SB Nation User Blog: kirbir

Brewers Announce 2010 Spring Training Schedule

kirbir — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:28:52 -0000

Brewers Announce 2010 Spring Training Schedule

Thursday, March fourth starts off the games.

For a little more in-depth look at the schedule, click here.

Braun among top athletes to receive Sporting News All-Star award

kirbir — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:03:21 -0000

Braun among top athletes to receive Sporting News All-Star award

The awards were given out by a panel of 31 MLB GMs and their assistants, which makes it even cooler that Braun was voted for with every NL ballot.

Joe Mauer, the Twins catcher, received the most votes, followed by Albert Pujols, Chase Utley, and Brauny.

McGehee wins NL Rookie of the Month Award for September

kirbir — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:18:43 -0000

McGehee wins NL Rookie of the Month Award for September

Well warranted, I say. Way to go, Casey!

Kirbir's Pictures of the Week: Special Season-ending Edition

kirbir — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:46:39 -0000

Well, that's all she wrote. The 2009 season is over for the Brewers. Time to kick back and watch the other teams in the playoffs... unless, of course, Ghost Hunters is on.

Follow the jumps for pictures and McAwesome!

Carlos Villanueva got his only win of the season after starting Saturday. Fortunately (or unfortunately), sometime before Sunday's game, he shaved off the 'stache.

Alcides Escobar tried to make his case for why he should stick around in the majors next year when he barely beat out a tag at first base.

Craig Counsell caught a mid-game Holliday, as the Cardinals left fielder tried to steal a base.

Jody Gerut got an RBI single, proving that's he's worth more than just his awesome at-bat song.

Ryan Braun got his 200th hit of the year via a home run Saturday, becoming only one of four Brewers to do so. Sunday, he stole his 20th base of the season also, becoming only the second Brewer to get 30 HRs and 20 steals in the same season. The other was Tommy Harper in 1971.

Trevor Hoffman kept things interesting Sunday afternoon, when he walked three batters in a row. He's "pretty close" to becoming a Brewer next season. EDIT: If you haven't seen the news, the Hoff is sticking around. (fanshot)

Prince Fielder hit his final home run of the season Sunday afternoon in the ninth inning. My favorite part about the HR was that it came right after Albert Pujols broke a record by getting his 185th assist of the season. Karma is a beautiful thing.

This is definitely one of my favorite pictures from the whole season. In case you can't tell, Prince is hugging Felipe Lopez and Craiggers is hugging Esky. It's nice to see two players who have been on the team for a while embracing the newer players, despite the short length that those two have been on the team.

Oh, and I couldn't find any recent pictures of Seth McClung. :( This is one of my favorite pictures of McClung from last season. (If you haven't visited, it's also the background on Seth's twitter page)

All pictures, except for the one featuring McAwesome, are from Yahoo! I wanted to apologize for the recent lack of KPotW posts. My classes have proven to be a little more rigorous than I had expected.

Counsell wins We Energies High Energy Player of the Year award

kirbir — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:32:57 -0000

Counsell wins We Energies High Energy Player of the Year award

Awesome.

D-backs Reynolds breaks own strikeout record

kirbir — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:53:42 -0000

D-backs Reynolds breaks own strikeout record

He got his 205th K right after getting his 100th RBI of the season last night. He currently is second in HRs too, with 43. Maybe some of the people on our team can learn from his "let it go" attitude.

Parra healthy again, set to pitch Friday's game

kirbir — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:02:39 -0000

Parra healthy again, set to pitch Friday's game

It's good to see that he's healthy again. Now Manny, if you're reading, get a win against those dang Phillies.

Could Gallardo be benched for the rest of the season?

kirbir — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:32:56 -0000

Could Gallardo be benched for the rest of the season?

It doesn't seem like Gallardo was really happy about skipping his last start, so the possibility that they would bench him for the rest of the year seems really slim. He really wants to play out the rest of the season and, with what happened last year, who can blame him?

We'll see what happens after the team talks to Yovani.

Parra's MRI Inconclusive; Butler or Narveson (Probably) Start Friday; Burns Called Up

kirbir — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:27:22 -0000

Parra's MRI Inconclusive; Butler or Narveson (Probably) Start Friday; Burns Called Up

"He will continue physical therapy," Ash said. "Mr. Burns will join us on Friday to make sure we have sufficient back-up."

In Ash language, this means either Butler or Narveson will probably start. As someone going through a similar situation, I can safely say that Parra won't be ready by Friday.

"Vote for Jeff Suppan. You could win a World Series trip." Really, that's very tempting.

kirbir — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:15:04 -0000

"Vote for Jeff Suppan. You could win a World Series trip."

Really, that's very tempting.