tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post1504967490702678069..comments2024-03-15T02:19:47.181-05:00Comments on Brewed Sports: Holy Crap: Brewers Fire YostDannyNoonanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12965127114354857721noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-43652480785655158572008-09-16T09:11:00.000-05:002008-09-16T09:11:00.000-05:00No question Mark A. put the gun to the head of Mel...No question Mark A. put the gun to the head of Melvin on this one. After all, it's his money. The golden rule and all that. <BR/><BR/>It was the right move.The Asian Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099126490170266724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-44711712238749241292008-09-16T08:33:00.001-05:002008-09-16T08:33:00.001-05:00Alternatively, he may do some stupid crap like bun...Alternatively, he may do some stupid crap like bunt more frequently. I can actually stand that if he makes better personnel decisions.PaulNoonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600099270280639424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-73433856572032073262008-09-16T08:33:00.000-05:002008-09-16T08:33:00.000-05:00I'm fairly swamped right now. My analysis, in a n...I'm fairly swamped right now. My analysis, in a nutshell, is that this should have happened months ago, and that the only reason that Sveum is likely to be better is the fear of God/Attanasio.PaulNoonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600099270280639424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-42646408482789187082008-09-16T05:08:00.000-05:002008-09-16T05:08:00.000-05:00Silverwolf, it happened after I left work and I ha...Silverwolf, it happened after I left work and I had class last night.<BR/><BR/>I'll have some thoughts on it today.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for underwhelming you brotha.E.S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02755352124021777813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-4525082477545374012008-09-15T23:34:00.000-05:002008-09-15T23:34:00.000-05:00I'm glad I found this commentary today. Since 2:0...I'm glad I found this commentary today. Since 2:00 when I got a text that said Yost was fired, I thought, "I would really like to read what ESK and PaulNoonan have to say about this." Head to the good old WSB - freaking closed. While I'm not overwhelmed by the commentary, at least now I know... ;-)<BR/><BR/>The Sheehan article with the stats on the Shouse - Howard/Burrell sequence is fantastic stuff, and ESK's right, the sniper comment is indicative of why he gets paid.<BR/><BR/>(And for the record, I could not have been more wrong when I said at the beginning of the season that Gagne would get 35 saves. Wrong, wrong, wrong.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-67979267691525441192008-09-15T16:20:00.000-05:002008-09-15T16:20:00.000-05:00The last paragraph of Joe Sheehan's makes me sick....The last paragraph of Joe Sheehan's makes me sick. I didn't realize it was that bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-70756774379403950452008-09-15T16:08:00.000-05:002008-09-15T16:08:00.000-05:00That's when you start looking around the roof of t...<I>That's when you start looking around the roof of the stadium for snipers, because gunpoint is the only place where that kind of decision makes sense.</I><BR/><BR/>that is why he gets paidE.S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02755352124021777813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-1021095860597217212008-09-15T16:03:00.000-05:002008-09-15T16:03:00.000-05:00"There is only one answerJEFF CIRILLO!!!!!!"Imagin..."There is only one answer<BR/><BR/>JEFF CIRILLO!!!!!!"<BR/><BR/>Imagine if we had Rillo at third instead of Bill Hall. That'd be nice.DannyNoonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965127114354857721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-7263221219642584892008-09-15T15:58:00.001-05:002008-09-15T15:58:00.001-05:00From Joe Sheehan:Yost elected to walk Howard to fa...From Joe Sheehan:<BR/><BR/><I>Yost elected to walk Howard to face Pat Burrell. This was... well, it strains my vocabulary to find the right word for it. Howard cannot hit left-handers, and would be a platoon player if performance mattered anywhere near as much as reputation does. Or if he had a competent manager. Howard is at .228/.313/.458 against lefties in his career, .212/.287/.410 this year. Howard. Can't. Hit. Lefties. Shouse, on the other hand, is in the major leagues for exactly one reason: lefties can't hit him, to the tune of .175/.192/.289 this year, and .211/.263/.325 for his career, which includes a bunch of years when he was barely a major leaguer. Manuel sending Howard up against Shouse was a continuation of a theme for the Phillies: not hitting for Howard when he has little chance of doing something good. He was giving Yost an out, and Yost gave it right back.<BR/><BR/>That set up Shouse versus Pat Burrell, which cried out for a right-handed reliever. After all, Shouse is a pure specialist (.307/.390/.455 vs. RHB career; .293/.371/.446 this year). The only way walking Howard even might make sense is if Yost were to bring in a righty to try and get a double play out of Burrell. Burrell doesn't have the big platoon splits he showed earlier in his career—he's a dangerous hitter against both kinds of hurlers—but leaving Shouse in to face him was asking for trouble.<BR/><BR/>Think about this for a second. Yost had a 481 OPS pitcher facing a 697 OPS hitter. He elected to issue an intentional walk in that situation to allow an 817 OPS pitcher to face a 905 OPS hitter with an additional runner on base. That's when you start looking around the roof of the stadium for snipers, because gunpoint is the only place where that kind of decision makes sense.</I>PaulNoonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01600099270280639424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-40369769084303547412008-09-15T15:58:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:58:00.000-05:00Kremblas and Simmons are adiosed from the club.You...Kremblas and Simmons are adiosed from the club.<BR/><BR/>You have to be kidding with Kapler.<BR/><BR/>There is only one answer<BR/><BR/>JEFF CIRILLO!!!!!!E.S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02755352124021777813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-24439053383210304302008-09-15T15:57:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:57:00.000-05:00I think we can expect some radical changes on Tues...I think we can expect some radical changes on Tuesday.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully Svuem finds a way to cut Bill HallE.S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02755352124021777813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-5024782048193640042008-09-15T15:55:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:55:00.000-05:00Freeway.Freeway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-16270765225899132962008-09-15T15:44:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:44:00.000-05:00Good point Danny. The point of the exercise must ...Good point Danny. The point of the exercise must not be to carry on.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Kapler isn't managing becasue he's needed on the field.<BR/><BR/>Who _should_ manage the Brewers? assuming they don't hire from without.<BR/><BR/>Sveum?<BR/>Simmons?<BR/>Kremblis?<BR/>Kapler?Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014233410007615111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-87850001412008624862008-09-15T15:37:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:37:00.000-05:00I hope that Sveum realizes his assignment now is n...I hope that Sveum realizes his assignment now is not to do everything just like Ned did. Really, this is the opportunity to bench Bill hall, limit Gagne to mop-up duty, give Kendall a break and let that Salome kid rake a little. That sort of thing. My biggest fear is that nothing will change except the agressiveness of the 3rd base coach.DannyNoonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965127114354857721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-52200998582431529682008-09-15T15:32:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:32:00.000-05:00shut up CC. Get back on the moundshut up CC. Get back on the moundE.S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02755352124021777813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-60565870077709333432008-09-15T15:23:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:23:00.000-05:00Hopefully now I can pitch fewer than 130 innings t...Hopefully now I can pitch fewer than 130 innings tomorrow night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-48295900917043889532008-09-15T15:19:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:19:00.000-05:00"That's a difficult one to answer myself," said Me..."That's a difficult one to answer myself," said Melvin, who will address the matter further in a 6:30 p.m. CT press conference at the team hotel in Chicago. "The club is just not performing close to the way they performed earlier. We have 12 days left and we don't know what could jump-start the club. This was, I guess, the only thing we thought had a chance of jump-starting the club.<BR/><BR/>Attanassio is obviously meddling.E.S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02755352124021777813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-2657966215368944262008-09-15T15:13:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:13:00.000-05:00kind of a shitty day to close a blog, eh?kind of a shitty day to close a blog, eh?E.S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02755352124021777813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-92104794170783178682008-09-15T15:12:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:12:00.000-05:00To be totally honest Tracker, I do not remember ri...To be totally honest Tracker, I do not remember right now why I called for Svuem, other than that I like his aggressive approach.<BR/><BR/>I have also been a giant Kremblas shill, yes. And I still think he would have been the perfect guy to promote, since most of this team has won a championship with him.E.S.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02755352124021777813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-57990735547139144932008-09-15T15:07:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:07:00.000-05:00Wow. I've said since the SAbbathia trade that the...Wow. I've said since the SAbbathia trade that the Brewers would not make the playoffs with Yost at the helm. Now they just might.<BR/><BR/>Brewers will win 89 games this season.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014233410007615111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-81657902302939788312008-09-15T15:04:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:04:00.000-05:00Also, the Cubs have another no-hitter going agains...Also, the Cubs have another no-hitter going against Houston.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-21626988089666301822008-09-15T15:02:00.000-05:002008-09-15T15:02:00.000-05:00That quote is totally Braun.That quote is totally Braun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-30441118433012274742008-09-15T14:49:00.000-05:002008-09-15T14:49:00.000-05:00The more I think about it, the more I wish they wo...The more I think about it, the more I wish they would have let Kapler take rest of the season. He's part of the team already, he has management experiance, and he's not part of the Yost regime.<BR/><BR/>It would be just like when Lance Harbor coached the West Canaan High football team to the state championship in Varsity Blues.DannyNoonanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965127114354857721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-50507068142921885382008-09-15T14:43:00.000-05:002008-09-15T14:43:00.000-05:00You called for Sveum? That was hard to hear amongs...You called for Sveum? That was hard to hear amongst your repeated calls for Kremblas. What did you see in Sveum then?Trackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067903066209658916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413451422114161954.post-88030924864591046652008-09-15T14:41:00.000-05:002008-09-15T14:41:00.000-05:00If Sveum's been occasionally overaggressive with t...If Sveum's been occasionally overaggressive with the send sign, I'll cut him some slack since the Brewers have been so unproductive with guys on base. Guy just doesn't seem like managment material though.<BR/><BR/>The language on SImmons implies that he's been demoted. Wonder if he's out of the dugout.Trackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067903066209658916noreply@blogger.com