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Very disappointing game. I rolled the dice and lost on the earring thing this time, I guess -- sorry if I let anyone down. I happened to have some electrical tape in my bag, too -- wish I'd have thought to ask about taping them up. Always next week... 6 days is too long to wait, though http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Figured it's about time for the game thread! Looks like these guys are pretty decent, beating White House last week -- they're also 3-1, probably with their sole loss coming to Bay Street as well. So, weather permitting, it's a battle for 2nd-place (after tiebreaker). To quote Brian: We're going to SHOW NO MERCY.

More than one book here, but the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R.R. Martin is excellent. Medieval fantasy-type story, but with very realistic plot and characters. Currently four books of a planned seven have been published (please don't die, George!).

I've given this some thought the past few days, and I'm not really crazy about the idea of an all-time defense (except, as others have mentioned, in a critical game -- and only then if everyone is on board). Here's why... -- Most of the plays where batters are reaching base have been legitimate hits, and the best fielder in the world isn't going to reach them. The way I see it, if there are defensive adjustments to be made, they need to lie more in positioning than personnel. (See below for one possible alignment.) -- As far as equity of playing time, we're in pretty good shape right now. Currently the bottom part of the order sees a bit less action at the plate, but the only practical improvement would be to start the lineup where it left off the prior week, as we did for much of last year. But if we did move to an all-time defense, no doubt (statistically speaking) some of the 6 permanent DHs would be the ones at the bottom of the lineup, meaning they'd get shorted on playing time on offense and defense. -- I haven't seen any problems with switching people around in the middle of the game. That said, it would probably be good to keep it to the halfway point, and not have any more three-man, two-inning-apiece platoons. -- What other teams are doing is a non-issue to me. I think we have an identity as a friendly, inclusive team, while (I like to think) bringing a little additional baseball sense as well. In my mind, having permanent bench players goes counter to that. -- Last but not least, I think our defense has actually been quite good; it's definitely improved over last year. Also, to this point, we have 10 credited errors, compared to 19 for our opponents. I simply don't see any need for a major overhaul. That being said, I would have no issues with players sharing ownership over each position, for those that are interested. Speaking for myself, it's been good to stick to two positions -- I wouldn't want to get bounced around to four or five. Regarding alignments, it seems that a high percentage of hits are either grounders between 3B/SS or fliners into short left field. Here's one possible alignment that, I think, would help us get an extra out or two each game on the fly balls, and might save a base on some of the grounders: http://www.brewerfansoftball.net/alignment.png Definitely a big clump on that left side, but I'd bet a scatter plot would show that that's where all the action is...

Awesome. Sounds like a winner, as far as I'm concerned. Now to just see if anyone is up for going tomorrow http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

If you guys are still interested, Hegan's is fine for me -- it's at 167th & Cleveland. But from their crappy website I can't tell if they have any softball cages. I'll keep looking for someplace that actually states that they do have them... Update: Perhaps a little less centrally located (though easily accessible off 894) at 54th and Layton, but River Falls Recreation seems to have softball cages. Some info here. (Crazy. The second reviewer, "Stacy T.", is a friend of mine. I'll ask her tomorrow.)

AFTER PARTY IN THE CHAT ROOM!!! Too tired to go out, but had to throw a few back anyways.

hefg gus that shwa an aeosme ame! ia feelgn fine sso donw ory abost me .... weee. ok, time for bed. great game, guys.

I'd definitely be up for hitting some cages. Sundays would probably be best for me, but let me know.

Yeah, I like it a lot too.. for walkup music, though, I'll stick with Mike Jones http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

I can't go for that (no) (noooo) no can do.

How's this looking for Thursday, Brian? http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

I saw his reaction, too, but interpreted it differently: if Sawyer knew that pregnant women are in danger on the island, he'd have that "I don't want to think about it" look on his face. I think that was the real reason he didn't want Kate to go with him. But I don't remember if he does know about the danger, so maybe I'm way off. So much to keep track of http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Funny, I did go to college in the south http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

BrewerFan.net encountered its first loss of the season, keeping pace with Bay Street until the late innings. But mark your calendars, folks: the rematch will be June 28, with the return of BrewerFanMatt and razzzorsharp!

Yep, I'll be there by 7 or so.

(Weather update) This thing is pretty cool: www.nws.noaa.gov/forecast...issvly.php Mouseover the "Probability of Precip. - 12 hr. probability" thing on the left and it shows a 26% chance of precipitation in Milwaukee by 7pm CT.... ramping up to 70% chance by tomorrow at 8am.

Current weather forecast: Day: Partly cloudy skies with gusty winds. Warm. High 81F. Winds S at 20 to 30 mph. Night: Windy with scattered thunderstorms this evening followed by occasional showers overnight. A few storms may be severe. Low 54F. Winds W at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40%. Edit: (ooh, down from 60% earlier) Man, I'd like some rain so we can get all our guys back... but I really want to play some ball. Torn! Torn, I say!

Ok, I'll go with Mike Jones - Back Then. Brian, I can email it to you if you want...

If colby can't make it, I can take RC for the 2nd half (or whatever). I certainly don't want to steal any PT from that catching platoon, though, so whatever works... We talked about this some at Long Wong's last night, but for everyone else -- we'll probably try to get a big power shift going for this game, since almost no one hits to the opposite field.

Man, I've been dreaming about this for years. I'll have to give it some thought... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

Yep.. planned ahead on that by putting all our stuff under /milwaukee http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif I'll extend an invitation to those guys as well.

Still on. Added bonus: Tuesday night is the NBA draft lottery. Personally, I might actually just show up early (around when that starts) and watch that and the start of the Brewer game.. early to bed, early to rise and that crap. I say we open it up to whoever happens to read this thread http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

I bet Jimbo's still got that stuff -- shouldn't be too big an issue. Maybe we could make all this database-driven, too... might help data entry and allow for some cool analysis.. the perfect fusion of sport and geek!

Hey guys.. We now have our very own BrewerFan softball domain: www.brewerfansoftball.net For now it's got the same content as before, but maybe we'll throw some other stuff up there if people have ideas.