Game Thread #18: Brewers (11-6) at Reds (7-11)

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 20, 2008 11:00 AM CDT

Now this, my friends, is a good matchup. Yovani Gallardo makes his season debut for the Brewers, while Aaron Harang goes for the Reds. Joe Dillon was sent to Nashville to make room for Yo, leaving the Brewers with a truly remarkable 14 pitchers.

Anthony W has the Brewers lineup, which contains no surprises. Here's the Baseball-Reference Game Preview.

The project-a-tron is baffled by the evenness of it all, as it was yesterday. The only difference today is one percentage point and lower run totals:

Brewers 4.7
Reds 4.3
Brewers WinExp: 50%

Let's go Crew!

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joe dillon

has been sent down

by baseballdan1092 on Apr 20, 2008 11:12 AM CDT 0 recs

I don’t like it. 14 pitchers?

Lordz Of Vengeance....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Apr 20, 2008 12:04 PM CDT up 0 recs

Me either

Hopefully when TGJ comes off the DL a pitcher goes down. We already aren’t using Turnbow in then pen. It was like this during stretches last year too.

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by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

Call me cynical

But I think if Turnbow doesn’t get in the game today, the team will place him on the DL with some sort of “injury,” retroactive to the 15th. Then they’ll call up Dillon (who doesn’t have to stay down for the minimum ten days if there’s an injury) or Gwynn.

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by TheJay on Apr 20, 2008 11:15 AM CDT 0 recs

you could be right

if not, it’ll probably be something like that.

by ol Pete on Apr 20, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

Craziness

Frank Thomas got released.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 11:28 AM CDT 0 recs

That will happen

when you don’t bother to celebrate with your teammates after a victory. Especially when you aren’t very good anymore, complaining about playing time and expensive.

by Getting Yosted on Apr 20, 2008 11:45 AM CDT up 0 recs

Don't you think maybe, just a little even, that he got Gibbons'd?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up 0 recs

I do.

But he went public with his dissatisfaction, and I hate that garbage.

Maybe this is what he wanted (though my guess is he really just wanted the 10 million dollar option for next year). Maybe he just lost it because the guy they benched him for was Matt Stairs.

"He just needs to eat some bananas." - Lou Piniella

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 20, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up 0 recs

Ouch

Frank Thomas played in the first baseball game I ever attended—1993 at County Stadium.

He also played in the first game I ever took my son to—a game last year between the Jays and White Sox.

I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for the Big Hurt.

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by stigmo on Apr 20, 2008 11:56 AM CDT up 0 recs

Harangotang

I feel a pummeling in the air…

Hey Jeff, we’re coming to an East Village near you soon…

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:08 PM CDT 0 recs

Cameron & Dillon

I wonder where they’re holed up watching the game.

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by TheJay on Apr 20, 2008 12:10 PM CDT 0 recs

Trenni's hotel room?

Recovering?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up 0 recs

Haranged?

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:21 PM CDT up 0 recs

Braun's low-pitch fly outs

Hey Ryan, don’t pull everything.

The book on you is published.

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:22 PM CDT 0 recs

Sliders low and away

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by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up 1 recs

Thanks.

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

wow

is that graph based on his scuffling this season, or on his production last year?

by Oakland Brewer Fan on Apr 20, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

This year.

Here is last year’s

Not as bad but you can still see him willing to go out of the zone for that pitch.

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by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

walking Patterson

Not only is that hard to do but especially bad with how he is hitting (not hitting?) right now.

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by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:26 PM CDT 0 recs

What a chess match

Dusty versus Yost

by ol Pete on Apr 20, 2008 12:27 PM CDT 0 recs

I'll take Yost

Which is one of the only times this year.

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by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:28 PM CDT up 0 recs

This shit's checkers; it ain't chess!

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

c'mon

Fischer, Karpov, Yost…

by ol Pete on Apr 20, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

Big Blue?

I played so much chess, my wife made me quit. (wrong moves in my sleep)

Yeah, I know.

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

We are lucky

that Grif and Dunn are scuffling.

by ol Pete on Apr 20, 2008 12:31 PM CDT 0 recs

Harang is awesome.

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:37 PM CDT 0 recs

Jeff Keppinger

5 hitter.

Right.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 20, 2008 12:41 PM CDT 0 recs

Dusty says

Gritty 5 hole hitter.

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by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

It is fun, though

To compare his career stats to Bill Hall’s.

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by TheJay on Apr 20, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

Paint all Miller Park walls red.

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

When Hatteberg is playing, the lineup optimizer says Keppinger should bat third.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 12:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yo Guts

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:44 PM CDT 0 recs

After that first walk

Gallardo is throwing strikes.

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by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:47 PM CDT 0 recs

Gabe Gross

Why?

Please, tell me. Why?

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:47 PM CDT 0 recs

as they said in Major League

too high

Good time for Prince's second homer

by molitorfan on Apr 20, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up 0 recs

Rock and Brian

will give you the company line. So far, walks, he ‘hangs with him,’ quality at bats…

there’ll be more.

by ol Pete on Apr 20, 2008 12:49 PM CDT up 0 recs

Yovanni

with the rip

Good time for Prince's second homer

by molitorfan on Apr 20, 2008 12:50 PM CDT 0 recs

It's a yearly tradition!

Gallardo doubling in his first at-bat.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 12:50 PM CDT 0 recs

YoGa

Should be bating 7th.

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by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:50 PM CDT 0 recs

maybe 2nd

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 20, 2008 12:50 PM CDT up 0 recs

How do you like me now

Sorry, but…

F Sheets.

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:50 PM CDT 0 recs

Why?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

anybody think gallardo can play center?

it worked for ankiel…

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 20, 2008 12:50 PM CDT 0 recs

Ask me after Yo hits the backstop for the 50th time…

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

He could do it...

if you give him some HGH…

by ZTK Always on Vacation on Apr 20, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

harang making kendall look stupid

supposedly, that’s not easy to do.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 20, 2008 12:52 PM CDT 0 recs

I wonder if Crash was peeking at Bako’s set up.

by ol Pete on Apr 20, 2008 12:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

Haragutang is easily the most under-appreciated pitcher in MLB.

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

I always think it's amusing

When every time he pitches everyone always says that. :)

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by TheJay on Apr 20, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

true

here he’s not underappreciated. something tells me the same sentiment is not on display in, say, the comments at the js blog.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 20, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

Well

They say it all the time on the radio, too, is more what I was getting at.

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by TheJay on Apr 20, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

I can't believe you actually listen to sports radio

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

I don't

I meant the game broadcast. I’m having a bad day with this clarity in my comments thing, I guess.

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by TheJay on Apr 20, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

Not sure why I didn't assume you meant the game broadcasts

I think David Weathers might have melted my brain.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

ah.

well, radio guys are always positive.

Turnbow gets two guys out in a row, and its all, “people forget just how good of a pitcher he is…”

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 20, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

Weeks

Dudes, I’m losing what little faith I ever had in Weeks.

Tools shmools.

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:53 PM CDT 0 recs

have a beer

by ol Pete on Apr 20, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

Didn't mean it harshly

But yeah…

by Lake County on Apr 20, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

He is still walking at a decent clip

I haven’t lost faith quite yet.

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by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

I'm thinking this should be his year to see if he has it or not

but thats assuming no trips to the DL. If he has a whole season to bat I’m curious to see what kind of numbers he can put up and if his defense can improve

by verno329 on Apr 20, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up 0 recs