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 »
July 7, 2012 11:12 am / 2 comments
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
I can’t imagine being a professional sports journalist. Well, I take that back. I can imagine it. I think sometimes how much fun it must be to get paid to report on something you love. (Well, more pay than a mug and a t-shirt anyway,... read more »
May 1, 2012 2:58 pm / 21 comments
Baseball.
There was a time when I was not a fanatical football fan. In my younger days, I loved baseball. Actually, I adored baseball. It was the focal point of my day, from early April all the way through late September. Dreams of playing for... read more »
April 8, 2012 11:28 am / 1 comment
A lot of people I know will be playing in their very first Fantasy Baseball league this year. Most of these people are very familiar with Fantasy Football and while the base concept is the same, Fantasy Baseball is a whole different animal... read more »
March 6, 2012 10:30 am / 5 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
I have to admit, Major League Baseball genuinely had me fooled. For a couple of years, it looked like some balance had been restored to the game; perhaps not NFL style parity but at least a semblance of fiscal responsibility among its competitors. ... read more »
January 29, 2012 7:26 am / 7 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
My distaste for the St. Louis Cardinals has been well-documented, as is my fear that STL presents a highly undesirable opponent for the Brewers in the post-season. The concerns are numerous:
The Cards surged during September to claim the... read more »
October 9, 2011 7:21 am / 7 comments