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Hurry Up and Wait: Brewers ‘Open For Business’

Colin Bennett — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:06:46 +0000

Well, the day everyone (except for about two of us here at Reviewing the Brew) has been waiting for is finally upon us: Welcome the Grand Opening of the Milwaukee Brewers fire sale. The only questions left are who and where. Multiple sources are now reporting that Brewers GM Doug Melvin made the decision that [...]

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Brewers Quick Hits

Colin Bennett — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:08:09 +0000

We’re gearing up for the All-Star Break, just all of you folks – but there is still work to be done on the Brewers. As if you didn’t know that. Here are some short news clips to get your day started while your sipping coffee, still waking up, or generally not doing what you’re supposed [...]

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Brewers Trade News: So It Has Come To This

Colin Bennett — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:00:43 +0000

We begin this news day with words from GM Doug Melvin, speaking to Fox Sports’s Ken Rosenthal:

We’ve got to make a decision on what we’re doing overall. We’re hoping we can put a good week together. If we don’t, we’ve got to be prepared to go both ways. A lot more clubs are starting to call now. Clubs are calling on different players.

- Brewers Gm Doug Melvin, via MLB Trade Rumors

So there you have it. We aren’t putting up a good week. We haven’t been putting up good weeks all month. There’s nothing left to say, except that it looks like the Brewers will be sellers after all.

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Happy Trails, Brooks Conrad

Colin Bennett — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:22:52 +0000

Ah, Brooks. In the early spring, it seemed that your career would finally blossom like those first buds of Wisconsin wildflowers. You were a hard-hitting infielder that looked like an answer to our offensive woes.

This did not turn out to be the case. And so, late last week – we sent you off to Nashville with the unenviable title of “Designated for Assignment.” It simply was not meant to be. Like an early spring, you flowered for a short time with Milwaukee, showed promise of renewal and better days to follow. But with one cold day, you wilted – seemingly never again to come about with success.

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