Yesterday the Brewers acquired Nyjer Morgan. I began liking the guy when I saw him play in June 2010 at Nationals Park. He's FAST. Needless to say, I'm pumped about the acquisition.

Morgan will be a backup for Carlos Gomez, whom the Brewers named starting center fielder last week. Apparently Go-Go-Gomez doesn't have anything to worry about as far as Morgan taking his job. It's not about that, says Doug Melvin. "Every day there's a new injury, and you have to protect yourself."

I see only positives with adding Morgan to the roster.
1. A center fielder has a lot of ground to cover. Now we have two really fast ones in Gomez and Morgan.
2. Offensively he went 34 for 51 attempts at stealing. I'm no expert but I like those odds.
3. Competition makes everyone play a little better (::cough:: maybe Gomez will focus more ::cough::)
4. He's almost a Major League Baseball Veteran, playing for his fifth year.

Some people wonder, though.
He did cause a bench-clearing brawl last year that cost him $15,000 and 8 games. Ouch. Can I just say, maybe it was just passion. Or maybe it's because he's also a hockey player. Yup. In 2000 he was playing hockey! (He's not playing any more.)

Perhaps he and Prince can look at each other and realize that fighting is not the answer.

Nyjer Morgan fun fact:
His debut in the Majors was in 2007 as a Pittsburgh Pirate. Against the Milwaukee Brewers!

My favorite Brewers writer Adam McCalvy wrote THIS about the trade.
 
Picture
No doubt about it, I love my Brewers. If you look close enough, I will more often than not be seen with something that's blue & yellow on me.

I'm absolutely elated that the Brewers split-squad at least managed to beat the Cubs on Monday the 28th (even though they lost to the Giants... win some, lose some.) And then on the 1st they beat the White Sox! Most excellent.

OH: It's only spring training. Yeah. I know. I can't help but get excited this year. Really. Attanasio really went in there and got our Milwaukee Brewers what we need to win. I strongly believe this. The Zack Greinke signing is HUGE. A Cy Young award winner hasn't graced the team with his presence since CC Sabathia did. How did that turn out for us? *Ahem* Rather well, I'd say. 2008 Wild Card? Hell. Yes.

Greinke kind of overshadows some of the other major signings of the off season. What about Shaun Marcum? He's young and has a career ERA of 3.85. Not too shabby if you ask me. He'll be a fabulous addition to the team.

Pitching, pitching, pitching. Yessss. It's what I like to hear.

Read more about the changes Attanasio and his staff made to my beloved BrewCrew here.