Daily Archives: May 1, 2008

More evidence that the Beefcake Kapler thing was a bad idea

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Posted by Steve

Someone found danandsteve.com by googling “schlong.”  I have to think Gabe is responsible.  Actually, I hope he is, because otherwise I don’t have a clue.

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Who wants to see Cub fans overreact?

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Amazingly entertaining game today. One of my favorite things about beating the Cubs is going to northsidebaseball.com to read the irrational comments of overreacting fans. Of course, the same thing happens at brewerfan, except brewerfan is moderated closer so things don’t get as out of hand (or funny).

The posters there are a mixed bag, like any message board. Many are very funny, knowledgeable fans, and many are eternally negative and irrational. And, boy, do they dislike Ryan Braun.

Anyway, here are some of my favorites from today’s game. Considering the craziness of the game, this one is actually pretty tame. Still some gems in here though. It starts after Wood hit Counsell to lead off the ninth and Kapler doubled.

How in the HELL did that ball go that far??!??!???!???!?

Kendall Home Run In 5…4….3…..2……

ROLLEYES EMOTICON

At least we have the force at every base.

good thing I’m taking horse tranquilizers

Ok… I’m going to puke if Ryan Braun takes it to us.

Well, ****

I hate everything

God I hate Braun.

it’sonlymayit’sonlymayit’sonlymayit’sonlymayit’sonlymay (this one actually went on much, much longer)

Now Gagne will pitch like 04.

Cubs will load the bases only to get 3 K’s in a row

Good ab Ronny.

Don’t hit and run don’t hit and run don’t hit and run

no —SOAPDROPPING— way

That was not an effing strike when Kerry threw it, you sack of crap.

Eh, f it. I hate steals, but go ahead and try one here.

walk off dinger, plz, k

oh yay, Howry up in case we tie it

lol cubs

I hate this stupid freaking Brewers team. Bite me, Braun and bite me, Blue.

F’in Braun. F’in Yost. F’in Blue.

I’m surprised the ump didn’t finish the game by bashing Pie over the head with a steel chair and ripping off his gear to reveal a Brewers uniform underneath.

i propose a new rule in which whoever scores the most runs in a series wins all the games in the series. (Did I not say this would happen? I rule)

may i just say that my hate has grown for braun today…i guess my level of hatred towards that prick has no bounds

SO why is Matt Murton on a bus to Iowa while Felix Pie remains on our team?

So it’s come to this: Matt Murton vs. Felix Pie for the hearts of North Side Baseball.

I’m really enjoying how Soriano and Fukudome are escaping criticism for two horribly played balls in the outfield.

good friggin’ god…i leave work and it’s 3-1 going to the 9th and get home to find this bull….f*** me.

I can totally see the Cubs falling apart and getting swept in St. Louis this weekend. Somebody make me feel better.

The Cards suck. Feel better?

also, this is the st. louis cardinals roster. you should feel better after looking it over.

I was at the game, and it was going so fast I got the drunkest I’ve been at a Cubs game for years. I didn’t plan to…I just kept remembering the 7th inning cutoff and ended up racing and forgetting I had only had a bowl of cereal to eat/drink for the whole day. Now I’m in my 3 hour evening computer class until 9 PM…I managed to get food and water after the game, but this is agony. AH-GO-KNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

This is what I get for being a Cub fan, and being confident with the Cubs having the lead in the 9th. No more. I don’t care if the Cub shave a 10 run lead in the 9th, I will never again feel comfortable with the lead in the 9th again.

WTH realization is…..we don’t get another opportunity at these punks, till July (the 2nd half), and they don’t come back to Chicago till September. The Cubs have to sit on the back-to-back home series loss to the Brewers for over 2 months before they play ‘em again. The truth is….WE ARE better then the Brewers. The moment the Cubs players believe that fact, will be the moment the Brewers will realize they won’t win the division.

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It’s time: Replace one polarizing player with another

Posted on May 1, 2008 by | 4 Comments

Posted by Steve

I’ve been a pretty big fan of Derrick Turnbow since he’s been with the Brewers. He had a run of very good production and he was a lot of fun to watch when he was hitting his spots. I think that when people look back on his career as a Brewer, they will remember his run a few years ago over the ugly times.

With that said, it’s simply time to move on, probably even more for Turnbow himself than the Brewers at this point. He can’t find the zone at all, and when he gets booed mercilessly at home at the first sign of struggle it seems to psych him out completely.

For a while it seemed like we’d have “Good Derrick” sometimes and “Bad Derrick” at other times. Sadly, Good Derrick has hardly showed up since the 2006 season. He averaged about six walks per nine innings last season, and so far in six innings he has five strikeouts and a stunning 13 walks.

As it turns out, the Brewers held on to Turnbow too long. They could have gotten a decent return for him a year ago, and now they’ll likely just have to DFA him. I can’t blame them too much though, because there’s always been (and still is) a tantalizing upside to Derrick and his 98 mph fastball.

I expect this to happen soon, possibly as soon as the game is over today. So who would I call up, you ask? It should be obvious. The situation and timing is impeccable. The Brewers don’t need to replace Turnbow with a pitcher; they should just bring up a hitter and return to a 12-man pitching staff like any normal MLB team. Meanwhile, the Crew is 29th in baseball in OPS against right-handers. It just so happens the Brewers have a player raking in AAA with a career .811 OPS against righties.

That’s right; I said it: Bring back The Muscle.

The Brewers’ pinch-hitting options are embarrassing right now. It’s down to Kapler, Gwynn and Counsell. After two weeks of imitating Corey Hart, Gabe Kapler has reverted to Gabe Kapler. Counsell and Gwynn give you zero chance of a home run. Branyan obviously gives you home run power, and there’s a good chance he’ll bring better OBP than any of the current bench players as well. He’d look great as the first pinch hitting option (against righties) and spelling Hall or Braun against tough right-handers.

In fact, I would make two roster moves after today’s game. Release Turnbow to bring up Branyan, and option Gwynn back to AAA to bring up Joe Dillon. Gwynn is no longer needed with Cameron back (Kapler plays center well enough in a pinch) and he simply is no threat as a pinch hitter. Dillon has had success in this role, and his demotion was confusing in the first place.

Finally, not mentioning last night’s game was by design. I look forward to the frustrations of Wrigleyville when they lose a series despite outscoring the Brewers by eight or so runs.

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