Breaking news: Ryan Braun is a tool

[Ball And Glove]

every day I look at box scores and wonder how the brewers keep managing to lose. know how? macha having zero control over the team, and crappy pitching.

 

Things aren't great when there are posts on Brewerfan.net like, "Hey, Vicente Padilla was DFA'd! He'd be a great addition to the team!"

 

The pitching is on pace to challenge the single season record for home runs allowed, Braun had a pretty bad July until that final week, the bullpen's been overworked from all the short starts, and they're getting absolutely nothing from their bench. Miraculously, they still have an outside chance at a playoff spot because they play in a division that no one wants to win, which leads to Doug Melvin making trades for Dave Weathers and Felipe Lopez when the team doesn't realistically have a chance. It reminds me of the 2008 Astros dealing for Randy Wolf thinking they had a chance at the playoffs, but everyone laughed at Ed Wade instead.

 

I'm about ready to call it a season, but there's a part of me still clinging onto that weak schedule to finish August and the slew of head-to-head games in September. Part of me wishes the Brewers were far enough out of it at the deadline to explore trading the likes of Mike Cameron and Trevor Hoffman, who probably would've gotten decent returns in trades.

[SouthSideRyan]

every day I look at box scores and wonder how the brewers keep managing to lose. know how? macha having zero control over the team, and crappy pitching.

 

Things aren't great when there are posts on Brewerfan.net like, "Hey, Vicente Padilla was DFA'd! He'd be a great addition to the team!"

 

West Side Rooter posts on brewerfan?

[DiamondMind]

every day I look at box scores and wonder how the brewers keep managing to lose. know how? macha having zero control over the team, and crappy pitching.

 

Things aren't great when there are posts on Brewerfan.net like, "Hey, Vicente Padilla was DFA'd! He'd be a great addition to the team!"

 

The pitching is on pace to challenge the single season record for home runs allowed, Braun had a pretty bad July until that final week, the bullpen's been overworked from all the short starts, and they're getting absolutely nothing from their bench. Miraculously, they still have an outside chance at a playoff spot because they play in a division that no one wants to win, which leads to Doug Melvin making trades for Dave Weathers and Felipe Lopez when the team doesn't realistically have a chance. It reminds me of the 2008 Astros dealing for Randy Wolf thinking they had a chance at the playoffs, but everyone laughed at Ed Wade instead.

 

I'm about ready to call it a season, but there's a part of me still clinging onto that weak schedule to finish August and the slew of head-to-head games in September. Part of me wishes the Brewers were far enough out of it at the deadline to explore trading the likes of Mike Cameron and Trevor Hoffman, who probably would've gotten decent returns in trades.

 

I know Braun and Fielder are going about it the wrong way. But come on, it's no coincidence that the two guys lashing out are the two guys putting up the best numbers/are the most frustrated. This is a winning team with better pitching.

[Ball And Glove]

every day I look at box scores and wonder how the brewers keep managing to lose. know how? macha having zero control over the team, and crappy pitching.

 

Things aren't great when there are posts on Brewerfan.net like, "Hey, Vicente Padilla was DFA'd! He'd be a great addition to the team!"

 

The pitching is on pace to challenge the single season record for home runs allowed, Braun had a pretty bad July until that final week, the bullpen's been overworked from all the short starts, and they're getting absolutely nothing from their bench. Miraculously, they still have an outside chance at a playoff spot because they play in a division that no one wants to win, which leads to Doug Melvin making trades for Dave Weathers and Felipe Lopez when the team doesn't realistically have a chance. It reminds me of the 2008 Astros dealing for Randy Wolf thinking they had a chance at the playoffs, but everyone laughed at Ed Wade instead.

 

I'm about ready to call it a season, but there's a part of me still clinging onto that weak schedule to finish August and the slew of head-to-head games in September. Part of me wishes the Brewers were far enough out of it at the deadline to explore trading the likes of Mike Cameron and Trevor Hoffman, who probably would've gotten decent returns in trades.

 

I know Braun and Fielder are going about it the wrong way. But come on, it's no coincidence that the two guys lashing out are the two guys putting up the best numbers/are the most frustrated. This is a winning team with better pitching.

 

Oh no doubt, and I can definitely understand their frustration. This is virtually the same team as last year's Wild Card group, minus Sabathia and Sheets (but with a better bullpen), and they're getting outscored at an alarming rate.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Oh no doubt, and I can definitely understand their frustration. This is virtually the same team as last year's Wild Card group, minus Sabathia and Sheets (but with a better bullpen), and they're getting outscored at an alarming rate.

 

Yeah, who could have thought that losing Sabathia and Sheets would make the pitching staff bad?

[Ball And Glove]

Oh no doubt, and I can definitely understand their frustration. This is virtually the same team as last year's Wild Card group, minus Sabathia and Sheets (but with a better bullpen), and they're getting outscored at an alarming rate.

 

Yeah, who could have thought that losing Sabathia and Sheets would make the pitching staff bad?

 

There were a few fans (I was one of them) that felt that having Yovani Gallardo for a full season would make up for at least losing Sheets, giving the Brewers a similar team to last year's pre-Sabathia squad.

 

Of course, Sabathia pitched out of his mind for the Brewers, so it was going to be nearly impossible to replace that duo to begin with. I still felt this was an 85-win team if Dave Bush and Manny Parra could be 4-ish ERA starters. Bush landed on the DL, Parra imploded before getting demoted, and Braden Looper is shattering his career high for HR allowed. 85 wins is probably still possible, but they'll need to go 30-21 to finish out the year, and considering they've got a team ERA over 5 since like June 1 and went a month between winning series, that doesn't seem likely.

[RynoRules]

No easy way out for the Crew either. Gotta re-sign Fielder, or you let him go and get some picthing, but then there's a huge hole in the middle of the order.

 

EDIT: Hooray for unintentional jokes!

[circlecitycub]

http://deadspin.com/5345260/apparently-joanna-krupa-is-not-a-fan-of-ryan-brauns-fashion-line

 

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