I used to think that Ben Doody was the best sports writer name on the planet. That was until I read the byline on the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal's Brewers Blog for "Michael Hunt."

There's an article written by Mike Hunt (Is there another writer named Dick Hertz? Is the editor Jack Goff? Harry P. Ness? Mike Rotch? Poor guy. High school must have been brutal.) that claims that the Brewers have finally arrived to the national stage. There's a problem with that: Were the Brewers not on the national stage last year? Weren't the Brewers in first place for 121 days last year? ...

I didn't know this, but apparently a local restaurant chain dustributes discounted hamburgers each time the Brewers score five or more runs. Not surprisingly, this is causing a bigger stir in Milwaukee than the arrival of CC Sabathia from the Indians ... but CC is a close second. Sabathia won his debut on Tuesday, the Brewers prevailing over the Rockies 7-3 . From Bugs and Cranks : This ...

By: Big Rygg Well the CC Sabathia era in Milwaukee has officially begun.   Tonight, in Milwaukee's own Miller Park, the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Colorado Rockies behind 6.0 innings of 3 run ball from Sabathia. Seeing as how only two of those runs were earned, Sabathia's official NL stat line after one start is as follows: 1-0, 6.0 IP, 3.00 ERA, 3 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 5 BB, 5 K, ...

The fates of George Webb Restaurants and the Milwaukee Brewers are intertwined in ways that even Sophocles and Shakespeare could not have envisioned. No fewer than 162 times per year, George Webb predicts that the Brewers will score at least five runs. When they do, you get six tasty George Webb burgers for five dollars. In fact, some even claim that George Webb honored this deal during ...

CC Sabathia strikes out five, walks five, gives up three runs and sees the Brewers defense commit its first error behind him. He leaves with a 4-3 lead .

Really? "Brewers Punch Ticket for October by Adding Sabathia" Say it together: "C.C. Sah-BAYTH-e-yah"! I love headlines like this. Makes me feel like they shouldn't even play the second half of the season. After all, we are talking about THE Milwaukee Brewers here - not exactly a sterling case study in baseball success. These are the same Brewers who blew a lead in a decidedly weaker ...

C.C. Sabathia/Milwaukee Brewers: After much speculation throughout the past couple months, C.C. Sabathia was finally traded to the Milwaukee Brewers for 3 minor leaguers and a player to be named later: The Brewers obtained reigning AL Cy Young Award winner CC Sabathia in a trade with the Cleveland Indians on Monday, giving up four prospects in a gamble that favors the present over the ...

Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia had been rumored to be on the trading block, with the usual big money suspects (Red Sox, Yanks, Cubs, etc.) supposedly interested. So, how did the hurler end up with the Milwaukee Brewers ? Tom Haudricourt of the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL reports that the deal is all but done, with only some last-minute paperwork yet to push through. As the Brewers get ...

Or so says everyone from Cleveland , to Milwaukee , to Buster Olneyville. The Cleveland Indians, who at the beginning of the season thought they'd be able to compete, have officially moved white-flagged it by shuttling their number one starter with the crooked cap to the Milwaukee Brewers for power-bat prospect Matt LaPorta, and pitchers Zach Jackson and Rob Bryson. The trade is expected to ...

Back when Andrew Bogut was drafted by the Bucks, some people were wary of the pick, saying that he wasn't a good fit in Milwaukee. I responded by asking how a giant white dude wouldn't fit in Milwaukee. But that's not true. No, the fine people of Wisconsin don't judge you by the color of your skin, but rather, they embrace morbid obesity. Milwaukee is a disappointing 9th in the league in terms of

We hadn’t gotten to Milwaukee yet in our pre-trade-deadline rundown of what all 30 teams need. But word has just gone forth that the Brewers are shipping prospects to Cleveland in exchange for reigning Cy Young pitcher C.C. Sabathia. This is precisely what Milwaukee needed. Not only is this a … [ visit site to read more ]

Well, the hot-stove season has officially begun folks. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , the Cleveland Indians have agreed to trade ace left-handed starting pitcher C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Indians (37-51) have found themselves somewhere they did not expect to be: last place. As a result, the Indians have decided to deal their ace. Sabathia is a free agent in ...

The Milwaukee Brewers have gone out and made the first big move of the trade season that is upon us as they have acquired C.C. Sabathia from the Cleveland Indians for minor leaguer Matt LaPorta and two lower-level prospects according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Sabathia had a rough start to the season but has pitched better as of late for the Indians. In the months of March and ...

ESPN.com is reporting that the Indians have agreed to deal 2007 Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia to the Milwaukee Brewers for a package of three minor league players, one of which is prized 1B/OF prospect Matt Laporta . Sabathia was 6-8 with a 3.83 with the Indians before getting dealt. A potential rotation of Sabathia, Ben Sheets , Yovani Gallardo , and Manny Parra in ‘09 is ...

The Cleveland Indians have risen the white flag, trading their ace C.C. Sabthia to the Milwaukee Brewers in a deal that involves top first base prospect Matt Laporta. In the end, Sabathia's non-agreeance to a fair extension by the Indians was probably seen as a sign that he'd be flying the coop in the offseason when the Indians would lose him for nothing. Look for Sabathia to make ...

The trade deadline is always a dangerous time for a team like the Brewers. When a player like C.C. Sabathia is on the move, there are a million different things that can happen. And still, the Brewers seem so close to landing C.C. right now that they're almost counting on him coming to Milwaukee sooner rather than later. You can hear it in Doug Melvin's quote in today's Milwaukee ...