Yu, Was the Pitcher We Needed, but Yu Said He’s Just a Friend Have you ever had a pitcher that you wanted to sign But all of your offers he did decline? Let me tell ya a story of my situation I was talkin’ to this righty from the Japan nation. The way that […]
Author: Paul Noonan
The Oddest Brewers Pro Shop Items
Hi everyone. During the NFL season I write a regular piece on the strangest items you can find in the pro shop of every Green Bay Packer opponent, and as it’s the holiday season, the height of commercialism, I thought I would take a look at the Milwaukee Brewers’ shop in case you need to […]
Improving on “Good” is Hard.
I like Yuniesky Betancourt, and it’s not just because one time he had a shockingly productive playoff performance for the Brewers. I like Yuni because it’s really easy to improve on Yuni. If you have Yuni as your shortstop or, god forbid, your first baseman, you can sign a guy like Adam Lind to a […]
Traveling Cubs Fans are Brutish Louts
Milwaukee is a very small baseball market, but as long as the product is halfway decent, Milwaukeeans show up to the the park in droves. They rank tenth in attendance this year, pulling in 31,161 fans per game, which is more than the contending Nationals and more than the New York Mets. On Thursday home […]
When the Cubs go “Patriots”
It all started innocently enough. The Brewers and Cubs played a May 19th disaster of a slopfest including a two hour rain delay. It soaked Chicago and Wrigley, and made everyone miserable, including the home faithful who saw the Cubs lose. The sun set, the sun rose, and a new day dawned. A lovely, bright, […]
Why are the Brewers Great Early and Terrible Late?
A friend pointed out to me that the Brewers have blown 40 leads this season (now 42), which seems like a lot. In checking other major league teams, it is in fact a lot. My initial reaction was to blame the bullpen but that is neither warranted nor fair. The issue is that this Brewers […]
Walker Helps Slay Dragons
The Brewers season took an odd turn around the All-Star break. The big talk leading up to the trade deadline was all about adding a starter, or at least some bullpen help (which they did in Anthony Swarzak). But a funny thing happened as it so often does in baseball, and the offense that had […]
Settlers of the NL Central
It’s not that the Brewers have no pitching prospects. According to Baseball Prospectus, they have three pitchers among their top 10 prospects (Josh Hader, Luis Otiz, and Cody Ponce) with the top two of those cracking BP’s top 100. In my humble opinion Josh Hader is the closest thing they’ve had to “ace” material in […]
The Juiced Ball and You
The Brewers are fun! And one of the main reasons they’re fun is all of the massive dingers they hit. Keon Broxton has been Aaron Judge-lite over the past several days, and Travis Shaw has been routinely destroying baseballs. As of this writing the Brewers have clubbed 98 home runs, tied for 5th in all […]