Brewer fan here, who would like to go to the experts about a trade possibility.

I know it may be too early to talk about it, but if the Brewers continue to remain in the playoff hunt and the Indians are out of the wild card contention in July, would a trade of Mark DeRosa make sense? The Brewers most likely will be caught by the Cubs when there players get healthy, and the Brewers start cooling down and in need of that final push.

The Brewers did just suffer a major loss when Rickie Weeks went down, and are trying internal options for now, but if I were to estimate, the drop off will be significant, and a trade would be a possibility for Melvin. Options such as Ray Durham and Mark Grudz aren't that attract as they are aging players past their prime without the versatility of DeRosa.

Last years trade seemed to work out for both teams, getting the Brewers to the playoffs, and Laporta already called up in what should be a solid career. I am curious what package of players would it take? The Brewers top 2 prospects, Gamel and Escobar are untouchable. WIth your catching and farm system, I don't think our catching prospects Lucroy or Salome would be attractive to the Indians. Jeremy Jeffress our top pitching prospect is probably untouchable at this point to even though he just got demoted. Jake Odorizzi, Omar Agular, and Zach Braddock are all ranked between 2-5 for pitching prospects in the Brewers system and 9-16 overall. Perhaps a combination of some of these pitchers could get it done.

I beleive with DeRosa's year last year, he would be a fringe type A free agent and hopefully net the Brewers some picks in the event of a trade. Do you think the Tribe would be open to the idea of a trade near the deadline? Just trying to get some thoughts as we would love to stick it to the Cubs and take the division with Derosa.

Here is a link discussing the idea in a Chicago paper.

May 4, 1963 against the Chicago Cubs, Bob Shaw of the Milwaukee Braves set the all time balk record, which may never be broken, for balks in an inning (3) and a game (5), and Denny Lemaster recorded another balk in the 8th inning that brought the team total to 6.

Here is the boxscore

The most frustrating part must have been walking Billy Williams in the third inning and proceed to balk him around the bases and have him score.

Bob Shaw was ejected from the game, apparently arguing balls and strikes- the complete story can be found here. But the rule interpretation was at its strictist, causing the high frequency of calls. Al Barlick was the umpire and was later inducted to the Hall of Fame, and was known as a fair umpire who called everything to the letter of the law, and from other stories I heard made loudest strike calls with his deep voice.

Thought I would pass this along, and maybe post every once in awhile a relavant "This Day In History" fanshot, or maybe just include it as a comment in the Mug going forward.

I like the moves. Sheets may be considered "risky", but I think it is a deal if he takes arby and stays with the Brewers... but I am willing to bet someone will offer him more elsewhere. Sabathia move is meaningless but provides the chance to restock in the draft.

The real news is Shouse, who would be great to have back next year, perhaps more than the Brewers would like to pay, but I like the lefty.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/35326299.html

If you look at the situation the Brewers are in it may not be pretty, but we are not out of our league with the Phillies, even though our record would indicate that thus far. In the 8th and 9th innings the last two games the winning or tying run came to the plate, and if you could call a pitch to Myers a K and catch a fly ball, the series might be a sweep the other way. But the Brewers are down 2-0 and nothing can change that.

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