Hot Stove League update

Hot Stove League update

Published Dec. 7, 2010 8:29 p.m. ET

By Bob Brainerd
FOXSportsWisconsin.com


'Tis the season when baseball rumor mills run amuck. There is a void of games to be played, so everyone turns into a fantasy baseball league owner and begins to dissect and pick apart their favorite team's roster.

In Wisconsin, when the snow falls, hibernation officially kicks in, and thoughts of Brewers baseball are the lone hope that warmth will someday return.

This week's winter meetings in Florida have turned into the focal point for fans who think they can be better armchair general managers than Doug Melvin. They see and hear teams making moves, or not making moves, and wonder why Milwaukee isn't a "player" looking to overhaul a team in desperate need of a wicked shake of its Etch-a-sketch lineup

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