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With the hubbub over our favorite golden-handed utility man and his astounding early dinger display, I thought I would sift through the number thus far to find the exceptional data points that come...

Rickie, when he's hot, is an awesome player. Offensively. When he's not hot, he looks completely lost and terrible. He's always been streaky, so it's tough to get a good look at him to judge...

I've been a pretty big critic of Yuniesky Betancourt over the years, having a good time poking fun at Yuni's tendency to swing at the first pitch, his nonchalant wave at ground balls just outside...

For the past week or so we've had a survey open for BCB members to voice their opinions on which players appearing on the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot should be enshrined, and which ones...

There are some pretty big names on the ballot for the first time this year, and with them comes a lot of controversy. Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens all appear for the first time,...

A lot of people are looking to vote for someone other than Ryan Braun for MVP. I don't blame them, they just heard the word "steroids" tossed around in the offseason and were too stupid to...

The MVP award is a rare treasure that many great players and Hall of Famers have never achieved. Only one is granted each year for each league, and the competition is so fierce that a number of...

Forgive me, I grew up in an era where little guys stole bases, skinny guys hit doubles, and the big fat guys with mustaches hit home runs. If little guys hit homers it was a wind-aided fluke, and...

Tell stories about Zack's time with the Crew and speculate on where he's headed next

I was getting tired of listening to the sports news talking heads mention for the umpeenth time about Ryan Braun taking away the MVP trophy from Matt Kemp, and I thought I would try to take a look...

With a pitching staff like ours there's no guarantee that anyone put out on the mound will escape without giving up at least one run. Axford is supposed to be the closer, but he's been leaving the...

It's pretty easy to pick out what's wrong with this year's team. Rickie has been terrible (although recently it appears that he's fixed whatever ailed him). We're decimated by injuries. The...

As a followup to the Happily Ever Axford post, I wanted to take a look at what happens to inherited runners (IR) and how often they score (IS). Axford is a great closer, but almost all the time he...

Rain or shine, one thing is near-certain: If you turn a lead over to The Ax, you keep it. Closers are often maligned by the statistical community as an overrated role, and the money they make is...

What Rickie Weeks is doing this season – or not doing, depending on your perspective – is bordering on historical. Given Weeks’ successful past (and anticipated future) and the facts that he...

Comparing this season's record at May 25 to previous Brewer seasons, no club has ever started as poorly as the 2012 squad (or worse) and ended up with a .500 record or better. The closest...

So we're in the second half of January now, and Prince Fielder is not yet signed as a free agent. I think it's probably pretty easy for Scott Boras to get people interested in having Fielder be a...

I am of the opinion that things generally happen for a reason. The bigger the thing, the more likely the reasoning. Today I happened across an article about the Miami Marlins being investigated...

I remember Jim Edmonds.  He played 73 games for the Brewers, and you, Mr. Betancourt, are no Jim Edmonds. For 149 games in 2010, Casey McGehee did an excellent job of producing offense in the 5th...

We're playin' togetherBut it's not a farewellMost of us will be backFor next year, who can tell?I guess with only two weeks to goIt's no time to go slow(To go slow)Will we have a chance like this...

Before we take too much delight in BTC's prediction that the Brewers wouldn't win the division and/or exceed 90 wins this season, we should also note that the overpaid talking heads of sports...

Here it is the imagery with a bit of photoshoppageJust a bit of a break from the sports pageJust a little somethin’ to break the monotonyOf TRL's insanity and divisional rivalryA little bit out...