Ryan Braun

Braun Gets All-Star Nod, Calls Out Pitchers

The Bucky Channel (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Sure, the Brewers lost to the Cubs 8-2 on Sunday, dropping their series in Wrigley three games to four. And yeah, the Brewers are now just four games over .500, which isn't really where you'd thought they'd be right now after how they were playing earlier this season. But the story that is going to come out of this one is that Ryan Braun pretty much threw guys like Seth McClung and Mike Burns under...

Braun, Fielder Earn All-Star Bids

The Bucky Channel (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Well, despite Brewers fans efforts to get guys like Jason Kendall and Bill Hall into the All-Star game, only two Brewers ended up making the squad. Ryan Braun lead all National League outfielders in the fan voting, and will start in left field for the second season in a row. Prince Fielder has made the team as a reserve at first base, and will likely see one at-bat at most. I can't remember the last...

Congratulations Braun and Fielder!

Right Field Bleachers (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Major League Baseball had their All-Star Selection Show today, and the Brewers have two all-stars this year: Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder. No surprise with either of them. It was cool to see that Brewers fans came through again in fan voting as Braun ended up the top vote getting among NL outfielders. It is Braun’s [...]

Regardless of the reasons, we’ve got to find a way to throw the ball a little bit better for us to h...

Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Regardless of the reasons, we’ve got to find a way to throw the ball a little bit better for us to have success. When you’re constantly behind in games, it’s not easy and not fun. Ryan Braun is not a fan of the Brewers' pitching. I wonder how stuff like this goes over in the clubhouse, though I don't really care since he's plainly correct.

2009 All-Stars Announced

Sliding Into Home (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

I mentioned in today's game thread that Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira were voted to start this year's all-star game. Mariano Rivera also made the AL roster. Jeter was the American League's top vote-getter with 4,851,889 votes. Here are the complete rosters for both teams: American League Starters C Joe Mauer, MIN 1B Mark Teixeira, NYY 2B Dustin Pedroia, BOS SS Derek Jeter, NYY 3B Evan Longoria, TB...

• 2009 MLB All-Star Teams - SOX
• Cordero only Reds All-Star rep - Cincinnati Enquirer

Ryan Braun Clone Apparently Tearing It Up For The Fighting Phils

The Big Dead Sidebar (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

And one year after having a league-record eight All-Star representatives in New York, the Cubs will only send Ted Lilly to St. Louis . Home Game: Cards' Pujols Leads All-Star Voting [Yahoo! Sports]

Triple Crown Winner in the NL in 2009?

Baseball Digest Daily (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

While the chances are no doubt less than 50-50, could this be the year we see an offensive triple crown winner? Since 1903 there have been only 12 triple crown winners, see this page at Baseball-Reference.com for the list. Notably, we’ve not seen one in over 40 years, not since Carl Yastrzemski in the AL in 1967. There have been numerous players who have led in two of the three categories of...

Pujols leads NL All-Star starters

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

NEW YORK, July 5 (UPI) -- St. Louis Cardinals' slugger Albert Pujols garnered the most votes when National League All-Star starters were announced Sunday in New York. The veteran first baseman compiled 5,397,374 votes, the second-most in history behind Ken Griffey Jr., who had 6,079,688 votes in 1994 while playing for the Seattle Mariners. Pujols was joined in the NL starting lineup by teammate, Yadier...

2009 All Star Starters, Or Why The Fans Should Not Be Allowed To Vote Volume 205

Sports Cards Uncensored (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

American League: C Joe Mauer - this was right. 1B Mark Texiera - Morneau has the best VORP for all AL 1Bs, was #8 for the entire league, but was third in the voting. Tex wasnt even in the top 30 for the league. 2B Dustin Pedroia - Again, Ben Zobrist was the top 2B for AL, Pedroia wasnt even on the first page of players for the stat. SS Derek "Calm Eyes" Jeter - Jason Bartlett has a Top 5...

The All-Star Game Is Such A Joke

Memories Of Kevin Malone (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

I don't understand why Major League Baseball bothers running huge marketing campaigns trying to convince fans that the All-Star Game matters, especially when they employ a faulty system that constantly takes players who don't deserve to go ? I don't think i'm being a homer when I say that Matt Kemp has been absolutely robbed. The NL All-Star Team has four first basemen, three of them deserve it, and...

Fielder will join Braun at all-star game

JSOnline (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Ryan Braun not only made the starting outfield for the National League all-star team, he was the top vote-getter, surpassing Philly's Raul Ibanez. First Baseman Prince Fielder was also named to the team by National League manager Charlie Manuel. Pitchers Trevor Hoffman and Yovani Gallardo were left off the team.

Brewers 11, Cubs 2

Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | yesterday

W: Braden Looper (7-4) L: Rich Harden (5-5) MVP: Casey McGehee (+.180) LVP: Jason Kendall (-.021) Win Expectancy Graph SB Nation Coverage The Brewers came out swinging today, scoring five runs in the first inning. After Ryan Braun doubled to put runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out, Prince Fielder was intentionally walked to load the bases. Casey McGehee followed with a two-run single that bounced off...

National League All-Star Selections

The Bay Area Sports Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday

Last post, we broke down how the American League roster would look if we were in charge in the selecting the 32-man roster, and today, we'll take a gander at the National League squad. Click here for AL mock-roster! National League Roster Lineup- SS Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins 2B Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies 1B Albert Pujoles, St. Louis Cardinals LF Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers RF Rauel...

Game Thread #80: Brewers (42-37) at Cubs (38-38)

Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

Current Series Cubs lead the series 1-0 Thu 07/02 WP: Ryan Dempster ( - ) LP: Seth McClung ( - ) 5 - 9 loss Milwaukee Brewers Brew Crew Ball @ Chicago Cubs Bleed Cubbie Blue Friday, Jul 3, 2009, 1:20 PM CDT Wrigley Field Jeff Suppan vs Carlos Zambrano Mostly sunny. Game time temperature around 80. Complete Coverage > Sat 07/04 12:05 PM CDT Sun 07/05 1:20 PM CDT Hey, it's a day game where no one...

Derrek Lee's Career Day Leads Cubs To 9-5 Win Over Brewers

Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

More photos » by John Smierciak - AP This swing produced the 10th grand slam of Derrek Lee's career. Browse more photos » Let's put to rest the idea -- if anyone still has it -- that Derrek Lee is declining. Since May 1, when he was hitting .189, he has 13 HR and 38 RBI in 46 games and is hitting .326/.408/.594 in that time frame. D-Lee's three-run homer and grand slam -- both hit in the...