that the International Hamburger Hall of Fame is located in Seymour, Wisconsin, reputed to be the birthplace of the modern hamburger. It’s just a couple of hours north of Milwaukee. I think Ken would be a fine celebrity spokesperson.

I’ve hoping he would catch on somewhere, but I was afraid Kotsay and Melhuse burned any chances he has..

Think the brewers will go after Bradley now?

Most of the complaints about his tactical decisions were pretty baseless. He was actually pretty good at that part of his job.

On the other hand, a baseball Manager is basically a middle manager, and when you’re in that position and have the support of neither those above you (in this case, Beane) nor those below you (the players) you really can’t survive. Hopefully he can avoid such a situation in Milwaukee. (Step 1: dump Kendall)

that’s kind of important…

he’d say that on the radio show about “the players put themselves in the lineup” but that didn’t seem true to even the casual observer. I think it was all part of ‘what you tell the media, and what you really do’. The ‘Ken Macha Show’ had the most terribly predictable content I have ever listened to on radio….one game at a time, etc. It was all passive tense talk, and “the players make the decision..” was all part of the package.

Before he was manager, he was a happy-go-lucky guy. Ask him how he was doing, and he’d invariably answer, “I’m at the top of my game!!”.

Since he has a degree in engineering you’d think he’d be more articulate with the baseball talk, along the line of the Rays’ Madden. But nooooooo………

Shit, he shoulda just slapped Harden for malingering.

Shit, he shoulda just harpooned Blanton.

…but I wouldn’t want him managing my team. I think his negatives outweight his positives and I don’t see that he does anything that makes one want to keep him. He’s not a strong tactician. He’s not a motivator. He didn’t have the support of his players.

Now it’s possible he learned someting in his experience with the A’s. Maybe he understands that you can’t tell your players you’re going to do one thing and then do just the opposite. Maybe he realizes he has to back his players in disputes with the umpires, even when he thinks the umpire may be right. If he wants to have the support of his players, these things are important. And if he doesn’t have the support of his players, he won’t last long.

If he’s going to manage the same way he did in Oakland, the Brewers won’t be happy with him. If he learned from his mistakes and changes some of his ways, the Brewers could have a decent manager.

ANtics Episode VIII

My favorite:

Source (:23 in)

First thought that came to mind.

It sounded so authentic! Like he was there, telling you it was a once-in-a-lifetime event to eat at Nations.
In fact, I stopped at In-and-Out Burgers (by mistake) because I was salivating so badly! I confused one non-McDonalds joint with another.

Methinks they might not go farther in the playoffs than watching said playoffs at home.