forms of advertisement, particularly those of small businesses, e.g., from Hackney Market in London, UK: "Christma's Card's"[citation needed]. The practice comes from a widespread ignorance of the use of the apostrophe or of English grammar in general and the identical sound of the plural and possessive forms of most nouns. The reasons for the growth of the phenomenon are unknown. Some have argued that its use in mass communication by poorly educated employees of large companies has led to the less grammatically able accepting it as correct and adopting the habit themselves.

Yeah, maybe if someone was really interested, they could find a group of links for that type of site and they could be posted in a thread tacked at the top of one of the forums (off topic?)

Surgery for Salome confirmed by the Brewers Web Site. In the Minors: Brewers catching prospect Angel Salome underwent surgery to repair a dislocated ankle he suffered sliding into second base at Class A West Virginia earlier this week. The team also lost infielder Hector Bernal, signed this year as an undrafted free agent, to a broken left leg that required surgery. ... Right-hander Mark Rogers, the team's first-round pick in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft, pitched two innings in his third appearance for the rookie Arizona Brewers on Friday and is expected to return to Class A Brevard County. Rogers was in Arizona recovering from shoulder soreness.

Cordero is making me eat my words about his inclusion in the trade thus far.

the Brewers' first-round draft pick in 2005, was placed on the seven-day DL with tightness in the front of his shoulder Braun's hurt? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif Get them facts straight, JS.

I think that what Brian said was pretty clear.... what don't you understand? That ain't how he rolls. I hate duplicate threads - it's really annoying to read the exact same thing in two threads. As for keeping tabs, just put Bell's performance and Brewers record in your tagline and update it.

149 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Cubs &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Jeff Samardzija &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp RHP &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp $7,250,000. What a stupid organization. a 3.82 ERA and 4.33 this season and you pay the kid that much money? It looks as if the bonus is only $250K if he doesn't give up football next year, but why in the world would you pay this guy that much money regarldless of whether you're trying to lure him into baseball. link Then those idiots went out and signed an 11th rounder who already had Tommy John surgery and pitched 5 innings this year to a $1.1Million contract. link This is gonna be funny.

I had too look that one up, good ol' wikipedia. It looks like the wrestling move is supposed to be an acronym for the same words, anyway.

Just think about how different things would be if we had Ohka pitching like this all year - it's enough to make me drink. I love me some Corey Hart - dude's ready to be a starter.

This may be my first post in this thread. Back in Eau Claire, delivered chinese food tonight for fun, then got tanked. The Grand Illusion calls their triples singles and brothers had dollar t-bombs. Going fishing in the morning - gonna get drunk all over again.

A troll usually refers to a moron who has nothing to contribute and just starts threads and makes posts to stir the pot. For example, a thread stating that Buster Olney has reported on ESPN that Ben Sheets is out for the year. Trolls are also known for bringing up the same thing over and over, when there's no factual basis. Something along the lines of "strikeouts are ten times worse than all other outs" or "everyone knows that Lee has been way better than Jenkins over their careers". They will then follow that statement by flaming anyone who disagrees - never backing it up statistically. "Well, I'm sorry, but if you can't see how bad strikeouts are, you're a *&^( (*&()*&()*& (&^&^" idiot". Finally, bad spelling and grammar are a must for the troll species.

The link seems to be broken or down right now. What was said?

I don't understand the more complex (3rd order, etc) formulas. However, I would at least guess the "overachieving" is largely because they've have a couple starters who have been simply annhilated (the 1-11 stat), while they have been competitive and close in the rest of the games. What is the run differential outside of the Hendrickson/Eveland throw away starts?

Prince completes me.

SHUT UP ABOUT ECKSTEIN. DUDE HAS BEEN LEAGUE AVERAGE AT THE PLATE FOR ONE SEASON IN HIS CAREER.

Why do the Red Sox have two first round picks? Comp pick for Damon, I would assume.

The Weeks errors are beginning to get a little ridiculous now.