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• Is A Firesale Possible?

  It's impossible to escape references to the financial crisis that seems to be readying itself to swallow the whole world at the right moment. I was reminded of it reading a review of one of my favorite band's comeback shows, for crying out loud... Posted Apr 05 2009, 03:10 PM by Ryan Topp With | With no comments Filed under: Milwaukee Brewers, Buster Olney, payroll

• Sale of Cubs Has Implications for the Brewers

  ESPN.com Hall of Fame writer Peter Gammons recently blogged about the impending sale of the Chicago Cubs to Tom Ricketts. The relevant portion for Brewer faithful: Meanwhile, Cubs CEO Crane Kenney pushes ahead to try to bring the team into the 21st century... Posted Mar 22 2009, 03:40 PM by Ryan Topp With | With no comments Filed under: Milwaukee Brewers, Opponents, payroll

• Walking A Fine Line

  The Dow Jones is down over 1200 points since the close of 2008. Unemployment is up almost three percent since the start of 2008. Every talking head on the TV machine tells us that it's only going to get worse before it gets better and that at best... Posted Feb 18 2009, 11:23 PM by Ryan Topp With | With no comments Filed under: Milwaukee Brewers, Doug Melvin, MarkAttanasio, payroll

• Now or Later?

  Brewers Principal Owner Mark Attanasio and General Manager Doug Melvin chatted it up on MLB.com earlier tonight and a few little nuggets of info popped out, this being the most interesting to me.... jaybrew82: I've been somewhat keeping tab of the... Posted Jan 22 2009, 08:49 PM by Ryan Topp With | With no comments Filed under: Milwaukee Brewers, Doug Melvin, MarkAttanasio, payroll

• Talking Payroll Structure Part II or Why Giving CC A Big Contract is Dangerous

  A while back, I took a rudimentary look at the Brewers payroll structure in terms of the implications of contracts that take up a large percentage of the total payroll. There is recent news that the Brewers may be looking to offer CC Sabathia something... Posted Oct 27 2008, 10:06 PM by Ryan Topp With | With 1 comment(s) Filed under: Milwaukee Brewers, CC Sabathia, payroll