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  1. PeaveyFury
    In a short season, this one feels kind of big today. It would be great to leave Chicago with 3 of 4!!!
  2. PeaveyFury
    I’m assuming that if the Brewers win today and take 3 of 4 vs. the Cubs, all confidence will be restored? /blue?
  3. PeaveyFury
    I think that putting any weight on a hitter's BA after 14 games and 38 AB's is somewhat pointless...
  4. PeaveyFury
    You've made that viewpoint very apparent in multiple threads this week. Doesn't change what I said, whether your viewpoint is accurate or not. And, I'm also not convinced that this season is over for the Brewers 17 games into their 60(57?) game schedule. I'm at least willing to see where they are at the end of August before completely writing them off.
  5. PeaveyFury
    What I don't get is a continued lack of acknowledgement that the reason for this is that a lot of the talent that WAS there has been used to acquire pieces that provide the success we've had as a franchise for the past few years.[ Far more likely that they're going to fill one of those holes in some way via free agency. Didn't work thus far this year, so they'll likely take another swing at it in the winter.
  6. PeaveyFury
    I think there are people who get caught up in the 'name free agents' and such who have been very disappointed that the Brewers haven't used their recent success to bring more of them in. This, of course, ignores the acquisitions of Grandall, Cain, Yelich, etc. from the past, but I think there were expectations for more 'names' this past off season. From a financial and future-looking standpoint, though, signing most of the guys they did bring in to short-term contracts may have been a huge benefit to the team since this is a wonky, lost season anyway, as they basically have the opportunity to move on from any of them and build the team anew this winter.
  7. PeaveyFury
    Yep. The theory made a lot of sense, but it obviously hasn't worked out at all through a whopping 16 games. Could it not workout over all 60 (57?)? Sure. But it's far more likely that there's regression to the mean. The off season may end up being a total disaster. But there's no clear indication now that it was true. And to your original question, I really do feel that over 162 games, this offense would have improved overall.
  8. PeaveyFury
    I think you're being trapped by the dangers of drawing absolute conclusions based on a small sample size. You can have widespread performances that are above or below expectations, but over the longer-term (i.e., a full season), those usually dissipate and revert to the mean (career averages). The 'mediocre guys' aren't even performing at a 'mediocre' level for the most part, which wouldn't continue over a 162 game season, and there will probably be some reversion to the mean even in a 60-game schedule. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how'd you enjoy the play?
  9. PeaveyFury
    My original statement was somewhat hyperbole, but they have legitimately been a team considered 'on the verge of breaking out' for the past few offseasons. There were a lot of people that had them projected as a possible dark-horse playoff team for the 2019 season.
  10. PeaveyFury
    I do find it a little funny that for all of the comments about our off season vs. the Reds who spent a bajillion dollars, both teams are sitting here two games below .500. The Reds have been an expected contender for what, 3 years now? At some point, don't they actually have to have results that match the hype of their acquisitions?
  11. PeaveyFury
    Yep. Unless they can come up with some sort of bubble, which is logistically impossible.
  12. PeaveyFury
    21 homers last year ... .253 average ... that is not falling off a cliff ... what Yelich has done this season so far is falling off a cliff. Considering that the guy you want him to replace had a .282 average last year, I’m not sure you’re helping your case.
  13. PeaveyFury
    They're kind of lucky Delaney isn't still in charge of the conference. I have little doubt that their next schedule reveal would include starting the conference schedule off with three consecutive road games vs. some combination of OSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, and PSU.
  14. PeaveyFury
    Though at-will employees, most sign or agree to some sort of 'code of conduct' or employee handbook that actually does allow your employer to can you or discipline you for doing stupid things that are a danger/detriment to the company or other employees. I'd imagine that a lot of private companies have indeed put out expectations for employee behavior in some ways. Mine certainly has. I made that very point earlier in the thread in response to the 'these guys are under a lot of stress and are fighting for their jobs on a daily basis' argument. If you break the rules, you have to expect there to be consequences.
  15. PeaveyFury
    Honestly, it's probably the simplest way, and a very possible action when they realize that these games are going to be very hard to make up. The downside is mostly 'statistical' for the players, but that's probably of significantly less importance this year, obviously.
  16. PeaveyFury
    I don't think that's a fair statement at all, because you and I both know that the hotel experience is different for a professional sports team than it is for you or me or the general public. Also, it still doesn't really address the 'your employer told you not to do it' part of the activity. If your employer told you right now that they didn't want you to golf during the pandemic, and that there would be significant ramifications if they find out that you did, would you still do it?
  17. PeaveyFury
    Honestly, I'd make it an unofficial 'punishment' by making them play like 14 double-headers and eliminating their off days.
  18. PeaveyFury
    It is somewhat worth noting that two (?) of the Brewers' losses thus far have been the result of not holding a lead in the 7th-ish inning, despite all the woes associated with the offense. I think we're having a different conversation about the season at a 9-6 record vs. 7-8. I'm not convinced they'll move any pieces, especially this year, but they may have to make some choices in the winter to position us better going forward.
  19. PeaveyFury
    At some point, a majority of the general public will come to understand that there's something in between 'no effects' and 'hospitalization/death' that can result from COVID infection. The universities have identified one such effect, myocarditis, and it scares the bejeezus out of them.
  20. PeaveyFury
    Pac-12 officially delays to the spring as well.
  21. PeaveyFury
    Then why are some of them literally doing the ONE THING that is going to further put their job or their colleague's jobs in jeopardy? I take your point, but I'd also bet you're pretty reliant on your job and unwilling to do something that would put you in danger of losing it or the income from it. It's really no different that the people that know that drug testing or whatever is a condition of continued employment, but get themselves fired for being unable to do something that they're literally told not to and have every incentive not to do.
  22. PeaveyFury
    Not sure how I'd feel as a player being asked to play two seasons so close together. (spring 2021, fall 2021) Look at you and your optimism
  23. PeaveyFury
    Yep, they have a tough path the the majors. But once they're there, and you're basically only given one condition of employment to make gobs of money, I don't think it's unreasonable for people to think that they can just do what they're supposed to do for the whopping 60-90 days they're being asked to do so this year.
  24. PeaveyFury
    Sounds like an interesting study- do you have a link? Here's a link to a media story about the study: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/neck-gaiters-may-actually-increase-covid-19-transmission-study-finds-183034882.html Here's a link to the study itself: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/08/07/sciadv.abd3083 Thanks! It is interesting that the neck fleece was the significant outlier here, and bandanas provided a negligible effect, while all others reduced transmission by some degree. Obviously, the N95 non-valved seems to be the continued gold-standard, but there won't be widespread availability of those anytime soon...
  25. PeaveyFury
    I think that's possible, but I'd be astounded if the reaction was anything other than what they expected.
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