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Ryan Braun's 6th hit of the night wins the game for the Brewers in the bottom of the 18th inning. ee9cac84-842dd06c-19b7b47d-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4

Wiemer always seems like he's surprised that pitchers can throw breaking balls. I remember a particular PA against Max Scherzer last year where he just toyed with him by throwing breaking balls - slider, change, slider, slider, fastball, curveball. It's like he's never expecting the pitch that will be thrown, like he needs to learn more about how pitchers sequence and approach him.

Umpscorecards keeps track of this and according to them, the Brewers have lost 8 runs of favor this year, third worst in MLB, might also be hurt by Contreras' poor framing this year.

The Rockies player did something similar the previous inning and the sun is setting right in the sight line of the 1B there, so may be possible.

Thanks for the kind words--my advice is just to keep writing in whatever community section that allows you to submit and eventually someone will give you a shot. I'm jealous of your T-Mobile membership. I have to *gulp* pay for it every year! (The MLBPA discount helps, as well as the money I save on Mint Mobile).

With all the discussion about Chris Capuano's gem against the Rockies this week, a highlight from his career. I couldn't find a video of his home run, so this is the best video of him batting: https://www.mlb.com/video/chris-capuano-walks?q=PlayId %3D "de112c0c-afff-4ed7-8c92-0a2012f9af99"&cp=CMS_FIRST&p=0 His last pitch resulted in a caught stealing: https://www.mlb.com/video/mallex-smith-caught-stealing-2nd-base-catcher-jonathan-lucroy-to-shortstop-jonathan-villar?q=PlayId %3D "b4e09752-ea78-4d45-bd85-702e759182cc"&cp=CMS_FIRST&p=0

After reading @TheIrrelevantWriter's introductory blog, I thought I would follow suit. My name is Chris and I'm currently living in New Mexico but grew up in southeastern Wisconsin. I was the only person in my family who was really interested in sports but somehow quickly became obsessed with baseball. I'd listen to the mid/late 90's games on WTMJ with Uecker and Jim Powell and collect the Brewers' cards from the local police officers. I only attended one or two Brewers games growing up and went to a handful more of Timber Rattlers games (cheaper tickets, probably). But somehow, I became obsessed with Roger Clemens and instead of following the local team, I was a Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees, and Astros fan. As such, and along with the Timber Rattlers being a Mariners affiliate at the time, my Brewer fandom was never very firmly entrenched. Then I moved to New Mexico and eventually discovered some of the new baseball stats that were becoming more popular, thanks to The Book by Tom Tango/MLG, and websites such as Fangraphs and Baseball Prospectus. I started to get more involved with the internet sabermetrics crowd on Twitter and eventually started writing some articles myself. That eventually took me to a Tampa Bay Rays blog, which opened the door to my Rays' fandom. After that, I started submitting articles to Fangraphs Community and Beyond the Box Score, the latter of which brought me on as a writer. That opened the door to a position at Baseball Prospectus, an article on ESPN, and a chapter in the 2015 Hardball Times Annual. Eventually that part of life was over and I hung up the keyboard for quite some time. With the advent of MLB.TV, having been more of a general baseball fan, I've been able to rekindle my Brewers fandom, which has been especially easy with their consistent competitive nature and "David beating Goliath" story line ever year. I eventually stumbled on this little corner of the internet and have appreciated both the analysis and the relationships that some have built with the actual organization. Having a beat writer with media access to the team and prospect writers who can talk to the players, along with a sense of community and willingness to discuss more than just surface metrics is just the place for me. I'm glad to be here and hope to help contribute to the discussion moving forward!

Awesome, I had a couple buddies go into the Army out of high school. Thank you for your service to the country and happy 4th of July!

Thanks for introducing yourself - which branch did you serve in?

Do you think all of Matt Arnold's clothing comes from St. Vincent's?

Opens up the door for Cooper Pratt to A+ as well?

Thanks for the inner workings of this process. Very great information.

Update on my end - field is nice, kids love the play area and the smaller food portion restaurant is a good touch. But don't even think of moving seats in the 8th inning! Ushers at every stairwell and kicking out people even sitting down in empty sections.

Good point!

I'll be at this game - is it too much to ask for a grand slam?

What types of players do you mean by this? A return to the three true outcome style hitter?

I was looking into the Collective Bargaining Agreement, but couldn't find the exact wording. I believe the 20 day max for position players and 30 day for pitchers was adopted in 2003. https://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/league-info/cba-history/

The rule for a position player rehab stint is 20 days maximum. https://www.milb.com/altoona/team/transaction-speak According to the Brewers transaction log, his rehab stint started June 10, so June 30 would be the last possible day where he would either have to be called up or optioned.

The Cubs might have beat the Brewers today, but they didn't this day:

Joey Wiemer looks pretty bad at the plate--does he end up going down a level?

Roller DFA was my thought for the Garrett Mitchell 40-man spot. Hopefully Koenig can come back quickly.

I updated some of the stuff I was looking at and came up with Gerald Perry. Left-handed hitting 1B with more speed than power. Solid career with an all-star selection.

Glad I got this entry in just before his grand slam against lefty Jacob Latz! Hoping it's a sign of things to come.

Fridays are for the classics! Down 3-2 to the California Angels in game 5 of the 1982 ALCS, Cecil Cooper hits a single to LF to score Charlie Moore and Jim Gantner in the bottom of the 7th and send the Brewers to the World Series. cecil_cooper_2500K.mp4 And on defense, Robin Yount runs and dives to save and finalize Juan Nieves' no-hitter in 1987. nieves_no-no.mp4

Yerlin Rodriguez looked pretty nasty closing out the 9th. Fastball hanging out at 97 and a slider to the final batter that I swear looked like a curveball.