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Brewers Considering Hiring Rick Peterson

With a full week of baseball left in the 2009 season, the current edition of the Milwaukee Brewers have already allowed almost 100 runs more than the playoff-bound 2008 edition. While a large amount of that difference can be chalked up to losing CC Sabathia and Ben Sheets, a more abstract difference for this Milwaukee team...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 17

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world.The second half of the season is in full swing and lo and behold if capitalism hasn't reared it's ugly head once again. Billy Beane was spun off Matt Holliday (as expected of...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 16

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world.Big ups to Prez for taking the PR reigns over while I was off last week. But we're back in the saddle, fresh out of the All-Star break and ready to incite you with our...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 14

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world.Well, I'll tell you one thing: baseball ain't boring, folks. At least if you're in the middle class anyway; the upper crust is (somewhat) starting to establish itself across...

Manny Parra Is Back From the Minors

Somehow, when Ryan Braun asked Doug Melvin to go out and get more pitching, I don't think he had Manny Parra in mind. Despite that, it appears that the 26-year-old left-hander will be back in the Milwaukee rotation as early as Thursday after a four-start stint in the minor leagues. It's not really that Parra deserves the...

MannyParra News From the Web

05/24/12 Brewers bullpen stretched to its limit Source: On Milwaukee - Milwaukee WI There was a time when Manny Parra knew his name would be penciled in every fifth day for the Milwaukee Brewers, counted on to go deep into games and preserve the bullpen as best he could.
05/19/12 It Takes 11 But Twins Win 4th Straight Source: FOX - KEYC 12 - N Mankato MN Trevor Plouffe hit a solo home run in the top of the 11th inning to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
05/19/12 Plouffe's HR in 11th leads Twins past Brewers 5-4 Source: Post-Bulletin - Rochester MN Plouffe's fourth homer of the season came off Manny Parra (0-1) with two outs.