07/06/2007 @ Washington Nationals

by John on Jul 6, 2007 9:27 PM CDT in WPA Game Recaps

Top Win Expectancy shifts:
21.0% - Kevin Mench's 1st inning, 2-out, 3-run home run to extend Milwaukee's lead to 4-0.
10.4% - Ryan Braun's 1st inning, 2-out, solo home run to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.
4.4% - J.J. Hardy's 2nd inning, 2-out, 1-run single to increase Milwaukee's lead to 5-0.
3.2% - Felipe Lopez's 2nd inning, 1-out strikeout with a runner on third and Washington down 0-5.
3.1% - Johnny Estrada's 1st inning, 2-out double to put runners on second and third with the Brewers leading 1-0.

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Current Brewers' Hitting Streaks:
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J.J. Hardy - 5 games

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Mench

Well, Kevin Mench really stepped it up tonight. I guess we know who'll be in the lineup for a while.

Joe Borchard 2007 watch: 188 PA, 56 K, 54 TB

by TheJay on Jul 7, 2007 12:51 AM CDT reply actions

Could be worse

What better time to get hot than a month before the trading deadline? (Admittedly, we'd have no outfielder who can hit left-handed pitching.) Still, I think someone should call up Moustache and ask him if his Mench is dangling. You know, as a trade offer.

Random thought: most team wear their white jerseys at home, right? If you're the batter trying to hit a pitched ball, from your point of view, much of the flight path of the ball is being set agaainst the backdrop of the uniform of the pitcher. I wonder if it's tougher to pick up the ball when the opposing pitcher is wearing white, as opposed to a darker contrasting color. You only have a fraction of a second anyway...

This seems like a question for TheJay! :)

"C'mon, boys, let's get 'em some RUNS!" --- Daron Sutton, pretty much every game of the 2005 season.

by roguejim on Jul 7, 2007 7:38 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh geez

Let's just say that the Brewers' record wearing the blue uniforms vs. their white uniforms settles it: 26-18 vs. 18-10.

I do know there's a rule that a pitcher can't wear a long-sleeved undershirt (or anything on their throwing arm) that's light colored, because it'd make it nearly impossible to pick up the ball. In a Cleveland-Seattle playoff game years ago Lou Piniella tried to rattle Bartolo Colon by requesting the umpires make him change his gray undershirt, and they did.

Joe Borchard 2007 watch: 188 PA, 56 K, 54 TB

by TheJay on Jul 7, 2007 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions

Really!

Maybe we need to start bleaching Jeff Suppan before every game.

"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"

by roguejim on Jul 7, 2007 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions

one way to do it

link

by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 8, 2007 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Also, Fenway

Fenway doesn't have a real batter's eye out in center field. They just don't let fans sit out there during day games. I guess at night it's fair game.

Joe Borchard 2007 watch: 188 PA, 56 K, 54 TB

by TheJay on Jul 7, 2007 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions

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