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  1. owbc
    I would let Counsell have Murphy. The new manager should at least get to pick a new right hand guy.
  2. owbc
    It feels like a sharp transition from what now is the abrupt end of the Stearns/Counsell era. And I think we can put it in the books as "good but not great". It remains to be seen if the competitive advantage from the pitching lab will fade as it gets copied or if our pitching dominance will continue. Chourio is the other wild card -- we haven't had a true impact bat since Braun retired and Yelich hurt his back. If we're about to enter the Chourio era our fortunes could change for the better.
  3. owbc
    Having looked over on our sister site to see their opinion...this certainly came as much of a shock to them as it did to us and I their favorite part of it seems to be relishing in our misery. But quite a bit of skepticism about whether it was actually a good idea for the Cubs to do this. They are expecting a massive increase in payroll to go along with this, but I tend to wonder if part of the rationale from their ownership (who are notoriously cheap) is that Counsell can get them to the playoffs with a lower payroll. So Cubs fans might very well be disappointed with the offseason by the time March comes along.
  4. owbc
    I think he wants his legacy to include more championships. He's tasted it twice and he wants another go as a manager. He knows what the odds are in a small market. It's a risky and arrogant move. It could backfire. It's way riskier than working with Stearns. He could easily clash with the Cubs' upper management and end up getting fired. Then he'll either have to manage again to get his reputation back or start apologizing to Wisconsin with his tail between his legs. And even with that he might still get booed at Sendik's.
  5. owbc
    We got a Volvo XC40-Recharge in September. Got a pretty good deal on a lease. No complaints. Now I need to figure out solar panels, but that may wait to see if we move first. The estimates I got suggested it would pay for itself in 7 years.
  6. owbc
    He wanted to be rid of the Brewers but close to family. He probably would have gone to New York if the Cubs hadn't swooped in with a 'can't refuse' offer. I'm glad Mark A threw some shade. When you lose someone of the stature of Counsell to a rival, without even getting a chance to counteroffer, you don't say "he'll always be a Brewer in our hearts" or something like that.
  7. owbc
    I used to work at Culvers in high school...the biggest selling point is the huge menu and the ability to customize. All of the employees and many regular customers had their own custom menu items. You can add anything to a grilled cheese, for instance, and they have a number of types of bread and cheese to choose from and a good selection of high quality sauces. I don't know if it's still the case, but we could do most of the 'limited time' stuff on request even if it wasn't on the menu at the time. I usually ate various forms of a turkey melt, I can't even remember what the deli turkey was actually for haha. The cheese curds were good 20 years ago (has it really been 20 years since I worked there...ugggh), but are pretty mediocre by today's standards. Maybe it was just my pickiness but I also thought there were not many procedures in place to ensure consistency, so it wasn't uncommon for us to serve overcooked burgers. These days when I go back to Milwaukee I go straight from the airport to Kopps on 76th and Layton.
  8. owbc
    Ahahahahaha that would be incredible.
  9. owbc
    This is a tough position to be in with many of the good candidates already gone. Why weren't we interviewing them? I would have wanted Vogt.
  10. owbc
    The Brewers were never going to get in a bidding war, especially for a manager. Once CC decided he wanted to manage in 2024, I was quite confident that he would be back in Milwaukee because of his desire to be close to family. I don't think the Mets were ever a serious possibility. When the offer came to stay close to home and make bank, I can see why he took it.
  11. owbc
    And if there's one thing that Wisconsin fans value more than any other fanbase, it's loyalty. So yeah...he's going to be getting the full blown Manny Machado treatment.
  12. owbc
    I do kinda get it...higher budget to work with, more money, and still close to home. But why stab us in the back Craig, whyyyyyy?????
  13. owbc
    I never liked the guy anyway. (don't look at my avatar)
  14. owbc
    Seems like a nothing burger to me, everyone already knew the Brewers would make an offer over that threshold. I just hope that if he does go to NY it's for some stupid dollar amount that will make me feel better about the whole thing. If he stays, then my reaction will be IN YOUR FACE NEW YORK TAKE THAT HAHA.
  15. owbc
    I’d rather spend half the money on Santana. I’m still mad at the Mariners for not giving him a contract last year.
  16. owbc
    CC probably changed his mind about retiring when he realized he can make more than his entire 13 year playing career from a 4 year managerial contract.
  17. owbc
    That is still a thing???
  18. owbc
    I think he would get 2-year contract offers from other teams, possibly for more money than we're willing to offer. Assuming he wants to continue rehabbing with the same organization, that should give the Brewers a leg up. Nobody is going to offer him a 1-year deal, including us, and he would be crazy to sign for anything beyond 2 years.
  19. owbc
    2-year makes so much sense for both parties that I can't see it not happening.
  20. owbc
    I went down there to see the Bucks play Portland in 2020. It was an easy blowout win for the Bucks and Giannis certainly shined, but what I remember most about that game is how absurdly good Dame was. The ceiling for the Bucks for the next 3 years is equivalent to Shaq and Kobe together at their prime.
  21. owbc
    The Hawks are certainly going to get better, but I LOLed when I watched some of the opener and saw Ryan Donato out there with Bedard and Hall. Clearly they have some work to do to build a team around their star. Nice to hear that the Badgers are doing well, I'll have to tune in if they are on BTN.
  22. owbc
    I agree that they need to reduce off days in the postseason. Other leagues have figured out that you don't need to pre-schedule the entire postseason. There's nothing wrong with one league being ahead of the other if there are sweeps. The NBA often has games different rounds occurring simultaneously. They also need to start the postseason on October 1. If we've accepted that we're never going to drop below 162, then schedule a few doubleheaders.
  23. owbc
    I don't care how big the playoff field is as long as they play 7 game series from the DS onward. It's far, far, far past time to make the division series best of 7. I don't really care about the wild card rounds, they can let as many teams in as they want as long as they stop letting the top teams get eliminated in 3 games. What Philly was doing in the early rounds was clearly unsustainable. Pure home run derby. Didn't they score something like 17 straight runs off of home runs? In a 3-game or 5-game series you can sometimes get away with that, but the D'backs to their credit starting pitching around the top heavy portion of that lineup and nobody else could pick up the slack. Especially when the pressure was on to get that last win. We got robbed out of PHI-ATL not being a 7-game series, things might have gone differently if that was the case. The Diamondbacks played better baseball, period. They had better at-bats, they manufactured runs, they played nearly perfect defense, and they had a huge, huge advantage at the back end of the bullpen. Paul Sewald throwing 8 scoreless innings with 6 saves is the type of postseason that we have dreamed about with either Hader or Williams. Making that trade at the deadline was undoubtedly the move that put them over the top. And Texas make a big effort to improve at the deadline as well, even if Scherzer hasn't done much. You need your Sept/Oct roster to be considerably better than your April/May roster.
  24. owbc
    This is beautiful to watch, what a way for the cheaters to go out.
  25. owbc
    Wait, is there a narrative by non-Astros fans that paints this guy as something less than a hero?
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