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  1. RU Rah Rah
    Yost has lost his mind. His lineup shuffles make less and less sense daily. Yeah, looking at what they ran out there today did not exactly make me think of the '27 Yankees.
  2. RU Rah Rah
    I think Linebrink probably has been pitching better for the Padres than Cordero was pitching for the Rangers before the El Caballo deal. A quick look at his gamelogs seems to show that he's basically had a pretty shaky last month. As of June 22, his ERA was under 2.00. It's actually gone up more than a full run (from 2.55 to 3.80) only in the past week, after an atrocious outing against the Mets (3 ER in 1 IP) and an even worse effort at Coors (4 ER in 2/3 IP). Also, I kind of remember some of us fearing that Linebrink would be part of the deal when Barrett went to SD. I don't think he's suddenly turned into a stiff since then.
  3. RU Rah Rah
    I am not saying I agree with the idea of making ridiculous offers -- it seems kind of insulting -- but you could make the argument that it's a sound (and common) negotiating strategy. You start with something pretty extreme and then give ground until you've reached something more reasonable.
  4. RU Rah Rah
    Billy is coming back tomorrow, right? (He says as he spies TGJ in the eight hole . . .)
  5. RU Rah Rah
    The problem is that your % of taking the lead in the next inning is still less than favorable. If you're presented save opportunities over the next few days (and looking at the matchups, it's favorable that it will occur), you're risking a lot for something that's far from a sure thing. I absolutely see your point, but I don't know that using CoCo for a non-save inning last night would have been "risking a lot," necessarily. He could pitch on consecutive days. And you could make the argument that it's better to use him in an actual close game at hand than to save him for a future close game that might not arrive. But this seems like a classic damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't scenario. I don't necessarily blame Ned (although I have to say that my heart sank when Balfour came into the game).
  6. RU Rah Rah
    And please don't tell me we need to save him for a save situation. You're not going to get to a save situation when you throw your crap relievers out there. I tend to agree. Although I can appreciate the logic of "saving" Cordero, I think the potential risk (you might wind up not using your best reliever in a close game) outweighs the potential benefit. And wouldn't it be better to use an inferior reliever when you've got a lead? If he makes a mistake in that situation, you still might be able to salvage a tie and push the game further into extra innings. But if he makes a mistake in a tie game, you're done. It seems as though you would want to use your superior reliever (Cordero) when there's less margin for error -- and that's when the game is tied.
  7. RU Rah Rah
    I have taught my six-year old girl and two-year old boy to chant "Boo Cubs! Boo Yankees!" (A little bit of a two-fer in there.)
  8. RU Rah Rah
    Hate to be too much of a downer but the Reds have been playing winning baseball (10-7) since they fired Jerry Narron. Just something to consider. Yeah, I have noticed this as well. It's not like they are playing Cubs-like, out-their-minds .750 ball, but they haven't been as dreadful of late. Let's hope there's a fire sale soon (with Dunn either coming to the Brewers or going out of the division) to help them return to early season form.
  9. RU Rah Rah
    Tell me again which rule barry broke at the time he allegedly used? It does look like he subsequently broke the "don't lie to a grand jury while under oath" rule. And you don't just get suspended for that -- you go to jail. (Unless you're Scooter Libby, that is.) What I don't get is this: if Barry himself genuinely thought that what he was doing was perfectly legal and within the rules, why has he been lying and evading his rear end off about for the past several years?
  10. RU Rah Rah
    And let's not forget that Sheets and Hall are on the DL, and Rickie has gone more or less AWOL offensively. Even with that adversity, the Brewers still have a lead in the division.
  11. RU Rah Rah
    What the heck happened to the Brewerfan.net I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh?
  12. RU Rah Rah
    I grew up with former Mariner and Yankee Jeff Nelson. We played Little League, American Legion, and high school baseball together for about 10 years. (Although he did plenty of semi-crazy things in his MLB career, including brawling with groundskeepers in Fenway Park, Jeff actually was a pretty mellow kid.)
  13. RU Rah Rah
    For what it's worth, I checked the game logs, and Wise hasn't thrown that many pitches in a game since 2001. So it's definitely aberrant in that sense.
  14. RU Rah Rah
    Wise's longest outing, in terms of pitch count, since Oct. 2001.
  15. RU Rah Rah
    We gotta start this JV lineup more often. It's potent!
  16. RU Rah Rah
    Can I make myself say, "Go Barry"?
  17. RU Rah Rah
    Graffy with the tape measure job.
  18. RU Rah Rah
    Why is Yo batting ninth in that lineup?
  19. RU Rah Rah
    Holy smokes -- who sang the anthem?
  20. RU Rah Rah
    Some other depressing numbers: Hart since June 24: .227/.274/.455 Jenkins since June 2: .210/.273/.380 Rickie since June 18 (when he came off the DL): .138/.263/.231 You get all four on these guys in the lineup at once, plus the pitcher's spot, and you've got some serious coldness. (Thus the lack of runs lately.)
  21. RU Rah Rah
    Since coming off the DL, he is .138/.263/.231, 0 HR, 25 K. That is just seriously awful. There is a fine line between letting him play out of his slump and letting him get so totally messed up that he might not be able to right himself. I'm afraid that Rickie might be trending toward the latter.
  22. RU Rah Rah
    Lately, there has been this (im)perfect storm on the offensive end of things. I don't even want to think about where the team would be without Braun.
  23. RU Rah Rah
    Solid effort by Cappy.
  24. RU Rah Rah
    We're two weeks away from the trading deadline and in first place...it's about time we make a big move to pull away from the pack. A few things: 1.) The loss of Sheets hurts, no question. But, even without him, the team is still has a reasonably deep rotation. I think the Brewers can muddle through reasonably well if they divvy up his starts between Villy, Yo, and Manny (or whoever). 2.) #1 starters don't grow on trees. To make a deal for someone of Sheets' caliber, the team would have to give up at least a couple of quality players and/or prospects. (It's not like you're going to get Dontrelle Willis for Kevin Mench and $20,000.) I'm not sure I would do that simply for a marginal improvement in one spot in the rotation over six weeks. 3.) We keep saying it, but the schedule is going to get easier. There are a bunch of games coming up against the Giants, Reds, Cards, Pirates, and 'Stros. These aren't gimmes, by any stretch (there is one more trip to PNC, after all), but I generally like the club's chances against sub-.500 teams, even without Sheets. 4.) Billy is on the DL, Rickie is slumping to the point of getting benched, and the Brewers still have the best record in the National League, the best home record in baseball, and the second-largest lead of any first-place team. I don't know that a "big move" is really going to boost the team all that much.
  25. RU Rah Rah
    Rickie presents a conundrum -- he needs to play in order to get out of his funk, but the team still has to put a competent line-up out on the field and endeavor to win games. No good solution here. It's not like Graffy is a huge upgrade (although he did come through on Sunday), but I can understand the temptation to play him.
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