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Monopoly Ball

Monopoly Ball

MLB teams this off season spent around $1.04 BILLION on Matt Cain, Joey Votto, Prince Fielder, Albert Pujols, Jose Reyes, and Yu Darvish alone. Magic Johnson shook about $3 billion out of his piggy bank to purchase the Dodgers. (By contrast,... read more »

 

Brewers: No Weeks? No Problem!

Brewers: No Weeks?  No Problem!

When Milwaukee 2nd baseman Rickie Weeks went down with an ugly looking ankle injury on July 27th, a lot of fans (myself included) had flashes of a promising Brewers season going down in flames. The good news? The ankle’s not seriously... read more »

 

John Axford Sets His Sights On Another Brewers Record

John Axford Sets His Sights On Another Brewers Record

John Axford Is Having A Solid 2011 Milwaukee’s John Axford is having a pretty good season so far. After a blown opening day save in Cincinnati and a shaky April, however, 2011 sure didn’t start out that way. A blown save in Philadelphia... read more »

 

Shaun Marcum Goes “Into the Night”

Shaun Marcum Goes “Into the Night”

Sure the NFL has ended its 4-month assault on our livelihood and “Free-Urgency” is about to start (Thank you caller to Fox Sports Radio), but the Brewers are still relevant and in the midst of a 4-team division race. Pitcher... read more »

 

With Braun Out, Kotsay Helps Brewers Weather Storm

With Braun Out, Kotsay Helps Brewers Weather Storm

Mark Kotsay Has Filled In Admirably For The Injured Ryan Braun When Ryan Braun sat out the final game of the Minnesota Twins series on July 3rd with a calf injury, the entire state of Wisconsin held its collective breath. The face of the franchise... read more »

 

Will The Real Zack Greinke Please Stand Up?

Will The Real Zack Greinke Please Stand Up?

  Sports Illustrated Once Called Zack Greinke "The Best Pitcher In Baseball!" Zack Greinke’s a bit of an enigma. Brewers fans lauded the deal that brought the former Cy Young winner over from the Kansas City Royals in a... read more »

 

Brewers-Yankees: What Does Joba Think? Also…

Not only did Wednesday mark yet another road loss for the Milwaukee Brewers (15-28 away), but the afternoon proved to be quite a momentous benchmark for the New York Yankees. Mark Teixeira launched his 300th career homerun, becoming just... read more »

 

The Lone Bright Spot, Ed Sedar

An odd thing, the 2010 Milwaukee Brewers. If someone asked the question, “what will you remember most about the Brewers’ 2010 season?” I really cannot point to any specific instance, game or player. Sure Ryan Braun has jumped... read more »

 

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

After hearing the news about ARod I was more surprised then dissapointed. Ater what has come out the last several years about steroids in baseball, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised about any new revalations. What surprised me ,was like... read more »