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MILWAUKEE -- Ken Macha has no quick fix for his team's early-season bullpen struggles.
Todd Coffey has not allowed a run since joining the Brewers last September. (Getty Images)
Brewers relievers entered Sunday night's series finale against
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SAN FRANCISCO -- It did not exactly qualify as a surprise when Brewers manager Ken Macha said Sunday that closer Trevor Hoffman will not be ready to come off the disabled list when his term expires on Saturday.
Hoffman, who has not pitched since
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The Brewers' bid to repeat as postseason contenders begins Tuesday, and new manager Ken Macha has a pretty good idea of which facet will decide his team's fate.
Achilles' Heel
The Brewers' pitching depth was questioned at the start of camp and then
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: The Diamondbacks roughed up Brewers SP Dave Bush for six runs and 13 hits in six innings Wednesday, including homers by Chad Tracy, Tony Clark and Felipe Lopez. Bush had been having a strong spring, with a 3-0 record and 2.70 ERA in seven
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PHOENIX -- Veteran third baseman Mike Lamb will not be on Milwaukee's Opening Day roster, and what happens next is up to the player.
A Brewers clubhouse attendant pulled Lamb off the practice field on Tuesday just minutes before the team began
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: Brewers manager Ken Macha was pleased with the effort of his starter, left-hander Manny Parra, who gave up three runs -- two earned -- on five hits, striking out four and walking two in six innings Monday against the Mariners. "Manny Parra had his
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PHOENIX -- After a short morning meeting with manager Ken Macha, Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun declared his status for the day.
Braun returned to the "A" game lineup after spending two days in Minor League camp, a move to protect against a
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Brewers manager Ken Macha has a pretty good idea about shortstop prospect Alcides Escobar's popularity in the Cactus League.
"People appreciate the spectacular," Macha said.
The Venezuelan shortstop has flashed some spectacular
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PHOENIX – Brewers manager Ken Macha isn't fooling around this spring.
You may recall a couple weeks ago Macha refused to let the Dodgers use the DH in the Brewers home park so they could have Manny Ramirez DH.
Now, Macha is involved in a little
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PHOENIX -- Another good outing by Carlos Villanueva on Friday night -- his second in as many days -- has poised the 25-year-old to serve as Milwaukee's closer while Trevor Hoffman recovers from a ribcage injury.
Before the Brewers signed Hoffman,
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Bill Plunkett, of The Orange County Register, reports Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Torii Hunter (nose) will undergo precautionary X-rays on his nose after being hit in the face by a ball
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PHOENIX -- Mark DiFelice faced the Giants at Maryvale Baseball Park on Sunday, but he might as well have been pitching at San Francisco's old Candlestick Park.
DiFelice was facing "a bit of a test" in his first spring start, manager Ken Macha
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Jason Kendall was the catcher on Saturday for Brewers starter Dave Bush's latest Spring Training gem. But don't be surprised to see Mike Rivera behind the plate for Bush's next outing and beyond.
Brewers skipper Ken Macha said
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PHOENIX Ken Macha, the new no-nonsense manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, is clearly communicating what he wants his players to do.
"He's always straightforward. He lets you know what's going to happen," right fielder Corey Hart said. "That's all you
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It was an especially sweet victory for the U.S. after Saturday’s embarrassment against Puerto Rico that triggered the mercy rule when the Americans fell 10 runs behind, ending the game in the seventh inning.
This time they played a full nine, saving
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) Milwaukee closer Trevor Hoffman has been sidelined by a strain on his right side and the timetable for his return is unclear, Brewers manager Ken Macha said Tuesday.
"We are going to proceed cautiously, as we have done with all
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Milwaukee closer Trevor Hoffman has been sidelined by a strain on his right side and the timetable for his return is unclear, Brewers manager Ken Macha said Tuesday.
"We are going to proceed cautiously, as we have done with
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Sports Illustrated
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...-- Ken Macha may not have the best handle on restaurant recommendations, but the new no-nonsense manager of the Milwaukee Brewers is clearly communicating what he wants his players to do. "He's always straightforward, he lets you know what's going to happen,"...
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PHOENIX -- Brewers right-hander Braden Looper threw a bullpen session Wednesday for the first time since straining a muscle along his ribcage, and the team expects him to be in the starting rotation by Opening Day.
Now it is increasingly likely
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PHOENIX -- Brewers manager Ken Macha knows as well as anyone that versatility is at one time a blessing and a curse. It keeps you in the game, but it also tends to keep you on the bench.
"When you play that many positions," Macha said earlier this
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PHOENIX -- Brewers manager Ken Macha's daily briefing with the beat reporters has become one long injury report. With head team physician Dr. William Raasch back in camp Thursday morning, there were so many names to discuss that Macha came armed with a
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Brewers manager Ken Macha said today that Looper will not be allowed to throw for the next 10 to 12 days and might not heal in time for the start of the regular season.
We may have to be prepared for getting somebody else ready, Macha
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PEORIA, Ariz. -- Just when Brad Nelson thought he had settled back at first base, his manager wants to see him play the outfield.
After Nelson went untested in his first Spring Training start in left field on Monday, manager Ken Macha said he's
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Milwaukee shortstop J.J. Hardy hit a two-out, two-run double in the top of the sixth inning off Billy Sadler. Dave Bush threw two shutout innings for Milwaukee, walking two. Carlos Villanueva also worked a scoreless inning, allowing two hits.
"Carlos
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PHOENIX -- On the bus ride back to Maryvale Baseball Park after an ugly loss to the Cubs on Thursday, Brewers skipper Ken Macha was hot. And it had nothing to do with the above-average temperatures in the Valley of the Sun.
In the
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MESA, Ariz. -- "One of those days" came early for a couple of Brewers right-handers.
"I don't think you're going to take that game and film it and say, 'That's the way we want to play,'" Macha said. "Sure, the strike zone might have been a little
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: Brewers OF Corey C. Hart homered, singled and stole a base in the exhibition opener Wednesday against the Athletics. He slumped last September, batting .173 with no homers during the Brewers' drive to the NL wild card. New Brewers manager Ken Macha
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...— Ken Macha is back managing a major league team, and that's a role he enjoys better than being a television analyst or marketing specialist. Macha spent the past two seasons with New England Sports Network, breaking down Boston Red Sox games. If you didn't...
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PHOENIX -- It's opening day of the Cactus League on Wednesday, and that means Ryan Braun's workdays are about to get longer.
The slugging left fielder is the only member of the Brewers playing for the U.S. in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, and
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PHOENIX -- Stressing that the order could change before Opening Day, Brewers manager Ken Macha set his Spring Training starting rotation on Monday and tabbed right-hander Jeff Suppan to pitch Wednesday's Cactus League opener against the A's.
Suppan
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PHOENIX -- Brewers manager Ken Macha will not name his Opening Day starter until the final week of March, but he was "over 50 percent" sure on Tuesday that it will not be right-hander Yovani Gallardo.
"I'd rather have this guy go out and start in
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bballatc: What are the chances of bringing back Craig Counsell?
Doug Melvin: I am having conversations with Craig, and I am optimistic that we will get something done.
bballatc: Who is the leading candidate for the fourth outfield spot?
Doug: Trot
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Ken Macha had a hard time finding ways to keep busy during the last two summers. He'd make the commute from his home in Pittsburgh to Boston twice a month in order to work as a studio analyst on Red Sox' telecasts on NESN. He would also spend many
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Rocco Baldelli might not be out of the woods, but after further evaluation at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic he at least has hope that the mitochondrial disorder that nearly ruined his career may allow him to play more than
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and you're going to get the most out of what you have."
MILWAUKEE — Whether you approved of the way Ned Yost managed or not, you never could question the passion he had for the Milwaukee Brewers and the game in general.
New manager Ken Macha has that
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Interesting that a lot of MLB managers whose teams didn't come anywhere near the playoffs will be hanging onto their jobs, while the manager who was there to guide the Oakland A's well into the playoff brackets won't. Getting swept by the Detroit
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So as you may have noticed in the Fanshot immediately below this entry, the Brewers hired Willie Randolph as bench coach today. With that and the hiring of Billy Castro as pitching coach, bullpen coach is the only coaching vacancy left for the Brewers.
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After losing out on the Brewers’ manager job to Ken Macha, former Yankee Willie Randolph was selected as Macha’s bench coach on Saturday.
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This move is contrary to the common view that Randolph
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MILWAUKEE Doug Melvin is hoping Ken Macha can follow in the footsteps of Terry Francona and Charlie Manuel, who both won championships in their second stop as a manager.
The 58-year-old Macha was hired Thursday to manage the Milwaukee Brewers, taking
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Green Bay Press-Gazette
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Ken Macha has reconnected. He's the new manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, and as these things usually play out, he's joining a team that is in much better shape to contend next year than the team that fired him at the end of 2006, the Oakland
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Contra Costa Times
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Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin helps his team's new manager, Ken Macha, into a jersey. Macha, who managed the A's to two division titles, agreed to a two-year deal.
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... Then Oakland manager Ken Macha is getting his second major league managerial job, this time with the Milwaukee Brewers, who were led in 2008 by Ned Yost and Dale Sveum.
MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Brewers hired Ken Macha as manager on Thursday in a move that ...
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Ken Macha gets to manage again. That’s because Brewers general manager Doug Melvin is a big believer in second chances.
The 58-year-old Macha was hired yesterday as the manager of the Brewers, taking over the role from Dale Sveum following the team’s
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Now that the World Series has ended, news should start coming fast and furious in regards to trades and managerial hires.
Many of these moves were probably more or less completed during the Series but not announced due to fear of the Wrath of Bud (or
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MILWAUKEE -- Six years after Brewers general manager Doug Melvin first asked Ken Macha to be the team's field manager, Macha is poised to accept.
The Brewers called a 2 p.m. CT press conference Thursday during which they will name Macha, 58, as the
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The team is on the verge of hiring former Athletics manager Ken Macha to take over the team next season. Randolph, along with Macha and Bob Brenly, was considered one of the frontrunners for the position after the Brewers let go of interim manager Dale Sv...
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...Ken Macha about to be named the Brewers' manager over Bob Brenly and Willie Randolph, there are signs that Brewers pitching coach Mike Maddux is headed to the Rangers. The Rangers recently were denied permission to talk to Maddux, but his contract runs out...
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...- Ken Macha has emerged as the leading candidate for the Brewers' managerial job, but Willie Randolph still has a viable option to be in uniform in 2009. Randolph, who interviewed in Milwaukee last week, remains under consideration to be bench coach with the...
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...believed that the Milwaukee Brewers have their managerial search down to three candidates: Ken Macha, Bob Brenly, and Willie Randolph. As to when the Brewers will make their decision, nobody's quite sure, but it probably won't be announced until after the...
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