September in August

So its not nearly time yet, but I think that I can safely say that your Milwaukee Brewers season is over. At 10 and 1/2 games out of the division, and over half that out of the wild card, we can say goodnight. Here are some good points to an otherwise shitty season.

The Prince.
This guy has shown that he is not just a masher. Better OPS, and on pace to break his personal RBI record, Fielder has shown that he can hit and should hit for a lot of years. Throw in the fact that he leads the bigs in RBIs and you have a great DH in the AL. Under contract through next year, I would expect to trade him for prospects. Preferably pitching.

The Hebrew Hammer.
Though he is not slugging his way to a second ROY trophy in three years, this guy is and will be a beast. As one of only a couple Brewers to consistantly produce this year, you can only say that he is living up to all of the potential everyone thought he had. His contract is a faily low dollar amount, and he like being BMOC in the Brew City. Hello new Robin.

YoGo.
Finishing what he started in 07, this guy should be locked up right away. He works fast, throws strikes, and hits the occasional homer. What else can you say? Young pitchers like him dont come along all that often. Yes, he has issued a bunch more walks than the rookie season, but look at the K numbers. Enough said. He just needs to get deeper in games more often. And pitch less walks. See how I did that there, thats a joke.

40 year old tween.
Best player in baseball not on steroids. You know that when the Onion writes an article about you, they have to be right. The guy is old, and having the best season of his carreer. This season in Milwaukee, he defines clutchiness. He will make a lot of money next year, but not with the home team. Its really too bad.

Coffey like women.
Effective and consistant. Who wouldnt want this guy filling up the eigth, and maybe the seventh too, this year? And at 28, he is pretty young as far as good pitchers go. He has an ERA under 3 even after 5 months of baseball, and he is not a closer. Thats not too shabby. As a free agent after the season, I would give him 3 mil for three years. Afterall, its the only good java you gat at the ballpark.

Fat third baseman.
Yes, I said it. He makes all of us with a few extra pounds to spare think we can be good at something sometime. Sure he misses some routine plays around the bag, but come on. This is the #5 hitter of the future people. The guy is making 400,000. His kid has cerebral palsy. He deserves the money. But really, he can play third, second, probably first, and maybe the outfield. And he hits home runs.

Thats all I have in me right now. Maybe more later...

Easy Pickins

Haven't done this in a while for multiple reasons. This isn't one of them...

Why does the daily rag offer this up as a reason to print(online)? With the paper letting go multiple writers why is this something to write about? I would think that a band of monkeys could write a title and let the commentariat say what they thought. They can pay the monkeys cigarettes. Everyone loves a smoking monkey. They do pay a full time food critic by the way.

Welcome to the future of journalism. Don't you think that some of the people who were fired would have been happy to go out to ask people about who has the best bread? They would have a job at the very least. And that's not even my problem with this...

3 readers, I ask you a question. Maybe more than one question. Do you go to an eatery for the bread? And if you do, why do you order food from the menu? Do you go to a restaurant because you think that the free bread, or other free shit, is the best part?

But back to the fish wrap. This has become a mainstay of these cats. Here are some examples in link form. I will admit that it is an easy way around paying people. But I would like an article, written by a person, to tell me what I should think.