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New #1!!!!

Depends if the pitcher is left or right handed.

Agreed, but would the Brewers actually hire someone of that caliber even if they fired Roenicke--and Melvin? Doubtful.

Looks like Bo's game plan was for Kamisnky to dish to the perimeter.

About 27 out of the 30 MLB managers fit that category. So many decisions in baseball are subjective. RR has his issues, but he does more right than the does wrong. The Red Sox announcers have been praising the Brewers all series for their aggressiveness at the plate and on the bases.

Sooner or later, baseball is going to have reviews of balls/strikes. It's inevitable now.

Badgers' depth is the difference so far. Koenig has been huge.

Chris Capuano sighting!

The Brewers seem really aggressive early in the count this year. They've only drawn 10 walks so far, 26th in MLB.

Larrivee and Mike Kelley. The online stream has all 3 versions which is nice.

Yawn. Next game. Edit: 11-0 UConn run. LOL.

I can't see Kentucky winning big. It will either be close, or the Badgers win easily. I suspect the latter. Kentucky won't be able to crash the boards like they did against Michigan and they won't shoot as well. If the game is close, it's because Wisconsin can't stop them from driving and getting easy layups. Wisconsin 75 Kentucky 65

Now that net neutrality is unconstitutional, I guess MLB needs to send some money to the ISPs to move up to the front of the line.

Is Lou Piniella on that list? Meanwhile, nice start for Lohse tonight, too bad the offense is non-existent.

Overbay seems like a double play machine so I just hope he doesn't bat much with a runner on and less than 2 outs.

Absolutely not, local teams will never be on MLB.tv. The majority of this new money is coming from non-sports fans through cable TV deals. If people get sick of paying for cable TV, the revenue stream disappears. That's why MLB or other sports will never remove their blackout restrictions in the current system--they can't have people canceling cable. Expect MLB to fight hard against proposed a la carte TV laws. Recently the cable TV companies are now directly signing the baseball contracts, meaning that a hypothetical Time Warner customer in Wisconsin who has never watched a baseball game in his/her life is helping pay for that record-breaking Dodgers payroll. If only people who watched baseball paid for these insane contracts, we would all be paying $200 a month to watch the Brewers.

Just saw the highlights of the Jays' game in Montreal--looked like a playoff atmosphere with 45,000+ fans in attendance. Never forget the Expos!!!

All that money and he's still a bargain.

The length doesn't matter with these lifetime contracts. Free agent contracts now cost upwards of $7-8 million per WAR, possibly more now since at least 17 teams have a record payroll this year. The cost of the contract is simply the expected remaining lifetime value of Cabrera--the years and annual salary are mostly irrelevant. Right now, Cabrera is playing at a value of $50-60 million/year. That's what he deserves. But the Tigers obviously aren't going to pay him that much in a single season, so they extend the contract out over 10 years to cover the rest of his career--overpaying in future seasons to make up for underpaying in the next few seasons. My opinion is that he only needs to post 40 WAR to make the contract worthwhile from purely a production standpoint. That's about 5-6 seasons at his current pace. When you add in the value of marketing, merchandise, and his potential contribution to a championship, then the total figure makes sense. All that being said, I agree with everyone else that this is a stupid contract. Detroit isn't LA or NY. Plus, they already had him signed at a tremendous bargain for the next two seasons--likely to be his most productive of the next 10. There was no rush to sign the deal now, his value wasn't going to go up. It seems like these deals do not affect small market teams' ability to make the playoffs or remain generally competitive, but it really hurts them in the postseason. Lately we have been seeing small market teams with cores of young, pre-arbitration talent get beaten in the playoffs by big market teams with veteran superstars. I'm not sure if this trend will continue.

Complete domination. Can't wait until Saturday.

Amazing contrast between the Badgers' passing and everyone on Baylor standing around on offense.

I'm guessing that he was having trouble recruiting after the Big East fell apart. It was only one bad year and Marquette had the talent to get back to the NCAA tournament. Marquette really needs to get out of the Big East and into the Atlantic 10.

Home court advantage will get WI to Anaheim. The potential Creighton matchup is scary, if they get past that one they should advance to the final-four. Depends on how well Creighton is shooting that day.

I know it's about the full resume, but I can't see how (as of right now) Iowa should be in and Nebraska out. They are headed in opposite directions. I know Iowa has a better nonconference schedule, but they are headed in opposite directions: Iowa: lost 5 of last 6 games Nebraska: won 9 of last 11 games Nebraska won @ MSU, Iowa won @ Michigan Wisconsin - Wichita State in the Elite 8 would be wonderful. Unfortunately, someone else will probably take care of them first.

Record 81-81 All-Stars: Ramirez, Braun Surprise: Rickie Weeks will be the starter by mid-May Disappointment: Gennett, Segura Division: 3rd, no playoffs World Series: Cardinals over Red Sox Average offense, average rotation, average bullpen = .500 I see them getting off to a good start but fading off in the second half. The return of Braun/Ramirez will be balanced by struggles in the middle infield. It also looks like a weak defensive team which is concerning, especially at the corner OF and IF positions. Pitching is improved but still not playoff-caliber.