Brian the Automator

For those of you who don't visit the minor league forum (shame on you!), the Brewers purchased the contract of the "Little Unit" Ryan Anderson from the Surprise Fightin' Falcons of the new Golden Baseball League, and assigned him to the Brevard County Manatees. Apparently, in his first exhibition game, his fastball was up around 93-94 mph with a "curveball that should be illegal".

The DH and articifical turf tonight? Clancy, this must be heaven for you.

[ Brian, how hard is it to trace IP's? I'm asking mainly for the "bonus whores" on the poker boards who think they are indetectable, as they set up 2-5 accounts to maximize a good bonus. ] You can't really trace someone's IP on a third-party site. As an ezBoard moderator, I'm given special access to view a person's IP address. I was emailed the IP address of this particular user from the moderator at the BadgerManiac board. Basically, you need to have control of the server of the site you're trying to monitor, because the requests come through that server and that's where the IP address gets logged.

And for the record, the IP Address "the two" bjamesw22's posted from on Brewerfan.net and BadgerNation/Badgermaniac was a perfect match. So yes, that was an outright lie. mb7.scout.com/fwisconsin3...c&index=12 *eyeroll*

http://www.sugarcraft.com/catalog/novelties/sesame/with6.jpg Victor pitches tonight at SIX, SIX PM central.... AH AH AH AH AH NL Central Standings: TEAM WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK ST LOUIS 22 13 .629 - 12-9 10-4 02-05 16-04 04-04 LOST 1 [b]MILWAUKEE 18 16 .529 3 1/2 11-9 7-7 03-03 13-10 02-03 WON 3[/b] CHICAGO CUBS 16 18 .471 5 1/2 9-8 7-10 04-03 10-11 02-04 WON 3 PITTSBURGH 15 19 .441 6 1/2 3-10 12-9 00-00 08-12 07-07 LOST 1 CINCINNATI 13 22 .371 9 9-10 4-12 05-03 06-15 02-04 LOST 1 HOUSTON 12 23 .343 10 10-7 2-16 02-10 10-11 00-02 LOST 4

The senior staff discussed this for a while, and we've decided to ban bjamesw22 from the site. I'd like to use this opportunity to discuss what went wrong, and I don't want this to turn into another opportunity to "pile on" that particular user. To post on a message board, you need a particularily thick skin. If someone says something mildly irritating, the best way to handle it is to _ignore_ it. Now obviously, flat-out name calling, cussing, and those type of comments are banned by the Message Board FAQ rules, and whenever we see these things we try to tackle them head-on either by a private inbox message, a public reply, or deleting the post. There are however grey areas where users can come across as condescending or rude. In many cases, the user may just be having a bad day, and by all means, try to take the high road. There are also users who are consistently condescending, and for the most part, the message board has been self-regulating, and these users get "shamed" or ignored. That's really how Brewerfan.net's message boards have been successful up to this point. It's when users become really nothing more than a distraction or a side-show, or as some would say, "attention whores", that we sometimes find it necessary to remove them. This a site to talk about Brewers baseball in a respectful manner, and I think the vast majority of users here are in complete agreement with that. I believe that this is the first person we've had to remove in the past couple of years to fall under this category. The key here, is to realize that everyone's opinion is valid. Part of my mission for Brewerfan.net is to pull in fans who have a light to moderate interest in the Brewers, and turn them into die-hard fans. Arrogance and hypersensitivity is a distraction to that process, and results in people getting caught up in "message board politics" instead of having a good time discussing Milwaukee Brewers baseball. You, the users, have made us the most active Brewers message board on the internet, and we've been incredibly successful up to this point. I appreciate your help in keeping the self-governing nature that has allowed us to prosper alive.

I repeat: he was associated with our program several years ago. I don't belief he was a roster player, but did spend most of the pre-season with us. So is he lying or are you lying?

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NL Central Standings: TEAM WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK ST LOUIS 18 10 .643 - 8-7 10-3 02-04 16-04 00-02 LOST 2 [b]MILWAUKEE 14 14 .500 4 8-7 6-7 00-01 12-10 02-03 LOST 1[/b] CHICAGO CUBS 12 16 .429 6 6-6 6-10 00-01 10-11 02-04 LOST 6 HOUSTON 11 17 .393 7 10-5 1-12 01-06 10-11 00-00 LOST 4 PITTSBURGH 11 17 .393 7 3-9 8-8 00-00 08-11 03-06 LOST 1 CINCINNATI 10 18 .357 8 7-7 3-11 04-02 06-15 00-01 LOST 8

http://www.tuftsprimarysource.org/img/we.were.there/captain.morgan.jpg Doug Davis tries it to make it EIGHT in a row tonight. NL Central Standings: TEAM WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK ST LOUIS 18 9 .667 - 8-6 10-3 02-04 16-04 00-01 LOST 1 [b]MILWAUKEE 14 13 .519 4 8-6 6-7 00-00 12-10 02-03 WON 7[/b] CHICAGO CUBS 12 15 .444 6 6-5 6-10 00-00 10-11 02-04 LOST 5 HOUSTON 11 16 .407 7 10-5 1-11 01-05 10-11 00-00 LOST 3 PITTSBURGH 11 16 .407 7 3-9 8-7 00-00 08-11 03-05 WON 3 CINCINNATI 10 17 .370 8 7-6 3-11 04-02 06-15 00-00 LOST 7

The answer's in the message board FAQ: p092.ezboard.com/fbrewers...=576.topic

http://users.ids.net/~kiselka/g-love/html/top/Gpicture.jpg G-Love tries to make it SEVEN IN A ROW. NL Central Standings: TEAM WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK ST LOUIS 18 8 .692 - 8-5 10-3 02-04 16-04 00-00 WON 3 [b]MILWAUKEE 13 13 .500 5 7-6 6-7 00-00 11-10 02-03 WON 6[/b] CHICAGO CUBS 12 14 .462 6 6-5 6-9 00-00 10-10 02-04 LOST 4 HOUSTON 11 15 .423 7 10-5 1-10 01-04 10-11 00-00 LOST 2 PITTSBURGH 10 16 .385 8 3-9 7-7 00-00 08-11 02-05 WON 2 CINCINNATI 10 17 .370 8 1/2 7-6 3-11 04-02 06-15 00-00 LOST 7

http://www.sesameplace.co.jp/japanese/images/count1.jpg The Brewers go for SIX, SIX wins in a row. AH AH AH AH. NL Central Standings: TEAM WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK ST LOUIS 17 8 .680 - 8-5 9-3 02-04 15-04 00-00 WON 2 CHICAGO CUBS 12 13 .480 5 6-5 6-8 00-00 10-09 02-04 LOST 3 [b]MILWAUKEE 12 13 .480 5 6-6 6-7 00-00 10-10 02-03 WON 5[/b] HOUSTON 11 14 .440 6 10-4 1-10 01-04 10-10 00-00 LOST 1 CINCINNATI 10 16 .385 7 1/2 7-5 3-11 04-02 06-14 00-00 LOST 6 PITTSBURGH 9 16 .360 8 3-9 6-7 00-00 07-11 02-05 WON 1

I'm gussing you used a combantion of ">" and "-" characters.

[ I was wondering if anybody knows what station the Huntsville game is on in the Milwaukee area? ] It's only available via the internet. Check out today's link report in the minor league forum for more info.

If your psyched for baseball and don't want to wait for tonight's big matchup, tune in to hear Dana Eveland and the Stars play at noon. NL Central Standings: TEAM WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK ST LOUIS 16 8 .667 - 8-5 8-3 02-04 14-04 00-00 WON 1 CHICAGO CUBS 12 12 .500 4 6-5 6-7 00-00 10-08 02-04 LOST 2 HOUSTON 11 13 .458 5 10-3 1-10 01-04 10-09 00-00 WON 3 [b]MILWAUKEE 11 13 .458 5 5-6 6-7 00-00 09-10 02-03 WON 4[/b] CINCINNATI 10 15 .400 6 1/2 7-4 3-11 04-02 06-13 00-00 LOST 5 PITTSBURGH 8 16 .333 8 3-9 5-7 00-00 06-11 02-05 LOST 4

NL Central Standings: TEAM WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK ST LOUIS 15 7 .682 - 8-5 7-2 02-03 13-04 00-00 LOST 1 CHICAGO CUBS 12 11 .522 3 1/2 6-5 6-6 00-00 10-07 02-04 LOST 1 CINCINNATI 10 13 .435 5 1/2 7-3 3-10 04-02 06-11 00-00 LOST 3 [b]MILWAUKEE 10 13 .435 5 1/2 4-6 6-7 00-00 08-10 02-03 WON 3[/b] HOUSTON 9 13 .409 6 8-3 1-10 01-04 08-09 00-00 WON 1 PITTSBURGH 8 14 .364 7 3-8 5-6 00-00 06-10 02-04 LOST 2

Just about ready to head out the door for some tailgating with pogokat and to watch Obermueller jack the first Brewer pitcher home run this year.

www.brewerfan.net/ViewOrg...ats.action We are now capturing weekly stats. This page lets you pick a start week and and end week, and will calculate the totals between those two endpoints. The date values are the start date of that given week (starting on Sunday). We will be adding more functionality to build on this (such as graphing players' stats week-by-week) as we go forward.

[ The good news is that tonight's start by Eveland probably was his worst at the AA level, if that makes sense. That BB to K ratio is outstanding. The guy just keeps on dealing. With his polish, at what point do we see him bumped up to AAA? ] I think that's gotta happen pretty quick, with Helling and Pratt performing the way they were. Maybe it will coincide with a Carlos Villanueva promotion. I'd say he's got about 3 more Huntsville starts left in him. Great job, Dana!

It'll be interesting to see what happens with Hardy in the 2-hole. He's not going to get pitched around at all, so either this will be a catalyst or a really bad idea.

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Dear Victor Santos, I'm sorry I doubted you. Sincerely, Brian Kapellusch brewerfan.net

It would really demoralize the Power, but Will Lewis needs to be promoted to Brevard County ASAP.

[ Because I quit. Eat it. ] You'll be back. They always come back.