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  1. DougJones43
    That's fine. But there's a difference between believing in the team, and factually stating that a collapse will not happen. It could happen, despite your declarations. Just denying it doesn't really change that, or add much to the discussion.
  2. DougJones43
    http://witchdoctor.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/headinsand.jpg
  3. DougJones43
    This pretty much sums up how I feel. The Brewers will always be my team, but I might start following a little more "casually" if the teams falters this year. Maybe the offseason would re-energize me and change my mind (as it has in the past), but I'm not so sure this time.
  4. DougJones43
    I wish the Brewers could score runs without hitting a homerun. I wish our cleanup hitter wasn't all fat and sucky. I wish Ned Yost wasn't an idiot. I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a '64 Impala.
  5. DougJones43
    First, let's just get this out of the way. The sky is falling, I need to step off the ledge, blah blah blah. Okay, there. Now that those comments are out of the way, please avoid taking this thread in that direction. Stick to the topic at hand, as a purely hypothetical scenario. This season has generated more excitement about baseball in Milwaukee than had been seen in a very long time. 3+ million fans attended games this year. If the Brewers continue their September tailspin and miss the playoffs, what will the longterm ramifications be? Will it take a long time to generate that kind of excitement again? Will the "same old Brewers" mentality return to the state of Wisconsin? I would imagine people would become very guarded and suspect about believing in this franchise until they actually reached the playoffs, but maybe I'm wrong. Maybe people will be excited the team was so close. What do you think?
  6. DougJones43
    I've been worried for years that this kind of stuff would be just enough to cost a talented Brewer team a few games, and a spot in the playoffs. Back when the team wasn't very good to begin with, Ned's strange and stubborn moves were easier for people to overlook. I've always feared that Ned Yost would be an impediment during a pennant chase. I've never observed his managerial style to be philosophically or logically sound. He's been at the helm for two historic team collapses. He made a fool of himself down the stretch last year with his beanball wars against St. Louis, and I was devastated when he was brought back.
  7. DougJones43
    Rumours.
  8. DougJones43
    The Phillies are within 3.5 games. The Brewers offense has scored 16 runs in the past 7 games. Fielder is in the slump of a lifetime, and he's very fat. Ned Yost is still the manager. Gagne, Riske, Weeks, and Hall figure to play prominent roles down the stretch. I don't feel so good...
  9. DougJones43
    During September, the Brewers have averaged 13 baserunners per game. Not bad. With those 13 baserunners per game, the Brewers have averaged 2.5 runs per game. Bad. It almost seems like it would be tricky to pull off that low of a ratio. I'm glad CC was good yesterday, and big ups to Benny tonight for being phenomenal. I'm still concerned about the offense though.
  10. DougJones43
    Prediction for the Brewers offense: 23 hits. 8 walks. 1 run. You heard it here first.
  11. DougJones43
    Sorry for going off-topic, but I just wanted to share a good Milwaukee booing memory. This was from about 3 or 4 years ago. The Brewers were losing like 9-1 or something, and after returning from a commercial break, the camera was showing a closeup of a guy with a mask on like this: http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:0VZU7XkvVt6rSM:http://www.halloweenstreet.com/images/product/181.jpg Daron and Bill were trying to keep the mood positive and fun, even though the team was sucking. The mask just looks fun and silly, and the announcers were talking about how he was a great fan still having a good time. All of the sudden, the guy leans forward and lets out the loudest BOOOOOOO I've ever heard. Then there was silence. It was hilarious. Booing (especially a loud obnoxious boo from just one person) is pure comedy in my book. I guess I'm crazy. Anyway, back to Gagne. Yeah, he stinks. I think he should be used for mop-up duty. It's been pretty clear for nearly the whole season that's the only role he can be trusted with. Yet here we are in September, and he's pitching in the setup role. While Frenchy has been an enormous bust, I still think it's obvious that he isn't the primary culprit in why this has become such a big problem. The funny thing about bad players is, they can only be as detrimental to the team as you allow them to be...
  12. DougJones43
    When it comes to using closers, yes, most other managers are stubborn like Ned. However, those quotes you posted are a completely different story. I don't know of many managers who don't use relievers in the middle of an inning to attempt to get out of jams. Ned's reasoning is completely idiotic. It's not fair??? Ned's PRIMARY (by a long shot) concern needs to be winning games. Period. Everything else is a distant second - particularly the "fairness" of which player's ERA and W-L record gets effected. This is a pennant race for God's sake, and we have to listen to this kind of stuff? Win the games doofus. That's the only fair thing to do for the fans, after 26 years of misery.
  13. DougJones43
    16 baserunners. 2 runs. Another day at the office...
  14. DougJones43
    Gagne? With a small lead?? Again??? Some men, you just can't reach... http://deadspin.com/assets/images/deadspin/2008/05/nedyost.jpg
  15. DougJones43
    I absolutely HATE the 5-game series, for pretty much all the reasons you pointed out. I also agree with Sam in that I'd prefer to see the regular season shortened. It's far too long. This will never happed of course, because of baseball's obsession with counting stats in the 162-game schedule. The records are all tarnished anyway by performance enhancing drugs, so who really cares. That could be another good question for this thread: Would you be opposed at all to a shortened schedule? My vote: End the regular season in mid-September, and have all 7-game series.
  16. DougJones43
    Yep. They're gonna blow it.
  17. DougJones43
    10 baserunners. 2 runs. Just another day at the office.
  18. DougJones43
    There's just no way you can retro-actively go back an change it to an official no-hitter. Once that first hit was on the board, the circumstances changed. The pressure was different. We'll just never be able to know if CC would have still given up no hits the rest of the game. Things aren't linear like that. The biggest mistake by the official scorer, in my mind, was not straying towards 'error' when the first hit of the game is very questionable. That should ALWAYS be the case for scorers - particularly if there are no hits into the middle innings. If it's even close, call it an error and adjust it later if need be. Like I said though, once that hit was on the scoreboard, everything changed.
  19. DougJones43
    Now that I will agree with. It doesn't bother me too much, because they paid to get in there, and again - it's a sporting event - so obnoxious fans come with the territory. Fans at Miller Park do seem to boo at weird and stupid times though. Oh well...
  20. DougJones43
    Here's an idea. You sit quietly if you want. Other people boo if they want. Both can be true fans. You don't get to decide. And it does do something positive. It lets out frustrations, and makes you feel better. It's a sporting event for goodness sake. It's all about fan emotion. It's not a ballet recital. Besides, booing at the game is scientifically proven to reduce the chances of a disgruntled fan bringing an automatic weapon in to work the next day.
  21. DougJones43
    Because they changed that. You're acting like nothing changed. They've won two World Series recently. Up until that point, the burden of proof WAS on them to win in the playoffs. Until they did, people were rightfully suspect. You're missing a big point though - they actually did it. The Brewers have accomplished nothing as of yet. When they actually make it to the playoffs, then they will have proved something.
  22. DougJones43
    They could. I'm just not confident of it. And I really don't think they've shown anything to warrant being compared to the Bo Sox team's of the past 5 seasons. They have a lot to prove in my book, and until that happens, I'm going to be extremely suspect.
  23. DougJones43
    Sweet. Then we can face the Mets bullpen that has shut us out for 10 consecutive innings!
  24. DougJones43
    I'm sorry. What exactly have the Brewers ever done to earn the benefit of the doubt the same way the Red Sox have?
  25. DougJones43
    Eh. Booing a team that is sucking is fine by me. It's a sporting event. Who cares if it doesn't help the players. People paid money and have now effectively wasted their day. Let them vent their frustrations.
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