Disciples of Uecker

AAA – Nashville Sounds The Sounds have gone 8-4 through their first 12 games. The big force on offense has been 27 year old RF Brendan Katin, with 4 HR accounting for his .667 slugging percentage in 27 ABs. Angel Salome has only played in… [More]

The Brewers will enter this week’s series with Pittsburgh with a 5-7 record – certainly slightly disappointing for a team with the ability to contend. The scapegoat is easy to find – the pitching staff. So far, Milwaukee pitchers have allowed a 6.06 ERA –… [More]

Livan Hernandez has been around for years. Hernandez has made at least 30 starts in every season since 1998. What makes that most impressive, however, is that he’s managed to do that without being a good pitcher. He hasn’t had an FIP below 4.00 since… [More]

The perception among many Brewers fans coming into this series is probably that anything less than a sweep is a disappointment, given how poor the Washington Nationals have been the last few years. Although I do agree that losing the series would be a very… [More]

On days when Jeff Suppan starts, I’m going to have a good amount of negativity in me. However, Milwaukee managed to avoid a sweep against the Cubs today, so I suppose we should start out with something positive. The Brewers just flat out hit the… [More]

Disciples of Uecker has officially joined ESPN’s SweetSpot blog network. Rob Neyer has done a great job of putting together a fantastic collection of MLB blogs, and I’m honored to be chosen as part of this project. You can see the other blogs as part… [More]

Today, Carlos Gomez and Corey Hart will be sitting as Ken Macha is shoving as many lefties into the lineup as possible. That means that Jim Edmonds and Jody Gerut will be starting in the outfield today. I’m a pretty unabashed Jody Gerut fan, and… [More]

We’ve known since opening day that Jeff Suppan, against all of many fans’ best wishes, would be activated today to start today’s game against the Cubs. The only question was who would be sent down in order to make room for Suppan – only two… [More]

Really, more like this: The easy thing to do is to place the blame squarely on LaTroy Hawkins – he allowed 5 straight baserunners, culminating in Kosuke Fukudome’s 2 run single which put the Cubs ahead for good, 7-6. Hawkins certainly had opportunities to put… [More]

Ever since the days of Ned Yost, much has been made of the lineup construction of the Brewers lineup. Mostly, that had to do with .248 career hitter Rickie Weeks in the leadoff slot. Now, with speedsters Carlos Gomez and Alcides Escobar in the lineup… [More]