woohoo!!!

3 seats hey???
whats your ma's number again, I need to tell her how wonderful she looks, see if she needs any groceries or a ride to the slots, etc....

sit between us!

GO Rays......Did ya know that the chick from Desperate Housewive Eva Longoria plays for the Rays????....what did you say....it's Evan>>>>of well never mind!

Jeremy Riggs wrote:

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Ah big deal. You can't judge a guy based on a start or two.

Too much is made of that stuff.

He was 1-0 with an ERA of 2.00 in his first playoff appearance.

Now if you have a track record like A-Rod in the playoffs maybe there's something to it, but I'm not worried about C.C.

He'll be fine :)

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Yeah, but once the demon of "choking" is in your head, it's hard to shake it... every game he pitches in the Playoffs, will be reminded in his head of how he blew it in 2007 w/ the Indians..... He is cursed! that is something that is not easy to forget.

-- Edited by darleneapd at 11:49, 2008-07-07

Where's Fuzzy today? I'm trying my best to draw her out with my "best team in the NL" comments but she seems to be nowhere to be found

Jeremy Riggs wrote:

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lol. U fuuuuuuuuuuuuuunny Darlene.

C.C. is a big boy, he'll put that stuff behind him. Besides, this year he'll be pitching for the best team in the NL. That'll give him all the confidence he needs.

Now don't you want us to beat those darn Rays after they deny you a playoff spot?!?

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Devil Rays are not that much of a threat to us yet. I do not hate them like I hate the Yankees. It's not even the All Star Break yet, then we still have another half of year of baseball season to play.... in September, I'll give you my worries on Tampa Bay if they are still in 1st.

-- Edited by darleneapd at 11:57, 2008-07-07

darleneapd wrote:

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Jeremy Riggs wrote:

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lol. U fuuuuuuuuuuuuuunny Darlene.

C.C. is a big boy, he'll put that stuff behind him. Besides, this year he'll be pitching for the best team in the NL. That'll give him all the confidence he needs.

Now don't you want us to beat those darn Rays after they deny you a playoff spot?!?

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Devil Rays are not that much of a threat to us yet. I do not hate them like I hate the Yankees. It's not even the All Star Break yet, then we still have another half of year of baseball season to play.... in September, I'll give you my worries on Tampa Bay if they are still in 1st.

-- Edited by darleneapd at 11:57, 2008-07-07

 

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 Well, I agree with you there.  I hate the Yanks too.

I think a Tampa Bay / Milwaukee series would be great though.  Two teams new to the big stage.  Refreshing change from the money ball teams always being represented.

Well, if we have to beat down the Red Sox then that's what we'll do. I'm just hoping for the underdog.

The only bad thing is I think if Tampa Bay get's to the series against us the nation would be pulling for them over us. They seem like even more of a feel good story that the Brew Crew ending it's 26 year drought does.

I don't know where to start. So, let's start at what may seem like the beginning. Logical, right? First, you will have to excuse my giggling at your thinking that your Brewers will get to the World Series this year. That is like me saying the Phillies are going to the Series too. Second, that you think one pitcher will be able to turn the entire team around, you are silly. Third, I think the Brewers gave up way, way too much to rent a player for three months because four, you know CC will not stay in Milwaukee. They don't have the money, they are a small market and there is potential that they will trade Hardy and Fielder. Now, don't get me wrong, the Brewers are a bunch of youngins. They have tremendous potential and some of it has already shown through. However, some team with a ton of money somewhere will sign him for big $$. And I don't think the draft picks the Brewers will receive in return will be as good as they gave up.

Oh my. I could go on a little more, but I will regroup and await your reasons for why I may be wrong.

On a side note - go Tampa Bay. Why not give them an opportunity?

Ok. Well.

The Brewers don't need one player to turn them around. They needed this one player to solidify their rotation. Make no mistake about it, we were going to win the wild card without CC, the difference now is we'll be formidable in the playoffs.

second. Don't be so sure about us not signing him. Odds are we won't. But our new owner is serious about winning. When he took over this team four years ago our payroll was 30 million a year and people were wondering if he'd go as high as 40. We're at 90 million now. A LOT of that money is due to come off the books next year. 36 million will drop off from CC, Sheets, Gagne and Cameron. It's not unthinkiable they'd use part of that to sign one or the other of these ace pitchers.

third. In a small market like ours they have to strike fast. Sure maybe we gave up a lot, but most experts don't think Cleveland got enough. LaPorta is ANOTHER Scott Boris player that would be here for a few years and then we'd be losing him to his excessive salary demands too. A player in the minors is a hope, a player in the majors is a fact. I'm good with what we've done. Our double A team alone has ten, COUNT EM' TEN, players going to their league all star game. That's amazing!

IF worst case scenario we lose both Sheets and CC we'll have five of the first thirty five picks in the amatuer draft a year from now. In Jack Zrudnick I trust. Hell, a year ago we didn't even have this LaPorta kid so what are we REALLY losing?

fourth. Fielder will only be traded if we get mammoth value back. Otherwise our management has assured us they have the financial plan to pay him for all of his arbitration years, which if he continues to play like he has this year won't be nearly as bad as we thought and he hoped.

fifth. I don't know where this Hardy stuff has come from, but a lot of people are erroneously under the impression we're trading him off. I'll say it again. Ownership assured the fans that they have a financial plan to keep all these young guys trhough their arbitration years if that's what is best for the team. Having said that, Hardy could be traded to make way for this Alcides kid if he's as good as he seems.

Finally. The Brewers are going to break 3 million at miller park this year. IN a town that has 1 million people. That's amazing! New York by contrast has 17 million people.

If the Yankees get 3 million people to come to a game it only takes about 15% of their entire population to be interested in the Yankees.

For the Brewers to do it every man, woman and child needs to AVERAGE 3 games a year!

We are incredibly supportive of this club and we're giving them the financial ability to compete that they never expected we would.

Now we have no big TV contracts, and we don't sell certain seats for $1500 per fanny, so we'll never have a $200 million dollar payrol. But $100 million is possible. And that means we can play with most of the big boys as long as we're smart about our signings.

To be honest. 7 years for $130 million to a pitcher isn't that smart in my eyes. If CC won't take a four year deal I'd let him walk.

Gallardo & Parra will be our aces for the next five years at a much lower price.

Whew!

Ok Fuzzy, your turn. You said you had more?

I don't really have any more. I just wanted you to tell me how I was wrong. You know your guys much better than I do. I know you have a good, young bunch of guys. The thought was, were they going to be there together as a core the next couple of years? Every team needs pitching. We know this to be the basis of trying to build a winning team. And you know that just because management says they won't trade Fielder, doesn't mean they won't. Things happen. Although, with years of arbitration to come, there is plenty of time to keep him.

And I never doubted that true fans of any team support them in good times and bad. Then there are the bandwagon fans. Phillies fans are different from Eagles fans, and the Phillies just had their 25th sellout in around 40-45 home games this season.

Selig is an idiot.

And trash talking is fun. I'll do it for any sport. I am just not always informed. But I am good for dishing it out and taking it. That is what makes us fans, right?

I still think you would have a good time in Philly seeing the Brewers lose, I mean play, in September.

We think he is going to hit 300. Right now he has 123. So 300 may be too high, maybe it will only be 250. I am not sure what it says when your $10m man (thanks arbitration) is hitting about .220 with 23 HR and 76 RBI. I just don't understand how that can be. Guaranteed he won't be earning $10m next year. The Phillies only wanted to pay him $6m this year. They must have known something.