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For Grok's answer, if you need it, go here. Snippet: "Fans have adopted this trope to rationalize the Brewers' clutch performances, such as error-prone opponents, timely hits, and come-from-behind victories that defy statistical expectations. For instance, after a string of fortunate plays in late July, social media buzzed with claims that Uecker's spirit was 'guiding these balls over fences … under gloves… past bats… on barrels,' turning mishaps into miracles under the hashtag #UeckMagic. Similarly, during a dramatic walk-off win against the Mets on August 10, where the Brewers erased a 5-0 deficit, users speculated that Uecker was 'pulling the strings' from heaven, likening the game to a real-life angelic intervention...."
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The Brew Crew is at 73-44, best record in both the National League and in MLB. I'd like to think that Bob Uecker is giving them a hand...
“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules, and reality of the game." Jacques Barzun
"If something cannot go on forever, it will stop." - Stein's Law
Harry Caray died in 1998. The Cubs made the playoffs that year, although finishing 2bd in the division.
Although tremendously popular with the fans, Harry was not especially popular with the players, since he had no hesitation in criticizing what he saw as poor play.
This was especially true in St. Louis, where he worked for 25 years (1944-69). To me he'll always be the voice of the Cardinals, as he was when I was growing up.
I've been following the Brewers my whole life and history suggests it will end in tears, as it always does. But I will say this - as the great Branch Rickey observed, luck is the residue of design. And while Cubs fans everywhere are screaming about how lucky the Brewers have been this season, what I see is a team that is designed to compete every day. The Brewers are athletic, play exceptional defense and they make the opposing pitchers work. It's an exciting brand of baseball and I am enjoying every moment.
"The Brew Crew is at 73-44, best record in both the National League and in MLB."
Not just the best, but 5 games ahead of the next best.
https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/_/group/overall
“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time.” James Earl Jones in “Field of Dreams.”
I wouldn’t discount the emotion leading to better performance. The Astros won their first World Series after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston. Spiritually, the players and the fans rallied around “Houston Strong”, and it instilled a feeling of not giving up. If you don’t think such feelings don’t add a little pop to the bat, then you haven’t played the game.
Who would ever think baseball could be exciting! So fun to watch the fantastic plays and the celebrations when they win.
They have a pitcher that looks like he doesn't even shave yet and outfielders that can throw the ball from the back wall to home plate for an out.
Is it October already?
Travelling across America one summer, my then girlfriend and I found ourselves in a small town park in Oklahoma where we engaged in a vigorous round of sodomy right there on the darkened little league field. She always referred to that experience as Anal in the Outfield
The Brewers have been terrific so far. Enjoy. Unfortunately, once the playoffs come around, so do the real Dodgers.
I went with friends last Thursday night to see the Braves against the Marlins. The pitch clock and other rules meant to strip the game's "slow pace of play", is changing the game. I predict we are going to see more win streaks, and losing streaks, hitting streaks and hitting slumps, and more multiple run innings. It's all about getting on and off the newfound rhythm of the game.
Listening to Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey from Detroit in the 80s, on summer nights trying to binary-code an assembler into a VIC-20, was always pleasant but I seldom knew who was playing. It's just the sound and rhythm. Nothing happening is a big part of it. I"m sure TV has ruined everything by now.
peaking early
Very little of what goes on among human beings, very little of what goes on in so limited an activity as a game, is merely conventional (done solely for convenience). In baseball, it is merely conventional for the home team to take the field first or for an umpire to stand behind the catcher rather than behind the pitcher (which might be safer). In the former instance it is convenient to have such a matter routinely settled one way or the other; in the latter instance it must have been found more convenient for the task at hand, e.g., it permits greater accuracy in calling pitches, and positions an official so that he is on top of plays at home plate and faces him so that his line of sight crosses those of the other umpires. More or less analogous advantages will recommend, say, the Gerber convention in bridge. But it can seem that really all the rules of a game, each act it consists of, is conventional. There is no necessity in permitting three strikes instead of two or four; in dealing thirteen cards rather than twelve or fifteen. — What would one have in mind here? That two or four are just as good? Meaning what? That it would not alter the essence of the game to have it so? But from what position is this supposed to be claimed? By someone who does or does not know what "the essence of the game" is? — e.g., that it contains passages which are duels between pitcher and batter, that "getting a hit", "drawing a walk", and "striking a batter out" must have certain ranges of difficulty. It is such matters that the "convention" of permitting three strikes is in service of. So a justification for saying that a different practice is "just as good" or "better" is that it is found just as good or better (by those who know and care about the activity). But is the whole game in service of anything? I think one may say: It is in service of the human capacity, or necessity, for play; because what can be played, and what play can be watched with that avidity, while not determinable a priori, is contingent upon the given capacities for human play, and for avidity. (It should not be surprising that what is necessary is contingent upon something. Necessaries are means.) It is perhaps not derivable from the measurements of a baseball diamond and of the average velocities of batted baseballs and of the average times human beings can run various short distances, that 90 feet is the best distance for setting up an essential recurrent crisis in the structure of a baseball game, e.g., at which the run and the throw to first take long enough to be followed lucidly, and are often completed within a familiar split second of one another; but seeing what happens at just these distances will sometimes strike one as a discovery of the a priori. But also of the utterly contingent. There is no necessity that human capacities should train to just these proportions; but just these proportions reveal the limits of those capacities. Without those limits, we would not have known the possibilities. To think of a human activity as governed throughout by mere conventions, or as having conventions which may as well be changed as not, depending upon some individual or other's taste or decision, is to think of a set of conventions as tyrannical. It is worth saying that conventions can be changed because it is essential to a convention that it be in service of some project, and you do not know a priori which set of procedures is better than others for that project. That is, it is internal to a convention that it be open to change in convention, in the convening of those subject to it, in whose behavior it lives.
Stanley Cavell, The Claim of Reason
Mr. D said...
And while Cubs fans everywhere are screaming about how lucky the Brewers have been this season, what I see is a team that is designed to compete every day. The Brewers are athletic, play exceptional defense and they make the opposing pitchers work. It's an exciting brand of baseball and I am enjoying every moment."
I'm a Cubs fan and listen to Chicago sports radio very day, and Cubs fans don't by and large think the Brewers are lucky.
The Brewers are built to compete every day, but that gets diminished in the playoffs, as teams don't play every day as they do in the regular season. The Brewers biggest problem is lack of slug.
Harry Caray died in 1998. The Cubs made the playoffs that year...
Hmmm...Maybe the Aztecs were on to something.
Maybe the Aztecs were on to something
Careful Brewers fans or you’ll end up like these Red Sox fans in ‘04
The Brewers are 9 and 1 in the last ten games.
You couldn't have waited one more day for this post?
"Original Mike said...
The Brewers are 9 and 1 in the last ten games.
You couldn't have waited one more day for this post?"
Why?
Isaac Collins, Rookie of the [Year], played college baseball for the Creighton Bluejays.
“It's an exciting brand of baseball and I am enjoying every moment.“
THAT is THE spirit!
Curious George said:
I'm a Cubs fan and listen to Chicago sports radio very day, and Cubs fans don't by and large think the Brewers are lucky.
The Brewers are built to compete every day, but that gets diminished in the playoffs, as teams don't play every day as they do in the regular season. The Brewers biggest problem is lack of slug.
I must hear from different fans, but fair enough. On your second observation, I'm not convinced it will diminish; the Mets are struggling now but they did not play poorly in this series; the Brewers were simply better.
Baseball is the only sport were listening to it on a radio with a good announcing team is almost as good as watching it. Vin Scully was always my fav.
I think its because the action in a MLB game is repetititve and easily visualized. A strike and a ball all look the same. Or outs like hitting a pop up fly ball or high to deep center field are the same. There aren't many "OMG, how did he do that".
OTOH, Basketball needs to be seen, since most of the pleasure is in the way the players play defense or make the basket. Telling me that MJ blew by a player and dunked it, is not the same as watching it. Some BB announcers like Chick Hearn or that guy in Boston (Most?) can add something, but most don't.
I often go on Youtube to listen to that guy say "Bird stole the ball" or "That thug lambier, that vicious blahblah".
"He missed the tag, he missed the tag"
I think better athletes are playing MLB. We went through a period where the best ones were choosing the NBA/NFL/etc. over MLB. I think they've realized you can have a much longer career in MLB.
Meade:
I can assure you that no Cornhusker baseballer has ever been Rookie of the Year.
We made the NCAA tournament this year. We have a new coach from the SEC and play in the CWS ballpark. I go to 2 or 3 games per year. Things are looking up for Bluejay Baseball.
I stand corrected.
Stan Bahnsen, who played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, won the American League Rookie of the Year award in 1968.
https://www.mlb.com/brewers/video/isaac-collins-is-named-the-nl-rookie-of-the-month?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share
Confidence, performance, and spirit.
Norm MacDonald on bob uecker:
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1i2ukah/norm_macdonalds_bob_uecker_story/
On how to catch a Niekro knuckleball, Ueker said “When it stops rolling, pick it up”.
I love the game, but all of the OG colorful players and coaches seem to be historical figures.
- Krumhorn
The Brewers seem to be having fun. And that makes them fun to watch. Bob Uecker was also fun to watch.
Grok says there is "no empirical evidence". That seems true.
I hope the Brewers do better than the 2001 Seattle Mariners. I was still living in Washington then and I remember "refuse to lose" was the theme. They won 116 games and tied the record with the 1906 Cubs for the most wins in the regular season. Then they proceeded to get beat in the first round of the playoffs by the Yankees. Bummer. Go Brew Crew!
“The Brewers are 9 and 1 in the last ten games.
You couldn't have waited one more day for this post?“
We’re nonary here at Meadhouse. All your base 10 belong to us.
I'm just sayin; if the Brewers don't extend their last-10-days record to 10-0, we know who to blame.
The Pirates?
What rejajm @8:38 am linked to 😅
"RCOCEAN II said...
I think better athletes are playing MLB. We went through a period where the best ones were choosing the NBA/NFL/etc. over MLB. I think they've realized you can have a much longer career in MLB. "
Athletes are better in all sports, but I don't think they are migrating to baseball. You don't have to look any further than the continued decrease in African-Americans in the MLB. They are at historically low numbers. And I'll add that those that play professional sports started as kids, and kids don't evaluate paths by career length, but love of the game. Finally, baseball is the worst for determining who will be a great player. A lot guys who seem like a sure thing wash out.
Hispanics and Japanese are on the rise however, but not because of length of career. Hispanics love baseball and play it year round. It also is a pretty inexpensive sport to play, like soccer.
The Japanese love of baseball is long lived, having a league since the 20's. Other factors are the love of team work and order, and that you don't have to be big in stature to play baseball.
"The Pirates?
Among others.
The ghosts of Kranepool and Koosman haven't done much for the Mets (maybe because one died only recently and the other is still alive), but good golly, one of the greats of the game, Hank Aaron, played in Milwaukee for a while, why not evoke his spirit instead?
Eucker's real success was in the talk show circuit. Maybe Colbert might want to set up a shrine and make an offering.
"Lazarus said...
The ghosts of Kranepool and Koosman haven't done much for the Mets (maybe because one died only recently and the other is still alive), but good golly, one of the greats of the game, Hank Aaron, played in Milwaukee for a while, why not evoke his spirit instead?"
Because that was a different franchise. While most Milwaukeeans were Braves fans while they were in town you don't hear any conflate the Braves with the Brewers. No one says "we won the 1957 World Series", they say we have never won the world series.
"Eucker's real success was in the talk show circuit. Maybe Colbert might want to set up a shrine and make an offering."
Nah, it was in broadcasting. He's in the Hall of Fame. But he was successful in all areas of his career. TV and movie actor. Commercials. Talk show host. Just a funny and sweet man.
Raleigh is 6-2. Aaron Judge is 6-7. Ohtani is 6-3. Jacob Wilson is 6-2. Freddie freeman is 6-4. Schwarber is 5-11 but he's 230, and thats not fat.
Today, you have big, big guys who can hit. That wasn't the case before. And MLB isn't like golf or tennis. In golf and tennis changes in the equipment have given big guys the edge. Changes in the the driver, mean that big lugs can bash away and still be accurate. And the golf balls add 30 yards to each drive. In tennis the sweet spot has grown to massive proportions. Again, the big lugs can bash away and still stay i court. Before, with wooden racquets, you had much less of margin for error, and even when you did hit the sweet spot, it went less velocity.
a priori: adjective
relating to or denoting reasoning or knowledge which proceeds from theoretical deduction rather than from observation or experience.
"a priori assumptions about human nature"
YouTube In a League of her Own
"Eucker's real success was in the talk show circuit. Maybe Colbert might want to set up a shrine and make an offering." Lazarus, you must not be from around here. Uecker is probably the most beloved sports figure in Wisconsin, more than even Lombardi (and I grew up in Green Bay during the glory years). And it's all from listening to him on the Brewer's radio broadcasts. Commercials, acting, and talk shows allowed him to showcase his humor to the rest of the country but the connection he made with fans by broadcasting every day all summer is why he's the most loved of our sports icons.
Spiritually, the players and the fans rallied around “Houston Strong”, and it instilled a feeling of not giving up.
If it was so strong, why did they feel the need to cheat?
Then they proceeded to get beat in the first round of the playoffs by the Yankees.
Not quite. They beat Cleveland in the first round and lost to the Yankees in the ALCS.
Bob Uecker played catcher in the Bigs and he authored a book entitled "Catcher in the Wry." Angel in the Outfield just doesn't cut it and the Brewers really need to do better.
Nacho Sideboob 😅
It may be that the Brewers are hot now and some other teams are due to give them a comeuppance, but as the saying goes, it’s better to be hot than due.
Uecker must be in the front row
With a team history going back to “Spahn and Sain and pray for rain,” it’s a comfort to think beloved Uecker is up in heaven, looking down, sipping heavenly "Harvey Wallbanger" cocktails.
Oh wow, Christian Javier to pitch for the Astros tonight. His first start since Tommy Johns surgery. We saw his last game at the park, which was when the tornado hit Minute Maid. Now it is Daikin Park. Javier is back. Correa is back. Bregman is back. One of these is not like the other.
"Today, you have big, big guys who can hit. That wasn't the case before."
Nothing in this is evidence of better athletes migrating to baseball because of the chance to have a long career.
And lots of big guys who could bash the ball in the past.
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Babe Ruth 6-2. Lou Gehrig 6-0. Mickey Mantle 6-0. Willie Mays 5-11". Hank Aaron 6-0. Barry Bonds 6-2. Joe DiMaggio 6-2. Ken Griffey Jr. 6-3
But as I sad, ALL sports have bigger and BETTER athletes. But they are not going to baseball because of lengthy careers.
"But as I sad, ALL sports have bigger and BETTER athletes."
From "Youngblood" (hockey), 1986:
Patrick Swayze, as Derek Sutton: "To the game and getting out of this hick town! Thank God there is a sport for middle-sized white boys."
Not so much, anymore.
All is forgiven.
I only knew Uecker from his late night talk show appearances, and didn't realize he was so celebrated and glorified in Wisconsin. We'll see how far the Holy Ueckerist will take Milwaukee this year.
Althouse: I'm not ruling them out. But be prepared to be disapointed in the playoffs. Still, solid baseball. But that's not what we play today with the new rules.
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