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  1. Baldkin
    They didn't tap into the extra 25 million they were getting this season from the new national TV deals. They could definitely hit that payroll amount. Not to mention whatever extra they got from their new FSN TV deal.
  2. Baldkin
    http://media.sportsradio1250.com/a/77944686/07-10-13-ken-macha-on-rupena-s-post-game-show.htm 4:50 into the interview.
  3. Baldkin
    It's hard to bench players when your bench is playing poorly, or when you have very little bench because of injuries or extra guys in the bullpen. The last time the Brewers manager benched a guy for doing something stupid, Ryan Braun got him fired.
  4. Baldkin
    I love Keith Olbermann.
  5. Baldkin
    One of my best friends is a 33 year old lifelong die hard Cubs fan. I asked him about that game once. He told me, "I couldn't even go to class the next day. That's how bad of a stomach punch it was"
  6. Baldkin
    Wily Peralta, Yovanni Gallardo, Mike Fiers, Jimmy Nelson, Jake Odorizzi, even Jeremy Jeffress all came up through the Brewers minor league system. I wouldn't call that a "complete lack of development". Maybe not as much development as we'd like, but I don't believe that the minor league coaching is the problem Jeffress had no success while he was in the Brewers organization. It took another organization with some forethought to get him properly diagnosed and on the correct medications so he could become a success story. Again, you've listed 6 pitchers in 7 years. That simply isn't good enough. The Brewers have consistently had to go out and sign free agents and hope for bullpen arms to catch lightning in a bottle. Maybe things have turned a corner, having 2 starters ready in AAA for the first time in a long time is an amazing thing, and we'll see how the continued development of the young guys happens.... but look at how many teams have home grown guys on the cheap in the bullpen, then look what the Brewers fielded this year. Definitely the difference between having a first baseman and not having one.
  7. Baldkin
    Well, the detectors weren't there on Sunday, and won't be used again until next year now.
  8. Baldkin
    If we kept Doug Melvin for the next decade, I feel confident in saying that we wouldn't make it to the World Series during that time. I concur, but it has nothing to do with what Doug has done, and everything to do with the fact that our owner approves of mortgaging the future to succeed in the present. I have no problems with the Grenike and Marcum deals, as we were 2 games from the World Series (and were completely out classed in the TLR vs Roenicke matchup -- TLR managed like it was the playoffs, RRR managed like it was a Tuesday night game in April). What bothers me the most with the franchise is the complete lack of development of pitching in the minor leagues... I would've absolutely kept Rick Peterson on in the Brewers Organization to do what he's now doing with Baltimore (director of minor league pitching development or something like that). The other issue is the complete lack of discipline that our minor leaguers show at the plate. Walks and knowing the strike zone are two very important things, and consistently, the guys who come up, seem to have no clue that either one of those things are valuable. 2010 to 2014, Nashville finished 15th, 10th, 16th, 12th and 16th in BB for the PCL -- out of 16 teams. While it may depend on the players to some extent, the organizations philosophy affects things as well: the RiverCats (Oakland's AAA team) finished 1st, 2nd, 1st, 1st and 2nd over the same time frame.
  9. Baldkin
    I don't care if people want a new GM. I understand why people want a new GM. I want better discourse than "We suck, fire everybody." Offering up the problem without having any sort of plan for a solution is pointless. I don't have one, which is why I posted what I did. If people are going to continue to have the same Doug Melvin is terrible arguments which have been made ad nauseam here for the last 3 years, I'll just stop reading this thread.
  10. Baldkin
    They just delayed the start of the home game on Saturday due to the delay that the metal detectors were causing.
  11. Baldkin
    No. Any pitcher who walks a lot of guys is a guy who looks great against the Brewers. The team swings at more balls outside the zone than any other in the league, and swings more than any other team in the league overall.
  12. Baldkin
    Okay then, who's your replacement who you guarantee who will do better over the next 5 seasons? Almost everyone here, 6 years ago, wanted Jack Z as the new GM. How's he done in Seattle?
  13. Baldkin
    If you have steady paychecks for the same approximate amount, it will stabilize. If your paychecks vary quite a bit (even by a couple hundred bucks) you may get those big swings still. It's based on predicted income for the year on a per check basis (check amount x26, if you're paid bi weekly) not total annual income so far divided by the remaining weeks and retroactively calculated for your approximate tax bracket.
  14. Baldkin
    They would've had to play 14?
  15. Baldkin
    http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=5&season=2014&month=0&season1=2014&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0 They are 29th in baseball in O% ( Swung at more pitches than everyone except one team) and first in baseball in overall swing percentage. The biggest offenders being Ryan Braun, Scooter Gennet and Carlos Gomez who are all over 40%.
  16. Baldkin
    I was completely over the Pirates when their fans decided they single handedly beat Cueto by chanting at him during the game last year.
  17. Baldkin
    For every poster who wants RRR fired, there is also another poster who wants to forgive RRR for every stupid thing he does. It feels like there are as many posters here making excuses for the ineptness of our manager as there are posters who want him gone... Not double switching last night was the last straw for me. Fire him.
  18. Baldkin
    80 pitches??? Cripes.
  19. Baldkin
    Braun can't feel his thumb and has no accuracy or no power behind his throws
  20. Baldkin
    Pretty sure the Brewers had two of those last night too.
  21. Baldkin
    It's time for one of those 43-1 Brewers victories.
  22. Baldkin
    http://sportige.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Drew-Gooden-Bucks.jpg (sorry, I just couldn't resist)
  23. Baldkin
    The lower offensive totals this year have as much to do with the lower/larger strike zone than anything. http://sabr.org/sites/default/files/Roegele-Strike%20Zone%20During%20PITCHfx%20ERA-2014_THT_Annual.pdf
  24. Baldkin
    Just for you: http://steroids-and-baseball.com/
  25. Baldkin
    Amazingly stupid managerial decision. Seriously. Like, 2nd grade stuff.
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