Hey Braun: Shut up and play baseball!
truebluebrewblog.com 7/7/2009 — I'm going to go ahead and take the unpopular opinion here and say that Ryan Braun need to stop running his mouth off.  I know, he's the leader of the team.  The captain, if you will, if baseball had such a designation.  He's the only ...

Brewers-Cardinals exchange: May the most mediocre man win!
thesportsbank.net 7/23/2009 — By Melissa S. Wollering and Jake McCormick It’s safe to say that the NL Central is deadlocked in a tight race for who wants it the least. The division is similar to Toppers or Papa John’s pizza in that it’s good until you notice the higher quality competition made with better ingredients. ...

Braun calls out Brewers’ pitching staff
scoresreport.com 7/6/2009 — Following the Brewers’ 8-2 loss to the punch less Cubs on Sunday, Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun called out his pitching staff and said that he hoped the club would make a move to acquire more help. “Their starting pitching is a lot better than ours,” Braun said after the ...

Captain Obvious looks at the Brewers struggles
i94sports.com 7/21/2009 — I thought the Brewers might have been happy to June end, but as it turns out July has been just as rough for them. Milwaukee has gone 5-11 this month and 17-26 since the start of June. They have been out homered since the beginning of June 61-46 and for a team that lives and dies with ...

Enough About Braun and Melvin, Please
thebuckychannel.com 7/7/2009 — So Ryan Braun said some things about how the Brewers pitching staff is struggling, and how they need another arm. Then Doug Melvin decided to come out to the media and tell us he was ticked off about what Braun had said. Now, the two guys are apparently going to get together and talk today to ...

Brewers GM fires back at Braun
brewersbeat.mlblogs.com 7/7/2009 — Brewers general manager Doug Melvin had strong words for left fielder Ryan Braun on Monday, a day after the player called for club officials to acquire pitching help ahead of the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline. The Brewers were off...

Brewers must act quickly
jsonline.com 7/5/2009 — Doug Melvin needs to find a starting pitcher as soon as possible. Each game the Brewers lose because a starter can't keep them in it is one that could cost them the playoffs in an up-for-grabs NL Central.

NL Central’s wild first half finish starts with Cubs-Brewers
i94sports.com 7/2/2009 — The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs will begin a four game set tonight at Wrigley Field with the Cubs will looking to gain some ground on the division leading Brewers and Milwaukee trying to push Chicago further back in the standings. Currently the Cubs sit 3.5 games behind in the Central, ...

What Milwaukee’s Brewing: Sudsy Bubbles to All-Star Break
thesportsbank.net 7/6/2009 — By Melissa S. Wollering Either you drink through the foam head barrier or remain parched until the suds settle. There’s no way around it; the Milwaukee Brewers must drink in the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers until their All-Star break reprieve. Speaking of which, we also ...

All things Ryan Braun
danandsteve.com 7/7/2009 — Posted by Steve A year ago I wrote a post about Ryan Braun that was not well-received by many. What I criticized him for last year has amazingly become a strength in just one season: his plate discipline. He has made tremendous strides in this area, and a year after his OBP was in the low [...]

Braun Owes an Appology — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/7/2009
A couple of months ago I jumped the gun on calling Ryan Braun " The Natural Leader " of the Milwaukee Brewers. It turns out that qualification may have been a little premature.   Ryan Braun most likely caused some serious outrage at the ...

La Russa drops suit against Twitter (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/7/2009
St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has quietly dropped his lawsuit against the social networking site Twitter Inc. A one-paragraph statement filed June 26 with the U.S. District Court in San Francisco says La Russa had dropped all claims -- and ...

Albert Pujols Amazes, But He's Also a Victim Of The Recent Past — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/7/2009
Ryan Alberti pretty much already covered this topic, but I have to express it again, this time proving his point from an individual fan's perspective. Albert Pujols trots casually around the base paths and into All-Star weekend on what one has to ...

Ryan Braun Is Right to Call Out Brewers GM Doug Melvin — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/7/2009
By now most Brewer fans are well aware of the words exchanged between Ryan Braun and GM Doug Melvin. I can guarantee that also, by now, Melvin and Braun have had a private meeting at Miller Park to hash out any misconceptions about what was said.  ...

Brewers' Braun, Melvin clear the air — Major League Baseball News 7/8/2009
Hours before the start of a key homestand, Brewers All-Star outfielder Ryan Braun and general manager Doug Melvin met for a tete-a-tete in a quiet dugout at Miller Park. They cleared the air after what amounted to a two-day spat in the media.