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...
C’mon Brewers, Don’t Crash and Burn Quite Yet
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At 15-20, the Milwaukee Brewers still could rescue their season. But after going 1-9 in their last 10 games, the team has incited all kinds of despair among a fan base that is restless for a winner. Fans waited all winter for baseball and so far most of what the Brewers have done on the field hardly qualifies as baseball at all. Technically...
A Few Words On Fans Who Always Want to Fire Someone
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For the last several years, JSOnline’s chats with Brewers beat writers have been a terrific source of amusement. There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking about them, but it’s usually fun to see how professional sportswriters react to the (shall we say) occasionally impetuous sentiments expressed by fans.
In this week’s installment, Tom...
An unusual comp for Segura
The Brewers’ Jean Segura doesn’t look like a classic shortstop – he’s 5-foot-10, 165 pounds, with a thick lower half. So, when trying to determine a “comp,” something baseball people love to do, Brewers director of pro scouting Zack Minasian went off the board entirely.
Minasian mentioned a player that Brewers general manager Doug Melvin once acquired for the Texas...
A's hopeful Yoenis Cespedes will return Sunday, acquire Casper Wells
Oakland Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes looks to be on track to return from the DL this Sunday as he continues his recovery from a hand injury. Cespedes had strained a muscle in his left hand on April 12 when sliding in to second base during the A's extra-inning win against the Detroit Tigers.
Cespedes could be heading for a rehab assignment as early as Friday, according...
Brewers give Rodriguez another chance
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers have signed free-agent reliever Francisco Rodriguez to a minor league deal, general manager Doug Melvin confirmed Wednesday evening.
Rodriguez, 31, will report to the team's spring training facility in Phoenix, where he will work out and throw while waiting for a work visa before being assigned to a minor league affiliate. The Brewers have...
Brewers give Rodriguez another chance
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers have signed free-agent reliever Francisco Rodriguez to a minor league deal, general manager Doug Melvin confirmed Wednesday evening.
Rodriguez, 31, will report to the team's spring training facility in Phoenix, where he will work out and throw while waiting for a work visa before being assigned to a minor league affiliate. The Brewers have...
Brewer Upper Management Talk
Today Losersbracket.com taps into a recent, or what we can assume was probably a recent, conversation between Doug Melvin the Milwaukee Brewers G.M. and Mark Anastasio the Milwaukee Brewers Owner.
Mark: Dougie fresh, what’s up buddy? How’s my team doing?
Doug: Well that’s why I called. What’s new with you boss?
Mark: Life is good. The market is up, so my main...
Brewers GM Gets Stung by Scorpion Then Checks Google to Find Cure (Photo)
It has been a rough week for baseball general managers.
First New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman broke his ankle while skydiving, then in a story via Yahoo Sports, Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin had to visit the emergency room after a scorpion stung him while at home.
Melvin wasn’t concerned at first, because he’s tough (if not sexy) but he began to worry after...
THAT BITES
See the scorpion that stung Brewers GM
You might’ve heard that Brewers GM Doug Melvin spent Wednesday night in an Arizona emergency room after being stung by a scorpion. The story, according to Melvin, is that he was eating dinner with his wife when the scorpion made an appearance. According to the Associated Press: Melvin said he was eating dinner with his wife when they saw a bug walking across the floor. He reached...
Brewers' Melvin fine after scorpion sting
The next time Doug Melvin has a bug in his house, he might think twice before trying to get rid of it with his hands.
According to MLB.com, the Milwaukee Brewers general manager was having dinner with his wife at their Arizona condo on Wednesday when a bug crawled across the floor. Melvin attempted to get rid of the bug with tissue, but little did he know it was one of Arizona&...
Brewers' Melvin fine after scorpion sting
The next time Doug Melvin has a bug in his house, he might think twice before trying to get rid of it with his hands.
According to MLB.com, the Milwaukee Brewers general manager was having dinner with his wife at their Arizona condo on Wednesday when a bug crawled across the floor. Melvin attempted to get rid of the bug with tissue, but little did he know it was one of Arizona&...
Brewers GM Melvin stung by scorpion
Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin is back at spring training after a scorpion sting landed him in the hospital.
Melvin says he thought he saw a bug scurrying across the floor of his condominium Wednesday night and bent down to pick it up with a tissue. It turned out to be a scorpion and he got stung.
Melvin said Thursday that he spent three hours at a hospital. He says...
Brewers GM stung by scorpion
Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin is back at spring training after a scorpion sting landed him in the hospital.
Melvin says he thought he saw a bug scurrying across the floor of his condominium Wednesday night and bent down to pick it up with a tissue. It turned out to be a scorpion and he got stung.
Melvin said Thursday that he spent three hours at a hospital. He says...
Brewers GM Doug Melvin Gets Stung by Scorpion, Spends Three Hours in Hospital After Arm Goes Numb
Doug Melvin probably wouldn’t mind being in Milwaukee right about now.
Melvin was stung by a scorpion in Arizona on Wednesday night, which forced the Brewers general manager to spend three hours in a local hospital, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
While at his condo, Melvin reportedly reached down to pick up what he thought was a harmless bug with a Kleenex. What he...
Brewers GM Doug Melvin hospitalized after suffering a scorpion sting, seriously
Doug Melvin, the general manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, was sleeping near Spring Training in Phoenix when he was stung badly by a scorpion.
Brewers GM Doug Melvin hospitalized after scorpion sting
General managers beware. What started out as an offseason filled with bizarre injuries to players has turned into an assault on some of the MLB’s front office guys. Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin spent several hours in a local hospital in Arizona on Wednesday night after he was stung by a scorpion in at his condo.
According to the Journal Sentinel, Melvin said he...
LOVE AT FIRST STING
Brewers GM stung by scorpion
Brewers general manager Doug Melvin was stung on his finger by a scorpion on Wednesday night at his Phoenix-area condo, resulting in a trip to the hospital.
Brewers GM Doug Melvin sent to hospital over scorpion sting
Major League Baseball teams flock south to Arizona and Florida each spring to escape the cold and snow. But as Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin found out, the relocation to a warmer climate often presents new threats, such as scorpions.Melvin suffered a scare when he was stung by a scorpion in his condominium Wednesday night. The sting resulted in spending three hours...
Attanasio confident in Brewers young pitchers
MILWAUKEE -- Mark Attanasio learned a valuable lesson last season: Spending more money doesn't always result in more wins.
The Brewers owner stretched his wallet thin last season with payroll at 98.2 million, and the team failed to make the playoffs. This season, Attanasio is quite alright with payroll dropping to somewhere in the 80 million range because it provides him and...
Attanasio confident in Brewers young pitchers
MILWAUKEE -- Mark Attanasio learned a valuable lesson last season: Spending more money doesn't always result in more wins.
The Brewers owner stretched his wallet thin last season with payroll at 98.2 million, and the team failed to make the playoffs. This season, Attanasio is quite alright with payroll dropping to somewhere in the 80 million range because it provides him and...
DO IT YOURSELF
Brewers to wear fan-designed unis
The Brewers held a contest this offseason to design a team uniform. On Sunday, they announced the winner, who's design will be used in 2 Spring Training games.
Brewers’ ‘Youniform’ Contest Whittles A Winner
(Ben's design. Credit: Brewers.com)
The Milwaukee Brewers have revealed the three finalist entries in their ‘Design a Youniform’ contest, and fans are to help narrow those down in online voting to close on January 22. Fans can vote here. An eight-judge panel will rule on the winner, though, and the fan vote counts as only one judge. Other judges include GM Doug...
Suddenly, Brewers look strong in bullpen
The Milwaukee Brewers wasted little time letting it be known the performance by last year's bullpen was intolerable.
Brewers relievers posted a major league-worst 4.66 ERA in 2012, and general manager Doug Melvin acted swiftly in showing the door to seven players who pitched a combined 353 13 innings.
Gone are Jose Veras, Francisco Rodriguez, Tim Dillard, Kameron Loe, Manny...
Suddenly, Brewers look strong in bullpen
The Milwaukee Brewers wasted little time letting it be known the performance by last year's bullpen was intolerable.
Brewers relievers posted a major league-worst 4.66 ERA in 2012, and general manager Doug Melvin acted swiftly in showing the door to seven players who pitched a combined 353 13 innings.
Gone are Jose Veras, Francisco Rodriguez, Tim Dillard, Kameron Loe, Manny...
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