“Buck Buck”, “Johnny on the Pony”...we used to just call it “####### Pile-On”.

Chris Russo of SiriusXM Radio tweeted: “The truth is Ryan Braun is a cheat, we already knew he was a cheat, and he threw that tester under the bus to save his own rear end. Truth.”

Anthony Witrado of The Sporting News, a former Brewers beat reporter, was asked on Fox Sports Radio if Braun was guilty of using PEDs.

“Yes, and I’ve thought so since the news first came out,” Witrado said. “I thought that this denial ...

Robin Yount unanimously wins his first MMP award.

Player   	pts	ballots	1sts
Robin Yount	165	11	11
Gary Carter 	146	11	0
Mike Schmidt	124	11	0
Doug DeCinces	98	10	0
Pedro Guerrero	96	11	0
Dale Murphy	96	11	0
Dwight Evans	96	10	0
Steve Rogers	80	10	0
Dave Stieb	63	8	0
Paul Molitor	55	7	0
Andre Dawson	46	6	0
Toby Harrah	28	4	0
Steve Carlton	27	4	0
Mario Soto	21	3	0
Joe Morgan	20	3	0
Joaquin Andujar	19	3	0
Rickey Henderson	16	3	0
Joe Niekro	13	2	0
Eddie Murray	13	3	0
Sixto Lezcano	12	2	0
Lance ...

You want one quality starting major league pitcher. You want one quality infielder (so long Rickie). And, here’s where it gets complicated, you want three players from the minor leagues. Pitchers. If the team that wants Braun doesn’t have all three, they have to go out and trade for them so they can become part of the package.

But not before he tells me where to get some decent lox to go with this Begel…

Braun Series ____

The media had gathered in the wake of an “Outside the Lines” report that indicated Braun, injured Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and nearly 20 other players could be suspended as a result of Major League Baseball’s ongoing investigation into Anthony Bosch and his Biogenesis clinic in Miami, which is believed to have provided performance-enhancing drugs for major-league players.

There were plenty of questions, but Braun did not want to entertain them.

“I’ve already ...

Groove Mil Groove/Swing Mil Swing

So what, then, to make of Carlos Gomez, a 6’3”, 215 center fielder, the best in the National League? He’s a power/speed threat on par with anyone in baseball, whose average and home run totals have skyrocketed. And it happened when he stopped listening to years of coaches insisting he hit the ball on the ground, and became the 30-plus home run hitter he says he always thought he could be.

“In 2011, I realized what I wanted to do, to make a change in my ...

A ROAD GAME at Miller Park usually means a stay at the Pfister, downtown Milwaukee’s historic hotel, which plays host to most visiting ballclubs. It’s got swank rooms, a prime location—and a major league reputation for spooking its guests. Rumor has it that the 120-year-old landmark is haunted by the ghost of its founder, Charles Pfister, who died in 1927. Sound silly? Tell that to these A-listers…

C.J. Wilson, Angels
I was on the computer one night, doing my typical shtick—surfing the web, ...

Hypotinuse or not?

I’m not sure how far Cubs manager Dale Sveum got in mathematics with the Pythagorean Theorem. As most of you know, you can calculate a team’s “Pythagorean” or “expected” won-loss record based on its run differential. I’ll spare you the details here.

Despite their actual won-loss record of 22-30, the Cubs go into this afternoon’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a run differential of plus-6, having outscored their opponents 214-208. Their ...

The Brewers have lost nine of their last 10, but shortstop Jean Segura’s outstanding play during the past week earned him National League Player of the Week honors for the period ending May 12.

In five games last week, Segura hit an NL-best .500 over 20 at-bats while leading the league in slugging percentage (.950) and on-base percentage (.545).

translation:  the brewers pitching stinks but they have some guys in the field who can play.

For a second there, I thought he had his Wood’s confused and was going to call in Arthur Koehler.

Even Chicago Cubs pitcher Travis Wood was stunned when he heard what manager Dale Sveum said about him after Wood threw another gem in helping to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-1, on Tuesday night.

“He’s the best starter in baseball pretty much,” Sveum said bluntly.

That might be overstating the case, but with a 2.33 ERA for the season and 6⅔ innings of one-run ball Tuesday, Sveum might not ...

Ax: Leave a hero. Come back a man.

Axford does have Minor League options remaining, but Roenicke indicated that was not a consideration at the moment.

“No, it’s not [under discussion],” Roenicke said. “We feel he can get it back together. We saw him do it last year, and still feel that he can do it. … It’s the same thing that he was in [last season], whether it’s confidence, whether it’s mechanical. If it’s mechanical, Rick [Kranitz, the pitching coach] and Lee [Tunnell, the bullpen coach] ...

Anthony Bosch, former director of the now-shuttered Biogenesis clinic in Miami being investigated by Major League Baseball for allegedly selling performance-enhancing drugs to players, corroborated Tuesday the statement of Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun that his attorneys used Bosch as a consultant only.

In an interview with ESPN, Bosch said he was contacted by Braun’s legal team in regard to their appeal of a positive test for elevated testosterone levels in November 2011. Braun won ...

Lesley’s ex-wife, Chiho Svimonoff, told the website that the former athlete had been living in a nursing home, where he was receiving dialysis for kidney problems, for the past seven months. According to Svimonoff, the “Little Big League” star was rushed to hospital on Saturday night, and later died there from kidney failure.

Lesley made his Major League debut on July 31, 1982, pitching for the Cincinnati Reds, and was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in 1984 and let go from the team in 1985. ...Read More...

Jean Segura, born of Germany? Who knew?

I have never seen this before. Jean Segura of the Brewers was on second base, then he stole first base against the Cubs on Friday night. Here, look:

Ryan Braun, who was originally at first base, was called out at second and Segura was allowed to remain at first. He was on second base and he stole first. That’s a real thing that happened.

Not only that, but Segura tried to steal second base after that play and was thrown out. He stole second base ...

As a possible alternative should they seek to add an experienced relief pitcher to their roster at some point, the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday re-signed Francisco Rodriguez to a minor-league deal.

The deal is a no-risk move by the Brewers, who have 30 days to summon Rodriguez, 31, to the majors or grant his release. Rodriguez, who pitched the last 1 1/2 seasons for the Brewers, was not offered a job as a free agent over the off-season and has been in his native Venezuela. He did pitch for ...

it’s ridiculously early but kyle lohse has been great. he throws strikes and he works fast. yes he makes funny faces while pitching and most brewer fans figure his performance is going to tank any moment but for right ‘now’ doug melvin has to feel good.

Lucky for Gallardo that drunk driving is not a crime in Wisconsin.

Suspensions? Steve Phillips? Brooke Hundley applauds this.

Former general manager Steve Phillips said he thinks Major League Baseball is poised to suspend players linked to the Biogenesis clinic in Miami, including Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun.

Now with SiriusXM Radio, Phillips made his remarks about the potential suspensions during an interview with the Journal Sentinel on Friday about the upcoming baseball season.

“If I had a player named in the Biogenesis story, I’d be very concerned ...

The Brewers signed infielder Yuniesky Betancourt to a Major League deal, according to a press release from his agency.  He’d been the team’s starting shortstop in 2011.

Betancourt, 31, hit .228/.256/.400 in 228 plate appearances for the Royals last year, playing mostly second base.

The long wait is over: the Brewers will sign Kyle Lohse, tweets [wait for it… - TDA] Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.   Lohse will receive a three-year, $33MM contract, tweets Bob Nightengale of USA Today, and ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick notes a possible $1MM in performance bonuses… Lohse is represented by [wait for it… - TDA] the Boras Corporation.  The Brewers will forfeit the 17th overall pick and the accompanying slot money in the June draft, while the Cardinals will gain the 28th overall ...

“Milwaukee Melodrama” now playing at the Biograph Theater!

Bob Nightengale reports in USA Today about Major League Baseball’s efforts to investigate players named in the Biogenesis documents. Of somewhat surprising note: Nightengale says some 90 players appear in the records. Of less surprising note: it’s the big fish that MLB is clearly focusing on: Alex Rodriguez and, even more so, Ryan Braun:

  There might be plenty of minor leaguers to go down before this is over, maybe a few major ...

Milwaukee band Get Rad’s latest album What the F*** Happened to Common Sense was prescient. 

But, you have to ask this question: Which major-league team would benefit most from adding Lohse to its starting rotation?

The Brewers would have to be at or near the top of that list, something that agent Scott Boras has reminded team owner Mark Attanasio more than once. The Brewers are committing to a group of inexperienced starting pitchers for 2013 on the hope that they will repeat their showing ...

Can we undo this Johan thing?

[Carlos] Gomez was due to become a free agent following the season after his final arbitration year. He’s currently on a one-year, $4.3 million deal. He’s also coming off a career year where he hit .260/.305/.463 with career highs for home runs (19) and stolen bases (37). Even with last year’s improvements he’s still only a career .247/.294/.379 hitter.

It’s also worth noting, though, that Gomez is still only 27 years old and won’t turn 28 until December…. Two ...

Give some players justice, or give them… #weekssauce

Statistics are a set of numbers that can tell the story of a season with no words or pictures, but those numbers are slowly becoming a sea of confusion even some of the players don’t understand.

“There are so many stats today,” Brewers catcher Blake Lalli said. “I’ll admit, I don’t even know what some of them are. “

...While Fiers admits to paying attention to statistics during the year and even using them to improve him ...

Even Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin can’t escape the injury bug that has stung his club this spring.

Melvin spent three hours in the emergency room Wednesday night after he was stung by an Arizona bark scorpion inside his spring training condominium.

Mark Knudson, a former relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers, decided to weigh in on the issue of openly gay professional athletes, with a piece in Mile High Sports.

We have to admit, we haven’t read such a calm and cool explanation of an incredibly stupid opinion in a long time. Seriously, it’s incredible how reasonable Knudson sounds.

...But Knudson really gets going when he explains why it’s so hard for pro athletes to accept a gay player, and why we probably shouldn’t ask them ...