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Yeah, he was looking pretty average. .292/.333/.431 Fixed.

This guy will make the Brewers much better. Any time you replace Graffanino (.235/.321/.279 last year at 35) or Counsell (.218 /.302 /.327 last year) with a guy who projects at .282/.338/.500, your offense will really get a boost. When this finally happens, the Brewers' roster will better match their record, which isn't good news for us.

They say that sex sells, and they're right. It just so happens that racism also sells, even the appearance of racism in this case. The two movements are completely different, obviously, but the media is actually not capable of not putting everything in a racial context. Stoking fear and hatred where there is none is merely a byproduct of shameless reporting that gets them ratings. /steps off soapbox

I'm in the dark, here. What time is he talking about? Is he just referring to a media smokescreen?

Have you ever seen a thread eat crow? Winners of seven out of eight... Back to .500.... /serves crow Watch out for April overreactions, especially when the talent on the field tells a different story than the scorecard, and J. B. Baker isn't the captain of the ship.

bravo :) I miss him as President I think a whole lot of people do. Actually, I got pretty tired of our countries secrets being sold for campaign donations to China, Indonesia, and North Korea. Anyone who pines for those days has their eyes glued shut and sand packed in their ears. I'd tell you what's in your mouth, but.... let's just say its more influential than Chien Ming Wang. That said, any list of most influential in the world that doesn't include the sitting president of the USA is completely irrelevant. Case and point: If Bush is so irrelevant, why can't people stop blindly defending or constantly screaming about him? Thanks for playing.

for running on what was probably a missed hit-and-run, and for being called out when he was safe. Intelligent comment. Sorry to disspoint you. I didn't realize we were picking apart peoples heat of the moment reactions now..... :roll: Batebaw gam! A. DeRosa does what he is told B. You incorrectly attack DeRosa. C. Truffle is to blame. Got it. Isn't this the answer to every problem? no, that would be "blame it on CT" But CT isn't around enough anymore for that to be fun. Maybe we should just make fun of Boilermakers? Blame it on CT!! see, its still fun ;) Only because he knows Purdue is such an easy target. Seriously though, who would go to school there ON purpose? I just want to continue the ridiculous quoting going on. you got it!

Loss of control by Z. I can think of 80 million reasons to get out of this inning without giving up a run.

for running on what was probably a missed hit-and-run, and for being called out when he was safe. Intelligent comment. Sorry to disspoint you. I didn't realize we were picking apart peoples heat of the moment reactions now..... :roll: If you don't want to be criticized, don't say stupid things. Simple as that. Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight!

You'd hate to have a runner on there. I hate you, Lou.

I hate Lou. YOU SUCK YOU [expletive]. STOP WASTING OUTS YOU WORTHLESS SACK OF CASH.

God. We go down 0-2 with almost every hitter.

I dislike Izturis. His line is worse than Neifi's right now. Where in the hell is Theriot? We just had a day off! Why can't he play, was he not doing well enough?

Do we have any steroids we can give Jacque? Hit the ball over the fence, jerk.

No one has accused Rothschild of being a good pitching coach recently. Do you think he takes naps during games?

Who do you think is healthier now: Santo or Z?

I'm so glad our ace decided to randomly start throwing sidearm.

Uhhh.... Whatever, dude.

We've won 5 of 6. We're not losing.

I'm not so sure that Pythag % is relevant here. The reason for this is that nearly every time we're in a tight game, bad managerial decisions cause our club to perform below its actual level. Whether its letting Floyd and Jones bat against a lefty, wasting Ward or Murton off the bench in earlier non-scoring chances, leaving us with Cedeno or Izturis to deal with, or putting Eyre or Ohman in for any reason, Lou hurts the team with his strategy, or lack thereof at the end of each game. This also doesn't take into account that our offense is only great when Lou isn't screwing around with stealing, bunts, and hit and run plays for no reason. Unless we get up big or down big early in the game, Lou wastes outs consistently, especially at the bottom of the lineup, where he insisted on playing complete offensive scrubs until recently. I've no problem with a pitcher bunting (except Z and Marquis), but this other stuff is crap. For Christ's sake stop trying to steal third (that goes for everyone)! Many predictive measures are based on a team's projected performance. I would argue that our blowout wins drive an underrated Phythag % that is dragged back down by poor management in games that Lou keeps close simply by wasting outs consistently. In other words, this team should win a bunch of games given a 162 game season via run production, but Lou will cost us many of those big innings by foolishly bunting a man over or running us into a DP via a hit and run.

but will history remember him as a SS? he has no latino spark and passion, he has american laziness and selfishness. he doesn't count. He's also not a true Yankee and he betrayed his latino brethren by playing for a country he grew up in and is 50% from. He's also been forced from his best position by an inferior (although very good) player. Hey ARod, the Cubs have an opening at short...

Perhaps, but i was only talking about their hitting. Anyone notice anything different about them this season? Considering the org emphasis on OBP and the rather early trade Beane made I think there may be something more here. Billy Beane is actually a dragon who lives underground and runs pyramid schemes for weight loss products!

Brain Damage by Pink Floyd

Murton needs to play regularly to get comfortable, rather than being jerked around with pinch hits and spot starts.

We all hope it does - for evidence to the contrary, see: Cleveland Indians, 2006. Evidence to the contrary here is simply highlighting an extreme case that is an outlier to the general argument. They will falter eventually unless they actually begin to score more often. Injuries will also begin to affect them soon.