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Anybody know why I am seeing ManU soccer on FSN Wi instead of BRewers Live?

Seriously? We are making up nicknames for players before they even play a game for the Brewers? Nanny Nanny Poo Poo! I pity elementary school teachers. It's like second grade in here for all our moderators. Can't just call a guy by his name? Brewerfan.net gets a darn good rep for its intelligent conversation, but sometimes the dialogue reminds me of a second grade classroom.

Didnt mean Dish, just meant those providers with Extra Innings. Dish providers may be screwed. I gave it up last year when they dropped the MLB network and Extra Innings.

The BA was bad last year yet they scored runs. Roenicke's approach may help. Im not worried about zips ba proj.

Will it not be available on the Extra Innings free preview week?

People always say the Brewers have the worst local tv contract in baseball? Where are they getting that data? Does anybody have a composite list of mlb teams in regards to tv contract revenue or know where I can find it online. A google/yahoo search was fruitless.

I don't understand what you mean. Tropicana Field is in St. Pete. I live 18 miles from the dump. Is Miller Park technically in Milwaukee? For some reason I thought it was the village? of West Milwaukee?

Tropicana Field – Tampa Home to Center (SW – NE) It's in St. Petersburg, a completely different city and county altogether. Not sure if that matters to your list. You said, "any mistakes". Just sayin...

Feels like some kind of riddle. Like there's something I'm supposed to "figure out". But I cant.

Unfortunately I live in Tampa and have a bunch of idiot Rays fans on my facebook. One was whining about they are a small market, yadda yadda and made the claim that "besides that vince namoli was a horrible owner, he just wanted the money generated from the NY and boston fans- which is why he opted to put us in the AL East." Naomli was an idiot, but I'd like to prove him wrong that it was Namoli's decision to put them in the east.

Can anybody tell me how it came to be that the Rays were put into the AL East?

I'm confused. Is this opening day? Or the home opener? Title is misleading.

Here we go guys and gals! Put on your best Ms. Cleo and post your predictions for the 2011 MLB Season! AL East - Boston, Toronto,New York, Tampa, Baltimore AL Central - Minnesota, Detroit, Chicago, Clev, KC AL West- Anaheim, Oakland,Texas, Seattle Wild Card- Oakland over Toronto in a 1 game playoff ALDS - Boston over Oakland, Anaheim over Minnesota ALCS- Boston over Anaheim NL East- Atlanta, Philadelphia, Florida, Washington, New York NL Central- Milwaukee, St Louis,Cincy, Pittsburg, Chicago, Houston NL West- Los Angeles, San Fran, Colorado, San Diego, Arizona Wild Card- Philadelphia NLDS- Atlanta over Philadelphia, Milwaukee over Dodgers NLCS- Milwaukee over Atlanta All Star Game - AL over NL World Series- Boston over Milwaukee AL MVP - A. Gonzalez NL MVP- Albert Pujols (Prince 2nd, Braun 4th) AL Cy Young - CC Sabathia NL Cy Young- Tim Lincecum AL ROY - Hellickson NL ROY - Brandon Belt AL Comeback POY - Morneau NL Comeback POY- Oswalt AL Manager - Toronto's skipper NL Manager- Roenicke Jeter 3,000 vs Brewers? No. I think he is at 3,012 by the time we roll in. Milwaukee Brewers Final Record - 93-69 BA Leader - Braun .329 R Leader- Weeks 119 RBI Leader- Fielder 125 HR Leader- Fielder 43 SB Leader- Gomez 31 W Leader - Gallardo 18 ERA Leader - Gallardo 2.42 WHIP Leader- Greinke 1.09 K Leader- Greinke 192 Saves Leader - Axford 29 Midseason Acquistion - Orlando Cabrera or Ryan Kalish Prince Fielder's 2012 location - Dodgers 8/$180 Albert Pujols 2012 location- Cardinals 8/$195

I sure hope that Roenicke takes nothing into account when making a lineup out due to personality.

Better than 5 guys?

Since we do this regularly, I thought I'd ask for any recommendations on visiting Salt Lake City, UT. Will be there for a conference but will seemingly be available in the evenings. Arriving on a Monday, leaving on a Friday. Lucky me that Nashville Sounds will be in town that week and I plan to take in two games. Other than that, I plan to hit the temple and Olympic park. Any other comments are appreciated.

http://espn.go.com/blog/n...st/_/id/13668/mitre-gone I'm sure things can change, heck Granderson's leg could reinjure. But as of that posting, that's all I had been hearing. Scranton, Scranton, Scranton.

I think a lot of the detractors of the trade are too overly concerned with Carlos Gomez. If Chris Dickerson was so great and so valuable why is he not starting? Why is he not even making the major league club in New York? When your wish comes true and Carlos Gomez fails, some other Dickerson equivalent is available at Nashville and near 30 other farms across America. If Carlos Gomez fails and it's late June, I'd much rather look at a rental acquisition than turn to Chris Dickerson. I will not toss and turn on this one...even if Gomez fails.

Again, overall...I think this team is better than the 2008 playoff team.

I agree that Cameron had a nice season, but I think he had some holes as well. IIRC, he was a big part of the NLDS game #1 loss, which seems to stick in my craw as well. I acknowledged Cameron was an advantage, I just don't think it's huge. Any idea what Cameron's WAR was that year?

CF is gonna suck big time this year on offense. But it sucked big time in 2008 minus some flashes of power. 150k's in 120 games while hitting .240. Advantage yes, but I think it's not as great. Measurables only.

I love you Ry, but I can see this post getting run shortly.

2008 (Post-Season Appearance) vs 2011 ...obviously it goes beyond this, but here's why to get excited: C - Kendall 151 games at .246 vs Lucroy/Kottaras (Advantage 2011. If our pitching is improved, less steal attempts will give us an offensive advantage at catcher over 2008) 1B- Fielder .276/.372/.507 vs Fielder (Push. If only because I think his power numbers are matchable 32hr/102rbi) 2B- Weeks 129 games .234 vs Weeks (Advantage 2011. Weeks has to have a better season than that. Even if he only plays 130 games, I think he'll do so at better than .234 clip) SS- Hardy .283 24HR vs Betancourt (Advantage 2008. Big time. I don't think Betancourt is going to be a bumbling idiot, but JJ had an all-world season.) 3B- Hall .225 125K vs McGahee (Advantage 2011. McGahee may regress a bit from last season, but this may be the biggest advantage outside of starting pitching) LF - Braun .285 37hr vs Braun (Push. He is capable of hitting .325 but I think his power numbers will remain more around 31 hr) CF - Cameron .243 142k vs Gomez (Slight Advantage 2008? If maybe only because of leadership? The suspension and horrible postseason play loom in my mind.) RF- Hart .268 20hr 23sb vs Hart (Push. I think Hart can replicate those numbers) Bench- Counsell, Kapler, Branyan, Durham, Gwynn vs Unknowns (Push, Counsell was horrid. Kapler and Durham produced and Branyan was Branyan) #1 - Sheets 31 starts vs Greinke (Slight adv. 2011 Greinke can still make it to 31 starts and Sheets only struck out 156 that year and failed to be available when it mattered.) #2- Gallardo 4 starts vs Gallardo (Huge Adv 2011. Presuming Gallardo is healthy) #3- Suppan 10-10 4.96 ERA vs Marcum (Huge Adv 2011) #4- Bush 4.18 9W vs Wolf (Push. Dave Bush was extremely good in 2008 for a #4 starter other than HR allowed, despite only winning 9 games. Wolf can duplicate those #'s) #5- Parra/McClung vs Narveson (Slight Adv 2011) No, I didn't forget CC Sabathia, it was just hard to match him up for half a season (17 starts). Without knowing the potential impact of any of our in-season moves, I'll hold off. Obviously his impact was monumental, but he replaced Gallardo and Sheets at times so that kind of offsets. Fully healthy with 30+ starts each, I like this rotation better. Bullpen- It's hard to project, but there were some stinkers in that 2008 pen (Turnbow, Gagne, Riske).

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I've been very critical of Melvin and have wanted him to follow the Tampa model. Now, with his ability to extend his stars, something Freidman was unable to do with Pena & Crawford, he might even be eclipsing them, atleast as far as this off-season is concerned. I'm happy with him through 2013. But if Marcum and Greinke both fail to resign, it'll be interesting to see what direction he goes...another Suppan..or ????