Game Thread #55: Astros (30-25) at Brewers (26-28)
by Jeff Sackmann on May 30, 2008 5:01 PM CDT
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PrintIf you had told me during spring training that, two months into the season, the Astros would be comfortably ahead of the Crew in the standings, I wouldn't have believed it. Presumably Lance Berkman will stop OPS'ing a gazillion, and the Astros will drift back to .500...by which point, I hope, the Brewers will no longer be below that mark.
The pitching matchup tonight is Brandon Backe and Manny Parra. Game time is 7:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.
Go Brewers!
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Happenin' place tonight
Wasn’t J.R. Towles supposed to be an offensive upgrade over Ausmus?
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Quick inning for Parra
Maybe get rid of the line drive off the body in the future. His ERA is almost under 5.00 now.
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Mike Hammerin'
Does it again, finally at home.
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Braun
Could’ve at least waited until the Mercedes promotion to give a lucky fan a car. :)
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I also mentioned Parra's ERA
Shucks.
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I wonder what Greg Vaughn's up to these days.
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Wearing bright green batting gloves
and coming to the plate to “Nothin’ But a G Thang”. Great at bat music. I loved Vaughn.
Rickie
has been covering 1B well on bunts.
there was the 2-5-4(@3) DP the other day. And on the recent SB, he covered first.
he did get DFA'ed on a road trip
but that was over two weeks ago. wouldn’t someone have let him in to clean up his stuff? he had said he was going to report to Pawtucket, after all. (Ah, baseball stories.)
He’s an odd one. The day before the Sox sent him down he was walking around the field at the Metrodome and appeared to be giving other guys pitching tips (from what I could hear,) including Daisuke Matsuzaka. Hmm.
Cameron now has more HR than Fielder
and he missed the first 15 games…
Any of you more knowledgeable in peripheral-stats able to give me some hope that Fielder has just been unlucky or something?
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
about the HRs… shhhhhhh…
about the stats, I would go to baseball-reference.com and look for babip – and I’m no expert by any means.
err...
babip has nothing to do with HRs;) 3TO need not apply:P
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions
and FSN quick enough to switch as Backe looks like he was saying...
that which Shaft got yelled at for
It might help
To catch the plate with some of these pitches.
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By the same token
Parra’s pretty good at giving him reasons to.
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Parra is an exceptionally good batter
for a pitcher. look at him milk 9 pitches off the opposition. Sure, it didn’t come out to an RBI, but you gotta give him props for trying.
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
problem with a bunt
a foul ends the inning.
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions
That Berkman
He’s so hot right now.
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I care desperately about what I do. Do I know what product I’m selling? No. Do I know what I’m doing today? No. But I’m here, and I’m gonna give it my best shot.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on May 30, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions
He got through five innings again
Is it time for a Parra-tay?
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only 72 pitches
He’s got at least 10 pitches left in him:)
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions
eat too much dried fruit?
prunes? apricots?
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I bet he was borrowing Dillon's
;)
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Earplugs?
Anyone notice the white thing in his left ear? Is it earplugs? Anyone with delicious HD FSN able to see if it’s in his right as well?
earplugs
delicious hd tells me that they looked like a wax-like earplug in both ears.
by goirish2107 on May 30, 2008 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Veggie that retard!
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on May 30, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
what the hell
average a couple of those pitches out (high and in the dirt), and he still missed the strikezone inside
that's my source too
my guess is the ump thought it was low.
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Ok. That's a fantastic photo. But who is it, and what made you put it up?
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 30, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Ian Curtis of Joy Division, one of whose songs was “She’s Lost Control”.
He's extremely quick and good.
okay...
that was obscure
i was thinking you were jumping for “Joy”
and of course i only knew who it was after looking at the URL tag and wiki’ing it.
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions
It’s a pretty famous song, and a harrowing one. Kind of like watching Parra walk Ty Wigginton three times.
He's extremely quick and good.
ah...
.... I really do love that photo…
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 30, 2008 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions
It's even "better" (i.e. more poignant) when you know what happened to him
He's extremely quick and good.
agreed
despite my negative nancy impression
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions
aw man
Al Bundy always wanted an alien with 3….
be careful what you wish for.
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
It's links like that
that have me seriously wondering about your interenet habits…
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 30, 2008 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
That's the ciritical question?
Usually you move beyond interest in that by the time you can blog.
He's extremely quick and good.
Two hard liners at outfielders that inning
Reminds me of a guy who called in to a talk show and said one of the problems with the Brewers was that they don’t have any good gap hitters.
As many as can get her away from Bill & Brian?
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I was thinking the same thing
we should add a side bar to the site for Trenni weddings attended this summer
..and more importantly
are they cute?
and is at least one still single?
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions
well...also..
already have one.
not one of Trenni’s sister’s, but you get the point
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions
We will have
to check the game thread from a couple of weekends ago. Someone in here said they went to high school with her sister.
christ he's hitting well
just one more hit for >.300
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions
it may hinge
on whether kendall
a) gets on base (PH)
b) gets an RBI (?)
c) gets an HR (villy’ll bat)
d) gets out (Villy’ll pitch?)
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
and it's
option d.
so is it Mota or Villy?
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Mota is in on Gameday
He hasn’t worked in a while.
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this is a non-save situation, correct?
up by more than 3.
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions
FSN
You’d think they’d realize Chris Sampson has been out of the game for almost two innings and adjust their coming up in the 9th names.
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maybe he'll somehow bend the rules of baseball
and pinch hit for his old slot.
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
it's all about
the retro uniforms
gotta love ‘em.
by PagsBrewCrew on May 30, 2008 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions
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Chicago
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Cincinnati
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Houston
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Milwaukee
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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Pittsburgh
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0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | Lost 0 |
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