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Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 10h

Cubs-Brewers Game 4 on Thursday night will be an 8:08 p.m. CT start at Wrigley.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 13h

There's a whole Effectively Wild episode about the risk of this.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 14h

I had the volume up on the Yankees game for less than half an inning before hearing John Smoltz derisively refer to "analytics" and now I want to stick my head in the microwave.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 14h

Back at the trade deadline someone predicted that the Brewers had just signed themselves up for Andruw Monasterio batting with a playoff game on the line.

I can't seem to find the post now but if it was you, congrats.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 14h

I wonder how many times over the years i've talked on podcasts with Chris Mehring about the skill of being a reliever who comes in and immediately throws strikes.

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Saw, but if he were handsome and cool @mpbmke.com · 15h

When LatAm players act the way PCA does, they get talked about very differently.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 15h

At least today the people having a conniption because other people aren't loud enough are at Wrigley, not AmFam.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 17h

That sound you just heard is Brant Brown, trapped there for decades, getting off the hook.

Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 1d

I see The Athletic is identifying s hockey contract as the greatest bargain in sports history and completely ignoring the Brewers getting Andrew Vaughn for someone who didn't want to be there.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 1d

The Brewers could hand out air horns at the gate and there'd still be someone running around screaming that they're going to lose because people aren't using them enough.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 1d

Are we really back to "it's not loud enough in here" discourse? This is my least favorite postseason narrative.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · Aug 26

You know, for all the talk about the gritty small-ball Brewers ..

they've been mashing, too

in Aug: third best SLG % in baseball

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 2d

Most RBIs, #Brewers postseason history:

Ryan Braun - 16 (114 PA)
Cecil Cooper - 13 (71 PA)
Jackson Chourio (18 PA) & Paul Molitor (77 PA) - 9

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 2d

Obviously winning Game 1 improved the Brewers' chances of winning the NLDS, but how much? My latest for Shepherd Express looked at the numbers several ways: share.google/kTU4kgS4JHoz...

What Does a Game 1 Win Mean for the Brewers?

Crunching the playoff series numbers.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 2d

If the Brewers win this game folks are going to have to do some real mental gymnastics to continue the "they aren't dependent on home runs" narrative.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 3d

Has anyone tried just asking thr Brewers and Cubs to start a little earlier tonight? So many of us have work in the morning.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 4d

I am irrationally excited to watch an extra inning game with no zombie runner.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 4d

Pharmaceutical ad behind home plate at AmFam today is definitely giving off this vibe:

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 6d

Four-seam fastball velocity in the postseason, 2008-2025.

Your eyes are not deceiving you. Everyone is throwing harder. Not long ago, 100 mph was a rarity among relievers. We are now in an era of 100 mph starting pitchers.

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-...

Four-seam fastball velocity in the MLB postseason has climbed from 93.0 in 2008 to 96.0 in 2025.

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R.J. Anderson @rjandersonwrites.com · 8d

The contact play has gained popularity around the league because of some favorable break-even calculations—if you watched the Guardians this summer, you saw them run it all the time.. But when it doesn't work out, it really doesn't work out.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 9d

It took until 1:30 today for me to get the urge to check if there were any day games. This baseball habit is tough to break.

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 10d

your annual reminder that there's no correlation between a team's September record and their fate in October blogs.fangraphs.com/the-cardinal...

The Cardinals’ Impressive Winning Streak Doesn’t Guarantee October Success

Cardinals Devil Magic, again? Not so fast…

blogs.fangraphs.com

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 10d

A way baseball has changed that we don't discuss as often (via TV just now): Only three NL pitchers have 30 saves this season.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 11d

I'm mostly eyeballing this, but I'm pretty confident Grant Anderson's 65 appearances (66 if he pitches tonight) are the most ever for a Brewer who started the season in the minors.

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Kyle Lobner @bykylelobner.bsky.social · 11d

#contactplay

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