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Game Thread #91: Rockies (38-53) at Brewers (50-40)

Mordecai_brown_tiny by Jeff Sackmann on in Game Threads

Apparently we're going to have to keep playing games every day.  For some reason I was under the impression that the schedule had been rearranged so that Sabathia would start the rest of the games this season.  Oh well.

This pitching matchup is pretty nifty, too.  Ben Sheets will take the mound against Glendon Rusch, which sounds a little like Maria Sharapova versus Alla Kudryavtseva...or, well, maybe not.  I find it entertaining that the Rockies may still consider themselves "in it" despite a record 15 games under .500 and the presence of Glendon Rusch in the rotation.

Game time is 7:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.  (It has Greg Reynolds listed as starter, but he's in Triple-A.)

Go Brewers!

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I just realized

The WTA Tour lists weights for players. I’d think wandering around asking for that information has gotten more than one Tour employee in trouble.

Derek Jeter is day to day after being hit by a pitch and being gorilla press slammed by a Bizarro Ray.

by KLSnow on Jul 9, 2008 5:07 PM CDT   0 recs

in my experience

serious female tennis players could care less. I’m sure there are exceptions, but I’m often startled by girls I barely know openly discussing their weight, how much they’ve gained or lost, etc.

also, I would bet that like baseball weights, these girls aren’t getting measured on an official WTA scale every six months, so they can skew the numbers if they so choose.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 9, 2008 5:14 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I guess there's a major difference between...

Serious professional tennis players and mid-major college basketball players. My only experience with the subject is via a friend who worked in the sports information office at a college, and once told me several interesting stories from his attempts to get accurate info for the team’s media guide, which involved some players refusing to talk and some players giving him information that was obviously inaccurate, especially when it came to height.

Derek Jeter is day to day after being hit by a pitch and being gorilla press slammed by a Bizarro Ray.

by KLSnow on Jul 9, 2008 5:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I should note:

This is the women’s team we’re talking about. It was probably implied, but now it’s stated. :-)

Derek Jeter is day to day after being hit by a pitch and being gorilla press slammed by a Bizarro Ray.

by KLSnow on Jul 9, 2008 5:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Cardinals

in a rain delay right now. Looks like it won’t last long, however.

by oconnobe on Jul 9, 2008 6:17 PM CDT   0 recs

Poddy time

Scott Podsednik is hitting leadoff for the Rockies tonight. For once the 2008 numbers of our center fielder are better than our opponent’s.

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by TheJay on Jul 9, 2008 6:46 PM CDT   0 recs

Beisbol time!!!!

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 9, 2008 7:05 PM CDT   0 recs

Are we alive here?

You know I can’t carry this place on my own

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 9, 2008 7:11 PM CDT   0 recs

Don’t make me talk to myself on the interwebs

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 9, 2008 7:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ben's dealing

In a groove, 96 already on the Miller park gun

by 54438Crew on Jul 9, 2008 7:11 PM CDT   0 recs

loss of KUG there

The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!

by 80badger on Jul 9, 2008 7:13 PM CDT   0 recs

Struck out the side

Nice.

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by TheJay on Jul 9, 2008 7:14 PM CDT   0 recs

Sheets looking

good.

"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 Jul 9, 2008 7:14 PM CDT   0 recs

Rusch

How’d he get to be one of the ex-Brewers not to be booed? :)

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by TheJay on Jul 9, 2008 7:16 PM CDT   0 recs

That'd be disappointing

I’d expect fans who boo ex-Brewers to be more knowledgeable about who’s still around the league.

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by TheJay on Jul 9, 2008 7:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

mark

mulder injured himself in the 1st inning of the cards game, gotta feel for that guy and hopefully they didnt bring him back too soon

by ACB on Jul 9, 2008 7:18 PM CDT   0 recs

Did the delay have anything to do with it?

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by TheJay on Jul 9, 2008 7:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

dont think

so, he got rollins to strike out but then threw a ton of balls in a row and did not look very good at all

by ACB on Jul 9, 2008 7:22 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

oh man

that stinks for the Cards. That delay couldn’t have helped.

by molitorfan on Jul 9, 2008 7:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I think it would have been impossible not to bring him back "too soon"

Unless pitching ability is like a planet, and you can go around the dark side of suck and come back to being good again.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:28 PM CDT to parent up   1 recs

im not

even sure i remember his original injury

by ACB on Jul 9, 2008 7:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

So Far

He’s got his brother’s gift for OBP

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Jul 9, 2008 7:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I was just thinking about him today

The AZL Giants played BRRROK today, and they have a 2B named Weeks.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

5 outs, 5 K's

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:29 PM CDT   0 recs

Jay family

what is the record for outs that are K’s to start a game?

by molitorfan on Jul 9, 2008 7:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I want to say nine

Jim Deshaies, I think. I could be making that up though.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I was close

It was Deshaies, but with 8.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

cool

Ben can beat that in the 3rd

by molitorfan on Jul 9, 2008 7:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

do you think it would count

if Ben struck out?

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 9, 2008 7:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

if that was the case

he would have about 8 of the top 10 spots all time

by molitorfan on Jul 9, 2008 7:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think he can beat it

That’s the record for consecutive strikeouts, as in, the first eight batters struck out. Since Sheets gave up a walk and a hit, there might be a different record for consecutive strikeout outs to open up a game.

"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 Jul 9, 2008 7:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, that's a good point

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

And the streak stops at 7

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Here’s the box score. Oddly enough, he threw a complete game but only had two more K’s the whole way, not even tying his career high of 11, which he had set earlier in the year, in only 7 innings. He struck out 11 in 7 innings the next year, too.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sheets is dealing

6/6 K

"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 Jul 9, 2008 7:31 PM CDT   0 recs

Still, too many pitches for 2 innings

The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!

by 80badger on Jul 9, 2008 7:31 PM CDT   0 recs

Benny!

Somebody wants to affirm his ace status on the team!

by Zeyes on Jul 9, 2008 7:31 PM CDT   0 recs

Is it Zach Jackson?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hey guys

I’m from Cincinnati and will be up to catch the game on Friday. Any recomandations? Especially for Milwaukee resturants.

I’m looking at you battlekow.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 9, 2008 7:32 PM CDT   0 recs

Aren't you the Troll Who Made Good?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

with Cleveland?

the answer is yes.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 9, 2008 7:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

What kind of food do you want?

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

German seems approriate.

I have had my Italian fix in Chicago.

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 9, 2008 7:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Are you saying Arnold Rothstein is Italian?

Because I think he was Jewish.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 9, 2008 7:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

There aren't really any "hole in the wall" German places that I know of

Just the standard ones you always hear about, like Mader’s, or Pandl’s in Whitefish Bay.

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

A person could always hit the Usingers shop downtown and get some stuff there, add some bread and what not from the grocery and tailgate or picnic.

by ol Pete on Jul 9, 2008 7:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

any resturants that you recomand

regardless of genre?

The Dusty Path to the World Series!*

*Note this is not an endorsment of Dusty Baker.

by justin007000 on Jul 9, 2008 8:14 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

the bavarian club used to have an awesome restaurant

in Glendale near Whitefish Bay.

They didn’t do crap for business, so might be closed now, but they were awesome.

As to pandall’s, I always preferred the one in Fox Point, because that one did brunch;) Not really “German” though.

by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 9, 2008 8:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Billy!

He's extremely quick and good.

by battlekow on Jul 9, 2008 7:34 PM CDT   0 recs

George Webb's

The Finer Diner

Last week I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.

by Citizen Braun on Jul 9, 2008 7:34 PM CDT   0 recs

With the addition of Sabathia

I wonder if Eric Gagne is regretting donating money for every K.

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Jul 9, 2008 7:37 PM CDT   0 recs

Comma usage

From the official site:

According to the league, David Wright of the Mets and Pat Burrell of the Phillies are mounting, “significant challenges.”

I’m not sure this can be parsed to fully make sense, but it appears that:
a) Wright and Burrell are mounting. (What? Each other, maybe?)
b) Something is a significant challenge. Wright and Burrell? Their mounting of each other?

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 9, 2008 7:38 PM CDT   0 recs

Maybe "mounting" should be "mouthing"

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by TheJay on Jul 9, 2008 7:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

regarding b)

maybe the significant challenge is the according to the league, although I’m not sure just what they’re according to it.

by Zeyes on Jul 9, 2008 7:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Got here a little late

Just reading through the comments and this made me laugh for about a minute.

"He's been very, very impressive," Yost said. "I mean really impressive. I mean really, really impressive."

by MadJimiBrewha on Jul 9, 2008 7:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Braun

A real teammate would’ve dropped that.

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by TheJay on Jul 9, 2008 7:42 PM CDT   0 recs

don't forget

the Brewers started losing when Braun was called up last year.

Coincidence? I think not.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 9, 2008 7:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

a certain female on this board

is going to virtually stab you

by molitorfan on Jul 9, 2008 7:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe a Guitar Hero battle instead

And Jeff? I knew you didn’t like him that much, but this?! You just lost out on a weekend…

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"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Jul 9, 2008 8:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Between all the banter

you guys are voting for Corey, right?

The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!

by 80badger on Jul 9, 2008 7:47 PM CDT   0 recs

yes, right now

I was about to ask:

those of you who are voting, who are you voting for on the AL side?

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Jul 9, 2008 7:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Longoria

The Wallbangers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!

by 80badger on Jul 9, 2008 7:49 PM CDT