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  1. rickh150
    So flipping Wed/Thurs starters would be a tweak then, right? Having Burnes get an extra day’s rest (6 days) after asking out of a game to start the Reds series and having Houser pitch on 4 days rest against Mets.
  2. rickh150
    Found this interesting, encouraging….. Brewers have played the 28th hardest schedule (3rd easiest) in baseball thus far according to power rankings guru. Brewers still have the 26 hardest schedule (5th easiest) in baseball to go. Cubs have by far the easiest schedule to go and the Reds are at 27th hardest (4th easiest) to go. However, they play each other 10 times yet. Having a large lead and playing a similar schedule the second half is encouraging. Figuring we are going to add to improve the roster also is encouraging. http://powerrankingsguru.com/mlb/strength-of-schedule.php
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    He missed mini camp and mandatory workouts with his teammates. He is being pretty dramatic. And his teammates don't seem to care. Of course, his WRs want him there. Of course (outside of maybe Adams), they all want him around to work on timing/routes/plays. Of course, ALL Packers care that he is in camp. He’s hijacking a team and it’s realistic ability to getting to another a Super Bowl. It is bad enough already and it progressively gets worse as training camp begins.
  4. rickh150
    Because they want to strategically line up starters to face certain teams? Because they want to do it in June/July. I highly doubt most MLB teams worry about that sort of thing until late August at the absolute earliest. Worry about? I agree with you that teams aren’t worrying about scheduling and pitching choices. Yet, strategic talks on the rotation are happening at all times at all levels of the organization, I have to believe. I would think rotation set up is a constant issue discussed based on opponent, schedule, off days, recent call ups, overuse of bullpen, and player’s health. It’s why CC and other managers don’t announce the starters a week ahead of time, just a few days. All these factors play in time. I find it highly interesting that the Brewers are now doing the 6th man rotation over the last month or so during their easiest strength of schedule games, when they have few off days, and when Leuer/Houser/Anderson are pitching relatively well. It won’t work if we have regular blow ups like Ashby had. So, of course they are thinking about these matchups with certain teams in June/July. But To totally reconfigure a rotation so that our top 3 pitch against a certain team during a three game July series of a 162 game schedule? No. There are other games to be played.
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    Most teams are using 5 man rotations in June and July so this isn’t an issue for them. Most teams don’t also have 2 (and arguably 3) All Star caliber starting pitchers with a pretty big drop off from there. Maybe the payoff will come later in the season if and when the Brewers starters are in better shape than their division rivals. But, if the Brewers see their division lead evaporating as quickly as it appeared while giving half of the starts to the 4th through 6th (and sometimes 7th) starters, there’s going to be some questioning of this unconventional strategy. What works against the Rockies, DBacks, and Pirates (or when the team scores in double digits) may not work so well against better teams, like it didn’t with the Reds, the only team with a winning record the Brewers have faced since May. I wonder if any other team in MLB has played a division rival 12 times before throwing either of their top 2 pitchers at them. Pretty much agreeing with everything here…..starting Burnes on Thursday instead of Wednesday gives him even MORE rest AND allows one of our best to face the Reds in back to back series.
  6. rickh150
    I think he is getting the CC 2011 treatment. CC didn’t do much right the first half of the season (did he have a hit?). His reputation and past stats are allowing him to be around.
  7. rickh150
    It depends if they plan on throwing deGrom on Sunday.
  8. rickh150
    Tucker and Portis have been important with the switching, being able to guard a variety of people.
  9. rickh150
    This is a fan forum on different sports issues. Lebron has been in the news for the aforementioned. Is it off limits to debate, discuss? I’m discussing my point of view…. not the one getting personal. If it isn’t your kind of topic to discuss, don’t. I don’t think I’m out of bounds here.
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    Lebron just should be an assistant coach on the bench then…. He’s a traveling side show now.
  11. rickh150
    My guess is that Middleton gets Booker?
  12. rickh150
    Burnes should be available to pitch AS Game, but not Woodruff who is on schedule to pitch Monday and Sunday. Will Hader get the 9th?
  13. rickh150
    Because they want to strategically line up starters to face certain teams?
  14. rickh150
    I want Burnes healthy and pitching against the Reds after the break. If that means throwing him only five innings Wednesday, so be it. Skip the start would be fine with me too since he was asking out of his last start. I hope Woodruff gets to pitch on regular rest (6 man rotation) on Sunday and then again against the Reds after the break.
  15. rickh150
    Every once in a while a highlight is shown of LeBron watching his son’s games, whether it being HS or AAU. I shudder almost every time because of various things LeBron does, usually taking focus from the actual game. If he was the actual coach of the game, I can see the things he does in a totally different light. But he is simply a parent watching his son’s game and he is walking out on the floor, causing stoppages of play, and really actively and vocally coaching his son. Now, to complicate this further, the son’s team is often playing in the gym bought and named after LeBron. I am curious how brewer fan.netters would view this. Like I said previously, I shudder when a glimpse of his son’s games are shown. From a coach’s perspective, his over the top antics would get old quickly. I’m also guessing that Bronny is ok when his dad is absent from some of his games. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/le-bron-james-halts-youth-basketball-game-to-confront-pa-announcer-over-bronny-call-222733322.html
  16. rickh150
    I don't think anyone hated him as a person, or even a player. I think a lot of people hated the way he was used. I think a lot of people hated that Counsell seemed to have to find ways to get him in the line-up no matter what. Played very well in Game 2 of 2018 NLDS….. I will remember that about him. A couple of doubles and an RBI, I think.
  17. rickh150
    Yeah, right….. If anyone throws 7 IP with 0 ER, it is a great outing in the MLB, even if smoke and mirrors are involved.
  18. rickh150
    On the Brewers website, it has the following…. Monday- Woodruff Tuesday- Anderson (vs de Grom) Wednesday- Burnes
  19. rickh150
    Great times in Milwaukee and Wisconsin….
  20. rickh150
    And now another! Yes!,, One more.
  21. rickh150
    And now another! Yes!,,
  22. rickh150
    And now another!
  23. rickh150
    Just get a stop…..it’s been like a dozen plus trips without one.
  24. rickh150
    He missed mini camp and mandatory workouts with his teammates. He is being pretty dramatic.
  25. rickh150
    Wow….. just hoping CC has flexibility in using a major weapon. But you do this often. You almost look for drama in places that there are none. Just making a baseball point about our closer.
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