The Brewers, who open a two-game series with the Mets at Citi Field on Monday, have started sluggishly after reaching the National League Championship Series last October. Yet last week, Attanasio gave contract extensions to General Manager Doug Melvin and Manager Ron Roenicke. Melvin’s new deal runs through 2015, when the club has an option on Roenicke.
“Stable management with good leadership is what you look for in companies,” [team owner Mark] Attanasio said. “You like to have stability, but not just for stability’s sake. If you have talented managers, whether it’s the C.E.O. of a company or the general manager and manager of a baseball team, it’s important to retain them. With the success Doug and Ron have had, they deserved this.” ...
The Brewers still have reasonable hopes for contending if their pitchers — and struggling hitters like Corey Hart, Aramis Ramirez and Rickie Weeks — perform to career norms. As a whole, the offense is probably due for better luck. Entering the weekend, the Brewers had a .269 average on balls in play, ranking 15th in the league; anything well above or below .300 is often an aberration.
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1. Teufel's Graveyard Posted: May 13, 2012 at 04:20 PM (#4130712)the brewers defense cannot turn a dp to save its life so with all the guys on board that hurts. and with gonzalez out for the year that isn't getting any better.
ron just has a weird offense. lots of sac bunts. lots of stealing but at a good percentage. team hits lots of homers but doesn't know ball four from a turnip. just odd
or do much of anything. i am glad ron uses his bench. but i would appreciate it if ron had put people on the bench who did something other than take up valuable oxygen
geez oh pete
He used to be fast, and a pretty good fielder. Not sure whether either or both are still true, or not.
mostly rhetorical but yes he used to be both those things. but a team needs to focus on the here and now.
and the guy isn't doing help to help the team
Entering the weekend, the Brewers had a .269 average on balls in play, ranking 15th in the league; anything well above or below .300 is often an aberration.
This would seem to be a misuse of statistics. Batting average on balls in play is not random for batters. Perhaps we would expect *this team* to have a higher BABIP, but we'd need to make that case based on their statistical track record.
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