Good night, funnyman.

Too bad. He was either the best-hitting pitcher or the best-pitching hitter in the majors while filling that dual role with Milwaukee. It was fun to see a player that could do both well enough to help his club.

Yet another failed Cub prospect from the mid-90s. He came up and had a great month or two around 1995 or 1996, and then zip.

Kieschnick let the Cubs down bigger than ever in this game.

Man, it really makes me feel old to know that someone who's basically the same age as me is retiring, and not because he can't get a job.

For the second time this week, the CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER-TIMES has the big scoop. First Cheney, now Kieschnick. Watch out Drudge Report.

Goodbye Brooks. You made pinch hitting for the pitcher on my Diamond Mind team a lot of fun for a little bit.

I rooted for him and was in person for his two-homer game (at L.A.) when he was with the Rockies. He was a fun player, when he played.

Ned Yost was reluctant to use Kieschnick on the mound in many high-leverage situations, and in large part I think it's because he wanted him available if he needed a lefty PH in a tight spot and didn't want to limit himself by inserting him before he needed his bat. When he did pitch, it was usually in relatively low-leverage situations; he'd come into a game where the Brewers were trailing by 2-3 runs when the pitcher was due up in the next half-inning, bat in that spot, then come out of the game. It seems to me that Yost looked on him as a hitter who could pitch, rather than a pitcher who could hit, and it may have held him back as a pitcher.

-- MWE

Too bad. I always liked Kieschnick even if he never, ever could have lived up to all the Babe Ruth hype back in the early part of his career. I would have liked to have seen him do more in Milwaukee.