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Last-Minute Right Field Band-Aid?

Corey Hart is slumping.  There are no signs it's getting better, and with him in the 6-hole, especially when Counsell is in the lineup, 6-7-8-9 reminds one of the Giants offense. 

Desperate times call for desperate measures.  Do we bench the All-Star to try to jump-start a little offense?  If so, who do we plug in there?  The options on the NLDS roster are:

  • Tony Gwynn: Great defense, similar OBP
  • Brad Nelson: He's a lefty, so no way that happens tomorrow
  • Weeks or Durham (with the other at second) -- no experience in the outfield, but both can hit
  • Bill Hall: Wanna replace one slump with another?
  • Mike Rivera: He'll make Pat Burrell look like a gazelle.
  • CC Sabathia: Dude can mash.

Discuss.

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While CC makes me think about it...

I vote for Weeks. His D might actually improve in the OF. At least it can’t get any worse, can it?

by balldeagle on Oct 3, 2008 12:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

My vote

Let’s try and Akiel-ize Derrick Turnbow. That would be a sight to see!

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Oct 3, 2008 1:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I have photos of Turnbow

taking fly balls in bp way back in april.

My only regret is that I have but one life to give to my blog

by MadJimiBrewha on Oct 3, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So,

how are you guys dealing with it?

I’m on my fifth beer, going into my last class for today. Fucking Cubs.

"Looks like Milwaukee got their No Hitter" -ak123

by NittanyCub on Oct 3, 2008 1:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I want a win to sooth the pain. But I agree with most of what you said. It has to be harder for the Cubs as they were pretty much crowned NL champions ever since the all star break. We should have won game 1, tanked in game two but at least were reasonably in it for awhile. Cubs have looked out matched in every aspect.

Here’s to hoping our beloved Crew can turn it around.

by SgtClueLs on Oct 3, 2008 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rec'd for BB reference that illustrated the state of the team more effectively than anything else could have.

Dave Bush on his start in Game 3 Saturday: “We’re on a mission from God.”

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's too bad Stoic Joe Dillon's not around

He could probably handle right field.

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by TheJay on Oct 3, 2008 1:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't think I will ever forget

that 1st pitch dribbler back to the pitcher in the 1st inning of yesterdays game. It’s one of those at bats that totally flops the momentum of the game.

My only regret is that I have but one life to give to my blog

by MadJimiBrewha on Oct 3, 2008 1:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

You will forget if the Brews win the next three.

If.

It's called "playing the percentages."

by hilbelink on Oct 3, 2008 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hart?

How about replacing Cameron? One of the guys here at work made the fine point that Cameron has been just as bad as Hart offensively, and his much vaunted defense has failed to come through in both playoff games. You can rag on Gwynn all you want, but he cannot be worse than Hart or Cameron.

That said, since it’s a lefty coming up, the lineup will not change.

by Marty McSuperFly on Oct 3, 2008 1:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

okay

gwynn in center
cam in right?
Nelson pinch hitting and taking over for one of them when they bring in a reliever?

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by PagsBrewCrew on Oct 3, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cameron? Just as bad Hart offensively?

Mike Cameron:.243/.331/.477
Corey Hart: .268/.300/.459

Absolutely not. That is absolutely ridiculous.

by HRF on Oct 3, 2008 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am all for benching hart

But not the next game against Moyer. You can’t put a lefty in the lineup and none of the right handers are going to be better sadly.

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by dixieflatline on Oct 3, 2008 2:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Moyer?

Please. I’m fine if we have to bow out in the first round of the playoffs, but does it have to be Jamie Moyer who gives the death blow?

"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 Oct 3, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

Moyer seems like the worst possible pitcher for the way we’re swinging the bats right now. All junk and gritty cheese. It’s just more embarrassing to see them flail away at BP fastballs out of the zone.

by balldeagle on Oct 3, 2008 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Remember the good old days

circa May 2008 when the Crew couldn’t lose to Left-handed starters. Good times, here’s to hopefully regaining a little of that magic.

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by MadJimiBrewha on Oct 3, 2008 2:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Grit trumps youth

Give Hart a frickin’ day off. 612 ABs this year. He even looks like crap. He’s wasted carrying that frame around on the diamond six days a week for six months.

On second thought, after looking again at the options, I see we’re….screwed!

What would be the baseball equivalent of punting on third down?

by heybatterbatter on Oct 3, 2008 2:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Giving Ned Yost an "advisory role" and letting him coach tomorrow.

"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 Oct 3, 2008 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sveum, Iorg, Yount, Sedar, Yost

Sorta looks like an eye test chart, doesn’t it?

by heybatterbatter on Oct 3, 2008 2:53 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

Or maybe this way...

SVEUMIORG
YOUNTSEDAR
CASTROYOST

by heybatterbatter on Oct 3, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why don’t we just give him the “Bunt” sign……every time.

by grant76 on Oct 3, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

One more option

Kendall played outfield last year
Rivera to catch.

If Kendall wants to “game call” he can use sign language to convey his intentions.

That’d be comical. A pitcher looking into the outfield to get his signs then turning around and whizzing one in.

Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
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by PagsBrewCrew on Oct 3, 2008 3:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

How are Yount’s knees these days?

We've got uniforms and everything, it's really great!

by drezdn on Oct 3, 2008 4:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

unfortunately that violates the 25 man roster

However the rule doesn’t exclude either Carlos Voltron or Air Bud

Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
--NoahJ

by PagsBrewCrew on Oct 3, 2008 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

or Marge Schott

what are the silver medal winning US softball team members up to these days anyway?

Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
--NoahJ

by PagsBrewCrew on Oct 3, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

unfortunately that violates the 25 man roster

Well clearly that’s not a problem, considering Jeff suggested this Mike Rivera fellow. I didn’t know we could get new players during the post-season.

I think we all know exactly who the Brewers need right now, a player who can play the outfield, pinch hit, and has a great arm. I speak, of course, of Brooks Kieschnick.

C. Magruder scored, R. Weeks to second on balk

by alkaseitzer on Oct 3, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

clearly not

doesn’t he know he should rotate his glove 180 degrees to catch that one?

Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
--NoahJ

by PagsBrewCrew on Oct 3, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

plus, we need something with a career BA > .200 and OBP > .300

yes…some thing

Situational Signature (8th/9th inning only): pleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendallpleasenotkendall
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by PagsBrewCrew on Oct 3, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rickie Weeks has been giving him pointers

"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 Oct 3, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m playing Weeks in right and Durham at second until we’re eliminated.

Weeks
Durham
Braun
Fielder
Hardy
Cameron
Rivera
Counsell/Hall
Pitcher

by HRF on Oct 3, 2008 5:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Put the beer down Dale.

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Weeks CAN’T be worse than Hart and we need need need that OBP.

by HRF on Oct 3, 2008 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Think of it as the Bill Bellicheck style of baseball managing.

by ol Pete on Oct 3, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hate Bellicheck – I was just referring to multiple players play multiple positions.

by ol Pete on Oct 3, 2008 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Belichick is the best. Get out of denial.

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

I am also pro-Rodgers.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Oct 3, 2008 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which will be countered out by Weeks at the plate.

by HRF on Oct 4, 2008 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No way weeks goes to right.

There is no way we put a guy in right for the first time all year in game three of the NLDS elimination game. If anything we’d see Gwynn out there – given that Sveum seems to like him a lot as seen by his recent pinch hitting roles. Even that won’t happen because of the lefties in the phillies lineup. Let’s just hope Hart finds a way to return to his first half form.

by ajoconnor on Oct 3, 2008 6:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm pretty sure this is all tongue in cheek.

Well, maybe not for HRF.

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

With a longer bat, maybe he could hit those pitches outside of the zone. Something like a caber or telephone pole.

We've got uniforms and everything, it's really great!

by drezdn on Oct 3, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are plenty of ways to

get a longer bat.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Oct 3, 2008 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rickie sez

it’s not the size of the bat, it’s how hard you waggle it.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Oct 3, 2008 11:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So says Rickie

But he isn’t performing well at all.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Oct 3, 2008 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He is with the bat

Not so much the glove.

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by TheJay on Oct 4, 2008 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe, uh...

the, uh, glove is getting in the way.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Oct 4, 2008 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You would say that

Gloves are important Jeff, no matter what you say.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Oct 4, 2008 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hart

in Philly they are calling him the MVP of the Phillies for this series. Everyone was ready for Myers to fall apart in that first inning and then Corey steps into the box. Bench his ass for anyone.

September 15: Not a bad little Monday

by molitorfan on Oct 3, 2008 7:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

How about we put Laporta in right?

Oh, yeah, I forgot. We traded all nine of them for Brian FUentes…

by keephopealive on Oct 4, 2008 6:38 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Credit Cards

So… this morning I wake up check my email. What’s in it?

A Bank Of America credit card offer, with an enticing signed baseball. But by whom?

Cole Hamel and it’s a Phillies credit card.

Dear MLB,

Your marketing has failed. Don’t send the other teams stuff to fans of the club that is down 2 – 0 and backs against the wall.

Fail,
Aaron

by SgtClueLs on Oct 4, 2008 9:18 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha

I was going to eat a Hot Pocket for lunch the other day, and I realized it was a Philly Cheesesteak one. Definitely put that sucker back and got a different kind.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Oct 4, 2008 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hot pocket!

I untuck my shirt!

by Michael M on Oct 4, 2008 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey

we could stick Josh Butler in right field! Oh. Nevermind.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Oct 4, 2008 10:09 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I’ll be sporting my game worn Gabe Gross jersey today, maybe I can sneak onto the field and play. I surely can’t be worse offensively then Corey. I can close my eyes and swing 3 times in a row two.

So, if Corey had a problem with the hate before, he’s pretty much the scape goat (And Weeks) of this series. He’s going to hate life if he goes 0 – 4 with 2 GIDPs.

by SgtClueLs on Oct 4, 2008 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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