Occasional blogger, compulsive Twitterer and co-host of the Packers Therapy podcast.
Now that some time has passed since last night’s crushing Brewers defeat and I’ve had a little space to gain perspective…I can say without reservation that that defeat was easily the most disappointing, discouraging and disheartening of... read more »
July 17, 2012 8:39 am / 4 comments
With southern Wisconsin facing another day of temps in excess of 100 degrees, one wishes some of that heat would fall on the Milwaukee Brewers. It seems the team is playing just well enough to build some hope, riding a short wave of momentum... read more »
July 6, 2012 12:18 pm / 1 comment
Interesting point made by Marc Normandin writing for Baseball Nation about the tough season Rickie Weeks is having:
The obvious culprit is his batting average on balls in play. Weeks is at just .223, a large part of which might be attributable... read more »
June 18, 2012 12:03 am / 1 comment
My first thought after Martin Maldonado left Target Field last night, blasting a homer to left center in the top of the ninth against the Twins, was “the fluke continues.” (Well, actually, my first reaction was unbridled giddiness... read more »
June 16, 2012 8:54 am / no comments
Last night’s Brewers loss was easily the most painful, pull-your-own-eyeballs-out-of-the-socket spectacle of the season. The ending was excruciating, a classic implosion that, when it came, felt like it was destined to be that way.
It... read more »
June 15, 2012 9:22 am / 4 comments
Like Scotty in the original Star Trek, one can imagine Brewers GM Doug Melvin exclaiming, “I can’t get no power” when assessing the talent in the team’s minor league system. In an effort to fix that, the team used its... read more »
June 5, 2012 4:24 am / 4 comments
OK, I admit it. I was there there when Ryan Braun took the needle. Well, I wasn’t just present, I was a participant. Yup — I stabbed that spike right into Braunie’s tuchus and dropped the plunger…
No, of course not. That... read more »
February 25, 2012 4:10 pm / 5 comments
So, Joe Paterno is dead. This time for sure. I was a bit surprised when both ESPN Radio and FoxSportsRadio interrupted their programming and adopted the tones one imagines Radio Moscow took when Stalin died. It was nearly Cronkite telling the... read more »
January 22, 2012 11:56 am / 3 comments
Reading this fine entry at Disciples of Uecker today got me thinking about Ryan Braun and the drama that has surrounded him since ESPN leaked the story of his failed drug test. While I tend to believe Braun’s contention that he didn’t... read more »
January 21, 2012 2:17 pm / 2 comments
Welcome to what may very well be the last PocketDoppler.com post of 2011 (unless someone sneaks one in there tomorrow). 2011 was a pretty good year here at PocketDoppler.com. We doubled the number of contributors to the site, the ‘Pocket... read more »
December 30, 2011 1:00 pm / 8 comments