Game Thread #76: Brewers (41-34) at Braves (38-39)
by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 23, 2008 4:30 PM CDT
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It's still a little early to get wrapped up in these things, but while there's still quite a bit of space between the Brewers and the Cubs, the Crew is only two games behind the wild-card leading Cardinals. It's only a matter of time...
Tonight's matchup is Ben Sheets and Jo-Jo Reyes. Reyes has been solid this year, including a seven-inning, one-run performance last time these two teams met. Sheets didn't perform as well against the Braves, but he did register a quality start, and he did get the win--just like he did in his previous four starts against the Braves.
Game time is 6:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.
Go Brewers!
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whatever the game simulator is on cbs
it has the Brewers favorites to win this game (57/43 I believe), even though it has Atlanta leading in all stats categories they display and it’s being played in Atlanta.
First time I’ve seen that since week 1 of the season.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 5:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yep
i figured that was the only rational explaination
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon Sheeter!
2B Rickie Weeks
SS J.J. Hardy
LF Ryan Braun
1B Prince Fielder
RF Corey Hart
CF Mike Cameron
3B Bill Hall
C Jason Kendall
RHP Ben Sheets
by zsattler on Jun 23, 2008 5:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
weeks, cameron, and hall?
okay…i can see hall over branyan given the leftie on the mound, but I think I’d rather have kapler in to start this one (over cam). I guess we have to give rickie a chance to prove he’s back at 100%, but I would have rather had him on extended rehab in AAA than taking up a slot on the ML roster.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather have Weeks at second
Than Dillon.
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And you are rewarded with a leadoff single
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed
but is there no one better that can do it at AAA or AA? Ibrarren hasn’t really been impressive.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Better than Weeks?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Delicious HD!
Yay.. HD! Hopefully they cut to Trenni more then Yost though.
by SgtClueLs on Jun 23, 2008 6:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i didn't know
Trenni was a cutter
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trenni
isn’t particularly cute
by James Stanley Cocanower on Jun 23, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeremy Jeffress' start about to get underway
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
or... not
Postponed due to wet grounds.
by Jordan M on Jun 23, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone should send them this link
21 ways to use old coffee grounds.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shift, too bad
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Heh
Mike Rivera couldn’t keep up with Mike Cameron? No way.
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 6:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cam!
That was a bullet. Never even got out of the frame.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
King Felix just hit a grand slam off Santana
D=
by warwick5s on Jun 23, 2008 6:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
good day
to make up 0.5 game. No one else in our div is playing today. Cubs and Cards, et al are off.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 6:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Run, Rickie, run
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
All the way home
little piggy.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh my
Sounds like Rock and Sutton are eluding to trading some prospects for Sabthia.
by Braunstalker on Jun 23, 2008 6:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Run a tube sock up that chicks pie hole in the background.
wooohoooooooooooooooooooo
by Flag Up on Jun 23, 2008 6:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I love these doubles just over the outfielders' heads
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I like the little wave they do with the glove. Coco Crisp had a good one yesterday.
by ol Pete on Jun 23, 2008 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
those two reminded me
of playing racketball yesterday. Barely over my racket hitting the back wall, then under it and past me on the way back.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
time for another for cam?
heh…wishful thinking
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 6:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Gotta bust this one open right here
Lets Go Billy!
by Flag Up on Jun 23, 2008 6:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
aww
they took out their starter
I was hoping for more damage first.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 6:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
so, do we pull hall if it's a righty?
by Oakland Brewer Fan on Jun 23, 2008 6:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Almost certainly not
Too early.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if Cox uses the same phrases as Ned
“Jo-jo just didn’t have it tonight” predicted for the postgame.
by ol Pete on Jun 23, 2008 6:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sucks
That was a bullet.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 6:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
too bad
at least he hit it hard. Hope things turn around for him soon….
by Oakland Brewer Fan on Jun 23, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
4-0 after 2 1/2
What are the chances the Braves battle back to a one-run loss?
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 7:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Are they getting toward any records that you are aware of?
by ol Pete on Jun 23, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa
Someone Stumped The Jay
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Jun 23, 2008 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t give me credit for that one. I bow before his research and internet skills. I just don’t want to treat him like Ready Reference.
by ol Pete on Jun 23, 2008 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome McCalvy Yost "Bashing" from his latest mailbag
I’m glad to hear that they won’t move Eric Gagne back to the closer role. But didn’t Doug Melvin or Ned Yost blame his problems [in 2007] on the fact that he was a setup man in Boston when they gave him the $10 million contract?
—Andrew D., San Diego, Calif.Yes, or at least Yost did. He spoke over the offseason with Sox manager Terry Francona (an old 1985 Expos teammate), and both men agreed that Gagne’s struggles had at least something to do with the fact that he was out of the routine he’d held since 2002, when he started closing games for the Dodgers. It’s difficult for laypeople to understand why routine is so important for closers, Yost explained at the time, but it just is.
As I noted on Thursday, Yost has changed his tune. “If you’re comfortable in the ninth, you’ll be comfortable anywhere,” Yost said, adding that Gagne’s experience in the second half of last season in Boston should be a help.
by Jordan M on Jun 23, 2008 7:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yost and Francona as teammates… hmmmm.
by ol Pete on Jun 23, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At one point,
Terry Francona was my brother’s favorite player, so a buddy & I made a team for Pure Stat Baseball. The team wasn’t bad, but we should have found Yost to be our C.
by kgaul on Jun 23, 2008 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mike Rivera
How did he get two errors as a catcher this year? The guy hardly ever plays.
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 7:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Catcher's interference?
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah
I guess one was throwing the ball away when Hanley Ramirez stole second off him on May 8 and when Miguel Tejada reached first after a strikeout on June 12.
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
weeks
nice OBP for this game at least:)
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 7:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nice double play
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 7:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
another lead off runner - Braun rips one
by ol Pete on Jun 23, 2008 7:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hope the catcher didn't pass out.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Prince's have to smell terrible
His diet is probably still relatively high in fat, and he probably eats a ton of beans.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
BrewCrewBall
gives you in-depth analysis.
by Jordan M on Jun 23, 2008 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
gee it's a wonder
Tom H doesn’t give us more credit
whatever that is.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Buddy Carlyle
Sounds like a race car driver or private detective maybe?
by ol Pete on Jun 23, 2008 7:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Interesting
I was just checking out the stats for Sheets over the last couple years. His go/ao has taken a bit of a jump this year.
01: 1.41
02: 1.42
03: 1.05
04: 1.01
05: 0.75
06: 0.87
07: 0.75
08: 1.20
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Jun 23, 2008 7:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
perhaps a stupid question
but, if go/ao mean ground outs per fly out, what does the “a” in “ao” stand for?
by Oakland Brewer Fan on Jun 23, 2008 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
all?
in which case how can it be over 1?
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
air
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It means "ground outs per air out"
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ahhh
I never would have guessed air out. Weird. Wonder who decided to use that word instead of the traditional term “fly out”
by Oakland Brewer Fan on Jun 23, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe it's a catch-all term
To lump together pop ups and fly outs.
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd assume so
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
question
who is sheets trying to sacrifice over?
that guy has no clue at the plate
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 7:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Heh
If he’s going to make an out, he might as well practice for when he does have to sacrifice someone over. :)
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have no concept.
"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 23, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
i swear
i didn’t see this comment until after I made my own post below;)
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't matter
“You have no concept” or some variation thereof probably makes up about 5% of the comments here.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have no concept.
"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 23, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rickie!
okay…he’s awesome today. on base 4 for 4.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 7:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i believe
the bases have been clear every time?
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like Weeks has the fresh-off-the-DL magic back
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 7:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rickie's last three-hit game
9/11/07
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 7:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
His career average with a runner on third and less than two outs just fell to only .333.
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlyle
Someone needs to tell BA that eight years between starts doesn’t mean Carlyle was out of the league that whole time.
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by TheJay on Jun 23, 2008 7:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
by the way
if Branyan really did homer every 6.1ABs over the course of his career (isn’t that’s what they claimed?), would he be in the top 10 homer hitters all time?
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, he'd have 317 HR with his current amount of ABs
But he’d undoubtedly have a lot more ABs, too.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or maybe not;)
at that rate, he’d get a lot of IBBs
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He has some nice round slash stats coming into the game
.300/.390/.800
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
85 pitches
He’s going the distance. He’s going for speed.
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Evan Frederickson's game about to start
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 8:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
perfect first, two K's
He's extremely quick and good.
by battlekow on Jun 23, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about Fresno St
3-3 game over on espn2
"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."
by MadJimiBrewha on Jun 23, 2008 8:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How about
We get another run or two in the 9th.
so Yost doesn’t feel compelled to use Torres in this one to get him the save.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 8:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
damn
tough to pull it off starting from #8 in the order leading off, but we almost pulled it off.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey
Sheet’s Batting average and that prospect-that-we-signed-this year’s ERA are almost the same.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 23, 2008 8:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
All Star
That had to punch his ticket. Another CG.
by SgtClueLs on Jun 23, 2008 8:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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