Game Thread #65: Brewers (33-31) at Astros (33-32)
Tonight it's Manny Parra against Brandon Backe. Last time those two squared off, Parra pitched well and the Brewers got the win. But that was at Miller Park, while the Juice Box may be the least LHP-friendly park in the majors.
I'm going to try this again, since it worked so well last time: The Brewers won't suck tonight. I promise.
Game time is 7:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.
Go Brewers!
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Counsell in at second base
According to the JS blog. Apparently Kendall and the second baseman switching spots doesn’t count as a lineup change in Witrado’s mind, though since he wrote yesterday’s changes remained “in tact” who knows what he’s really trying to say.
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by TheJay on Jun 11, 2008 5:07 PM CDT 0 recs
Maybe he's complimenting the lineup's politeness
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 11, 2008 6:16 PM CDT
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No Bill Hall
But Mike Cameron gets to stay in the lineup.
by Marty McSuperFly on Jun 11, 2008 5:09 PM CDT 0 recs
dee-fense
clap clap clapclapclap
"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
Jun 11, 2008 5:15 PM CDT
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That's because Counsell can't play CF
...although he’s never tried, has he? Someone should bring that to Yost’s attention, ASAP.
by morineko on
Jun 11, 2008 6:07 PM CDT
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Reading JS Blog
makes me mad at Ned again. Here I thought he was going to let Hall get almost all of the time at second with a Branyan/Dillon platoon at 3rd. According to that, Hall will only play at second “if he matches up well with a right-handed pitcher”.
Which is better, offensively and defensively? I know what my vote is:
2B: Hall, Irabarren against some righties
3B: Branyan/Dillon
2B: Counsell, Dillon, occasionally Hall and maybe Irabarren
3B: Branyan/Hall
by jihad on Jun 11, 2008 5:20 PM CDT 0 recs
Village Pub
So I recently moved to Shorewood and indulged in “Tuesday 2 Dollar Fatboy Pabsts” while watching the game at the local watering hole. A local guy struck up a conversation with me, turns out. He grew up in Whitefish bay and knew Craig.
If Craig ends up at the VP some night, should I just punch him in the mouth and tell him to free Bill Hall? :)
by SgtClueLs on
Jun 11, 2008 6:14 PM CDT
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Ha, the Village Pub
Do you ever go to the Brit Inn?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 11, 2008 6:17 PM CDT
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Not yet..
That’s across the street, I’ve been there about 5 years ago but I haven’t ventured out much since I’ve been moving crap. I’m tired of unpacking crap.
by SgtClueLs on
Jun 11, 2008 6:18 PM CDT
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It's fun. They have Nudie Photohunt.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 11, 2008 6:22 PM CDT
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Baseball?
It’s a soccer bar, alas.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 11, 2008 6:30 PM CDT
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Don't do that!
His only redeeming value is that a lot of fangirls find him attractive. Don’t spoil it for them! ;)
by morineko on
Jun 11, 2008 6:18 PM CDT
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I wouldn't punch Counsell
You ever see Spiderman 3? Counsell is one of the villains.
by Marty McSuperFly on
Jun 11, 2008 6:42 PM CDT
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The Bill E situation has inspired me
Ned Yost is absolutely dog-sh!t on the road, probably even worse than Bill E against righties. So why don’t we have a strict platoon where Ned is just left behind in Milwaukee and we call a manager up from the minors to handle the split?
Same Brewer fun, but with 50% less Yost.
by Getting Yosted on Jun 11, 2008 6:06 PM CDT 1 recs
BRILLIANT!
The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
by 80badger on
Jun 11, 2008 6:14 PM CDT
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Or the Hall at second situation could apply
Like Witrado said on the blog:
As I said yesterday, Hall will only see time at second base if he matches up well against a right-handed pitcher.
We only bring in Ned if he matches up well against a certain team. For example, whenever the Brewers play the Pawtucket Red Sox. Or Seattle Mariners. Or something like that.
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 6:19 PM CDT
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Know who else sucked as a manager on the road (compared to how he did at home)?
Cap Anson. Guy had a .658 winning percentage at home but it dipped to .493 on the road.
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by TheJay on
Jun 11, 2008 7:11 PM CDT
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go brewers!!!!!!
just cause i can’t bear to watch; doesn’t mean i don’t care…
go get em' seth!
by Jamie in LA on Jun 11, 2008 6:41 PM CDT 0 recs
Brian Anderson needs to grow a beard
He’s too clean-cut.
"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 Jun 11, 2008 6:50 PM CDT 0 recs
That's just because of Bill's huge 'stache
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Jun 11, 2008 7:01 PM CDT
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and becomes a “run scorer” on another double by Braun
by ol Pete on
Jun 11, 2008 7:10 PM CDT
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He's just a run scorer.
That’s what he is.
You guys have no concept.
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 7:11 PM CDT
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Beautiful
Braun once again brings the heat
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Jun 11, 2008 7:10 PM CDT 0 recs
Jeffress is dealing
3 IP, 7 K’s, 0 hits, 0 walks, 0 runs.
by jihad on Jun 11, 2008 7:11 PM CDT 0 recs
All seven swinging.
Guys he’s facing must be thinking, why is this guy in single A?
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 7:13 PM CDT
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I'm beginning to wonder the same thing...
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Jun 11, 2008 7:14 PM CDT
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We're waiting to match him up with D-Train
If he has more Ks than Willis has earned runs allowed he gets bumped up to AA.
by Getting Yosted on
Jun 11, 2008 7:23 PM CDT
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The Southern League would forfeit all their games against Huntsville
If even more prospects are put there.
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by TheJay on
Jun 11, 2008 7:16 PM CDT
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Through 4 innings now
He gave up a walk and then a double, it looks like, but managed to strike out the side anyway and now has 10 K’s through 4.
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 7:30 PM CDT
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So this is why he's dominating
The Lakeland lineup starts with Ott, Roof, and Iorg.
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 7:43 PM CDT
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Branyan walk
that was not the true outcome I was expecting at 0 and 2.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 11, 2008 7:17 PM CDT 0 recs
Manny's first - 20 pitches
pop-up for Pence
liner to Counsell by Matsui
single to right for Tejada
swinging K for Garfield
by ol Pete on Jun 11, 2008 7:31 PM CDT 0 recs
Soriano
I just got hit up and in. Off his hand and hit his face.
by ksbrewer on Jun 11, 2008 7:41 PM CDT 0 recs
Abercrombie
So weird to see him around without Fitch
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Jun 11, 2008 7:44 PM CDT 0 recs
BABIP, eh
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by TheJay on
Jun 11, 2008 7:48 PM CDT
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Fell apart in the fifth. Still, 10 Ks in 4.1 innings is another step forward in my opinion.
by jihad on Jun 11, 2008 7:53 PM CDT 0 recs
the big question...
could he strike out brett lawrie?
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Jun 11, 2008 7:54 PM CDT
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No one can strike out Brett Lawrie.
Except

Seriously though, I love Lawrie’s swing. Soooo smooth. Love how he picks up his hands before starting the swing.
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 7:59 PM CDT
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What is the deal here?
Gameday tells me Russell Branyan just homered to give the Brewers a 2-1 lead. Jim Powell tells me differently.
by jihad on Jun 11, 2008 8:05 PM CDT 0 recs
Carlos Lee homered Wiggington struck out
Guess the gameday operator is drinkin’ or something
by ol Pete on
Jun 11, 2008 8:06 PM CDT
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Apparently
if Branyan goes deep here, there’s something fishy going on.
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 8:07 PM CDT
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coincidence? I think not.
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 8:08 PM CDT
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The Gameday people are drinking on the job again
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Jun 11, 2008 8:06 PM CDT
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must have accidentally been chugging
from the Stats Inc guy’s flask.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Jun 11, 2008 8:08 PM CDT
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Ha
Poor Dave – now he doesn’t have enough to last the whole game
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Jun 11, 2008 8:09 PM CDT
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Maybe he won't need it after all
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Jun 11, 2008 8:20 PM CDT
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Branyan delivers
right when we needed it
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on Jun 11, 2008 8:08 PM CDT 0 recs
Not running is not gritty
Someone tell Kendall. What are the odds no one criticizes him because of the reputation?
by jihad on Jun 11, 2008 8:12 PM CDT 0 recs
Maybe
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Jun 11, 2008 8:17 PM CDT
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Yeah I was gonna ask...
How did the Astros get three runs?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 11, 2008 8:17 PM CDT
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Branyan's homer still up there
and that’s not even his homer, unless there’s some voodoo going on.
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 8:17 PM CDT
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I’m picturing the gameday operator getting a hummer or passed out drunk
by ol Pete on
Jun 11, 2008 8:18 PM CDT
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Hey, to each his own, buddy
"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
Jun 11, 2008 8:43 PM CDT
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So wait...
Last time I looked, the Astros had two on and two out and the score was tied 1-1. I that was the bottom of the second. I gather that Branyan and Cameron homered to give the Brewers two more runs, and I saw the Hart homer. Lee hit a two-run shot in the third?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 11, 2008 8:19 PM CDT
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Gameday
called Branyan’s homer about 2 minutes before it actually happened
by jihad on
Jun 11, 2008 8:20 PM CDT
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somehow that caused a rip in the space time continuum. Somewhere is a gameday operator doing just fine, just not in this dimension.
by ol Pete on
Jun 11, 2008 8:21 PM CDT
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Now
If we could just get the two Gamedays to merge…
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Jun 11, 2008 8:22 PM CDT
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he is chilling
in his DeLorean on the Lost island
by molitorfan on
Jun 11, 2008 8:22 PM CDT
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No way
He’s lost in the Delta Quadrant with a major crush on Seven of Nine and Captain Janeway
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Jun 11, 2008 8:23 PM CDT
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You cut me man
You cut me deep
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Jun 11, 2008 8:31 PM CDT
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Sorry.
I was a bitter DS9 fan who couldn’t believe the way they shuffled that show off to the side and stole their writers to save Voyager when no one was watching. And Janeway was awful. Just awful.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on
Jun 11, 2008 8:34 PM CDT
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