Game Thread #69: Twins (34-35) at Brewers (35-33)
by Jeff Sackmann
on Jun 15, 2008 11:00 AM CDT
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The matchup is Scott Baker vs. Seth McClung. McClung started a couple of games against the Twins, one in 2005 (that time he was respectable) and the other in 2003 (when he wasn't). We faced Baker twice last year, and seem to have figured him out by the second time. Maybe our returning hitters have a long memory.
Game time is 1:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.
Go Brewers!
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This is interesting
Apparently at the New York Post the Brewers are getting some publicity.
He writes that the Brewers may be interested in C.C. and that they may also consider trading Prince in the future. These two scenarios seem to contradict each other, but it’s still fun to think about.
Anyone have a feeling on the worth of Prince? I would think it would be pretty high considering he’s only entering his arbitration years.
by brewfan2 on
Jun 15, 2008 11:13 AM CDT
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you have two 'http's in there
Try this one.
I thought this comment by Melvin was interesting: It’s not something I am exploring. But I never rule out anything. The day I traded Carlos Lee, I went to work with no plans whatsoever to do it, and by midnight he was a Texas Ranger.
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 11:28 AM CDT
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who is this Yostg guy?
http://blogs.jsonline.com/brewers/archive/2008/06/14/why-yost-left-tavarez-in-the-game.aspx
“He was the last guy I was going to use,” said Yostg. “I felt like he could use one more day off.
Go Brewers! No Mercy, McClung!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
go get em' seth!
by Jamie in LA on
Jun 15, 2008 12:07 PM CDT
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Iribarren is starting at 2B
Apparently his first name is pronounced “air-non”
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 12:57 PM CDT
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If only the base paths we're softball length
Gomez would be unstoppable
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:08 PM CDT
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Hahaha
Someone just shouted out “Flavor FLAAAAAV!”
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 1:09 PM CDT
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Stupid Brewers.
/at the game last night
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on
Jun 15, 2008 1:10 PM CDT
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Blame it on Yost not the players
Taveras should not be in that ballgame
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:11 PM CDT
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I recommend McClung as a double starter this week in my fantasy column
Going out on a bit of a limb there. Seth, please don’t make it hurt too much.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 1:15 PM CDT
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Thatta Boy Gabe
I wanna see more of this guy
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:16 PM CDT
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So our entire infield throws right and bats left
Guys like that are not too common. I wonder when the last time a team fielded an infield like that?
by dixieflatline on
Jun 15, 2008 1:16 PM CDT
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Wow, nice observation
I doubt thats happened all that much
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:18 PM CDT
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I don't know for sure if this is most recent
But on 5/25/03, the Padres started Dave Hansen at first, Keith Lockhart at second, Ramon Vazquez at short, and Sean Burroughs at third against the Diamondbacks.
Guys that bat right and throw left are even rarer.
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by TheJay on
Jun 15, 2008 2:01 PM CDT
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They still get an out from that mess
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 1:20 PM CDT
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Thats when you know
things are running bad for the Brewers
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:21 PM CDT
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C'mon Russell
Get us on the board here with a nice 2-out hit
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:21 PM CDT
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gameday 2007
Sometimes I prefer it to follow a game. Here.
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 1:22 PM CDT
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How do you view the 2007 gameday
instead of the new 2008 version??
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:24 PM CDT
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Does the link when you hit the word “here” work?
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 1:25 PM CDT
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First check the game “preview” or the regular gameday. Copy the “game id” which is the date and the teams plus the underscores and the 1. Then use this url, which I have a link to, and paste it on the end.
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 1:31 PM CDT
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Cool, yeah i like the 2007 version
still can’t get used to the 08 version
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:43 PM CDT
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Its smaller, is easier to follow the play by play, and I like the pitch information for previous batters.
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 1:45 PM CDT
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Russell stylin in blue shades
c’mon, pound this guy
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 1:23 PM CDT
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Is that Branyan's first non-HR RBI?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 1:23 PM CDT
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Looked it up
Nope.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 1:24 PM CDT
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Haha, Trenni's from Wind Lake
The town that doesn’t really exist.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 1:31 PM CDT
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LoL
I actually live in Windlake, in the same neighborhood as Trenni’s parents
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:34 PM CDT
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My stepmom used to teach out there
She could never figure out what exactly was the difference between Norway and Wind Lake.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 1:35 PM CDT
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Awkward moment as Brian accuses Bill's father of beating him
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 1:32 PM CDT
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McClung quickly becoming a viable starter
Of all the surprises this year McClung has to be the most positive one. Honestly I never thought he had it in him and I still don’t exactly know how he is getting it done. I keep waiting for him to implode but he never seems to.
by dixieflatline on
Jun 15, 2008 1:38 PM CDT
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I liked him as a reliever, especially if he could throw his non-fastball pitches for strikes. Then bring the heat with the fastballs. As a starter, I’m still just watching and wondering.
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 1:44 PM CDT
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"mechanical fixes"
This may be one instance where that line isn’t bullshit.
If the wheels don’t fall off I feel pretty good about a Gallardo – Parra – McClung – Soup – Someone rotation for next year. Sheets – Gallardo – Parra – McClung – Soup would be ideal, of course.
Now if only we can make Villanueva eat his wheaties and be able to pitch in the rotation as he can in relief.
by warwick5s on
Jun 15, 2008 1:56 PM CDT
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What?
Gabe Kapler doesn’t deliver every time up?
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by TheJay on
Jun 15, 2008 1:46 PM CDT
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I know, amazing
I already had him down for a single in my scorebook
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 1:47 PM CDT
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nice replays for FSN
Maybe its alternate dimension day today
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 1:51 PM CDT
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gameday2007
Another thing it does, at least on my system, is show the strike 3 pitch. In 2008, it flashes ‘strikeout’ and moves to the next batter. If I want to know what the location was, I have to fool with it.
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 1:53 PM CDT
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and on Cam it said strike 3 was actually a ball
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 2:03 PM CDT
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Love that curveball
and love seeing Carlos Gomez look like a fool, instead of him making us look rediculous by beating out a bunt single
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 2:06 PM CDT
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Seth bunting like crap
crazy idea – have him swing away on a two strike count
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 2:17 PM CDT
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agreed
My mother was yelling about that. apparently it is “like making Prince bunt—what’s the point?”
McClung knows how to hit that ball out of the infield, but bunting is not in his skill set at this time.
by morineko on
Jun 15, 2008 2:20 PM CDT
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"My mother was yelling about that."
You really should consider blogging.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 2:22 PM CDT
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do we need the baseball equivalent of Old Grandma Hardcore?
My mother is in her 60s, and I spend my weekends with her doing…well, mostly watching the Brewers and taking her grocery shopping.
My actual grandmother, this year, has done a bit of commentary on the Rockies’ pitching mechanics (lack of leg lift, apparently) and some embarrassing ogling of Josh Hamilton. My 81-year-old grandmother. .....
by morineko on
Jun 15, 2008 2:27 PM CDT
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Yeah, get them signed up and posting already.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 2:31 PM CDT
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You heard her
from the basement? :)
"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 15, 2008 2:30 PM CDT
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Kubel homers as BA is talking about Son of Clung's no-hit stuff
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 2:22 PM CDT
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nice timing Brian
Comparing McClung to Sheets as clobbering Kubel launches one to CF
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 2:23 PM CDT
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On cue
As Anderson and Rock rant about the nasty stuff of McClung
WHAMO!
by Scooter82 on
Jun 15, 2008 2:23 PM CDT
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Dick and Bert are still talking about all his walks with TB
After five innings of, um, McClung not walking anyone.
by morineko on
Jun 15, 2008 2:28 PM CDT
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Dick is still alive?
Too bad.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 2:30 PM CDT
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I would like to see...
Corey Hart throw someone out at first who rounded the bag too far on a single, a la Glenn Wilson.
"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 15, 2008 2:32 PM CDT
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Larry Walker did that a couple times, I remember
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 2:34 PM CDT
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he went 85 in the last one
and theoretically they’re trying to stretch him out to 100, right?
however, he’s got his nervous habits going (the twisting of the ball, and the deep breathing—haven’t seen the tugging at his jersey yet) so he’s showing all the signs of being done.
by morineko on
Jun 15, 2008 2:39 PM CDT
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Off to the Kiltie for lunch
we better be winning when I get back!
"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 15, 2008 2:37 PM CDT
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In honor of the McClung start?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 2:39 PM CDT
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Mike Hammerin'
Yay.
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by TheJay on
Jun 15, 2008 2:45 PM CDT
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Kendall
First time he’s gotten two singles in a game since May 12. His two other multi-hit games in that stretch both had doubles involved.
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by TheJay on
Jun 15, 2008 2:46 PM CDT
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McClung out
Shouse probably in. I knew he was done, but not due to last minute offensive replacement.
by morineko on
Jun 15, 2008 2:48 PM CDT
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Plus three of the next four up for Minn are lefties
Which means Shouse will likely face Cuddyer.
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by TheJay on
Jun 15, 2008 2:49 PM CDT
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Orioles coming to town
Here is a recent trade idea at an Orioles forum: First… put together a package of Roberts, Sherrill, etc. to Milwaukee for A. Escobar, Weeks, and Gamel.
I’d end up getting arrested at their offices for hollerin’ and raising a ruckus if they did something that daft.
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 2:55 PM CDT
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Airnon has quick hands
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on
Jun 15, 2008 2:56 PM CDT
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hope we get an insurance run or two for
8th inning guy™
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 3:00 PM CDT
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Weird situation there with Harris
I wonder what that was all about.
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by TheJay on
Jun 15, 2008 3:22 PM CDT
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Yeah, got time, got in, then wanted to go back out almost right away. Wish I could read lips. I got the finish: Go… go.
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 3:24 PM CDT
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Alright Mota!
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on
Jun 15, 2008 3:23 PM CDT
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Mota = nasty
every time i’ve seen him this season he’s been dealing… i should watch more often
he really uses his high 90’s heat effectively, setting it up with those breaking balls
I'll warm up with you anytime
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Jun 15, 2008 3:25 PM CDT
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gonna be an interesting day to watch
see how he does today
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
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Jun 15, 2008 3:48 PM CDT
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His tee shot off 2 was just as bad
Can't pitch Gagne in rain. He’s like the B-2 bomber of baseball.--TheJay
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Jun 15, 2008 3:51 PM CDT
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Counsell
Probably the easiest steal of his career.
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by TheJay on
Jun 15, 2008 3:44 PM CDT
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Assuming
he’s never stolen on Johnny Estrada
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on
Jun 15, 2008 3:46 PM CDT
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Heh
Estrada used to be able to throw guys out.
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Jun 15, 2008 3:47 PM CDT
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Nice PA by Hall
Ten pitches with four two-strike fouls.
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by TheJay on
Jun 15, 2008 3:47 PM CDT
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inning over
I was ready for an unclogger
by ol Pete on
Jun 15, 2008 3:51 PM CDT
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Torres is actually...good!
Please tell me he’ll remain closer when Gagne comes back.
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
by SRB on
Jun 15, 2008 3:58 PM CDT
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