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CC Sabathia: The 2008 Milwaukee Brewers high-priced savior
CC Sabathia is expected to call it a career after the 2019 season. Sabathia is remembered around Wisconsin for his heroics after being rented from the Cleveland Indians in July 2008. The cost for a Milwaukee Brewers postseason berth, their …
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Frank Robinson, the overlooked superstar
Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson died Thursday at age 83. Those of my generation remember him as a lackluster manager. Those of the generation before me remember a brilliant baseball mind and one of the very best ballplayers of his …
A case for the Milwaukee Brewers to land Marwin Gonzalez
For the big name free agents, this winter has been a lot of sizzle with no steak. For those on the next tier down, it’s been a whole lot of nothing. Now with Spring Training looming, David Stearns should strike …
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A tale of two postseasons: Baseball, football, joy and drudgery
Last night featured one of the most uninspired displays of championship sports to which America has ever been subjected. Last October, we saw games, including multiple extra innings affairs, played with and end in pure joy. The football-watching public are …
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Defending the NL Central in 2019: Jesus Aguilar
The Milwaukee Brewers enter 2019 as tentative favorites in a vastly-improved NL Central. They’ll need their lineup top-down to perform all season. Here’s a look at some players who could play key roles in 2019. Today, we consider Brewers first …
Defending the NL Central in 2019: Travis Shaw
The Milwaukee Brewers enter 2019 as tentative favorites in a vastly-improved NL Central. They’ll need their lineup top-down to perform all season. Here’s a look at some players who could play key roles in 2019. Unlike real life, Orlando Arcia …
Defending the NL Central in 2019: Orlando Arcia
The Milwaukee Brewers enter 2019 as tentative favorites in an NL Central that has vastly improved during the offseason. They’ll need their lineup top-down to perform all season. Here’s a look at some players who could play key roles in …
My 2019 IBWAA Hall of Fame ballot
Wherein the writer discloses his inaugural Hall of Fame selections, shamelessly self-promotes and otherwise gets lost in the tantalizing illusion of ushering ballplayers into immortality. Or, pretends to be a voting member of the BBWAA without the annual extortion dues …
Fatal Five-way: The NL Central is now up for grabs
With the Cincinnati Reds landing Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp and Alex Wood Friday in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the presumed NL Central doormats are ready to rumble, and the division went from being a two-way race at …
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Let’s play Du: Mauricio Dubon, the Milwaukee Brewers and the second base conundrum
Much has been made of Milwaukee Brewers prospect Mauricio Dubon‘s batting practice videos trickling out on his Twitter feed over recent weeks. How Dubon’s emergence helps or hinders the organization’s immediate attempt to plug a hole as sizable as the …
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