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  1. crewcrazy
    Of course, it being New York, there's some speculation that gambling may have played a role already. O/U at one point was apparently 128.5 (although it was constantly moving). Final score was 65-63. Doesn't help that St. John's benefited, considering the tournament is in "their" building.
  2. crewcrazy
    Rosenthal's been pushing this comparison to the 2010 Mariners since December, and it's pretty ridiculous. The Mariners hoped to win games 2-1 last year with that lineup. The Brewers hope to win games 7-1 this year. He's basing this on the fact that both teams made a splash by making a trade for a Cy Young starter, and nothing else. Using that criteria, the Brewers could just as easily be the Phillies post-Halladay trade.
  3. crewcrazy
    If the Brewers fall a game or two short of the playoffs, chances are there were more than a few games than had a bullpen meltdown, a slumping offense, or a bad start. It would be overly simplistic to blame it on this. It almost seems like those who are most worried about this injury are almost assuming the Brewers are going to lose these games. Like And That said, on a game-to-game basis, the difference isn't all that noticeable. Hell, the 2009 Brewers went 20-14 in games started by Braden Looper, and he was terrible that year. The offense is good enough to win a few games on their own this year. The games Greinke will miss are far from already being lost.
  4. crewcrazy
    Even if he has to miss 5 starts, it would likely be CIN, ATL, PIT, WAS, and HOU. That would take the team through most of April, and it doesn't look like he'll miss many games the team needed him to win. The team will be fine. Like others have said, better now than later.
  5. crewcrazy
    Well, Greinke did admit he hurt it doing "something stupid" when asked a week or two ago about it. The good news is that he would've been able to pitch if needed, and that he'll only miss a few starts. No reason to push him into action when it's not necessary.
  6. crewcrazy
    Missouri State now joins the bubble teams. Will be interesting to see if they sneak in with the bubble being weak. Their best non-conference win was against Saint Louis, and the Missouri Valley Conference was a pretty big joke this year. If literally every other bubble team loses in the first round of their conference tourney, I still don't see how Missouri State should make it.Yeah, Missouri State is iffy at best this year. Mason is in without a doubt, though, and if Old Dominion loses to VCU in the CAA finals today (a possibility), I like their odds of getting an at-large, too. Three bids for the CAA would be great to see, but I'm a bit of a homer there. It was a great conference this year, though...six 20-win teams with quite a bit of pro-level talent.
  7. crewcrazy
    George Mason loses in the CAA semifinals today. Bad news for Marquette and anyone else on the bubble. That's one at-large bid gone.
  8. crewcrazy
    Like you said, Maryland went on to win the title. Marquette went to the Final Four after beating Kentucky. Oklahoma State went to the Final Four after beating Pittsburgh. North Carolina won the title. Villanova went on to the Elite Eight after beating Arizona, losing to eventual champion Florida. Oregon went on to the Elite Eight after beating UNLV, losing to eventual champion Florida. Davidson lost to Kansas by two points, who went on to win the title. Pitt was a 1 seed the year they beat Xavier in the Sweet 16, and went on to lose to Villanova by 2 in the Elite Eight. Cornell won 29 games last year, and lost to a Kentucky team stacked with NBA draft picks. It's understandable that these teams weren't able to advance much deeper into the tournament after beating the Badgers.
  9. crewcrazy
    Right now, Lunardi has the Badgers as a 3 in Pittsburgh's (Southeast) bracket, with Texas as a 2. Considering how much the Longhorns have been scuffling and the fact that BYU is a shaky 2 right now, it's possible the Badgers could sneak into that discussion with another win over OSU or a strong showing in the Big Ten tourney. As of now, Lunardi projects Long Island as the Badgers' opponent, with the winner of West Virginia/Gonzaga waiting in Round 2. Not crazy about the idea of playing a Big East team in Round 2.
  10. crewcrazy
    Ueck's been on top of his game today... On Pablo Sandoval losing 38 pounds in the offseason: "There are some taco stands in San Francisco going out of business." After Marcum made Sandoval look silly on a swinging K: "He'll have to go back to the taco stands." On using the DH today (deadpan): "It's a National League game, but they can do whatever they want in Spring Training." After Zito tried to pick off Rickie Weeks at first: "That's about the best pitch he's thrown today. An 83 mph fastball to first." After listing a slew of substitutions in the middle innings: "In case you score with us...you shouldn't." After Cory got him worked up: "I shouldn't get upset. I'm on medication."
  11. crewcrazy
    Can't think of one off the top of my head, and it probably has something to do with the fact that baseball contracts are guaranteed money. You see so many in the NFL because they're all essentially going year-to-year and players are likely to get cut/replaced once they get hurt, so there's more motivation to grab as much cash as you can while you're healthy. Braun has said over and over again that the contract he signed provides him more than enough money for the rest of his life. If he grows unhappy before the contract is up, it will be because the team is no longer competitive, not because he's not getting $20 million a year. Back on the topic of Brewers reporters, McCalvy is in midseason form already, and the Arizona State kids contributing for the Journal-Sentinel this spring have come up with some pretty inventive stuff.
  12. crewcrazy
    This is still a very real possibility. I think the Wainwright injury actually helps this become more likely, and if the Cubs get a little more lucky with injuries this year, it could be a four-team race.
  13. crewcrazy
    http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd87/sugarfiend06/boo-man.gif I think he'll have a hard time making the Hall, even without considering the PED stuff. I just don't think 75% of the BBWAA electorate will ever want him in the Hall.
  14. crewcrazy
    I get the feeling that no matter what happens, the rest of the division will benefit from this. Either the Cardinals cave and end up sinking a large chunk of their payroll into Pujols and Holliday and have a hard time putting a competitive team around them, or they let him go and they don't have anyone to really step in and replace him. Outside of them signing Prince Fielder (and since he's not really the type of guy La Russa likes I don't see that happening), there aren't many quick fixes available in free agency, either. It'd be interesting to see if anyone out there has an idea of what kind of payroll the St. Louis market is capable of supporting without the team finishing in the red every year. The touched $99 million in 2008, but they'd probably need to push well past that to still field a competitive team while paying both Pujols and Holliday.
  15. crewcrazy
    A lot of money for a guy with some pretty scary walk rates. If he keeps up his current level of production for the next three years it won't look too bad, but if he has an off year or begins to regress (both very possible any given year with relief pitchers), it's going to look pretty ugly.
  16. crewcrazy
    Exactly. Even more meaningless when he's been 4-for-12 and 2-for-15 as a PHer the past two years to bring that average down to .315. It's damn near impossible to prove that pinch hitting is a repeatable skill as opposed to being blessed with a good BABIP.
  17. crewcrazy
    Based on his production on the field, I would say no, and it's not even all that close for me. It will be interesting to see if a lot of the writers grandstanding against the likes of McGwire, Bonds, Clemens, etc. will turn a blind eye to Pettitte's (admitted) PED use because he was such a nice guy, though. I could totally see a guy like Heyman voting for Pettitte (mainly because he's such a NYY homer) despite his strong anti-PED-voting stance.
  18. crewcrazy
    Bush has an out clause in his contract -- if he's not going to make the 25-man roster out of spring training, he can opt for free agency. It sounds like he's insurance just in case Brandon Webb isn't ready, which is entirely possible.
  19. crewcrazy
    I'm hesitant to say he's being selfish or greedy until we know what he's looking for. We do have the arbitration figure he submitted, but those are always on the high end from the player's side. If anything, I fear that the Brewers are lowballing Weeks.
  20. crewcrazy
    Adam McCalvy reports that the Kilar family has dropped to third place in the voting. Only the top two get funding. If you haven't already today, please vote. Apparently you can vote three times a day -- once apiece via text, Facebook, and the website. They're all great projects, but I think it would mean a lot to the Brewers community if the Kilar family was able to get the grant.
  21. crewcrazy
    Kotsay has been below average defensively for almost 5 years now. He'd be almost exclusively a pinch-hitting bat on this team, and considering his career numbers look like Jody Gerut's with better luck in BABIP, I'm not really interested.
  22. crewcrazy
    That appears to be the case. Joe Lemire of Sports Illustrated calls it a "package deal." Shrewd move by the Rays. I thought it was a little weird that so many people seemed to be writing the Rays off after they traded away Garza, but it's certainly possible they'll actually be better with Hellickson in the rotation, Damon replacing a part of Crawford's production in the OF, and Manny giving them a DH that can actually hit. They'll be in that division race again this year, and by not spending that much on these two signings, they still should have enough money to sign the 6 million draft picks they'll have in the first couple rounds of June's draft. According to Cot's Contracts: $31M deferred ($3M in 2001, $4M each in 2002-08), paid in 16 installments of $1.94M, 2011-26
  23. crewcrazy
    This is awesome -- Angels beat writer for the Orange County Register compiles a word cloud for trade reactions from both Angels and Jays fans. He says he couldn't include a certain word from the Angels fan side, but if he could, it would have been massive.
  24. crewcrazy
    Pavano also would have cost the Brewers a 2nd round pick to sign, as he was a Type A free agent. Considering the depth of this year's draft and the Brewers' need to rebuild the farm system, I would have been more upset about that aspect of a Pavano signing than I would have been about the money. Minnesota's still a decent fit for him, though, and I don't think he ever seriously wanted to go anywhere else.
  25. crewcrazy
    John Steinmiller tweeted a day or two ago that they were expecting to hang the "Miller Park" sign on Friday, so we may get an "updated" picture of the progress sometime in the next couple days.
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