Rickie Weeks News

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Jean Segura is the sheriff of sucktown right now, with no challengers in sight. Photo: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to the 3rd installment of Brewers Banalities.

MIlwaukee Brewers pitcher Wily Perlata throws and walks a run home during the second inning of their game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wis.

When the Milwaukee Brewers signed their surging second baseman Rickie Weeks to a long-term contract extension in 2011, they were hoping the young player would help anchor their infield for years to come.

The silver lining - and we're desperate for silver linings in this sluggish Brewers season - is that Weeks is in pretty good company.

After what may have been the worst game yet in a season of mostly bad baseball, Ryan Braun hit for the cycle in summarizing the current state of the Milwaukee Brewers.

With rumors swirling of Don Mattingly 's paper thin leash in the recent days, apparently the Dodgers are beginning to think out of desperation.

Milwaukee Brewers' Rickie Weeks hits during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers Monday, May 20, 2013, in Milwaukee.

The former Brewers right-hander, who was traded to the Los Angeles Angels last season and then signed a free-agent contract with the Dodgers over the winter, is 15-0 in his onetime home.

This just in, Magill optioned, Lilly activated. The bad decisions keep coming. But yeah everyone order those World Series tickets now! The Dodgers begin a three game series against the Brewers in Milwaukee tonight, amidst rumors of Don Mattingly 's impending doom.

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke was happy to hear that John Axford is planning to adopt a more animated presence on the pitcher's mound.

St. Louis - In the wake of the Milwaukee Brewers' sixth loss in seven road games and 12th loss in their last 14, manager Ron Roenicke called an impromptu team meeting late Thursday night in the visiting clubhouse at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

Travis Snider had not hit a home run in his first 104 plate appearances this season, so you'll have to excuse him for putting a little flair into his first.

Neil Walker drove in a pair and Wandy Rodriguez spun seven innings of one-run ball in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in the third test of a four-game set from PNC Park.

The exhibit will feature Hank Aaron's 700th home run bat and fans can hold bats used by Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Geoff Jenkins and Rickie Weeks.

Other than Weeks, the man who has the most say on the matter was sitting behind the Nashville Sounds backstop Monday night, watching the Brewers on his iPad.

With Rickie Weeks showing no signs of breaking out of his season-long slump, Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke benched his second baseman Monday in favor of Yuniesky Betancourt .

This has to be a record low and a slap in the face to all those elected officials who decided to serve themselves instead of the public.

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke would have liked to sit second baseman Rickie Weeks on Sunday, but without divulging many details, said he could not.

The umpires used instant replay of a home run by Oakland's Adam Rosales in Cleveland on Wednesday and still got it wrong.