Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Nothing to Say

If you had not noticed, you're Milwaukee Brewers have been making quite a name for themselves. 11 of their last 12, and 7 strait. Happens that on the post game deal they do, they are talking about the Milwaukee Bucks and how they did in the NBA draft lottery. Fuck those guys.

Anyway, back to the issue. No links, just yelling.

Ironically I waited on Geoff Jenkins right after his thumb injury. He was having the best season of his career. It was sad. He said, in some sort of non-Wisconsin accent, "My thumbs broke man." Rickie Weeks just lost the rest of the season to a wrist injury. The best season of his career to date. These things dont matter much except for the fact that I am not panicking. i) the fact that Jenkins is a bum, and ii) for the fact that 1 hitter can be replaced. Not to say that C squared can make up for the power numbers that Weeks had or his crazy speed. Only to say that there are 2 hitters on the 25 that can make up for all of that. Going without saying is the pitching.

Despite what people say, and have said myself, the pitching is and has been good. Since the onslaught that is Trevor Hoffman, the pen is lockdown. There have been a number of pitchers to contribute. Most notably this DeFelice character. Who throws one pitch better? Mariano Rivera. Villanueva is showing why he is the best releiver we have on the team besides the Hells Bells(I hate AC/DC) and there are 2 hard throwing guys who are pretty good, as well as being able to throw multiple innings. After the 7th, they have been plenty good. One of the better staffs, in terms of WHIP, in the league. Look it up.

What I am really talking about though is the lineup. The picture of Braun and Gamel in the dugout on TV, after Gamel's tater, was a good one. Can you imagine a 3-4 hitter lineup with thse 2 guys for the next 10 years? Thats 80 home runs(projected) from 2 players. Think about it. Yes, he made the shittiest throw to first ever seen by baseball, but the bat should take care of those problems. And defense is learned unless you are Ozzie. Look at Braun in left...

All is well ladies. Yes...over 162 games, teams will have difficuties. And small samples rarely prove to be worth the price of rice in China. So there will be a time when hits dont fall and outs are not made. Remember Bull Durham. But wait for it...be pacient...and regardless of recent perfomance, Suppan is a 12 million dollar a year mistake...look at the numbers and you cannot deny the good shit.

2 comments:

Chopper said...

I agree with the Weeks assessment. I feel bad for the guy because he actually turned into a ball player this year. I hope they don't bring in outside help. My preferred lineup is Gamel at 3rd and Hall and Counsell splitting 2nd. McGehee is okay, but has no bat. Otherwise they mention trying Escobar at 2nd or HArdy at 2nd with Excobar at short. Those aren't bad either.

A future lineup of:

Weeks
Hart
Braun
Gamel
Someone
Someone
Escobar
Someone
Garardo/ Parra/ whoever

Not a bad squad.

edgrimly said...

Line up is fine, but what about after 2010?
Pitching is the deal, and the #1 prospect just got sent down...from the minors to A or some shit. Mustache has a stable full of position players, but where is the pitching, which as we all know, wins championships.