The Bungles

I really shouldn’t take pleasure in other people’s misery, but for some reason the Bengals sucking always makes me feel better about my team…

Found a great site that keeps tabs of how the Brewers farmhands are doing... had used it earlier this year to see who we were giving up in the CC trade, but it's fun to follow!

http://www.brewerfan.net/ViewPower50.do

Brewers over Red Sox

Just read an open letter from the Brewer's owner to the fans... Man I wish I was him! That would be my dream, own the Brewers and build them back up to a contending team.

One really interesting fact that he said in his letter:

"More fans came to see the Brewers than went to games in Boston, in San Francisco, or on the South Side of Chicago to see the White Sox."

What? Milwaukee had greater attendance than the beloved Red Sox fans that read this blog???

BREWERS WIN BREWERS WIN BREWERS WIN

NOW I can talk about it! Brewers are in the playoffs for the first time in my memory! The Brewers ride CC Sabathia for a big win today, Ryan Braun hits the game winner in the 9th inning, the Mets lose, and the Brewers are playing in game 1 on Wednesday!

OUCH!

Was watching the Brewers play the Diamondbacks last night. Saw the catcher go down after a foul ball hit him. Tonight, the announcers were like "I don't even want to talk about what happened to him." So I looked up what the injury was:

Jul 1 Matt Paulson, of the East Valley Tribune, reports the Arizona Diamondbacks have placed C Chris Snyder (testicle) on the 15-day disabled list with a left testicular fracture.

So how do you rehab that injury? Do you put on a (very little) cast?

Best JS Online headline

Last year Dave Bush got shelled in his first start. The headline: Bush beaten around.

How to scare the beezus out a Brewers fan

A few weeks ago, a co-worker of mine walked into the office and said, "My condolences to the Brewers losing their best pitcher for the season." My first reaction was "What? Who?" The funny thing was Ben Sheets didn't even flash through my mind, because I guess I had subconsciously thought that if it was him, it wasn't that much of a surprise that someone would walk into my office and tell me. My next thought was Gallardo since he was on the DL, in which I started thinking "noooo...." So I asked him, "wait, who's out for the season?" He said, "Oh, you didn't hear? Capuano. Isn't he your #1 pitcher?" He was... two years ago. I breathed a huge sigh of relief.

The Brewers are coming into town to play the Reds this weekend! And it looks like the aforementioned Gallardo might be making a start...

Brewers Fantasy League Sleepers no more

So I'm in this fantasy baseball league with a bunch of native Ohioans and a couple of Red Sox fans. Last year I was able to grab a bunch of Brewers sleepers... Corey Hart in the last round, Ben Sheets in the middle rounds, and JJ Hardy in free agency. In May last year, I was contemplating a trade with one Ohioan, sending Alfonso Soriano to him for Erik Bedard. Figuring I was a homer, he said he'd throw in this rookie 3B he just picked up named Ryan Braun to make it work. I had just missed picking him up, so I jumped at that opportunity. He still hasn't forgiven me.

This year was a bit different... We had a "reverse homer" thing going on. One guy took Fielder, Sheets, Gallardo, and Weeks. I had a shot at Braun in round 2, but I passed. He ended up being picked by the same guy who made the trade with me last year (he said "When you passed up Braun I actually Googled him to see what was wrong with him.") I think despite not getting my favorite Brewers, I'm actually kinda proud that people in Cincinnati are stocking up on my team's players. I like to think I had something to do with that.

By the way, I still reached deep to grab a couple of Brewer sleepers... Parra and Villanueva in the last two rounds!

Brewers Gagne-ing

I'm watching the Brewers on Gamecast on Saturday (when Gagne came in and mowed down the Giants for the save), and I get into this IM chat with my friend Winston. Amazing what you can learn from baseball...

Me: Brewers bringing in Gagne?

Winston: gagner in French means "to win"

Me: really, that's cool! He is French

Winston: well he better win then

Me: Go gagne

Me: ya Brewers gagnge… Gagne gagne

Winston: yeah, I forget how to conjugate it:

je gagne

tu gagnes

il / elle gagne

Me: Brewers gagne

Winston: Gagne gagne is right though

Me: so who "gagne"? Gagne gagne

Winston: he wins. Gagne wins. Brewers Gagnent

Me: nice

Winston: man, I know so little French

considering I took it for 7 years