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Game Thread #69: Twins (34-35) at Brewers (35-33)

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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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Hahaha

Someone just shouted out “Flavor FLAAAAAV!”

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 15, 2008 1:09 PM CDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

Blame it on Yost not the players

Taveras should not be in that ballgame

by Scooter82 on Jun 15, 2008 1:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Thatta Boy Gabe

I wanna see more of this guy

by Scooter82 on Jun 15, 2008 1:16 PM CDT   0 recs

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?

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by dixieflatline on Jun 15, 2008 1:16 PM CDT   0 recs

Wow, nice observation

I doubt thats happened all that much

by Scooter82 on Jun 15, 2008 1:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

They still get an out from that mess

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 15, 2008 1:20 PM CDT   0 recs

Thats when you know

things are running bad for the Brewers

by Scooter82 on Jun 15, 2008 1:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

gameday 2007

Sometimes I prefer it to follow a game. Here.

by ol Pete on Jun 15, 2008 1:22 PM CDT   0 recs

How do you view the 2007 gameday

instead of the new 2008 version??

by Scooter82 on Jun 15, 2008 1:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Does the link when you hit the word “here” work?

by ol Pete on Jun 15, 2008 1:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yes

He means how do you find the link the in the first place.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 15, 2008 1:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Is that Branyan's first non-HR RBI?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 15, 2008 1:23 PM CDT   0 recs

Looked it up

Nope.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 15, 2008 1:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Russell stylin in blue shades

c’mon, pound this guy

by ol Pete on Jun 15, 2008 1:23 PM CDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

LoL

I actually live in Windlake, in the same neighborhood as Trenni’s parents

by Scooter82 on Jun 15, 2008 1:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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.

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by dixieflatline on Jun 15, 2008 1:38 PM CDT   0 recs

Agree

I find myself looking forward to McClung starts because he always seems to keep us in the ballgame, and has the potential to throw multiple zero’s up there for us. I definately enjoy watching him more than Dave Bush

by Scooter82 on Jun 15, 2008 1:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

"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 to parent up   0 recs

What?

Gabe Kapler doesn’t deliver every time up?

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by TheJay on Jun 15, 2008 1:46 PM CDT   0 recs

I know, amazing

I already had him down for a single in my scorebook

by Scooter82 on Jun 15, 2008 1:47 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

nice replays for FSN

Maybe its alternate dimension day today

by ol Pete on Jun 15, 2008 1:51 PM CDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

and on Cam it said strike 3 was actually a ball

by ol Pete on Jun 15, 2008 2:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

Rock

made a funny.

by Braunstalker on Jun 15, 2008 2:08 PM CDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

"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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

On cue

As Anderson and Rock rant about the nasty stuff of McClung
WHAMO!

by Scooter82 on Jun 15, 2008 2:23 PM CDT   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

Dick is still alive?

Too bad.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 15, 2008 2:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

78 after 6

by ol Pete on Jun 15, 2008 2:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

In honor of the McClung start?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 15, 2008 2:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

always sweet following a walk

by ol Pete on Jun 15, 2008 2:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Mike Hammerin'

Yay.

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by TheJay on Jun 15, 2008 2:45 PM CDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

Airnon has quick hands

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 15, 2008 2:56 PM CDT   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 to parent up   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by ufoboy90 on Jun 15, 2008 3:25 PM CDT   0 recs