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With Braun's contract, either you offer me Clay Buchholz and Casey Kelly as a starting point or I'm hanging up. It really sounds like Peter Gammons is just irresponsibly throwing this out there. He even says he has no idea if the Brewers would do it or not. It's really tiring listening to national media types looking at the Brewers like a farm system for the "big boys." Yeah, they're not going to be able to sign Prince Fielder, but that doesn't mean they're the same old Brewers. I'm kind of surprised no one in New York has said, "The Yankees need pitching -- if they can't get Cliff Lee, I'm sure the Brewers would be willing to trade Yovani Gallardo!"
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Rags is a pretty good nickname, but I'm still partial to the "Runnin' Ron Roenicke" that TLB busted out a few pages ago. I think that one's going to stick around here.
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I wasn't much of a fan of Morgan, because for a baseball analyst, he rarely had a clue what was going on around the league. A lot of "I haven't seen him play, but he's hitting .300 so he's a good hitter to have" type of stuff. I did like Miller, because his voice always made it seem like a big event. My bigger problem is with the presentation of Sunday Night Baseball, using it as a platform to talk about various headlines of the week in baseball (usually centered around the big market teams) rather than calling the actual game. Monday Night Football has been going through the same thing since moving to ESPN -- you watch something like Bengals/Steelers and end up hearing more about the Cowboys and Vikings. I'd be fine with this if it was used to talk about say, Texas and San Francisco midseason so people actually know how they are when they get to the World Series, but it's rarely the case.
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I didn't even know it was still around, honestly. But yeah, this is excellent news for the Journal-Sentinel. As much as we poke fun of the J-S here, they always managed to turn out good content despite Garry Howard. Hopefully the next sports editor won't use the post as an excuse to get his photo taken with Tiger Woods and high five Ray Allen (well, I suppose Jennings or Bogut now) in the middle of games.
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While the heavy emphasis on small ball today is a little concerning, he also said multiple times that he's not familiar with the strengths of this team. Everything he said about the offense was based around what Doug Melvin and others said the team has, not necessarily what he's seen. I still think we need to see him manage "in action" before getting a true verdict on whether or not this will work, but I definitely understand the concern.
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Tyler Barnes tweets that Roenicke will wear #10. Roenicke will meet the media at 1:30 local time. You can watch video on MLB.com. Looks like the local radio stations are going to be streaming audio online, too.
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To actually answer logan's question, here's how many times every team in the league got shut out, arranged by order of finish in their division: TB - 9 NYY - 8 BOS - 4 TOR - 8 BAL - 11 MIN - 8 CHW - 5 DET - 10 CLE - 15 KCR - 8 TEX - 5 OAK - 7 LAA - 9 SEA - 15 PHI - 11 ATL - 13 FLA - 9 NYM - 11 WSN - 14 CIN - 13 STL - 13 MIL - 14 HOU - 13 CHC - 15 PIT - 15 SFG - 16 SDP - 12 COL - 10 LAD - 17 ARI - 11 First thing that popped out to me -- the Brewers weren't much different than the rest of their division. Second thing -- it doesn't really matter how many times your offense gets shut out when your pitching is giving up a ton of runs in those shut out losses. In the games the Brewers got shut out, the pitching gave up 8, 9, 3, 8, 5, 8, 2, 5, 5, 6, 1, 4, 1, and 4 runs. Even if you scored 3 runs in all of those shutouts, it's still a loss in all of those games but 4.
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Haudricourt confirms that Roenicke is the hire. Removing the question mark from the topic title.
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I split this from the monster manager topic, since even Haudricourt has reason to believe this is true, although there is no confirmation.
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Adam McCalvy reports that teams will only have three days to decide on player options this year. Furthermore, the "exclusive negotiating period" for teams to talk with their own free agents has been shortened from 15 days to five.
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Adam McCalvy reports that teams will only have three days to decide on player options this year. Furthermore, the "exclusive negotiating period" for teams to talk with their own free agents has been shortened from 15 days to five.
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I agree with logan that just because Melvin has made some bad signings with that type of money doesn't mean Attanasio should just take it away from him. Also, that's money that could be better used in the areas of player development, draft signing bonuses, or international signing bonuses. When you're a team like the Brewers, neglecting those areas would outweigh the benefits of getting someone like Valentine to manage the big league club at a premium price.
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And Rosenthal's success rate on rumors isn't exactly high, either. I wouldn't be opposed to the idea if he came, but the extra money you'd have to throw at him probably wouldn't be worth the marginal improvement he would provide.
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Dodged two bullets if I remember correctly. Didn't the Yankees try to pawn off Cabrera for Cameron a couple years ago? The Yankees wanted the Brewers to take Kei Igawa, too. My favorite Carlos Lee factoid: Chris Narveson had a higher OPS than he did in 2010.
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I didn't really expect the Rangers to win all three games in Yankee Stadium, but it would've been nice to get the Yankees out early. The longer they're alive, the more nervous I get. There's just too much talent there. Also, watching AL baseball is like watching paint dry. There's no reason for a baseball game to last close to 4 hours (without the bottom of the 9th being played!!).
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Plus they keep picking on Jorge Posada, which just isn't very nice.
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The last one I remember is Jerry Manuel, who took over when Willie Randolph was fired by the Mets mid-season and guided the Mets to a hot (flukey) finish.
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I wouldn't be so sure about the Sandberg bench coach possibility. From a statement he made after the hire was announced: It sure sounds like a "see you later" type of comment to make.
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Interesting, since there was some talk of him possibly going back to the Cubs. He continues to be a very solid pitcher, but I'd be worried about giving him 3 more years. He's already 34, and as the MLBTR link notes, he was expected to be a Type-A FA. Then again, the Dodgers aren't exactly known for their foresight on long-term deals.
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Going into the NLCS, I couldn't figure out why everyone just assumed the Phillies would steamroll the Giants. This is going to be a long, fun series to watch. Nice to see the Giants take Game 1.
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Well, to be fair, if Michael Young can get in front of the baseball, there's a very good chance the Yankees don't win Game 1. The Rangers still have a chance if they can get to Cliff Lee with the series tied 1-1, but at the same time, you need better relief pitching if you're going to consistently beat the Yankees. The Twins didn't have it, the Rangers probably don't, but the Rays won the division because they did.
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I think a lot of people are selling the Rangers and Giants short in these series. The Rangers in particular have a good chance of winning their series if they can get to Cliff Lee in Game 3 tied 1-1. Win the Lee start, and you're up 2-1 heading into a Game 4 which is being started by a shaky A.J. Burnett in front of a hostile Yankee Stadium crowd the second things start to go bad for him. Their tendency to run also works in their favor, as Posada couldn't throw them out even if they pitched out every time.
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Bobby Valentine has had "conversations" with the Brewers, but still no formal interview according to the Sirius radio transcript posted by Tom Haudricourt. It doesn't even sound like Valentine is sure he wants to manage.
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One thing I would be concerned about with Bobby Valentine is that he appears to be more in love with the idea of managing, rather than actually managing. He was rumored to be the top candidate in Florida twice now, and has pulled out of that job both times. He was interested in the Cleveland job last winter, then went into the interview admitting he didn't bother to research the team and didn't really know anything about the organization. The hire would definitely grab headlines and fans who wanted Macha to go out and kick, scream, and argue whenever there was a questionable call would get their wish, but I don't know how different he would be in terms of strategy and bullpen management.
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He has every reason to be upset, and I don't think he blew it out of proportion. It seems that this wouldn't be the first time Allan has done this, which is not okay. If someone is the first to report something, you give them credit for it, period. Using that kind of language probably wasn't wise, but there have been worse Twitter meltdowns.