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  1. BrewCrewRising
    I stand corrected. However, there was a change in the rule for Type A free agents. Type A is now the top 20% instead of the top 30%. I don't know off the top of my head if Buerhle is usually in the top 20% or not, but I'm assuming he is.
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    I was under the impression that this is no longer in the new CBA between the players union and MLB. I think the team losing a Type A free agent just gets two sandwich picks. I'm hestitant to give up Parra, but given from what I've heard of his injury concerns, hindsight could prove that not to be the worst possible trade. I'd still like to see what he could do in the bigs though. But given that virtually no team last year gave up their top pitching prospects for any of the rentals (remember how Danks, Hughes, Garza, and some of the Angels prospects went nowhere after speculation that they would be the standard asking price for rentals?) I think that rental market is perhaps coming back down to earth. I also read ( I think it was on MLBtraderumors.com) that there was a rumor that the White Sox themselves had created the rumor that the Red Sox were interested in Buehrle. If that is indeed true, I think it means that the White Sox are afraid that the rental market not harvesting as many propsects as it once did, and so they are trying to stimulate that market a bit.
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    I'm assuming this is because of the Perfecto? Then again the last guy to throw a perfecto in the PCL was this guy and I'm sure the Pirates don't consider him untouchable. I'd probably like to see what Parra would do for the big club, but as Brian said above, anybody can be dealt for a price, and there are never any assurances as to who does what once they get to the big club.
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    1) He's coming off the DL soon, so how healthy he really is is not known. 2) I don't think another outfielder is really what we need. 3) Not that I think Mench and Nix are worth all that much, but I'd like to think we could at least get something fairly decent (packaged with something else most likely) for something we need (LOOGY and a prospect? The next Cub scapegoat?) Other than that, for sentimental reasons, I'd love to see Scotty in a Brewer uniform again. But I just don't think we really have a place for him.
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    Chicago Sun Times
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    Thanks 20Fry for pointing that out. I do mean July. I kept reading that over trying to figure out what was causing the confusion. Sorry for the confusion.
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    I have two tickets in Section 421, Row 4, Terrace Box for Friday July 20th (Gorman Thomas Bobblehead promotion) Giants at Brewers. $16 a piece Also, two tickets in Section 424, Row 1, Terrace Box for Sunday July 22nd, Giants at Brewers. $16 a piece. Send a message to my inbox if interested.
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    I would love to believe this were true, but a few years ago I saw Chris Seanz pitch a gem against the Cardinals, and haven't seen him since. So, let's not curse anything here.
  9. BrewCrewRising
    If it bothers you so much, then don't read it. Venting by its nature is an emotional, visceral response to something. I personally don't come to the vent thread unless I just need to 1) air my frustration or 2) find commiseration for said frustration. You know what kind of posts you're going to find here based on what has happened in the game. So if it bothers you, then don't read it.
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    If your logic is that the Cubs won't add payroll because it's clear they're not spending money, I have to disagree with it. They could still pick up a rental player that makes a lot of dough for whom they would have no obligations when they team is actually sold (after the season.) For the Crew to win 88 games, they just have to play at the same pace as they have all season. For the Cubs to catch that, they have to play at a .597 clip the rest of the season. They have a great line-up, and have been blessed with better than expected pitching. But I think sooner or later that pitching will come down to earth. I think it already has to some degree. Lilly and Marquis are starting to show a little more closer-to-career stats than previously, and Hill.....well I'll just hope he can't keep that up. I am concerned about the Cubs. I think it will be close, and that's why I think the Crew/Cubs series will be big. It's more than bragging rights this time. And for some reason I think we actually play better at Wrigley against them than at the venerable Keg. Let's hope that's the case in a few weeks and in August.
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    The Crew is averaging 11 hits a game in each of their last two games.
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    Here, here. I just started into "Life on the Mississippi" and his word agility and wry humor never cease to amaze me. I sometimes debate to myself if I think he's one of the greatest writers of all time, but I definitely know that he'd make my top 10 list of people of history I'd like to meet. Props to whomever up above said Remains of the Day. That was an excellent read. Has anybody read much Michael Ondaatje? I really like his minimal yet fluidly descriptive style. I have only read Anil's Ghost and In the Skin of Lion (still need to read English Patient.)
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    Baseball America's take on Matt LaPorta I had heard Jim Powell saying that the Brewers were not going to draft for need, so as far as drafting a 1B when you have a great one, I guess it was a matter of either having trading currency, or hoping he can play other positions. The link above seems to imply that he has adequate skills at defense (or at least for a Brewer's caliber defense.)
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    Hard to go wrong with 100 Years of Solitude. Love in the Time of Cholera also has that same haunting effect on me. I have a huge list of books I could rattle off. I'm tempted to do it just because they are not very much like my favorite book. I have to say that Catch-22 is my all time favorite book. The irony of this is that I had to start it a few different times, and can admittedly get a little mired in its own devices. However, I love intricate word plays and using ironic and/or absurd structures to create further ironic and/or absurd structures. I'd have to admit that something like 100 Years is a probably a richer reading experience, and a much more truly excellent book, but I give Catch-22 the title of "favorite" because if the effect it had on me and how I looked at things after I (finally) read it.
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    I like this idea. I can imagine DM calling the Royals front office and saying: "Thanks alot for letting us borrow Graffanino. But we'd like our collateral back now. Now, now, don't be difficult. Look, we'll even throw in our last year's record in it for you so you can show the fans you're making progress."
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    I think there is more Bill Hall lore here than there is mythology in Greece. Past a certain point posting to this thread is just beating a dead horse. Then again, one time Bill Hall resurrected a dead horse and taught it how to fight back. He then named the horse Secretariat.
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    Can somebody explain to me what first, second, and third order wins are? Who came up with these terms, how are they determined, and why they are called "First" "Second" and "Third" order wins? (What is the reason behind the nomenclature?)
  18. BrewCrewRising
    I'm really worried about Bush actually. Guy has had 7 walks all year, and tonight he already has 2. He's finished.. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif
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    Nicely done Russ.
  20. BrewCrewRising
    Holy cats.... I am picturing this for some reason and laughing like a fool here!
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    Not quite true. He can be cloned, but every international arms treaty forbids it. He was cloned once and the result was an explosion that created Jupiter.
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    Bill Hall's speed makes Einstein's followers rethink relativity, His moonshots make Newton's followers rethink gravity, The grace of his play makes T.S. Elliott's followers rethink poetry, And his batting prowess makes 200 major league pitchers a year rethink their careers.
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    Bill Hall's name is used as the constitution in every country that plays baseball. Bill Hall's smile is so infectious that the only antedote is to pitch to him.
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    The military uses his DNA in designing new weapons, the Vatican uses his image in religious art restoration, and the oral tradition uses his name in legend. On his deathbead, Homer lamented that he couldn't live long enough to write an epic about Bill Hall. Zeus willed himself into existence just so that he could bow to Bill Hall. After hearing the Oracle talk about the coming of Bill Hall, Alexander downgraded his own name from "The Super Great." He's always in the hearts of every fan, in between the ball and a basehit, and is an out-law Texas.
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    Bill Hall is heaven in the batter's box, hell on the basepaths and a purgatory for pitchers. He's Nirvana on the infield, Enlightenment in the outfield, and Wisdom from the bench. He subscribes to the philosophy of hard work, follows the Religion of the long ball, and defines the metaphysics for the intangible ingredients of victory. He has a silver tongue, turns opposing pitchers green, and makes his teammates golden. He's the "primus inter parus" with that "je ne sais quois" who most often delivers the "coup de maitre". He reads pitchers like fairy tales, speaks the language of batting intimidation, and writes his own destiny.
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