Game Thread #67: Twins (32-35) at Brewers (35-31)
by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 13, 2008 4:50 PM CDT
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Last year, the Brewers split the season series against the Twins, and a repeat performance would be a-ok with me. As we discovered first hand against the Red Sox, some of these AL teams are pretty good, and while the Twins probably aren't headed to the World Series this year, they're not as bad as you might expect without Johan Santana.
The matchup tonight is between Dave Bush and Kevin Slowey. Both pitchers are coming off of disappointing outings; amazingly, Slowey's last start was considerably worse than Bush's.
Game time is 7:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.
Go Brewers!
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FYI
Cody Adams, our their second-round draft pick, a RHP out of SIU, signed today.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 5:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cody seems to be the name of the day
"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 13, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, they’re both rather fond of the name.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"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 13, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that lineup looks thin... let's hope for the best...
go get em' seth!
by Jamie in LA on Jun 13, 2008 6:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Our lineup
Includes C Hart leadoff
B Hall 2B
C Counsell SS and batting 2nd
Cameron is back in center (hitting 6th)
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 13, 2008 6:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah...
i’m okay with it. I hope Kapler gets a pinch AB.
It’s at Miller Park, right? so, NL rules.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 13, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
correct.
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tuning into the cubs blue jay game wait for the crew to start
Who knew Matt Stairs was not only still alive but batting second for the Jays? Not TheJay’s softball team either :)
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 6:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He's been on one of my fantasy teams all year
Note: team is in a “gimmick” league, and my particular team is themed around players listed under 6’ tall.
Stairs is the power guy on my team—and apparently on the real Jays as well.
The pitching is dodgy. Most pitchers under 6’ appear to be lefty specialists. Yes, Shouse was on my team.
by morineko on Jun 13, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm in a gimmick league that starts on monday
All hitters are listed as Utility. All pitchers are just listed as pitchers. 15 stat categories for each. No conventional stats.
I’m pumped.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 13, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw that
one of the draftees from this year was described as “a Matt Stairs-like prospect” on the MLB site.
....
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 13, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hardy not dead, but has strained rotator cuff
He’ll be fine, of course.
by Jordan M on Jun 13, 2008 6:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So I am strangely confident about Bush tonight
He groove way too many pitches but if there is a team you can get away with thatt it is the Twins. Also his cutter should come in handy against the lefties the Twins have.
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 7:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nope
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey what do you know
2-0 Jays on a Matt Stair homer! Speak of the devil. Anyway on to the Brewer game.
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 7:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Joe Mauer is Bill's wet dream
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 7:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't it seem like the Cubs are down ~3-1 almost every day?
Then Ramirez doubles, Soto homers, DeRosa doubles, etc, etc.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True.
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Low strike
Nice to see.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 7:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Prince
Running well with his newly streamlined face.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 7:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Here is where contact would be nice
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Branyan has two sac bunts in his career
One was in 2005 for the Brewers. Anyone remember it?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thought he was out at first
but really close and safe
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 7:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So I am with Bob and Jim
Bob said that ball went to the track. How did Fielder not make it? Bad jump or just not going fast?
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Air resistance
He needs someone to draft for him.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can’t tell because FSN gives us less information than you get
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And the funny thing is that Russell one handed it as he tried to hold up his swing and it goes to the warning track. Others, such as Counsell sometimes rip one and I’m thinking it could be his first homer and then the second baseman backs up a few steps and catches it.
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man Hall still has an OBP under .300
.289 right now. That is unaceptable especially if you are going to make as many errors as he has.
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 7:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It took me awhile to process this, but his OBP really sucks because he hardly ever gets hit by pitches
Three this year already ties his career high, which was set last year; before that it was one (!). He has a bad walk rate, but not an abysmal one, but the lack of HBPs always makes his OBP lower than it seems like it should be.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Greg Gagne, duh
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Shawn Chacon holding Yankees to 1 so far
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Single by Edmonds, bases clogged, no out
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
AAA guy with a single and an RBI, but Theriot GDP
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I was looking through the traffic logs
We got a hit from someone searching Yahoo for “mat gamel jewish”. I love it.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 7:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Minor league goings-on
Michael Brantley with another homer for Huntsville, and Wisconsin native RJ Seidel having his best start of the year for West Virginia.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 8:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Start activity? This must be part of Melvin’s culture of winning.
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DeFelice is up.. I guess the white flag is already waiving.
by SgtClueLs on Jun 13, 2008 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
White flag back in for the 6th inning.
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FRAK it was the FRIGGIN pitcher, an AL pitcher
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
We can change interleague rivals from the Twins to the Timber Rattlers.
Coffee is for closers
by drezdn on Jun 13, 2008 8:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
this season
is making me become a baseball purist
by keephopealive on Jun 13, 2008 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Branyan with a double
The fourth true outcome?
Coffee is for closers
by drezdn on Jun 13, 2008 8:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bases clogged and Jenks up to bat as Phils are slapping the Cards around. Wellemeyer out of game in 4th.
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 8:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Slowey just doubled
Come on, Dave. That’s at least the second Twins SP to get a double for his first career hit in the first game he ever batted in; Liriano did it two years ago.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
*against us
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
err...
i don’t think it’s the first game he’s batted in this season
he’s hitting .200 and is 1 for 3 today. so he had 2 ABs elsewhere
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 13, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right
Still his first hit, though
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet lookin play by the pride of Gefilte Fish Bay
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 8:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
followed by Ryan and his “iron glove” trying to keep Bulldog’s ERA under 6
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice play, bug eyes
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 8:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dillard in
the guy who was furiously warming up yesterday, but the guy warming up today isn’t. Someone help me understand, or does it take a Vulcan mind probe.
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 8:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bill E.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You've got to be kidding me
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 8:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Jesus..
2 Hits / 2 RBIs for an AL pitcher?
Guess the lack of DH hurts more then an AL pitcher hacking so ar…
by SgtClueLs on Jun 13, 2008 8:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Game
Wake up DeFelice.. the game is over.
by SgtClueLs on Jun 13, 2008 8:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah it is
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope so..
I’ll be at the game.. promptly tailgating at 3pm.
The only bright spot I can say, is that Slowly really helped my AL Fantasy team today. Good game for him.
by SgtClueLs on Jun 13, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For those of you that want some laughs
Go to the MLB gameday for the cubs game. Micheal Wuetz throwing right, and left, handed. That is the worst camera system in the league.
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 9:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
or look at the Cards score 14-1
oh wait, we’re being pasted by the Twins as well
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Wuetz rolled around in nuclear waste before he got to the park today. Grew an extra pitching arm.
by SgtClueLs on Jun 13, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bill Hall's contribution
negative 6 runs.
put Ibrarren in the next game at second please and DFA Hall.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 13, 2008 9:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hall is coming up
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
any chance
he’s just trying to hose the team completely?
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 13, 2008 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Billy’s got a lot of talent, but man he is scuffling.
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fly the flag..
At least we don’t LOSE ground right?
Trying to stay positive..
by SgtClueLs on Jun 13, 2008 9:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cards game is only the 6th
14-1, I wonder if the end up using a position player to pitch
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d rather see a DiFelice start than ever see another Bush one.
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah if ever he was going to pitch well tonight was it
by dixieflatline on Jun 13, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those guys were just back footing it and banging the ball.
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about a Dillard start?
He still has a sparkling 1.17 ERA
by keephopealive on Jun 13, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like Dillard throwing 95 out of the pen just fine
His stuff has never been nearly this good.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
joking
I was being sarcastic about his giving up 5 unearned runs… but I agree with you
by keephopealive on Jun 13, 2008 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Branyan
his insane skills are going to waste on a team like the Brewers… it’s kind of like A-rod when he played for Texas… sort of, I mean…
by keephopealive on Jun 13, 2008 9:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Two more errors for Gamel
Not a great day.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 13, 2008 9:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yost'd?
So I didnt get to watch any of the game, just checked the yahoo box score. Was this a “why the hell didnt Ned pull him sooner?” situation or just a complete milwaukee meltdown?
"You have no honor!" - McClung to Fukudome
by zsxander567 on Jun 13, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Phils score 17 with a couple innings left
and Jenks is 0 for 4 with an RBI
by ol Pete on Jun 13, 2008 9:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dave Bush
Apparently he needs the constant threat of being fired.
Coffee is for closers
by drezdn on Jun 13, 2008 10:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thank goodness for small favors
"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 13, 2008 10:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lefty on the mound today for the Twins
With four left handed infielders right now someone is going to have to start against Perkins today. I had kind of thought that maybe today would be a good day to give Billy a day off but he probably will be in the lineup today. I’d vote Billy back at third Dillon at second and Counsell at short assuming J.J. Can’t play. That leaves Russ, our best bat recently, on the bench but he really can’t hit lefties and having him pinch hit later in the game might be more useful.
by dixieflatline on Jun 14, 2008 8:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sounds good..
Seems reasonable. It’s not Sunday so we won’t get the true Sunday line up. At least I hope.
I just hope the bats wake up again vs. a delicious leftie. Hall better have a good start to the game or the Boo birds will be out in force. Silly Bill hurting the value of my signed bobble and bat. :(
by SgtClueLs on Jun 14, 2008 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LaRussa ejection last night
The clip here on the Cards site is 4:23. I guess on TV you could see him stomp on his sunglasses. Seems poorly handled by the umps.
by ol Pete on Jun 14, 2008 9:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
UMPs
yeah I agree. Pretty poorly handled, especially with the Phillies throwing behind Schumaker. (I think it was Schumaker).
Tony isn’t above throwing at people, but I don’t know if he was that time. Anyone know the history of LaRussa and that umpire crew?
by SgtClueLs on Jun 14, 2008 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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91 | 71 | .561 | 0 | Lost 6 |
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Chicago
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83 | 78 | .515 | 7.5 | Lost 1 |
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Milwaukee
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80 | 82 | .493 | 11 | Won 3 |
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Cincinnati
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78 | 84 | .481 | 13 | Won 2 |
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Houston
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