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Game Thread #80: Brewers (43-36) at Twins (44-36)

Mordecai_brown_tiny by Jeff Sackmann on in Game Threads

If we're going to win the series and have a chance to go 8-7 in interleague, it would be a good idea to beat the Twins tonight.  It might not be easy; you may have heard that the Twins have something of a winning streak going.

Manny Parra pitches for the good guys while our hitters will presumably continue the home run barrage against Livan Hernandez. 

The Cubs and White Sox are already in action--it's still the second inning and the Sox are up 4-2.  The Cardinals start their game when we start ours.  Also tonight, Ty Taubenheim makes his first appearance in more than a year, his first start for the Pirates.

Game time is 6:10 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.

Go Brewers!

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Playing Bill Hall Today

Who is 3 for 10 against Hernandez I guess… Prince DH… Branyan 1B… don’t want to link the JSOnline blog to give them more hits… but as soon as stats.com puts it up… should post it!

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Jun 28, 2008 3:55 PM CDT   0 recs

yeah, in the words of Witrado

... the more unexpected move is Russell Branyan moving to first base and Bill Hall playing third. Hall is 3 for 10 against Twins starter Livan Hernandez, a right-hander, so that’s probably why Ned Yost went with this lineup.

Call me a Yost apologist, but I dare say that’s not going to be the reason Ned will give for playing Hall. 6 for 20, yeah, that might approach Ned’s lower limit for chasing after pointless small-sample-based advantages, but 3 for 10? Even Ned shouldn’t be so dumb to base a decision on that, but it’s interesting that Witrado thinks he would. (Either because he thinks Ned is that dumb, or because Witrado actually thinks that his own sabermetric “insight” makes sense here.)

by Zeyes on Jun 28, 2008 4:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yost frequently refuses to answer questions

The “picking names out of a hat” or “woke up to take a piss” answers are his way of balling up his fists and stomping out of the room. Anything to do with his own players or the umpiring almost never get an honest answer. Organization responses to injuries are often untrustworthy.

Just about everybody seems to hit .300 against Hernandez. My guess is that its just a way to get at bats for Billy so the cobwebs don’t grow too much.

by ol Pete on Jun 28, 2008 5:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I wonder

If Yost is really playing Hall for his defense. With Parra pitching, in theory, shouldn’t there be more plays at third? Though I think defense-wise it might be a wash between Hall and Branyan

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Jun 28, 2008 4:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

as pointed out in the Cup thread

That (along with the matchup stats) would be an argument for playing Cap’n Craig.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 5:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hall for better defense?

what games have you been watching this year?

by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 28, 2008 5:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

5-5 in Chicago in the 5th

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:00 PM CDT   0 recs

Hitaniel Arias

The Official Rookie-ball Prospect of BCB had the best game of his (very short) career today, with a triple, two walks, and two runs scored.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:18 PM CDT   0 recs

Channeling Francona

I’ve seen him in the shower and he is no god.

by molitorfan on Jun 28, 2008 5:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I thought bk was obsessed

but you’re watching him in the shower?!

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 5:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Any other fun shower stories you'd like to share today?

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Jun 28, 2008 5:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Not yet

but the night is young.

by molitorfan on Jun 28, 2008 5:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Quentin homers off Marmol

6-5 “Good guys”.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:28 PM CDT   0 recs

oh man

Marmol has been human the past couple of weeks

by molitorfan on Jun 28, 2008 5:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Man

if the White Sox are the good guys, I think I’ll be watching Wimbledon replays for the rest of the summer.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 5:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

well played.

though so many players wear ankle braces on the court that it looks like they are wearing black socks.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 5:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It is good to strike the serpent’s head with your enemy’s hand.

or has it evolved: The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

by ol Pete on Jun 28, 2008 5:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Huntsville underway

They’re up 1-0; Brantley is still out.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:34 PM CDT   0 recs

this is a totally flip response to something that is serious...

...but is it just me, or is there an awful lot of family news on that site?

Maybe it’s me that’s weird, but I can’t imagine talking about something like that (or a grandparent dying, or any other family misfortune) on my sports blog.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 5:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He does go into way more detail than I would

But his site is really closely tied to his livelihood, so I’d imagine he feels some pressure to explain absences.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, that makes sense.

Another philosophical difference: I think it’s completely insane to tie one’s livelihood to one’s sports blog.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 5:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

and, actually

that we know that his blog is so closely tied to his livelihood is more evidence of how much he talks about personal stuff.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 5:47 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

just because I have similar hair...

doesn’t mean I feel the same way :).

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 6:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

9th inning in Chicago

Lee, Ward, and Ramirez up against Jenks.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:50 PM CDT   0 recs

Leadoff double for Lee

He’s 5-5.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ward grounds out

Lee’s on third, one out.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:56 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Infield in, Ramirez grounds to short!

Lee doesn’t score. Two outs now.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Edmonds grounds out

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 5:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I went to this deli to grab some food

and they had the chi/chi game on. I arrived just in time to see the final out. So wonderful…until the shot of Guillen high-fiving everybody. Couldn’t there have been a way for both teams to lose?

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 6:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

after never losing more than two in a row the first couple of months...

the Cubs now have had two three-game losing streaks in the last couple of weeks alone. Keep it up, guys!

by Zeyes on Jun 28, 2008 6:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Gagne just walked behind JJ during that interview snippet

The hit failed! Everybody scatter!

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:08 PM CDT   0 recs

twins guy:

“Rule #1 against this Brewers offense: don’t issue walks.” [blah blah they come around to score blah blah]

“Ball four.”

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 6:13 PM CDT   0 recs

Was that Dick?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:15 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't know

I don’t even know if that’s a joke :).

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 6:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Haha, no

Dick Bremer is their PBP guy. He’s pretty intolerable.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

ah.

yes, I think it was him.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 6:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Just Livan being Livan

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:13 PM CDT   0 recs

58 RBIs

that’s pretty good, huh?

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 6:15 PM CDT   0 recs

BA says Livan does "all the little things you want to see in a pitcher"

Unfortunately, none of the big things, though.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:18 PM CDT   0 recs

one big thing

he does show up. and he’s big.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 6:19 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yikes, now that headline was scary at first glance...

Never a good idea to put “Gagne” and “closer” right next to one another.

by Zeyes on Jun 28, 2008 6:22 PM CDT   0 recs

Hey, that was a fun way to get to third

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:32 PM CDT   0 recs

Good to see our newest defensive wizard prospects coming up

A portion of Arizona’s boxscore tonight:

FIELDING
E: Cequea 2 (2, fielding, fielding), Zarraga (3, throw), Garcia, J (2, fielding), Paciorek (3, fielding), Robulack 2 (2, fielding, missed catch), Sanchez, L (2, fielding).

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by jihad on Jun 28, 2008 6:34 PM CDT   0 recs

Yeah, I love that Zarraga has three errors already.

On the bright side of things (the offensive side, of course), Caleb Gindl hit a two-run double in the first. He’s really heating up.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

So, could you say he's become something of a sparkplug?

That would make him “Gindl the kindle.”

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 6:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I was going to make a smart comment about how much he walks

and his .360 OBP, but I cannot compete with that type of reply.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by jihad on Jun 28, 2008 6:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You totally nouned that verb!

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah.

“Gindl the kindling” doesn’t have the same ring.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jun 28, 2008 6:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Renoun

That’s when you turn the result of a verbing back into a noun: speechification.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sad but true!

Manny Parra and Livan Hernandez have identical WHIPs.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by jihad on Jun 28, 2008 6:41 PM CDT   0 recs

that's right folks,

it’s S&M night here at the ballpark…

by sheeter on Jun 28, 2008 6:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

And I'm not there?!

Crap.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Jun 28, 2008 6:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Nice K there

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:42 PM CDT   0 recs

Apropos of nothing

Livan Hernandez has thrown only 38243 pitches in the 10 1/2 seasons the Brewers have been in the National League.

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Jun 28, 2008 6:44 PM CDT   0 recs

BA

I wonder if he gets paid for letting people know the runners are going on 3-2, 2 out pitches.

Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.

by TheJay on Jun 28, 2008 6:46 PM CDT   0 recs

Someone has to

God knows Uecker isn’t doing it.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jun 28, 2008 6:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs