Couple Quick Things

Hey guys and gals,

Brett Lawrie, the Brewers' first round pick this year, Finally signed! That means despite the couple good catchers in the Brewers' system now (Angel Salome, Mike Rivera, etc), the catcher of the future is on the way!

Another thing about the scuffle yesterday between Parra and Fielder.

--For those of you who don't know, after Parra was taken out of the game (he took a no-hitter into the 5th and left the game after giving up 6 runs), he was in the dugout and wanted to go back into the club house. Fielder voiced his opinion that Parra should stay and watch the team hit (that story unconfirmed). After that, some more words were exchanged and the situation ended with Parra being pushed twice and Fielder being restrained by what looked like the entire team.

Now all of the following is just my opinion, if it offends you, well, welcome to America, you're not gonna agree with everything. Just leave a comment and we can discuss it. If you actually have good points, I may post an article about the discussion.

Fielder has a bad temper. I have never had the "pleasure" of meeting Manny Parra, but I have been to a bunch of Brewers' games (home and away) where he has flat out refused to sign autographs. That being said, a friend of mine has told me that Parra is very cocky and a border-line a-hole. When you look at these two players, with the attitudes that they reportedly have, it's just an accident waiting to happen. The team is in a slump, which means Fielder is gonna be mad (good for him). Parra just gave up 6 runs (which in my opinion questions Ned Yost, but that is for a post at the end of the season ;) ) which means his ego just got checked in to the wall and then stepped on (hockey reference). So of course, these two are going to clash. Fielder, being one of the team's leaders, shouldn't have acted in front of everyone, regardless of the cameras. He should've talked to Parra behind closed doors, no one else should've even known about it. How Fielder reacted, whether or not he apologizes for it, calls into question whether or not he is a good leader.

Thanks for listening



Mike


P.S. The rest of the minor league report is coming! don't worry!