I bet you’ll just never guess what we’re talking about this week, folks. It’s late in the year, the major league team is [insert interesting-sounding synonym for bad here], and we’ve got big news in the front office this week. Let’s dive in: Brew Crew Ball || Hiring of David Stearns cements new direction for […]
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Rolling Out the Barrel: We’re All Just Folk Now
Happy Friday, folks, and welcome to a brand new edition of Rolling Out the Barrel. I was out in the Third Ward last night, celebrating the birthdays of my friends Kiki and Kenne. On my way out of the Milwaukee Ale House, I spotted a pair of Cardinals fans, no doubt in town to witness […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Turn and Face the Strange
Welcome back to another Friday edition of Rolling Out the Barrel. With the major-league club steadfastly refusing to beat anyone other than Pittsburgh, to whom they are incapable of losing, we keep our eye on the future of the franchise, most of which is currently locked in the only playoff scenario the franchise is likely […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Quests and Origin Stories
Welcome back to Rolling Out the Barrel, Brewers fans, and a happy Labor Day weekend to you all. I sincerely hope that each of you gets to experience a little bit of great baseball over the weekend, and I’d really appreciate it if a couple of you would take in a couple of extra innings […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: All Aboard the Jungmann-Santana Express!
If you’re here trying to get some profound insight on the state of the Milwaukee Brewers as currently constructed, I don’t know what to tell you. They usually lose, though they don’t lose quite often enough to threaten Philadelphia, Miami or Colorado for the #1 pick in next years draft — in fact, they aren’t […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Biloxi, Denson and Hope for the Future
I was able to watch a majority of the Brewers’ three-game series against Miami this week, including a Monday night trip to a mostly-empty Miller Park, and if you caught any of it yourself, you’ll understand why this week’s Rolling Out the Barrel is solely dedicated to the organization’s prospects. With the major-league club stumbling through […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Doug Melvin and The Men He Traded
Welcome back, Brewlievers. It’s been a rough week on the field for the local nine and a tumultuous one off it. The Crew dropped five of six while scoring less than two runs per game against divisional rivals St. Louis and Chicago, and the (widely anticipated) news surfaced that GM Doug Melvin will be transitioning […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Jungmann and Deadline Fallout
Happy Friday, folks. We all made it. Welcome back to Rolling Out the Barrel, where we promise to never ask you if God has called you for a chat recently. We’re a week removed from the trade deadline, and now that we’ve had some time to sort out how the organization looks after their biggest overhaul in […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: A Trade, An Almost-Trade, and Other Trades
Welcome, friends, to the 2015 MLB trade deadline and to the second edition of Rolling Out the Barrel. With the deadline just recently passed, we’ve already seen a ton of movement around the league, and the Brewers have been front and center for it. As you have search for updates about the trade of Gerardo […]