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  1. Invader3K
    I didn't mean that they would necessarily even make the playoffs 2-3 seasons out of 10. I meant they will have a window of about 2-3 seasons in which they will realistically have a chance to be able to make the playoffs at least once every 10 years. If they make the playoffs once every ten years, that's not very good for a franchise that is trying to be consistently competitive. The problem for teams like the Brewers is that their margin for error is so razor thin. As we've seen, a couple key injuries, or some prospects not panning out can really put a damper on the ability of this franchise to win even two seasons in a row. A team like New York or Boston can always just sign a couple big free agents or the latest hot player out of Japan. The Brewers can't. Basically the Brewers get punished for trying to do things "the right way", the way they were told they would have to do it, but a big market team can make mistakes along the way and pay virtually no consequences.
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    Yeah, but I should have prefaced by saying that 2-3 year window will probably only happen once every 10 years or so. Not quite so palatable then.
  3. Invader3K
    Actually the regular season schedule goes until October 4th this year, so we'll see October baseball either way. ; )
  4. Invader3K
    I just don't know if a salary cap would even work very well in MLB. I recall reading some articles a while ago saying that a hard salary cap in MLB would actually just end up exacerbating some of the current problems. It would seem like a minimum salary floor might actually help...force some teams like the Royals, Pirates, and Marlins to bid on more free agents, and keep some of their young cores longer. Of course, as noted earlier, it's hard to criticize the Marlins too much with their current stadium situation they are going to rectify soon, and the fact they've won two World Series Championships in their relatively short existence as a franchise. I think it's becoming extremely clear that the whole draft and international free agent systems have to be completely reworked, though. I just don't think there is any incentive for the big market teams and the players' union to make that happen. Maybe we just have to accept as Brewers fans that once in a while we'll get somewhat lucky and go on a two or three year run at the playoffs, at best, and just be somewhat competitive and hover around .500 the rest of the time, if things work out.
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    I'm reminded of that picture of Yost and company from a couple years back someone did up (ala Custer's Last Stand).
  6. Invader3K
    I would just say that with Hall, Suppan, and Riske still on the books next year, the Brewers probably won't be able to afford spending $4 million or so on a 40 year old reliever next year. Maybe they could decline his option and re-sign him at a cheaper price, or maybe throw in a second year option with a buyout?
  7. Invader3K
    I actually use Norton. Guess I'm in the stone age or something. Have it on both my PC and laptop. I guess for me it's just a peace of mind thing. Paying the annual subscription fee does get old, though. I know every once in a while on the laptop I get some notice that Norton has stopped an "attack", so I suppose that makes up for it.
  8. Invader3K
    This is what I'm dreading personally, because I have tickets to three different September games. Those might be a chore to get to if the Brewers can't turn things around just a bit soon, and keep things somewhat interesting, like I said earlier.
  9. Invader3K
    Hard to believe how bad Gamel has been since getting sent back down. Did he just completely lose all his confidence? Hitting .152 in his last 10 games, according to milb.com. You almost wonder if he could use a stint on the DL just to take a break and maybe get his head back in the game.
  10. Invader3K
    It's really hard to say they're in it when they can't seem to win back to back games (like someone else said), and when we all know the starting pitching on this team is paper thin. It also doesn't help that the team will score 12 runs one game and then get shut out by a marginal pitcher the very next day. I think they'll keep things interesting for the next few weeks before finally fading away with two or three weeks left in the season. It just doesn't look like our year, due to lack of starting pitching and some key injuries.
  11. Invader3K
    Last year's playoffs looked like something of a watershed type year. You had the Brewers making the playoffs for the first time in over a quarter century. The Rays ended up winning the American League pennant. This year, things look pretty different though. This article highlights some of the current frustrations of this season, particularly in regard to the Indians and Pirates: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-sp.rogers09aug09,0,1876631.story?track=rss Since the salary sell-offs of the Indians and Pirates, we have been hearing a new round of talk about competitive balance in baseball-specifically the gulf between the financial haves and the (relative) have-nots. Take a snapshot right now, and the landscape backs up the claims of second-division owners looking for help. Seven of the eight teams in line to make the playoffs entering the weekend came from the teams with the 10 largest payrolls. The lone exception is the Giants, who ranked 13th. But is this a trend or a coincidence? Over the previous decade, only 34 of the 80 playoff teams came from the top third of teams in payroll. Twenty-one of 40 to reach the championship series were from the richest third. But in the last four World Series, only the 2007 Red Sox were in the top 10 in payroll.
  12. Invader3K
    I didn't think this was worth starting a new thread over, but this one here is pretty galling. http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?affiliateId=CommentWidget&affiliateId=facebook_share&content_id=5982611
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    Those Allen & Ginter ones look insane and cool and the same time.
  14. Invader3K
    He couldn't help if he gets hit like he did the other night. He's finished...I'd just like to see him gracefully exit at this point. He gave it one more shot and it didn't work out. There's no shame in that...but it's better to retire with grace than be that guy who held on too long, only to be seen as a shell of his former self.
  15. Invader3K
    He's just not any good anymore. I'd rather give another minor leaguer a chance if we're just going to throw crap at the wall and see what sticks...although that seems to be the approach with the rotation this year in general.
  16. Invader3K
    Frustrating how after Braun and Prince, the middle of the order seemed pretty weak tonight. I continue to dream of Adam Dunn hitting behind Prince. Ah well.
  17. Invader3K
    Melvin should look into it. With how decimated our pitching has been in general as of late, an arm like his would really help out.
  18. Invader3K
    I do not collect baseball cards anymore, but figured some on here might. Found this interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/sports/baseball/06cards.html?_r=1 "The Topps Company will become the exclusive trading card maker of Major League Baseball next year in a multiyear deal that appears to seriously hurt Upper Deck, its primary competitor in the once-vibrant business."... "This is redirecting the entire category toward kids," said Eisner, who acquired the company in 2007. "Topps has been making cards for 60 years, the last 30 in a nonexclusive world that has caused confusion to the kid who walks into a Wal-Mart or a hobby store. It's also been difficult to promote cards as unique and original." Upper Deck refused to address the Topps deal, which is to be announced Thursday. A spokesman for Upper Deck, based in Carlsbad, Calif., said only that it renewed its trading card license with the Major League Baseball Players Association last month and would keep producing cards. While the union license gives Upper Deck the right to use player likenesses, it will no longer have the rights to team logos and trademarks."
  19. Invader3K
    That's the main problem I've had with it...we have an Acer laptop, which, granted, is a somewhat low end model. We bought it right after Vista was out, which it was pre-loaded with. I upgraded the RAM to, I believe, 3 GB, and it still runs slowly at times. Other than that, I haven't had any major bugs or issues with it at all.
  20. Invader3K
    I believe that's right, MNBrew.
  21. Invader3K
    Well, with attendance like this year, an extra dollar per ticket amounts to about $3 million. Not bad coin, though I'm not sure what exact costs this fee would actually be going toward.
  22. Invader3K
    MLB Trade Rumors' latest updates say the Mets did not claim him, and neither did the Red Sox (not that they would make any sense, but we can't have rumor speculation without a Boston tie-in, can we?).
  23. Invader3K
    I'm confident Melvin and Attanasio will make a strong push to re-sign Fielder...it may not work out in the end, since Satan is his agent; but they will try to re-sign the man so he and Braun can be the cornerstones of the Brewers for many more years, ala Molly and Robin. If the attempt at re-signing C.C. was a "special case", I see no reason why Prince shouldn't be considered one as well.
  24. Invader3K
    Can´t wait until he´s no longer a Brewer. I guess you can't wait until the team is a perennial sub-.500 team again either, then.
  25. Invader3K
    It's not like the state doesn't already collect sales tax on all this stuff to begin with, either.
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