The thing that I love most about Brewers fans is their ability to travel. The Brewers can't go on a road trip without someone from Wisconsin taking their vacation around wanting to see them play. While other teams may have larger fan bases, the Brewers fans are as loyal as anyone. They're like really good stalkers. I like to travel with the team myself, but I prefer to spend my money on multiple games spread across the season as opposed to spending a lot on a single series. Another thing I love? Drinking. That's why I try to take the trip down to Wrigley for at least one game a year. I'm still traveling with the team, it doesn't affect my Brewer game budget and I can drink heavily. About a month ago I picked Thursday's 1:20 game as the perfect opportunity to make my annual trip and got four bleacher tickets because I wanted sun. My crew for this day was my buddy Oscar (Brewers fan) and two other buddies (Cubs fans). We all had the simplest of instructions, prepare to get legendary.
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Calling for the head of Ken Macha
I am not a person who blames a manager for the success of a team. The job of a manager isn't that hard and in the grand scheme of things he doesn't really have a huge effect on the team's results. It's not like people are sitting around saying "he batted Cameron fifth and Hart sixth, if he had just flip flopped them we wouldn't have lost 14-6 to the Nationals!" there is really only so much the guy can do. All he can really do is pencil people in and hope they do the job.
I don't blame Macha for this season. I blame injuries for this season. I can't think of one game that Macha has either won or lost. He is a basic, by the book manager and not all that different than Ned Yost. Before this week I really had no reason or desire to care if he was the team's manager or not. Now? Fire him.
Fire him, fire him, fire him, fire him. Continue reading
You wanna act like a bitch? Prince Fielder gonna slap you like one
You think this is a game? You think this is a f@*&in game!? You oughta know better Guillermo. You were there, you were there when I punked out Manny Parra. What makes you think you'd be different? What makes you think you're special? I F@*&IN HATE MY DAD! How dare that reporter say that sh*t! You can make all your jokes about me being a vegetarian and not eating meat, but make no f@*&in mistake about it I will ruin you. I. Will. Ruin. You, Guillermo. You ain't nothin' to me. I eat pieces of sh*t like you for breakfast. I mean, what the f@*& am I supposed to do? I'm having the best motherf@*&in' season of my career and Braden Looper has seen as many homeruns as me! What am I supposed to do? We're under .500 despite having me and Braun killin' this sh*t. What is Prince supposed to do? I'm just supposed to sit here and let some punk from last year hit me? You want me to go up to Canada and play some bar league s0ftball so Eric Gagne can hit me too? Is that what this is all about? Punks from last season thinkin' they hard? Man, motherf@*& y'all.
A peek inside the Brewers bullpen
The Brewers are enjoying a comfortable 9-3 lead.
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Psst! |
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/walks Nix |
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Pssst!!! |
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/wipes 2 liters of sweat off brow
Wha? Who keeps doin' dat? I be tryin' to pitch good. |
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(whispering) It's me. Trevor. |
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Oh, hey boss. What can I do for ya? |
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I need you to give up three runs. |
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Wha? Why? We need to win this one boss! We cruisin' to a victory! |
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Don't worry about that, just give up this home run so the game will be a save situation. |
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Bu..bu.... but I wanted to be a startin again soon! I need to prove myself to Mr. Mancha! |
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Listen Red, you're never going to be a starter again. |
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Why not? |
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For one, you're not that good. |
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/walks Gomes |
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See. |
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Aww hell that don't matter. Look at the rest of our staff. |
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True, but you're also nature's mistake. |
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What in the sam hell is that supposed to mean? |
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Your hair. |
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What's wrong with it? |
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Don't play dumb I've seen you on Yahoo Answers. |
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Yeah, but there been lotsa good red headed baseball players. |
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Like who? |
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Chris Shelton. |
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/stares |
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Man, you got a creepy lookin' face. It looks like you stole it from a wax museum in the Dells. Okay, what 'bout Bobby Kielty? |
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Maybe in the California Penal League. |
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Steve Howe? |
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Maybe in the Betty Ford League. |
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Doug Rader! He won 5 Gold Gloves! |
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Yeah, but that was in the 70s when they used to pick the Gold Glove awards by who could do the Hustle and who could get the best quaaludes. |
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True. That certainly explains Mark Belanger, but whatta 'bout Wade Boggs? Great hitter, could drank 'bout 70 beers, hung out with Mr. Perfect, sex addict, used to record other players cheatin' to protect himself.
Wait, scratch that last one. |
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Oh, would you just give up the home run already? You know you were going to anyways. |
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Fine.
/gives up 3 run bomb |
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/RUNS WILDLY |
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Psst!! |
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STFU TREVOR I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT RED HEADS |
Epilogue: Saves with a three run lead are stupid.
We make the case to Roy Halladay
Roy Halladay was more or less put on the trade block this week. Trading for Roy Halladay would definitely shut Braun up and fulfill the dreams of many fans. The Brewers would basically trade for the best pitcher available, one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball, two years in a row. There is no way they can do this without it having a serious effect on the future of the team. Does that mean they shouldn't do it? That's hard to say. With Halladay locked up for next year too, we immediately become contenders this year and next. Make no mistake about it, this would be as close as we'll ever get to trading for CC two years in a row. This trade is like that last shot you take at bar time. It's AWESOME and it might get you laid, but holy cow you will regret it later.
Me? I love Roy Halladay. He's been one of my favorite pitchers since I had him in fantasy baseball three years ago. ERA+ isn't a perfect stat, but Halladay hasn't been below average since the year 2000. He's been an above average starter since before Miller Park opened, think about that. He is crazy, crazy good. NINE COMPLETE GAMES! Plus, I love doing things that are mind blowingly awesome that end up coming back to haunt you later. That's why I have a kid.
But as Rob Base has taught us, it takes two. Halladay has a no-trade clause and he'd have to be convinced to come to Milwaukee, but we think we can take care of that for you. Continue reading