Posts Tagged ‘Ryan Braun ’
The Brewers are 4-8 with back-to-back wins! The key to winning both games was scoring more runs than the other team. Perhaps that had slipped their mind in the earlier games. Maybe they were reminded of it around Jackie Robinson Day. Whatever the reason, they… [More]
On Sunday afternoon, the Brewers and Cardinals game was getting hard to watch. The Brewers were down 3-0 and hadn’t scored a run in 32 consecutive innings, a franchise record. To distract myself, I found a YouTube clip of Guns N’ Roses blasting through a… [More]
Aramis Ramirez’s knee injury isn’t as bad as it looked on Friday night, but it will still land him on the 15-day disabled list. To replace Ramirez on the roster, the Brewers called up outfielder/utility man Josh Prince. Ramirez has a sprained right knee, the… [More]
Even as a kid, I knew that the Opening Day of the baseball season was special. It was the only day of the year that my father would willingly miss work. He bundled himself amidst layers of long sleeve shirts and sweaters before leaving for… [More]
It’s only Wednesday, but the Brewers have already made waves twice this week with a couple interesting signings. First, with Monday’s complicated Kyle Lohse deal and then there was the “He’s back!” moment Tuesday when the team brought back one of the game’s great punchlines… [More]
According to The Bill James Handbook, the 2012 Milwaukee Brewers scored 168 manufactured runs, and they allowed 151 manufactured runs from their opponents. This was one of the better figures in the National League, although their differential was not as strong as 2011; during their… [More]
Welcome to Rounding the Bases, a weekly column where writers Ryan Topp and Steve Garczynski participate in a discussion on one baseball topic. This week, the two tackle the Brewers’ outfield and catchers. Steve Garczynski: When the Milwaukee Brewers started the 2012 season, their outfield… [More]
The Brewers have only been playing Spring Training games for a little over a week, but the injuries are starting to mount up. Luckily, nothing appears to be too serious. Ryan Braun sat out the weekend with a bruised knee after fouling a ball off… [More]
With Ryan Braun yet again receiving attention for his connection to a PED scandal, here’s what we know and what we do not know regarding Braun and performance-enhancing drugs: What we should not know: In October 2011, Ryan Braun provided a urine sample which tested… [More]
Ryan Braun reported to Spring Training today. He gave his second annual “State of Ryan Braun” speech. He stood by his earlier statement on the Biogenesis controversy, then went to work. And then things got interesting. ESPN’s T.J. Quinn — one of the writers that… [More]