Brewers on TV
After all of the excitement of the NCAA Tournament and eating free food for Easter, it was time for the main event: Brewers Spring Training baseball!

A few observations...
...Despite giving up a "hella" amount of runs (as they would say in Nor Cal), I thought that Mike Adams looked like he was throwing the ball a little harder than last year. I haven't read anywhere if his velocity has improved, but to me it was noticeable. Until tonight Adams had not allowed a run in the spring.

...Seeing Jeff Cirillo starting at third for the Brewers made me wonder if I was watching a game on ESPN Classic. Then I soon realized that the Brewers haven't had an ESPN Classic-worthy game since the Ronald Reagan administration.

...I'm really saddened that the Brewers designated Brooks Kieschnick for reassignment. The Journal reported that he's likely to accept a demotion to AAA Nashville if it comes to that. I'm sure some team somewhere would like to have Kiesch as the 12th pitcher/pinch hitter he was with the Brewers.

...Watching Dave Krynzel, Rickie Weeks and Prince Fielder hit in a row was awesome. Krynzel has a beautiful swing and lines a base hit to the opposite field, Weeks beats out an infield single (although he was called out) and Fielder draws a walk, speaking of which...

...Why the hell was R.A. Dickey throwing Prince Fielder change-ups 2-1 and 3-1? I know Prince has a well-deserved reputation as one of the top hitting prospects in baseball, but as a pitcher who has been to the Show, how are you not challenging a guy who has never had a MLB at-bat? How is that for respect though. Wow.

...Did anybody see Corey Hart in the outfield? What a circus. He dropped a fly ball but luckily was able to throw out a runner at second base, then he over-ran a fly ball down the right field line that was scored a base hit but should have been an error. I know he's relatively new to playing the outfield, but come on. He looked like some 45 year-old bar league softball guy. Rickie Weeks also misplayed a pop up. It was like watching a bad little league team play. Absolutely embarrassing.

...All and all it was nice to see some of the young guys play, even if it wasn't all pretty. Those are my comments on the game tonight, so now on to some other stuff.

So I'm watching Major League on ESPN Classic right now. What a great movie. Major League II: What an average movie, Major League III: What an abortion. I love how on the Reel Classics on ESPN Classic Bert Reynolds has those little transition pieces where he discusses certain aspects of the movie. He's always doing something "cool" like shooting pool or standing behind a bar with a towel on his shoulder. I don't know why, but I think it would be better if Reynolds was doing daily housework like washing the dishes or cleaning out the gutters. I'm not sure why I'm laughing at the visual of Bert Reynolds doing housework.

I like the fact that Major League is pretty accurate as far as the baseball goes. I remember when I worked on the set of Mr. 3000 being amazed at how inaccurate the statistics were. "Pennebaker", the number three hitter, at one point in the season had 40 some homeruns and only 60 runs scored. Another time the scoreboard said that Pennebaker as the number three hitter was leading off the bottom of the second, and it was 0-0. It is impossible for this to happen without scoring a run. What's more amazing about this stuff is that the movie people actually hire a "baseball guy" to come up with the statistics and everything. I mean, this dude gets paid to come up with statistics and the numbers make no sense. I don't know if those two scenarios I just discussed were actually shown in the movie (since I've never seen it), but I just thought I'd talk about it because it was on my mind and I have nothing of importance to discuss right now.


I did a chat with Jeffrey Sackmann of BrewCrewBall.com. I should have that up here tomorrow, but if you're dying to know what we talked about you can read it on his site.