Game Thread #75: Orioles (38-35) at Brewers (40-34)
by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 22, 2008 10:00 AM CDT
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PrintNo Mug today as I couldn't find much of interest on the interwebs. Post-game links from last night's game:
This afternoon it's Garrett Olson and his 4.80 ERA against Manny Parra and his 4.22 ERA. As you might've noticed, Parra has been excellent lately, going 5-0 with a 3.00 ERA in his last seven starts. His last outing was his best yet: seven shutout innings against the Jays.
Game time is 1:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview. The slate is about as clean as you could ask for: No Brewers or Orioles batter has faced the opposing starter today.
Go Brewers!
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I was going to post this in the mug but since there isn't one I'll post it here
Continuing my man-crush on Zach Greinke here is what he has to say about domes.
Zack Greinke should feel right at home at Rogers Centre at Toronto. “I like all domes,” he said. “The weather is always good and I think that’s why [I like them], because you can always have batting practice and it’s not real hot or real cold and it’s just nice.“You don’t have to worry about the wind blowing straight out one game or all the different things that can happen with it. You just know what it’s going to be like, and that’s how it is.”
Make a deal Doug, make a deal.
you just know that
if a deal was made, fall would be unseasonably warm, and every Greinke start for two months would have the roof open.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 22, 2008 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't know but I am just enamored with him
I am probably going to write up a profile on him for my next THT article. Looking in depth on his player card shows an average fastball of 94 MPH with good horizontal movement and even better vertical movement. That is a plus plus pitch. His change is a ridiculous 12 MPH slower than his fastball which is crazy good. His slider has merely average movement but has a 9 MPH speed differential and his curve while not getting huge vertical drop still has an above average differential compared to his fastball and has a very small hump. His control is good walking less than the league average and he is getting more grounders this year and lowered his P/PA to 3.71. Oh and he is also hiding all of his pitches well with almost no difference in release point.
Honestly, I think he is an elite pitcher right now who is 24 and possibly has room to get better. I would trade LaPorta and a fringe prospect of the Royals choosing for him. He is a free agent after 2010 and will make some bucks in arbitration but that seems to fit into the Brewer’s window quite well.
by dixieflatline on Jun 22, 2008 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Wow
That’s a lot of good info on him.
BTW, Rotoworld has Greinke as a free agent in 2011. They could be wrong.
Is that after 2011 or after 2010?
In any case he should command more than Sabathia if both were to be traded.
by dixieflatline on Jun 22, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Cot's has his service time as
3 years and 57 days entering the season, so he’ll be a free agent after 2010.
Fun fact
Look over to “related stories on Brew Crew Ball” on the right sidebar. Those are related because they are Parra’s last starts, and I tag all the game threads with the starters names. Brewers record going into each of Parra’s last five starts:
23-26
26-28
31-28
33-31
36-33
Nice.
Also, cheese.
For some reason
my dumb-ass thought you were talking about the Stories from around SBN, particularily ” Colon Squeezes Out O’s for 150th”
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Jun 22, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Another lefty for us to hammer
Olson looks like just our kind of pitcher. Fastball near 90 MPH with OK movement, straight change that he hides well but has just 8 MPH difference from his fastball, and a slider that has some decent bite to it. He doesn’t have that junkballer big curve or change the drops off the table that has given us trouble in the past so I expect a good performance by the offense today. He throws a lot of first pitch fastballs so I wouldn’t be too surprised to see some of our guys (read Braun) swinging away early.
leftys don't seem as sure a thing this year
Sounds like a control pitcher who keeps the ball down.
Here are articles about his first two starts: camdendepot
This should be an adventure
My flight to Orlando is delayed, so I’m going to try to watch the game over my AT&T 3G card.
by Marty McSuperFly on Jun 22, 2008 12:54 PM CDT reply actions
It's working on the mlb screen
Maybe the game action will be nice, smooth movements like this :)
by Marty McSuperFly on Jun 22, 2008 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
working so far
But with the 400k feed, I don’t need Counsell to add any more grit to this game.
by Marty McSuperFly on Jun 22, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Jesus,
Corey
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 1:09 PM CDT reply actions
Thankfully
I chose not to Pitch n Ditch Manny today.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 1:10 PM CDT reply actions
Looks like the bats will need to score some this game
I am confident they can but it would have been nice to limit this to one run.
he should have been
after not having the infield in on that second run I think he was too ashamed to “manage” the rest of the game.
the ump was too fair
figured he’d give the brewers an unfair advantage by tossing him
by Marty McSuperFly on Jun 22, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
On. Fire.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 1:48 PM CDT reply actions
So how much longer do you stick with Manny?
If this keeps up I think maybe pinch hitting for him next inning is the way to go. If he even gets that far.
Drag Bunt attempt?
I am not sure what Parra was thinking . I don’t know if he could have beat that out
Jim Palmer
on the O’s broadcast called the strike zone “as wide as the ballpark”. And Manny still has 5 walks.
Wow
The first two innings were rough, huh? Glad I missed them, I might have had to make a drink.
He's extremely quick and good.
yes they were
Ned didn’t bring Hall up with a runner on third and the O’s shouldn’t have scored the second run. I was so mad about that and Manny’s lack of control that I almost turned the game off.
It's the end of the world as we know it
Seth McClung was “Ben Sheets” like. I guess we dont have to worry about an ace next year.
Those are some serious colors Trenni is sporting
She’s a true Wisconsinite.
He's extremely quick and good.
Talking about the lineup with Weeks back
I’m projecting:
- Weeks
- Hardy
- Braun
- Fielder
- Hart
- Branyan
- Cameron
- Kendall
For the next week or so.
He's extremely quick and good.
Holy Shit!
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 2:29 PM CDT reply actions
The Rockies’ Rookie-ball affiliate renamed themselves the Ghosts. Why? They play in Casper, WY.
He's extremely quick and good.
Everything upsets fundamentalists.
they should probably work on the fundamentals more. That’s what the Rock would say.
"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!"
Somehow I doubt fundamentalists would be good at not trying to do too much with it
And they seem very committed in their direction, so I don’t think they’d be taking it the other way, either.
He's extremely quick and good.
Giddy up Kapler!
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
he would have taken a beating with the hard jimmy jokes in school.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Baseball question
does this mean Parra is
a) in position for the win
or
b) gets a no decision today?
seeing as they erased the lead after he was already pulled out, but he already pitched in the inning where they took the lead?
He should be in line for the win. Right?
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Nobody else had pitched
at the time the Brewers took the lead.
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
doesn't need a headcold for the defense
wow
but I haven’t seen Kibir around this weekend in any of the game threads
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 22, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Hammer. Dropped.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 2:50 PM CDT reply actions
Mammoth hit!
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
Cormier warming up
According to Gameday, he’s been in the game since Friday.
He's extremely quick and good.
yep
the curse of weeks
or The Week Curse™
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 22, 2008 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Dude
Maybe Riske needed more of a rehab.
"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!"
perhaps also not the best umpire strike zone
to try to have Riske get over his control problems from last time…
Sadly I think we are going to have to DL him again if we want him to rehab some more
We are paying him a lot for many years so he needs to get things turned around.
by dixieflatline on Jun 22, 2008 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Riske earning his namesake
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
This is the first time
I’m seeing him. Has he always maxed out at 90? I thought he was a power pitcher when we picked him up.
90mph fastball
is in line with his career velocity.
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
Big play!
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
So, does Mota still pitch?
No longer a “hold situation”.
"My thing is that you guys eat meat all day and you can't hit a ball. That's my thing." - P. Fielder
yes!
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
4 DP is a he-yoooge lift
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 3:50 PM CDT reply actions
Why the hell wasn't Torres in there in the first place?
Did he pitch yesterday?
"Get up, get up, get outta' here, GONE!!!"
Also wasn't a save situation to start the inning
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
Zing!
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I ♥ Trenni
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 4:16 PM CDT reply actions
Since when
is Prince’s voice so high?
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 22, 2008 4:17 PM CDT reply actions
Manny Parra gets the win.
Can anyone tell me how he is considered a Rookie?
"Get up, get up, get outta' here, GONE!!!"
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