BREWERS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Brewers closer Jim Henderson suffers hamstring injury
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates last
night, but they lost closer Jim Henderson to a hamstring injury in the process.
Henderson suffered the injury while throwing a pitch to Pirates catcher Russell
Wilson, and manager Ron Roenicke told reporters – including Todd Rosiak of The
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel – that he believes the closer could be out for...
Lohse to miss start because of elbow irritation
Right-hander Kyle Lohse will miss his next scheduled turn in the Milwaukee Brewers' rotation because of irritation in his pitching elbow.
Mike Fiers will start in place of Lohse on Saturday against visiting Pittsburgh.
Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke made the announcement before Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Lohse signed a $33 million, three-year contract...
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Brewers minor leaguer Williams suspended 50 games
Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Alan Williams has been suspended for 50 games under minor league baseball's drug program following a second positive test for a drug of abuse.
The 23-year-old is 0-2 with a 3.00 ERA this year in three starts and 10 relief appearances for Huntsville of Double-A Southern League. He signed with the Brewers' organization in May 2011 after he pitched...
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Talkin’ to Myself about the Brewers
(Look: this team's a ******' trip, man. I think we got some bad ****.) (Photo: Timothy Leary)
Bad baseball gets me down. Bad baseball turns me round.
Bad baseball is depressing sometimes, discouraging. That's why I admire the tenacity of people like Tom Haudricourt of the JS and Kyle Lobner of Brew Crew Ball, to name just a couple, as well as all baseball scribes...
Brewers' Corey Hart progressing, but not ready to come off DL
Corey Hart is eligible to return from the 60-day disabled list on May 30th. That won't be happening. However, Hart has continued to progress in his rehab and hit two more milestones yesterday. The Milwaukee Brewers' first baseman took batting practice for the first time, and he has started running in the outfield.
According to Adam McCalvy and Kevin Massoth of...
Brewers' Hart eyes June return
MILWAUKEE -- Corey Hart had a big smile on his face as he took the field Monday afternoon. The recovery from offseason knee surgery has probably dragged on longer than he anticipated, but he's finally starting to see an end in sight.
Hart ran outside and took batting practice on the field for the first time prior to Monday's game against the Dodgers, but a rehab assignment...
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Brewers, Gallardo look to build off positives despite loss
MILWAUKEE -- Yovani Gallardo didn't pitch a bad game Monday night, but he did make three mistakes.
But Gallardo had to be perfect in order to beat Clayton Kershaw, and he wasn't. The Dodgers left-hander continued his dominance by tossing a complete game, three-hitter in Los Angeles' 3-1 win over Milwaukee.
It was a story line almost identical to the one written after...
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Lack of execution biting Brewers over and over in May
It was there for the taking. The Milwaukee Brewers could have ended a disappointing road trip on a high note by winning the series in St. Louis with a victory Sunday afternoon.
Down 4-2 in the seventh inning, the Brewers set themselves up perfectly for a much-needed big inning by loading the bases with nobody out for the National League's leading hitter with Ryan Braun to follow...
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Brewers 'dig deep' late, secure much-needed victory
The top of the 10th inning was one out away from adding on to the mountain of frustration the Milwaukee Brewers have accumulated on their current road trip.
After back-to-back singles gave the Brewers runners at the corners with nobody out, a groundout to the drawn-in infield and an out at the plate sandwiched around a walk had Milwaukee on the verge of blowing a golden opportunity...
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Terrible Baseball Card of the Day: Pete Ladd
Pete Ladd, ’86 Topps
There is nothing remotely interesting about Pete Ladd aside from the fact that he looks like Wierd Al. I do question him wearing a gold chain as he doesn’t look cool enough to rock this look. That’s something that Neon Deion Sanders did, not a guy that looks like he could own a van down by the river.
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Who is Jean Segura and what is he doing on my leaderboard?
Fangraphs.com's leaderboard is always a fascinating place. If you keep track of players from year to year, surprises show up there before they do in the national consciousness. Headley of the Padres was last year's big surprise. Recently, upon scouring the list, the name, Jean Segura, popped up. And while I should know every player in baseball since writing about the sport...
Report: Brewers to call up Francisco Rodriguez
The Milwaukee Brewers had until Thursday to make up their mind on Francisco Rodriguez, and it appears as if they will add the former closer to the big league roster.
According to a report by CBS Sports, the Brewers will call Rodriguez up from Triple-A Nashville on Wednesday, a day before the team had to release him if he wasn't in the Major Leagues.
Rodriguez, 31, was signed...
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Gruman: Brewers must stick with Weeks through slump
What to do with the struggling second baseman?
Rickie Weeks is mired in another prolonged slump, and the whole state is talking about it. There's some in this town that would like to chase ever player who has a bad week, but Weeks has had a bad month and a half and deserves to be talked about.
But that doesn't change the fact Weeks is going to be Milwaukee's starting...
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Rickie Weeks still Rickie Weeks
Last night Rickie Weeks went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout. If that hit had been an extra base hit, it would have been the most Rickie Weeks line ever. 1-for-4 with a walk isn't a sexy line and it's not very fun to watch, but it's good and it's valuable. It's a .400 On Base Percentage and it's what Rickie Weeks does. If you understand that and why it...
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The lamest baseball jersey of all-time?
I can almost guarantee that the idea for these Brewers jerseys was more the wife’s decision than her husband’s. Here’s hoping one of his buddies got a similar Milwaukee jersey that reads “Totally Whipped” to go along with his “Since” custom shirt, but that would imply that this guy gets to go to baseball games (or anywhere) with his friends, and we all know that anyone...
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