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kenny lofton: hall of famer, right?
RU Rah Rah replied to flosses like fossas's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I am not so sure. I think he's going to suffer for having played for 10+ teams -- makes him seem like a journeyman. And I don't know if you're going to get in with less than 3,000 hits and a career BA less than .300, regardless. (Not that any HOF voter will care, but his career OPS+ is only 107, which only a little bit above average.) -
8/25/07 Brewers (Gallardo) at Giants (Correia): 8:05 PM CDT
RU Rah Rah replied to 1992casey's topic in Archived Game Threads
I was thinking it was going to be Yo batting clean-up. -
I'm not sure I'd ever heard of the double-blister before Sheets' most recent problem. But I'd never heard of vestibular neuritis, either.
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With the way the rotation is going, I wonder if we're due to see one or more starts-by-committee after Sept. 1.
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Suppan hasn't exactly been Tom Seaver lately, but Cappy has been just brutal. In his 0-11 streak, his ERA is 6.73. Of course, Soup's ERA over that same stretch (since mid-May) has been 5.77. So we're really talking about relative badness here. Same thing with Vargas.
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Apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere, or if he was DL'd or something and I just completely missed it (which always a distinct possibility), but what has been the story with Parra lately? He has pitched exactly 5 2/3 innings since August 5, and not at all since August 14. Is this just a matter of Ned not trying to wear out a young arm? Or has he just fallen off the map somehow?
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According to TSN, "Pujols . . . felt one side go numb from a high hamstring injury on Wednesday night." He subsequently homered, but it sounds like he was being hyper-cautious in terms of running the bases, etc. So, if it's bad, it could wind up nagging him.
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I agree -- he's average, and he strikes out a ton. What's funny, though, is that his career numbers (.751 OPS) are only a little bit worse than those of Eric Byrnes (.786 OPS).
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Since it was after August 1, did he have to pass through waivers without some other team filing a claim?
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If there was a thread of "Top 10 Bf.net Arguments," I think "Suppan: yea or nay?" would have to be on the list. In terms of IP, I'm much more disappointed in Sheets this year than Suppan. If we're lucky, he'll wind up with maybe 150-ish IP. That's following years of 156 and 101 IP. (I know that he hasn't intentionally gone out and gotten himself hurt yet again, but it's nonetheless a problem.)
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Sheets Update... Latest: Ben to start Wed., Aug. 28 vs. Cubs
RU Rah Rah replied to bobskube's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
In April, I thought that a key individual statistic this season would be Sheets' IP. I really thought that having him log 200+ IP would steady the rotation, save the bullpen, and generally help to provide some stability -- all the stuff you expect from a #1 starter. The good news is that team is still in contention without that contribution from Sheets over the last month-plus. Even just getting him back for September will be a boost. I mean, if you just imagine that the team is getting an All-Star starter for the final month of the season (and you can forget the disappointment associated with Sheets' season), it seems promising. He really needs to dominate, though. No excuses. -
Yeah, I should have been more precise. I was thinking more in terms of Baseball-reference-ish sortable stuff, available for public consumption.
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I think that you're right about this being really hard to quantify and thereby compare. Unless there is a "bullpen pitch count" stat somewhere (which I seriously doubt), it's going to be pretty anecdotal.
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Wow -- Braun and Kid from Kid n' play. Who knew?
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Semi-obscure rule, but I actually don't have a problem with it, in this case. Three shutout innings, even in a blowout, is valuable (albeit not as valuable as one shutout inning in a 3-2 game).
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In no particular order . . . The Hold Steady John Doe/Kathleen Edwards duet The National Rilo Kiley Spoon TV on the Radio
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Out of place to tell a sister how to raise her kid?
RU Rah Rah replied to danzig6767's topic in Off-Topic Forum
Although her coddling seems understandable, I don't think it would be out of line at all for you to prod her a bit about letting the boy be more active. I guess the key here would be the approach: if you're too overbearing about it, she's liable to be defensive. If it were me, I'd be good natured and invoke my authority as a guy to say something to the effect of, "Hey, I know something about the socialization of little dudes . . ." -
I'm going with a new avatar as well.
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I am not sure that a lineup with Estrada and Mench exactly screams "patience," but here's hoping they prove me wrong. Besides, Johnny might have a little of that "I'll show my old team" mojo.
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How about my beloved Rutgers, ranked #16 in the preseason AP poll? (For a normal team, that's like being ranked #1.) And speaking of patience . . . here's hoping that the Brewers will make the King of the Nibblers throw strikes tonight.
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Yeah, I'm not sure what the alternative to Cappy really is, at this point. And, given the vagaries of W/L records, I'm not sure it's entirely fair to judge him strictly by that streak of losses. This could be a ghastly road trip. Four wins would be a moral triumph, I think.
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I know! They don't even know how to consistently upset me! Seriously, though -- it's refreshing to see a competent baseball game.
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I didn't watch the game, so I might be wrong, but wasn't the team over-shifting Junior? And didn't that create an awkward coverage situation at second base? If so, Ned might have had some culpability, don't you think? Here's the Journal Sentinel's account: Expecting Griffey to pull the ball, the Brewers' infield was drastically shifted around to the right. When Griffey grounded to the left side, third baseman Ryan Braun fielded the ball and turned to throw to second for what he hoped would be a double play. When the play was over, there were no outs and two runs in. Second baseman Joe Dillon was so far into the hole toward right he had no chance to get to the base. Instead, shortstop J.J. Hardy raced to try to take the throw as a moving target. Instead, the ball glanced off Hardy's glove and skipped into short right field.
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In all professional contexts, managers are ultimately held responsible for the performance of those working under them. Sometimes it's unfair, especially if you have a bunch of incompetent employees, but that's the nature of the beast.
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My fear is that that once the team falls a game or two out of first place (I am sort of accepting that as inevitable), things might just completely crumble. On paper, it's still anybody's division, but I'm not totally sure that the Brewers possess the emotional mojo to battle back.
