Game Thread #18: Brewers (11-6) at Reds (7-11)
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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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
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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.
by dixieflatline on
Apr 20, 2008 12:13 PM CDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Steve http://nohuddleoffense.blogspot.com
by stigmo on
Apr 20, 2008 11:56 AM CDT
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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
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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
by dixieflatline on
Apr 20, 2008 12:25 PM CDT
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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
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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.
by dixieflatline on
Apr 20, 2008 12:48 PM CDT
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walking Patterson
Not only is that hard to do but especially bad with how he is hitting (not hitting?) right now.
by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 12:26 PM CDT 0 recs
I'll take Yost
by dixieflatline on
Apr 20, 2008 12:28 PM CDT
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This shit's checkers; it ain't chess!
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Apr 20, 2008 12:30 PM CDT
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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
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Dusty says
by dixieflatline on
Apr 20, 2008 12:43 PM CDT
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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
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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
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After that first walk
by dixieflatline 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
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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
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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
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
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He could do it...
if you give him some HGH…
by ZTK Always on Vacation on
Apr 20, 2008 12:52 PM CDT
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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
Haragutang is easily the most under-appreciated pitcher in MLB.
by Lake County on
Apr 20, 2008 12:53 PM CDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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Gallardo
Nice to see he doubled. Hopefully he’s not too amped up by it to pitch well this inning.
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by TheJay on Apr 20, 2008 12:53 PM CDT 0 recs
Paul Bako
His given first name is Gabor?
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by TheJay on Apr 20, 2008 12:56 PM CDT 0 recs
You don't recognize him from Green Acres?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Apr 20, 2008 12:57 PM CDT
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I’ve never seen someone who has a roman numeral II in his name but not at the end. Am I missing something obvious?
Wonder what Wendelstedt’s name for him is?
by ol Pete on
Apr 20, 2008 12:58 PM CDT
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Maybe he's a Korean dictator?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Apr 20, 2008 12:59 PM CDT
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the II placement
might just be a function of how b-r’s database is structured.
As in, “Bako, Gabor II” which is really supposed to mean Gabor Bako II.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 20, 2008 12:59 PM CDT
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they have it as "Gabor Paul II Bako"
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Apr 20, 2008 1:00 PM CDT
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yes,
it’s really easy for the storage method to generate bugs in presentation. that’s all i meant.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 20, 2008 1:03 PM CDT
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I prefer to think
He was really named after the 15th century pope.
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by TheJay on
Apr 20, 2008 1:00 PM CDT
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That would count as obvious. I’ll just refer to him the same as Wendelstedt does.
by ol Pete on
Apr 20, 2008 1:00 PM CDT
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Both pitchers on fire
by dixieflatline on Apr 20, 2008 1:00 PM CDT 0 recs
Just to follow up on that
by dixieflatline on
Apr 20, 2008 1:01 PM CDT
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First for Hardy
Leaves just Kendall to go, right?
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by TheJay on Apr 20, 2008 1:01 PM CDT 0 recs
We're gonna be here awhile waiting for that one.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Apr 20, 2008 1:03 PM CDT
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You never know
Phillips, Patterson, and Griffey could collide on a little bloop and Kendall could score before Dunn or Keppinger or Votto lumber over there.
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by TheJay on
Apr 20, 2008 1:06 PM CDT
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Alternately
His whiskers could tear a hole in the fabric of space on an up-the-chute pop up and the ball could disappear into Dimension X.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Apr 20, 2008 1:09 PM CDT
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Nice
JJ always surprises me when he homers
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Apr 20, 2008 1:02 PM CDT 0 recs
especially
when FSN Ohio is still in commercial when he does it
Good time for Prince's second homer
by molitorfan on
Apr 20, 2008 1:03 PM CDT
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People mention the slump Rickie is in
But JJ had been slumping there too. He has really had a ton of trouble on fastballs so far this year.
by dixieflatline on
Apr 20, 2008 1:04 PM CDT
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I think everyone has lower expectations for Hardy
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Apr 20, 2008 1:05 PM CDT
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