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What is up with this umpire? McClung is just putting curveballs right down the middle at the knees and they're being called balls.

That two strike pitch to Barmes was nearly identical to the called third strike to Taveras yet was called a ball.

WSSP just said in their update that Hart is leading.

Cliff Saunders is the biggest loud mouth idiot I've ever heard in my life. Basically trashing Bryson and Green because he's never heard of either of them.

agent39 is going to love this. Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer is expecting the PTBNL is Michael Brantley. Just heard that on ESPNEWS, being interviewed by Linda Cohn.

Pronounced c.c Suh-BATH-ee-uh Link

I have no doubt LaPorta will be a good player. I think the other players will play in the big leagues (three second pause) and that.

I don't think Attanasio has stopped smiling since this press conference has started. Maybe he's just laughing at and that.

It hasn't started yet.

Just letting everybody know, brewers.com is going to have the press conference live.

According to Ken Rosenthal we beat out the Dodgers, Phillies, Cubs, Yankees, Rays and Red Sox for Sabathia.

Yeah this is definitely a premature thread.

He throws 93.6 on average this year. His best secondary pitch is a knockout curveball.

It's not Braddock instead of Jackson. It's been confirmed that Bryson and Jackson are in the trade with LaPorta as well as a PTBNL.

Great typo by Yahoo. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/laugh.gif http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/5484/slipde9.jpg

We're getting a sandwich pick in between the first and second round for sure. If a top 15 team record wise signs Sabathia we get their first round picks. If a team that has one of the 15 worst records in baseball then we do not get a first round pick but instead that teams' second round pick. Olney just confirmed it on Baseball Tonight! They had a picture of Sabathia on the left side then the words "Sabathia traded to the Brewers." with the Brewers logo on the right side.

http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/07/06/brewers-indians-agree-on-sabathia.aspx DONE DEAL!!!!

Something is definitely up with LaPorta being out of the lineup. When you see that Errecart and Brantley are hurt there's no way that he's kept out of the lineup unless something was happening and soon.

This is the best I can find. http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2004/06/11/bXBKj9nr.gif

Right now going from Parra to Burnett is a downgrade in our rotation and if we wouldn't put Escobar in a deal for Sabathia, we're certainly not putting him in a deal for Burnett. Hardy is too valuable to the team right now to trade for Burnett.

This begs the question. Does Hall play against the Reds regardless of the pitcher because of how well he has hit them historically or does Ned stick with the platoon?

Jeff Suppan's ERA on June 14th: 3.68 Jeff Suppan's ERA on July 6th: 4.71 Way to go you scrub!

Good news if true. That means their top pitching prospect Carlos Carrasco isn't being offered. Of course that most likely means Adrian Cardenas is likely being offered. Of course I don't think Cardenas' value is tons higher than Green's value right now and if it is it the difference is not LaPorta.

I find it interesting nobody is saying what AA prospect... I mean if it is Errecart instead of Cain I say go ahead.. Yeah I find that interesting too. I'm assuming they would want Escobar, but all indications from the Brewers is that isn't happening. Neither is Gamel. I could live with trading Gillespie if Cain is taken out. I'd be fine with adding Errecart as well. Salome is interesting, if he can't stick at catcher he's going to need a DH (unless you want a 5'7 first baseman.) But he has a lot of value with his bat and potentially being able to play catcher so I would be reluctant to trade him. Buster was just pimping the Phillies offer Shapiro: Come on Buster, help me out here. Olney: What exactly do you want me to do? Shapiro: Say the Phillies are making a strong offer for C.C. on Baseball Tonight. I need to try to get one more top prospect from the Brewers. Olney: Alright I'll see what I can do. Shapiro: Thanks buddy, I owe you one. I'll tell you this much....if Shapiro out smarts himself and loses LaPorta out of this and has to take the Phillies low prospects, he is going to have a lot of explaining to do to his boss and the fans. I made this point on another board. All indications are LaPorta is on the table as well as two other good prospects. If Shapiro takes the Phillies offer of low level minor leaguers with the known fact that LaPorta is on the table then he's going to have the Cleveland fans show up at Jacobs, check that, Progressive Field demanding his job. LaPorta is exactly what they need. The Phillies could offer Cardenas and he is still very young and producing in a very tough league, the Brewers are also offering a possible second base prospect performing very well in the same league although ours is a little bit older. How can LA, who has a horrible offense now, deal Kemp? Exactly. Pitching is not their problem. Their problem is that they're playing Juan Pierre in left field, a very average Blake DeWitt at third base, Angel Berroa at shortstop and an aging Jeff Kent at second base. They would be better off dealing some of their prospects for someone like Jason Bay or Xavier Nady.

If he comes cheap, I'm all for it. Beane is likely to be asking for a big haul of prospects though and I really don't value him as anything more than an innings eater.