We'd like to go to the Playoffs, that would be cool.
By Nicholas Zettel on March 6, 2012
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: the 2011 Milwaukee Brewers were one of the best teams in the league at manufacturing runs. That’s right — if you count the number of runs scored by the Brewers where the action was forced, where they were moving… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on March 2, 2012
As Jim mentioned in his article, John Axford is a better closer than most people believe. I noticed that there is a healthy skeptical sentiment about closers among Milwaukee fans — don’t give closers long-term deals, because closers implode or don’t add up to their… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on March 1, 2012
A step ahead of the rebuilding Houston Astros and Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Pirates experienced one of their most difficult seasons in their climb to be competitive. Stocked with more of their prized youngsters in 2011, the Pirates hung in the National League Central race… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on February 28, 2012
Adam McCalvy reported at MLB.com that the Milwaukee Brewers are looking to increase Yovani Gallardo’s efficiency. Ron Roenicke introduced an interesting idea while discussing Gallardo’s efficiency: “Sometimes it’s not throwing the nastiest pitch you have the first pitch…There’s a lot of guys that you don’t… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on February 26, 2012
Americans don’t have labor consciousness. You might say, “what on earth does this have to do with anything baseball related?,” but luckily, we’re talking about baseball labor. One of the striking aspects of the public response to the Ryan Braun decision — besides the willingness… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on February 23, 2012
Back at Bernie’s Crew, I picked the Cincinnati Reds to win the 2011 NL Central. The club retained a sizable portion of their 2010 division championship roster, added some impressive depth around the field, and featured a strong basis of fielding and batting. In a… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on February 21, 2012
This might not seem like a logical follow-up to my survey of Productive Outs last week. However, one of my contentions — that situational baseball just happens, it’s not something a batter can purposely seek — requires an investigation of batting profiles. APPROACHES Successful baseball… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on February 16, 2012
Over the next six weeks, I am going to devote my Thursday posts to the teams of the NL Central and their 2012 rosters.At best, I’ll be able to provide some projections on runs scored and runs allowed, and at worst, it’ll all be wrong…. [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on February 14, 2012
Batting Approaches In the baseball fan’s universe, the entire strategic game unfolds clearly and logically. Each player is culpable for contributing their share to the offense, but barring that, they should at least hit behind the runner. This is simple — the baseball fan’s universe… [More]
By Nicholas Zettel on February 9, 2012
First and foremost, I would like to say that I am thrilled to be a part of Disciples of Uecker after a couple of great years with JSOnline as Bernie’s Crew. I feel extremely fortunate to work with a staff of great writers, and I… [More]
