Enjoyed the jumbo-sized podcast. My daughter enjoyed the music breaks, and danced danced danced. Maybe this will continue sowing the seeds so she becomes a huge baseball dork like me.

Have to say though, as an Iowa alum, the pro-Mizzou slant hurt my heart.

Also, I don’t think this was a trade featuring quantity over quality. But we’ve been round and round, so I’ll leave it at this: two or three years is the horizon for this trade’s true character; by then we will know if it was a bust. In the meantime, though, I appreciate the aggressiveness to identify guys who carry risk but also carry good upside and commit to giving them playing time. Like Mr Scott has said, it will be exciting to see these guys play.

Ted – Don’t let Nick and Craig’s unfortuneate college loyalties get to you. You and I (starting next year) can bask in our Big 10 glory and not worry about those ‘other people’ to the south of us!

So, listening to sportstalk radio is generally reprehensible, but I do anyway. Wow, there are a lot of bitter, vindictive, provincial people out there, and many of them own/work for america’s largest all sports radio station. I really hope Zack goes something like 24-5, 2.60, 225K’s next year, regardless of how our new brew crew prospects perform.

I’m going to give you guys some feedback on how this feels from a brewer point of view. First — I’m quite offended by the number of Royals fans who turn around and bash the players you guys are getting. I know quite a few brewers fans are bashing Greinke — and are bashing this as a horrible, horrible trade… if that doesn’t show just how much these players mean to us — and what I hope they will mean to you guys — I don’t know what will. Escobar is probably the player fans around here seem the least shaken up about losing, and he is a huge impact player. He was brought up too soon, so his offense has yet to develop, but he will almost certainly be an all star in the near future. Jeffress is a rock star that only lost his fan base here because of his drug problems. He will be a rock solid reliever or closer. Odorizzi is a HUGE loss for the brewers… although his biggest issues are with not being as fired up to play as he could be (and fuzzy focus due to this) he has four above average pitches, and he has NOT been pitching as long as most minor league pitchers — he is still developing. This guy was probably going to be the brewer’s first home grown real ace… you guys shouldn’t underestimate him. As for Cain I really do feel we lost a lot. The Braves asked for Lorenzo Cain, and the Brewers asked for Mike Minor… if that doesn’t say what the Brewers staff and fan base feel about Cain, nothing will. MANY Brewers fans believe Cain has the potential to be multiple time gold glover, or multiple time MVP. Please don’t overlook what you guys got in this deal just because you don’t know them — I really hope they all develop to their full potential and you guys see just what we traded — almost endless potential.