Game Thread #6: Giants (1-4) at Brewers (4-1)
Tune in today at 1:05 Central to find out...
- Can the Brewers sweep?
- Can Ben Sheets get a decision?
- Can Brian Bocock be stopped?
- Can I survive the rigors of blogging another season?
Go Brewers!
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is it sad i'm laughing?
but one of the advertisements at the bottom of the page says, "need to create a blog?"
but, I wouldn't worry Jeff, you have at least till 41 and a max of at least 60 to live. :)
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Apr 6, 2008 9:44 AM CDT 0 recs
well, it's kind of a silly piece
the vast, vast, vast majority of bloggers don't have that pressure-cooker lifestyle, and neither are they paid by the post. (the vast majority don't make any money at all.)
and two deaths and a heart attack do not a crisis make. it's just standard-issue, "we in the mainstream media hate bloggers, let's start hinting that blogging is bad for you. as if your mother's basement isn't putrid enough!"
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 12:12 PM CDT
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60 year olds blogging?
The mind reels.
Hey, anyone else going to the game today? I'll be the one in the Brewers hat.
"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 Apr 6, 2008 9:51 AM CDT 0 recs
yeah i'm going
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on
Apr 6, 2008 9:56 AM CDT
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I'll be there
I'll be the one whose kids have baseball gloves.
by Marty McSuperFly on
Apr 6, 2008 9:59 AM CDT
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have fun!
man o man i live far away from miller park...
driving directions
by Jamie in LA on
Apr 6, 2008 11:11 AM CDT
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Estimated Time about 1 day, 6 hours
If you want to go to the game Tuesday, you'd better leave now.
by jihad on
Apr 6, 2008 11:18 AM CDT
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when I lived in Madison
I got an email at the last minute for a really great concert in new york ...like, my very favorite music by my very favorite group. I basically had enough time to hop in the car, get on the road, and make it. (18 hours, give or take.) If my gf hadn't talked sense into me, I would've done it.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 12:08 PM CDT
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thats awesome...
im sorry you missed out on that amazing Genesis concert...
by Jamie in LA on
Apr 6, 2008 6:11 PM CDT
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My guess
WHAM! reunion tour
"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
Apr 6, 2008 6:15 PM CDT
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Enjoy the game
Here's the Brewers' lineup:
2B Rickie Weeks
CF Gabe Kapler
1B Prince Fielder
LF Ryan Braun
3B Bill Hall
RF Corey Hart
SS J.J. Hardy
RHP Ben Sheets
C Jason Kendall
by brewfan2 on Apr 6, 2008 10:17 AM CDT 0 recs
and I was sure dillon would start for hall
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on
Apr 6, 2008 10:22 AM CDT
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not bad.
if you have to play a sunday lineup, i kind of like the idea of playing your sunday lineup on saturday. especially against the giants, when your sunday lineup can probably beat their regulars -- then play your regulars against *their* sunday lineup, and it's (on paper, anyway) an even easier win.
I think there's some statistical work to be done to prove that, but for now I'm going to take the easy way out and say it's intuitively true.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 12:10 PM CDT
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I almost forgot
Today's game is not only broadcast on FSN, it's also on Telemundo!
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by TheJay on Apr 6, 2008 10:23 AM CDT 0 recs
es muy bueno!
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on
Apr 6, 2008 10:25 AM CDT
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I should change
I was going with the blue Brewers jersey, but maybe the white Cerveceros jersey would get me on TV.
by Marty McSuperFly on
Apr 6, 2008 10:55 AM CDT
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If I remember correctly
They use only a couple basic feeds and don't spend much (any?) time panning the crowd. Maybe it's changed though.
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by TheJay on
Apr 6, 2008 11:47 AM CDT
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Is that feared power hitter Bocock
in the lineup today? Wait, I don't think they have any other shortstops.
by jihad on Apr 6, 2008 11:07 AM CDT 0 recs
Yep
Batting eighth
Roberts, LF
Velez, RF
Lewis, CF
Durham, 2B
Castillo, 3B
Aurilia, 1B
Holm, C
Bocock, SS
Zito, P
It's Steve Holm's first career start! And to think before this year he never played above AA...
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by TheJay on
Apr 6, 2008 11:51 AM CDT
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at least molina isn't batting cleanup
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 12:09 PM CDT
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Tied for FIRST in NCAA YOSTED TOURNAMENT PICK'EM
dont call it a comeback! i know rj was hoping i wouldnt notice; but my picks for the tourney have gone from worst (33rd place???) to first! who says seth and i dont make a good team...
by Jamie in LA on Apr 6, 2008 11:18 AM CDT 0 recs
Salty
I wonder if Yost looks at the Giants and is in awe of their sheer grittiness.
by drezdn on Apr 6, 2008 11:20 AM CDT 0 recs
Giants Fans
If any of the Giants fans read today, what would you do to turn the team around?
by drezdn on Apr 6, 2008 11:21 AM CDT 0 recs
Bat Bockock third
With his Bonds-like .526 on-base percentage. I love small samples!
by jihad on
Apr 6, 2008 11:23 AM CDT
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Rewind the clock to 1993 and do it all over.
by sfgiantsflgators on
Apr 6, 2008 1:16 PM CDT
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grant
said in the 5 questions that he wants Joe Dillon.
(but I only gave him the option to do one thing.)
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 1:17 PM CDT
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Cubs Comment
I like this from Baseball Musings
A reader left this comment yesterday:
Hey Pinto, how bout a little love for the Cubs on this board? Fukudome's got a .600 OBP and is slugging .875. Maybe he's for real...
The Cubs aren't exactly off to a great start. The did do a job on Roy Oswalt yesterday (no strikeouts for Roy strikes me as unusual). The rest of the team is hitting just .230, however, and Kosuke drew better than 14 of the team's walks. There's not much to love about the Cubs right now.
by drezdn on Apr 6, 2008 11:35 AM CDT 0 recs
last day of free extra innings
has the Brewers. I like our broadcast crew, but regardless I'm watching the other feed. FSN when it isn't tripping over itself, doesn't seem to value showing actual play on the field, the left side especially.
by ol Pete on Apr 6, 2008 11:47 AM CDT 0 recs
TBS Sunday baseball!!
Leading up to the Brewer game I'm watching Toronto vs Boston, Halladay and Beckett pitching. Life is good.
by sheeter on Apr 6, 2008 12:31 PM CDT 0 recs
And to think I was following Pittsburgh at Florida
Snell vs. VandenHurk, life is meh... :)
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by TheJay on
Apr 6, 2008 12:33 PM CDT
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I was hoping to get a peek of the start
of Reds and Phillies. What the Sam Hill MLB?
by ol Pete on
Apr 6, 2008 12:36 PM CDT
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bobbleheads are often bad likenesses
but Prince's seems to be of some other person. That is besides taking about 75 pounds off for him.
by ol Pete on Apr 6, 2008 12:33 PM CDT 0 recs
Skinny hangs the head that wears the crown?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Apr 6, 2008 12:41 PM CDT
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I have one
or two --- a normal one, and a special 1982 pinstripe one.
It looks nothing like Prince Fielder, but imagine if the 1986 movie Soul Man had starred Bill Schroeder instead of C. Thomas Howell.
"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
Apr 6, 2008 5:45 PM CDT
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Peavy
Looks like he was working on a car before his last start
http://deadspin.com/376572/jake-peavy-packed-kenny-rogers-hand-cream-by-mistake
by molitorfan on Apr 6, 2008 12:57 PM CDT 0 recs
OK
I've run the numbers for today's game ... I've even put together a super-dorky spreadsheet so I can do it in the future.
Based on the lineups, here's what the offense is set to contribute:
SF: 3.15 runs
MIL: 4.84
Based on a very simple approximation of starting pitcher endurance and bullpen strength, here's the pitching expectation:
SF: 4.65 runs allowed
MIL: 4.59
Put it all together, and the projected score is:
MIL 4.8
SF 3.1
Which translates to a 69% chance of a Brewers victory.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 6, 2008 1:01 PM CDT 0 recs
You should run
Yesterday's Giants lineup vs today's Brewers lineup and today's Giants lineup vs yesterday's Brewers lineup. And yesterday's Giants lineup vs yesterday's Brewers lineup. Raise your hand when you're done.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Apr 6, 2008 1:03 PM CDT
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maybe I'll just send you the spreadsheet
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 1:05 PM CDT
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I can handle dorky spreadsheets
But you've gone too far, Sackmann!
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by TheJay on
Apr 6, 2008 1:04 PM CDT
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Why
If the Giants are expected to score 3.15 and the Brewers should give up 4.59 does that lower the expect score for the Giants, I would of thought it would go up
by Saltire on
Apr 6, 2008 1:07 PM CDT
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because both are below average
the average NL team is projected to score ~4.65 runs per game. So Sheets + bullpen is better than average, while the Giants offense is worse than average, which means the projected run total is lower still.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 1:09 PM CDT
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Ben Sheets scoffs at your three-run prediction!
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by TheJay on
Apr 6, 2008 1:11 PM CDT
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I'd be very happy
if Ben personally sticks around for 8 or 9 innings to ensure it's scoff-worthy.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 1:11 PM CDT
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Apparently he reads the blog
"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
Apr 6, 2008 5:46 PM CDT
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by the way
no projection for Steve Holm, so I made him equal to Bocock. That might be generous.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 1:09 PM CDT
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I like the spreadsheets.
LordzOfVengeance.com....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Apr 6, 2008 1:05 PM CDT 0 recs
No love for Kendall
Telemundo dropped the second "l" in his last name.
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by TheJay on Apr 6, 2008 1:06 PM CDT 0 recs
Alright
Time for baseball!
LordzOfVengeance.com....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Apr 6, 2008 1:06 PM CDT 0 recs
Dammit
One of the neighbors is cooking out
LordzOfVengeance.com....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Apr 6, 2008 1:08 PM CDT 0 recs
Finally
First time I get to watch the Crew on tv this year.
by molitorfan on Apr 6, 2008 1:08 PM CDT 0 recs
On pace
for 27 Ks
LordzOfVengeance.com....Sometimes I drink...Okay...I drink most of the time.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Apr 6, 2008 1:09 PM CDT 0 recs
now this is impressive
five guys on the brewers bench. batting averages:
.400
.300
.200 (gross, w/ obp of .429)
.571
.750
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 6, 2008 1:09 PM CDT 0 recs
no reason not to against this lineup.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 1:10 PM CDT
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only one swing of the bat
for the giants in the 1st,
I bet we take a few more hacks
by Saltire on Apr 6, 2008 1:13 PM CDT 0 recs
Yes!!!
for the first time all year, I have mlb.tv (actually, gameday audio, but close enough) working!
with my brand new superfast DSL connection, I can see that I'm not going to get anything done for about 6 months.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 6, 2008 1:13 PM CDT 0 recs
IE
I ran Ad Aware after listening to the game on IE yesterday and I had like 50 objects that needed to be removed.
by molitorfan on
Apr 6, 2008 1:17 PM CDT
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yech
I hope to never have to open that program ever again.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 1:18 PM CDT
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Wes Helms
His nickname was The Caveman when he was here?
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by TheJay on Apr 6, 2008 1:23 PM CDT 0 recs
I don't remember that...
...but I wasn't quite as hardcore a fan at the beginning of Helms's time here.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 1:24 PM CDT
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Last day of free Extra Innings pkg and I get to see Sheets pitch. Sweet! Go Crew!
by verno329 on Apr 6, 2008 1:25 PM CDT 0 recs
last year
kapler, hart, and weeks would've collided and the ball would've dropped.
I love 2008 already!
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 6, 2008 1:25 PM CDT 0 recs
Good job by the umpire
Blocking the ball from getting into the corner.
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by TheJay on Apr 6, 2008 1:27 PM CDT 0 recs
he looked embarassed
Billy shouldn't be adjusting his package while talking to him.
by ol Pete on
Apr 6, 2008 1:28 PM CDT
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what is with these guys?
The Giants aren't much competition, but I think the Norwich Navigators would crush us.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Apr 6, 2008 1:27 PM CDT 0 recs
BA suggests that
the umpire could have used a helmet on that play... on his rib cage...
Ichiro, on facing Daisuke Matsuzaka for the first time: "I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul."
by DaleCoop14 on Apr 6, 2008 1:28 PM CDT 0 recs
yeah
totally makes sense...uh...
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Apr 6, 2008 1:29 PM CDT
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That was great
why don't you stop talking for a while champ
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