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  1. Patrick425
    It was pretty clear from what I saw on TV that this happened in a mobile home. I'm guessing there was only one bathroom.
  2. Patrick425
    I'm also having a hard time understanding all the hostility towards the situation. It's just for grins. Yes, I would be a little concerned if teams started running any celebrity that was a casual baseball fan out there on a regular basis. However, if once in a while a guy like Crystal (who's more than just a casual fan) or G. Brooks gets an AB or two..who cares? I guess it would be nice to see some charitable cause tied to it. Like, maybe B. Chrystal donates $10k to some charity for every strike thrown at him, or he buys tickets for a bunch of local under-privilaged kids to see the game. Something like that.
  3. Patrick425
    As long as he stays coachable and realizes that he still has a lot to learn, I don't have too big of an issue with "confident" comments like that.
  4. Patrick425
    Ok, I'm not nearly as up on sabermetrics as many on this site are and I hate to open a can of worms. However, there was an article posted on Sportsline.com last week regarding how to determine who might be comeback pitcher candidates this year. I can't link to the article, because I believe it's only for users who subscribe to the Fantasy baseball comissioner product on that site. However, the writer points out Chis Capuano as a prime comeback candidate and sites 3 main stats that point to this. BB/9, K/9, and H/BIP (Hits for Balls in play). The last stat he mentions as being important because "For pitchers, the H/BIP rate is random; research has not found anything that a pitcher can do to influence whether a hit ball is an out once it leaves the hitter's bat. The increase in ERA for this pitcher was nothing but bad luck" I just don't get this. Yes I understand that once the ball is hit, the pitcher can't do anything about it. However, isn't a hanging curve easier to hit than a nasty slider? There is a difference between a lazer beam that careens off the right-center field wall and a slow dribbler to 1st. Usually the pitcher has something to do with that difference. I don't know that I'm ever going to understand the whole BIP methodology.
  5. Patrick425
    Have not purchased this game yet. However, we usually get this game for our son for his birthday each year, or he buys it himself. We have never been able to get a Brewers hat. I think we have a Red Sox and a Mariners hat that he will never wear. I'm wondering if they even make Brewers hats.
  6. Patrick425
    Not necessarily. They had a guy on XM the other day that was either the president or vice president of the Cactus League. He was talking about possible teams coming over from Florida. The possibility of having an odd number of teams was brought up. He mentioned, that while it's not the ideal situation, it's managable. It would mean that each day at least one team would have to play a split squad game.
  7. Patrick425
    I was at Spring Training when this story broke, but I'd like to add my 2 cents anyways. It seems like Fielder is the kind of guy who holds grudges (look at his relationship with his dad). I seriously doubt that he will ever sign a long term contract with the Brewers. Is it just a matter of time before a pre-arby guy like Fielder takes MLB to court claiming that they are not being payed fair market value. Of course, I'm not sure if an action like that would even make any sense. I'm sure someone will tell me if it doesn't. Isn't it basically what Curt Flood did? I'm assuming that a player would have to break his relationship with the players union before doing something like that.
  8. Patrick425
    Oh man, I've been there before. Yes, very annoying.
  9. Patrick425
    Schlitz, I was at that game too on 3/6. I'm sitting in the Phoenix airport right now waiting for my flight back to Milwaukeehttp://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif You actually captured me in your picture of the Sausages. I'm to the right of the Italians hat (as you are looking at the picture) sitting on the outfiield grass with the white shirt. I took some pictures too (not very good ones). Will post them when I have a chance (although I have come down with a nasty cold today and I'm not sure how much I'm going to feel like posting pics when I get home). This is the 6th year in a row that my family and I have gone down to AZ for ST and I notices several things. One being that the I'm disappointed with the Brewers pre-game warm up routines. Every game we were at (home and away), they seem to wait until the last minute to take the field and do their pre-game warm ups and stretching (not talking about batting practice). For example, went to the game in Surprise against the Rangers on Wednesday. The Brewers showed up and then did not do stretching until 15 minutes before the game. At the 3/6 game at Maryvale I noticed that Seattle showed up and immediately started taking infield and outfield practice followed by stretching. Need to start boarding soon. Will have more observations later.
  10. Patrick425
    However, a lot of times they are a house off. If you type in my address (or do it via phone number as you suggested), it shows my next door neighbors house. My boss said that it's the same thing when he types in his address (it's one house off).
  11. Patrick425
    Leon Klinghoffer edit: Oh, and Marilyn Klinghoffer
  12. Patrick425
    It's not so much that they field it on the glove side, but they are taught to arch or angle towards the ball so that the momentum is carrying them towards 1st (when making the throw to 1st). However on plays to second, I beleive it's more standard to field the ball in front of you then drop your left or right foot (depending on wheter you are playing 2nd or SS) and sidearm the ball to second (unless your fielding a ball up the middle and your momentum is carrying you toward second, then obviously you either take it yourself or underhand flip it).
  13. Patrick425
    Although, probably not the most "text book" way of doing it...it appears that he may be trying to cheat a little and get his body facing towards second as he fielding the ball in order to make a quicker feed to 2nd. Not sure though. Edit: Duh, for what ever reason I was thinking Weeks was taking grounders at SS (probably not)...although he still could be getting his mo toward 1st as he fields the ball (assuming that's where the play is).
  14. Patrick425
    I hate to belabor the point, but Sheets always runs like that. I still remember the first time I ever saw him run to first. I thought OMG, whats wrong with him? That can't possibly be the way he really runs..is he trying to be funny? Since then, I have always been so amused at the way he runs. It's as if when he was a kid he had to be taught how to run because he didn't get it and he still struggles with it to this day. I have honestly never seen a non-disabled person seem to put so much effort and thought into the natural act of running. He doesn't know what to do with his arms and hands when he runs. Most people pump there arms when they run. It's more of a swatting motion with him, like he's trying to swat flies in front of him. Ever see someone run that starts tripping as they run and for the last 10 or 20 yards they just struggle to stay on their feet as all there body weight is carrying them towards the ground? That's the way Sheets runs all the time. Can you tell I'm a little obsessed with this?
  15. Patrick425
    Look at the way sheets runs. I always thought he had one of the strangest running motions that I have ever seen. His palms always seem to be facing the ground as he's running. It's like he's constantly preparing to brace himself in case he falls as he's running.
  16. Patrick425
    Are you saying that it's hard to justify the Brewer's higher than 6 because it wasn't a championship? (Actually it was - the American League Championship, same as the Braves clinching the NL championship). Or, are you just saying Aaron's HR seems to be more dramatic that Cooper's single? Probably...however, one was during the season, the other was the 5th and final game of a series.
  17. Patrick425
    In related news...Bin Laden calls Hitler "not nice"
  18. Patrick425
    How exactly would he regress to Jenkins numbers last year? Jenkins had a better Avg and SLG% than Cameron and was only 9 points lower in OBP. Yes, Cameron had more Runs and RBI, but he also had 150 more ABs. While there may be a defensive improvement, Petco or no Petco, I don't see Cameron beating the Menchkins numbers offensively.
  19. Patrick425
    I tend to agree with JohnBriggs and especially this statement, which everyone seems to be dismissing:
  20. Patrick425
    I think you are wrong. I would have said slack-jawed idiots.Yeah, because the word morons would be politically incorrect, since it would be offensive to the people living in the city of Moron in Spain. In fact, I'm offended by the slack-jawed reference, since I do not have a very pronounced jaw bone.
  21. Patrick425
    In the JS (I hate to use the term JSonline. I'm still a daily hard copy subcriber) article this morning, it talked about how Kendell sees a lot of pitches. It got me thinking, is there a stat on this? Is there anywhere that you can find something like average number of pitches per AB for a particular hitter?
  22. Patrick425
    I'm having a real hard time trying to figure out the so called "experts" (I'm not saying Steve Stone is an expert by any means, I'm talking about everything I read about the NL Central) spin on the NL Central this year. I truely don't get this annointing of the Cubs as the kings of the NL Central. This isn't just because I'm a Brewer fan. I actually do not really have the hatred towards the Cubs that most of the other people on this site do. However, what have they done this off season? They acquired Fukodome. That's it. They also lost Cliff Floyd and Jaque Jones. I can't believe that Fukodome will put up much better (if better at all) numbers than those two combined. Their starting pitching is laughable and I have this feeling that Zambrano is not going to have a great year. If they go out and acquire Brian Roberts, I might change my view a little, but their starting pitching will still be weak. They may have enough to get to the playoffs, but they definitely are not built to be successful in the playoffs. I really don't get all the hype.
  23. Patrick425
    I agree with this completley. If I had the choice of two pitchers to add to the Brewers and pitcher A had a 3.00 ERA with 10 wins and pitcher B had a 4.00 ERA with 15 wins, all else being equal, I'd opt for pitcher A.
  24. Patrick425
    I agree with this completley. If I had the choice of two pitchers to add to the Brewers and pitcher A had a 3.00 ERA with 10 wins and pitcher B had a 4.00 ERA with 15 wins, all else being equal, I'd opt for pitcher A.
  25. Patrick425
    I agree with this completley. If I had the choice of two pitchers to add to the Brewers and pitcher A had a 3.00 ERA with 10 wins and pitcher B had a 4.00 ERA with 15 wins, all else being equal, I'd opt for pitcher A.
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