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Pocket Doppler Founding Fathers Brewers’ Predictions

Pocket Doppler Founding Fathers Brewers’ Predictions

Originally this was going to be a Daybreak Doppler sign off but upon further review decided to turn it into a standalone post.  So without further ado, here we go. Chris’ Predictions: Wins: 77 NL Central Finish: 4th Team MVP: Ryan Braun Before... read more »

 

Big Kahuna’s Baseball Rants and Raves (Mostly Rants)

Big Kahuna’s Baseball Rants and Raves (Mostly Rants)

World Baseball Classic is going strong, First all I really really love baseball and I am really trying to get into the whole WBC concept…….it really ain’t working for me. Last nights game between Puerto Rico & the Dominican... read more »

 

A Violent Femme’s View – Rookie Season

A Violent Femme’s View – Rookie Season

As many of you know, this was my first season following the Brewers closely. Now that the season is at an end, sadly earlier than I had hoped, I had some thoughts about what this season was like for me as a fan. There’s nothing like... read more »

 

Cards Rally to Beat Brewers: Perspective on the Day After

Cards Rally to Beat Brewers: Perspective on the Day After

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 »

 

Brewers Midseason Report Card

Brewers Midseason Report Card

We’ve hit the All-Star break, passed the mathematical midpoint of the season last week, and Milwaukee sits at 40-45, 8 games back of division leading Pittsburgh (yeah, I can’t believe I wrote that either) and 6 games back of a wild... read more »

 

A Violent Femme’s View – Let’s Go Crazy

A Violent Femme’s View – Let’s Go Crazy

The debate right now for the Brewers seems to be fire sale vs buying to win. I’m new to this Brewers fandom, I freely admit. I also admit that despite that Packers sucking the vast majority of the first 30 years of my life, I’ve... read more »

 

O Plush, Where Art Thou?

O Plush, Where Art Thou?

After two multi-hit games in the past week, Nyjer Morgan has raised his season average 27 points and is 7 for his last 12 with two walks and two doubles. This has inspired those around to team to declare that Morgan is, in fact, “heating... read more »

 

The Dark Cloud Following Rickie Weeks

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 »

 

What’s With Martin Maldonado?

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 »

 

The Perils of Giving Up

The Perils of Giving Up

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 »