We'd like to go to the Playoffs, that would be cool.
By J.P. Breen on February 20, 2013
After a longer layoff than expected, Ryan and I returned to your iDevice to talk some Brewers baseball. We were a little rusty, to be sure — I completely missed the housekeeping portion of the podcast introduction — but we hopefully shed some light on… [More]
By J.P. Breen on February 19, 2013
The votes have been tabulated. Bob Uecker and Geoff Jenkins both received enough votes to eclipse the necessary 65 percent and will be the final two individuals who are inducted into the DoU Hall of Fame this year. I was doubly surprised with this ballot. I was… [More]
By J.P. Breen on February 18, 2013
When the Brewers opted to trade right-hander Zack Greinke to the Los Angeles Angels last July, GM Doug Melvin and the club pulled the trigger because they felt shortstop Jean Segura could be the Brewers’ starting shortstop for the next half decade. Segura was only 22 years… [More]
By J.P. Breen on February 15, 2013
Earlier this week, readers voted only one Brewers player into the DoU Hall of Greatness from the 1990s. That was Jeff Cirillo. It was a ballot that was littered with role players and journeymen, but it lacked the star power necessary to induct more than… [More]
By J.P. Breen on February 13, 2013
After a gaudy ballot for the 1980s that saw five former Brewers receive enough votes for induction into the DoU Hall of Greatness, it was tough to watch the ballots for the 1990s come my way throughout the weekend. I received more than one blank… [More]
By J.P. Breen on February 13, 2013
Disciples of Uecker strives to provide quality Brewers content on a consistent basis. I feel we’ve done pretty well on that front this past year. Nicholas Zettel has really begun to come into his own as a baseball writer, and Jaymes Langrehr continues to churn… [More]
By J.P. Breen on February 11, 2013
Although pitchers and catchers do not officially report until Tuesday, dozens of Brewers personnel began trickling into the Phoenix area over the weekend. Minor league pitchers tweeted about their dozen-hour road trips to Arizona, Jonathan Lucroy already left for Maryvale, and third base coach Ed… [More]
By J.P. Breen on February 8, 2013
On Tuesday, we inducted five more Brewers players into the DoU Hall of Greatness. They included Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Cecil Cooper, Gorman Thomas, and Rollie Fingers. It’s not surprising so many merited induction, and it’s also not surprising that Jim Gantner, Teddy Higuera, and… [More]
By J.P. Breen on February 6, 2013
Another offseason, another scandal involving Ryan Braun and performance-enhancing drugs. Perhaps the above statement is a little overstated. What we really have is a Yahoo! Sports report of Ryan Braun’s name on a piece of paper, indicating that he owed money to Tony Bosch. The… [More]
By J.P. Breen on February 5, 2013
Numerous readers had sent me follow-up emails with their earlier ballots expressing excitement regarding the 1980s ballot for the DoU Hall of Greatness project that we began a couple weeks ago. As it turns out, restricting the ballot to only ten names left a couple… [More]
