jsonline.com - 10/9/2008
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Team stamps own chapter in club’s history By TOM HAUDRICOURT thaudricourt@journalsentinel.com Posted: Oct. 8, 2008 Weary of listening to folks harp continually about the 1982 team, the 2008 edition of the Milwaukee Brewers set out to carve its own niche in franchise history. That meant playoffs ...
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Brew Crew Ball —
... how he got to the Fall League (replacing Mat Gamel).
Today is report card day for the Brewers. Here's the JS grades for 2008. By my calculator, the Brewers were given a 2.5 GPA but a B-plus overall grade. The Brew Town Beat has individual grades for players. Tom H. also has a few individual grades and wants to make sure you know that grading performances is hard.
Also, if you somehow missed the entire season, Tom H. had some space to fill has a full recap.
On the transaction front, four pitchers who spent time in Nashville ...
Doug Melvin Worries About The Wrong Things
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Doug (or is it Bob?) Melvin is a confused man. After inexplicably knowing the four-year win totals of the Cubs and Brewers and claiming the Brewers would win the National League West (if the Brewers played in the National League West, which they don't), he comes up with this doozy: "We get compared with the Cubs a lot. We’ve won only one less game than the Cubs over the last four years. We’ve had three .500 seasons. They’ve had two over the last four years." Dougie apparently believes his sole job is to make the Brewers ...
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Milwaukee Brewers 2008 Grades
brewtownbeat.com 10/9/2008 — Yeah, yeah, I know. Every blog and news outlet dishes out grades a few days after the season comes to a close. Well, let's see how the BTB grades the team compared to others.
Jason Kendall (C+)
I'd give him an A for the way he handled the pitching ...
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Brewers grades out tomorrow - Brewers Blog
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BP: NLCS Preview: Dodgers-Phillies —
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The Phillies made short work of the Brewers in the Division Series, and come into the NL Championship Series with arguably the most potent lineup of any of the four remaining teams, along with the top starting pitcher in Cole Hamels.
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