Kyle Lobner

Contributing author and occasional career-ruiner covering the Milwaukee Brewers and MiLB for @TimberRattlers, @shepherdexpress and @milwaukeerecord.

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Perhaps it's fitting that an article of compiled obituaries will also be my last article share on Twitter.

Effective 1/1/25 I'm no longer posting here and moving over to the same handle on Bluesky. Thanks for following here, and hopefully I'll see you there.

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The last piece I post each year is the longest and (to me at least) maybe the most important, as we take a moment to look back at those who passed away during the year. Thanks to @shepherdexpress for hosting it once again this year:
https://t.co/r6vXNh69Ke

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If the MLB offseason were a nine inning game, today we'd be starting the top of the second inning.

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If the MLB offseason was a nine inning baseball game, today we'd be starting the bottom of the first inning.

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The Brewers only won two Gold Glove Awards over 40 years from 1983-2023, then they won two in a single season in 2024. Was this their best defense ever? My latest for @shepherdexpress: https://t.co/rnQnu0PlIX

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And now, for something completely different:

While we continue to wrap up the 2024 MLB season, it's Day 1 of men's college basketball. I previewed the season @milwaukeerecord by ranking 13 teams coming to town to play Marquette and Milwaukee: https://t.co/gvpvnXQaVH

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Chourio's 2024 season continues to go as well or better than any reasonable expectation.

[Milwaukee Brewers @Brewers]

These guys MASH

Congrats to @Wcontreras42, @willya02 & @Bryanchourio11 on being named Silver Slugger Award finalists!

[Jim Goulart @Mass_Haas]

Via @Kyle_Odegard, fun read for #Brewers prospect followers - read quotes from 19-year-old infielder Juan Baez (2024 w/@CarolinaMudcats), who had a near-invisible signing bonus & is now tearing up much older & more highly touted AZ Fall League competition https://t.co/rzGn2ZGpSK

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Everyone else: Watching potential decisive World Series game.

Post Crescent: Chose 10:30 at night to run an article about chain restaurant soup.

[The Post-Crescent @PostCrescent]

Panera Bread introduced two new soups this fall: Hearty Fireside Chili and Rustic Baked Potato Soup. The Autumn Squash Soup has also returned. https://t.co/8T9MmMTHv5

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If Dave Roberts really wanted to cause a stir right now, he'd make a big show of sending Ohtani from the dugout to the bullpen.

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@nbaliva

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Just saying: If they were playing Game 4 of the World Series in Milwaukee tonight the roof would probably have been open.

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Last year at this time the Dodgers and Yankees were already 2024 World Series favorites. They're there at least in part, however, because they kept adding to improve their chances. My latest and what that means for the Brewers @shepherdexpress: https://t.co/MxQFPQkoWH

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In the coming weeks it seems likely we'll learn that Rhys Hoskins, coming off the worst season of his career, will be a Brewer again in 2025. My latest for @shepherdexpress on why that might be better news than you think: https://t.co/qEzGe7u95h

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Someone recently taught me that the nicest way to call someone incompetent is to say "It's not your fault. You shouldn't be here."

The way Winker played for the Brewers was not his fault. He should not have been there.

[Journal Sentinel @journalsentinel]

Jesse Winker says he'll 'hate the city of Milwaukee forever' https://t.co/SA7IflUv6k

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After hearing Bob Costas use it just now, I also will permanently describe myself as a "very sturdy" (weight).

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They're not the games Brewers fans were hoping to be watching this week, but the Arizona Fall League opens tonight and the organization is well represented. My latest for @shepherdexpress: https://t.co/PVunWWDr5l

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And now we need to add another line to those warning messages about agritourism they display at corn mazes.

[Anthony DiComo @AnthonyDiComo]

This is the playoff pumpkin. Pete Alonso picked it himself this week at a Wisconsin pumpkin patch. It's now another good-luck charm for the Mets.

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The narrative just shifted from "Why pitch Freddy?" to "Could Freddy have gone two innings?"

[Céspedes Family BBQ @CespedesBBQ]

Pat Murphy going to Freddy Peralta two days after a start in an elimination game is a great reminder that Murphy is, at the heart of it all, a college baseball coach