via texas.rangers.mlb.comOther pictures I found probably weren't appropriate for the site ... View full size photo » ... Here are some quick, basic stats on the Rangers thus far this year: ... Current Record: 33-27 (First in AL West) ... Runs Scored: 308 ... Runs Allowed: 271 ... Best Batting Average: Vladamir Guerrero (.339) ... Best OBP: Nelson Cruz (.405) ... Best SLG: Cruz (.729) ... Most HR: Josh Hamilton and Guerrero (13) ... Most RBI: Guerrero (53) ... Most Strikeouts (Hitter): Hamilton
I don't know about you, but I dream about the impact our minor league stars might have on the big league club one day ... View full size photo » ... Recap ... Nashville (AAA): The Sounds suffered a tough loss last night, but still were able to finished the week with a 5-2 record. The Sounds took three of four against the I-Cubs and two of three against the Albuquerque Isotopes (LAD). At 32-22 Nashville is still in first in the PCL American northern division. Although now that Heether is gone,
via product.images.fansedge.com ... View full size photo » ... The Brewers go head to head with pure evil as they head to Busch Stadium for the first time this year ... Here are some quick, basic stats on the Cardinals thus far this year: ... Current ... Record: 31-23 (First in NL Central) ... Runs Scored: 245 ... Runs Allowed: 192 ... Best Batting Average: Albert Pujols (.318) ... Best OBP: Pujols (.431) ... Best SLG: Pujols (.566) ... Most HR: Pujols (12) ... Most RBI: Pujols (39) ...
More photos » ... Tony Dejak - AP ... Jeff Suppan is the player that Brewer fans love to hate and hate to love. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) ... Browse more photos » ... (Note: This post is probably a little outdated, as the Brewers' pratfall against the Padres has given us new things to complain about. But I wanted to vet this theory first, to make sure I wasn't completely off my rocker; hence, the delay. If you're no longer fired up about Jeff Suppan, by all means: you don't have to read this.
More photos » ... Gail Burton - AP ... Six years on, Chad Moeller is still plying his trade ... He is currently a member of the AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees ... Browse more photos » ... There must have been something in the Milwaukee clubhouse water during the last week of April 2004. First, the Brewers pulled off an unlikely upset against St. Louis, prompting an event now known as Saenzday. Second, the Brewers' starting catcher came down with the flu. Finally, that same catcher,
Sunday and Monday consisted of one more Brewers game, a nap, some excellent sushi and a nightcap at a cool bar. The biggest fireworks were at the airport this morning, as TSA shut down the terminal, screaming "bravo" because someone presumably skipped through the security line.
Yesterday was just like the day before. And I'm not complaining. Not one tiny bit. As any spring training veteran will tell you, that's sort of how it is down here. Wake up, watch baseball, relax and do it again.
You'd think after 12 consecutive years of following the Brewers to spring training in Arizona that I wouldn't be absolutely giddy to be here, every second of every day that I'm awake. But you'd be wrong.
Each year, this trip marks my first in-person look at the Brewers, which begins a six- or seven-month obsession that frequently ends in heartbreak. Spring training gives me a chance to answer the nagging questions that have been bothering me all winter.