21 thoughts on “April 5, 2015: Badgers? BADGERS?!”

1. I can't believe that today's song is not "Jump Around".

   1. "If You Want to be a Badger" would also be appropriate:

      httpv://youtu.be/nsgoXzEnDhQ

2. Brewday: Double !PA. I bought the ingredients from my friend's dad's shop in Houston. This is going to be a monster of a beer. bS, I'll keep you posted. (Cheaps, this one may be worthy of a trade).

   1. Keep me posted. I'm hoping to make my black ipa fairly soon.

      1. I'll be glad to trade you a tall boy of Lone Star for one of your black IPAs. Just let me know.

         1. Since I can only do 12 ounce bottles, I'd be stupid not to make that trade.

   2. numnum

3. Happy Opening Night!

   here is a huge base ball trade Braves trade Craig Kimbrel and Melvin Upton, Jr. to the Padres

   1. For those of you like me that didn't know, that is B.J. Upton. So the Padres got Craig Kimbrel, an elite closer on a relatively cheap contract through 2017 and a team option for 2018. And all it cost them was taking on B.J. Upton's contract (2 years, $46M) for a replacement-level player, and trading away Cameron Maybin, Carlos Quentin, pitching prospect Matt Wisler, OF prospect Jordan Paroubeck, and the 41st overall pick in the June draft. Wow. Nice job Braves. The Padres got majorly hosed.

   2. Padres really going balls out this year.

4. Im already done with the Chicago Cubs because ESPN has turned their fandom into the pre-World Series winning Red Sox.

   1. It took Kruk and Schilling less than 25 minutes to start praising productive outs

      1. On the plus side, I do like the always present strike zone graphic.

      2. What was funny was that in the first inning the Cubs got a productive out, moving a runner from second with none out to third with one out, and then didn't score, and they still kept talking about the Cubs' need for productive outs, completely ignoring the fact that it hadn't worked.

5. Did Buster Olney report that Starling Castro is pretty much on the trading block? Can the Twins get in on that action?

   1. 99 career OPS+ and a little below-average defense. Even if Santana of last year proves to be a mirage, I'd still rather have Escobar just because Castro is signed through 2019 for nearly $38M. Plus, the Twins have two possible shortstops of the future that could be up in two or three years.

6. And of course Pelfrey gets rocked by the Twins' AA team for four home runs today. Granted, it's probably the best AA team in baseball, but still...

   1. He was working on his zoomball.

7. Both Schafer and Arcia will be in the lineup for Opening Day against one of the best lefties in baseball. I was hoping Molitor was going to bring some real positive changes. I see it won't be in lineup construction. My only real hope is that this is just because it's Opening Day and he doesn't want to sit down his "starters" but I would want to have my best lineup from Day 1 going against the team that has dominated the division in recent years.

   1. Well, but if Santana's going to be the shortstop, his only other real outfield option is Shane Robinson, and there's no real evidence that he'd be any better. Chris Herrmann also bats left-handed, and listing Eduardo Nunez as an outfielder doesn't make him one. I'd rather have Santana in center and Escobar at short, but the Twins have decided against that. I think the problem is less lineup construction and more a lack of good outfielders.

      1. But diidn't wii siign an outfiielder?

         I agree, you can't blame Molitor for this Opening Day lineup.

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