In an effort to aid their ailing bullpens, the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs have brought back former closers Francisco Rodriguez and Kevin Gregg, respectively. The Gregg news is a few days old, but the K-Rod signing just happened today. Gregg was signed to a minor league deal but was brought up early this week… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Doug Melvin
Who is better to have: John Axford or Carlos Marmol?
Yesterday’s Milwaukee Brewers — Chicago Cubs game featured the two ex-closers in this 2013 I-94 rivalry, John Axford and Carlos Marmol. Both were removed from their respective late inning roles (links here and here) within the first week of the season. From comments made by each team’s manager, it sounds like the plan for these… Read more »
Link Roundup: Lohse’s diary, Reed discusses his favorite Upton, and fun with beer cases
In light of Google Reader being shut down in a few months, I’ve decided to rename this particular post ditch the old logo. Hope you enjoy the new one. — The always entertaining Old Time Family Baseball offers Milwaukee Brewers fans a look inside their new starting pitcher’s secret diary. Kyle Lohse details his offseason… Read more »
Don’t let the door hit you, Nyjer
There is some big news floating around baseball today about certain outfielder in baseball. Justin Upton? Nah. While it is true he is reportedly heading to the Atlanta Braves with Chris Johnson for Martin Prado, Randall Delgado, Nick Ahmed, and Zeke Spruill, I’m talking about another certain outfielder on the market. (For what it’s worth, Baseblog… Read more »
Stand up to cancer and bid now
A few days ago I set up a third screen on my desk. I absolutely love having multiple screens, and this third screen is devoted to Twitter and my Google Calendar. The other two I use for web browsing, word processing and playing OOTP Baseball. Next week I will attempt to add a fourth screen… we’ll… Read more »
Recap: The view from Row 25 ain’t bad
Two games in three days? Awesome. We picked up tickets for Tuesday’s game at Miller Park against the Cincinnati Reds using the Milwaukee Brewers’ we win, you win promotion. For every “W” they collect in a month, they take that many dollars off select games for a series. 11 April victories meant our Terrace Reserved… Read more »
Headlines You May Have Missed – February
Note: It’s been almost three weeks since I’ve blogged baseball here. Since then, MichiganGoat has claimed his prize (congratulations!) just in time for the Swimsuit issue. Heh. After almost a week of birthday celebration and a focus on homework and writing for the UWM Post, Baseblog is back. I’ll be the first to admit that… Read more »
Bobblehead Days: Milwaukee Brewers
I’m going to kick off the “Bobblehead Days” series with the figurines I’m most familiar with, those of the Milwaukee Brewers. It’s easier to make it to Miller Park than Wrigley Field for me, so often times my family and I will try to go on a bobblehead night. I’ve had success finding them after… Read more »