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You wouldn't need to fire all those people. Just put me in charge, I know I'd do it for less than what they would demand. I would also stop wasting cameras trying to get close ups of the crowd. I think the close ups of players and the bench are cool, but I could care less about an old dude eating a hot dog.

I'd love it if they gave him those instructions and just left him batting leadoff.

I'd keep him at the lead off spot, but tell him to hit the way he would hit if in the middle of the order. Don't worry about "taking pitches because that's what a lead off hitter does" mentalitly. Rickie hits fastballs. Look for the first fastball (usually the first pitch) and swing away. Him taking pitches is obviously not helping the rest of the guys in the lineup.

Which blunders are you talking about? Gross on second is deciding to run on his own, not looking at the coach for help. And Hart took off for home because he was running on contact. That probably came from someone on the bench and unless it two hops right at someone it puts pressure on the D and probably scores a run. Haven't we thrown out mroe people at the plate than we've been thrown out ourselves? That seems to be the major job of the 3rd base coach when it comes to baserunning. I'm close to not worring about the offense. The Cardinals showed that throwing junk sliders off the plate would get The Horse out, but no one else seemed to pick up on that. The Cardinals showed this year that the entire team can be put down by throwing junk sliders and maybe the rest of the league will be too dumb to pick that up as well.

Using that logic, Prince should be kept on the bench in case we need him to pitch hit in the 11th. Especially when it's your 2, 3, and 4 hitters due up. When Braun doubled, did anyone here hope that Prince would be sac bunting? I hope not. This is what I called for early in the offseason. Keep Yost and let his team get off to the hot start they always do. Then fire him in May or early June before the slide starts.

I was born June 15th, which was the cutoff date. So I was the youngest of my age group. I was also a very late bloomer, which is why I stopped playing when I was 12. I always wish I would have stuck with it.

Given Benny's propensity for freak injuries, I wouldn't be surprised if they do an MRI and find a Tribble in his shoulder.

Endaround, how did you get access to a coach's meeting? That makes almost too much sense.

Memo to Bush: Be ready to leave the pitching rotation. We're the only team to bat the pitcher 8th and hide our worst defensive OFer in CF.

I stopped watching ESPN after graduating from college. The only time I remember watching them is during a Brewers game or when they have a live football game. I get all of my information from BF.net Major League forrums. I have MLB.tv so I can watch whatever highlights I care about.

A) We're just slowly rebuilding the Cardinals WS pitching staff. B) Jeff Weaver will not be any good. He hasn't retired and become a coach yet.

[OT] Team Canada, that is a great signature. [/OT] Do you think the real Team Canada should tell Bush that Yo already has a plane ticket? Do you think that might motivate him?

I will admit that I do not believe Ned does a good job managing in game. I would have pulled Mota. But I believe the decision was 6 one way, a half a dozen the other. I don't think there was a "right" decision, you just had to flip a coin, take a guess, and go with the decision. It worked in the Brewers favor this time. Sometimes it will work against them. I try not to criticize those type of decisions. I will criticize times when Aquinos come in to tie ball games or Menches bat while Jenks are on the bench. Sunday's decision was not anywhere close to as bad as those. Here were the choices as I saw it: Mota: Had a lot of demons in his head from pitching at Shea from last year. He could totally implode. But if he succeds, he probably drives all the demons from his head. He might straighten himself out and become the pitcher of old. Gagne: Gagne's a closer. CoCo was a closer that was horrible when asked to go multiple innings. Gagne imploded last year when asked to pitch in non-closing situations. I think there is no way you put him in the game at that time. Turnbow: Small chance of him coming in and getting the out. The Bow sometimes doesn't have it, and has been historically bad when coming on in the middle of an inning. McOnTheBusToTheMinors: Ned would have been fired before the end of the game if he makes this decision. Riske: Probably the best alternative to Mota. However, he had pitched two innings on Friday and had already warmed up in the 7th. If Riske comes in and gives up a single and then gets out of the inning (a likely senario) you don't have much left for extra frames. Staying with Mota was slightly more risky than, um, Riske, but the rewards were higher. There are a lot of times when a manager doesn't have a clear decision and has to guestimate like Sunday's game.

On Demand is not working for me at all.

Favorite: Rob Deer Brooks Kieshnick Russell The Mussle Overbay Cirillo Jenkins Hate: #1 most hated player in baseball, Gary Sheffield Wendy Selig-Prieb. Bad owner. Bad baseball decisions. Bad rules at her ballparks. She always reminded me of the owner in Major League.

Weeks is not a good bunter. Even with his speed he has a better chance of reaching base by swinging away. The only people who should be bunting before the 7th inning are the pitchers, TGJ, and Hart if he is trying for a bunt hit.

I corrected someone behind me when they were debating who was in the hitter's circle getting ready to pitch hit. They debated between Hardy and Dillon. They seemed to have a good general understanding of the Brewers. I informed them that it was Gabe Kapler and they were thankful for the information. Another night the opposing pitcher kept throwing over to first where Kendall was. A loudmouth behind kept yelling at the pitcher saying, "He's a catcher. He can't run let alone steal second. Stop throwing over there." I did my best to ignore him.

Charge him for the cost of drilling to get to the shirt and repouring the concrete.

Shoot Mike, just jogging to his position would do that. For some really great reading, go to the game thread from last night over at the RedsZone and feel the love they have for Bill Hall.

Bold Prediction: Bush pitches fine and only gives up 2 runs. Bolder Prediction: Fogg and the bench feed on the aggressive Milwaukee hitters and feed the Brewers their first shut-out http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif Insane Prediction: Or the Brewers spot the Reds 9 runs and come back to win 10-9.

It's ok if Bush loses tomorrow. Then it SHOULD be obvious that Gallardo replaces Bush in the rotation and not CV or Manny. How about Bush leaves after giving up 9 in 3 innings. And we tie the come from behind record with a 2 run Hall walk off. How mad would the Reds fans be after that?

Unfortunately, this will also limit our ability to offer "open" practices. If you are not on either team we will not have room for you. With such a large number of players we need the time alloted to be dedicated to members of each team. I apologize for this, but it's the way things must be run. Oh man. I was hoping I could come out to the practices. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/frown.gif Boo

The only reason to completely cut him is if there is someone in the minors that can take his demoted spot (mop up duty) and perform better. Hammonds was terrible and should have been delegated to the bench. However we could pull a minor leaguer up and have him hit the Mendoza line, so we cut him instead. Also, we were in the rebuilding phase when Hammonds was around. We wanted the chance to see how well younger guys could do. We aren't in the position to train untested guys this year.

It's just kind of lame that the normal director is being wasted on a horrific team like the Milwaukee Bucks. She said "finishes his NBA duties." There is a chance he works for a differnt team than the Bucks.