Game Thread #110: Brewers (60-49) at Braves (50-58)
by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 1, 2008 4:30 PM CDT
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PrintThe matchup tonight is Jeff Suppan and Chuck James. Apparently the lineup-juggling (including Corey sitting) will continue, so maybe by the beginning of next week, Ned will have taken all of the good hitters out of the lineup.
Game time is 6:30 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.
Go Brewers!
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Harts playing
Per JSonline
2B Rickie Weeks
SS JJ Hardy
LF Ryan Braun
1B Prince Fielder
RF Corey Hart
3B Bill Hall
CF Mike Cameron
C Jason Kendall
P Jeff Suppan
well.
thanks a lot, Adam McCalvy!
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 1, 2008 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Cameron
But he brings all that veteran leadership and gold glove to the field that Ned loves oh so much.
"You have no honor!" - McClung to Fukudome
Weeks
Here’s hoping he learned something from last night:
Hence my decision to call it "screwing around" as opposed to "in-depth study."
Now if that
isn’t a true Major League moment if I have ever seen one!
This simutax makes me feel like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain!
by captainmurphey on Aug 1, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I think I'm going to make it
I toyed with taking an Alcoholics Anonymous approach to the next few days. Just make it very clear that I don’t want to “imbibe” in any Brewers games, highlights, news. Just kind of go about my life with a firm, 12-step commitment to “getting clean.”
Of course, that plan fell apart when I realized I’d fall off the wagon and start yelling pretty soon about failing to figure out Jorge Campillo’s changeup in the third time they’ve seen him this year. Are the Brewers facing him in this series?
Anyway, OK … (deep breath; in through the nose, out through the mouth) ... let’s go. Back at it here.
Could be worse
Just hoping seeing a guy for the third time might help a bit.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey at least
we didn’t trade for Jarrod Washburn!!!
This simutax makes me feel like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain!
Hopefully the Indians don’t steal our future supply of GRIT
Check out the headline: Intangibles helping Green become great
In addition to being pretty gritty and full of intangibles, he’s also good!
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
Stupid Atlanta humid air
Wow, look at that cut. Outside and shoulder high.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh ...
Anyway, it worked out. Struggling a little to get back into good vibes after that Cubs series.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 6:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Thank god
Because I’m home alone … in the basement … with the dog staring at me like I’m a weirdo.
Would’ve been awkward.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions
lol...Ned the stats man
“Although he had intentions of sitting Hart another day, Yost said the decision to play him on Friday was made easier because the Braves sent left-hander Chuck James to the mound.
“If they had a righty going today, I might have given him one more day,” Yost said. “But he’s pretty good at whacking lefties around.”
Hart is batting only five points higher (.286) against lefties this season”
He'll be fine until the 5th
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 6:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, he sure did
I wanted a signature, and that was the first heckle a guy at County Stadium ever said at a game when I was a kid. My Mom laughed, knowing I was too young to understand it, so now we just laugh about it when we go to games.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions
the swipe tag works again
against us or for us, I don’t think the umps can tell whether or not it worked so they guess
Ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!
What a punchout call!!!!! Oh man, wish we had CC or Sheetsie going tonight!
Use the brown eye, ump!
Good point
Man, how awesome is that ump’s called third strike move? It’s like he’s been shot when he cranks it up.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions
BAC
my BAC will pass .240 if we get swept by the Cubs again this year
by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yep, Rock
Rickie’s problem is just that he’s too dang quick for the game. It’ his only problem, Rock.
Use the brown eye, ump!
Where's the tomahawk-chopping cow?
Not that I want to see it in action this weekend, but they should at least show it once.
Use the brown eye, ump!
It's like I'm pitching out there for the Braves
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions
This James guy
is pitching BP. And this is just what the Crew needed. Take out some frustration on the little white ball
They'd be better off with Roger McDowell pitching
But not just yet. Let Suppan line one somewhere here to bring up Rickie for the Weeks-Cameron Batting Average Shootout ‘08
Use the brown eye, ump!
Only to an extent
That outing gave me flashback to 2002-era Brewers.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions
See the sign in right on replay of Prince's bomb?
Over 100 Braves games in HD
If I’m a Braves fan, why would I want any clearer a picture of this mess?
Use the brown eye, ump!
Still so way to go
to match the Braves average for the last 6 games.
They have given up 53 runs in the last 6, a bit different from the 90’s with Maddux,Glavine,Smoltz etc
Uh, Rickie ...
... are you bowing out of the Weeks-Cameron Batting Average Shootout ‘08?
Still, all called third strikes will be fun tonight. Who is this guy behind the plate? I couldn’t find an ump listing on Gamecast or Gameday.
Use the brown eye, ump!
Thank you
If it’s possible to have a favorite umpire, I’ve just accomplished the task.
C’mon Suppan. Let’s get somebody looking here.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't believe I've noticed this until tonight
I want to start a Tom Hallion blog.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
And he seems so happy-go-lucky
Where is the violence and retribution for failing to swing coming on that called thrid-strike move coming from?
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
How sad is that chop right now?
“Honey, we’re down 6-0 and there’s two and two out. Let’s do the chop. Whaddya say? It’s just like ‘95 again!!!”
Use the brown eye, ump!
Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please ...
Look at one on the corner here, dude.
Use the brown eye, ump!
Strikes, Soup; throw strikes
You’re up 6-0
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Would've been different ...
... if Terry Pendleton was up there.
Anyway, whew … I’ll take it.
Use the brown eye, ump!
Oh man ...
... I just dropped the remote and broke it. This game better stay interesting.
Use the brown eye, ump!
Do I have a choice?
And no Trenni tonight, either.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Glory Days
You know, there was a time when he was on the Indians that Tavarez was as filthy a guy as you could imagine. Or maybe that’s just my hazy memory, but I remember that guy in the ‘90s being just a terror.
Now, well, not so much.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
are you sure
that terror from the 90’s wasn’t Freddy?
by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You're thinking Nightmare on Elm Street XVII
When Freddy scarred Tavarez forever to pass on the legacy.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions
That's terrible
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 1, 2008 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
It almost doesn't even feel like a real game
To go from crazy Cubs series intensity to this … a little weird.
Use the brown eye, ump!
Schadenfreude
I can’t help but think back to reading Viva el birdos last week, seeing how disgusted the message boards were with the “untucked shirt” thing. Then, well, I guess comeuppance isn’t strong enougha word.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Making matters worse ...
... none of those guys picking up extra credit on the grit scale.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Better him than Rickie
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Crawford...
UMP is out due to back issues. Was he the ump that left a series earlier this year with chest pains?
You're thinking of Eric Gregg
Too soon?
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
someboy on WSSP
predicted this outing from Suppan.
I still think he sucks, though.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 1, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions
He's got the 7th left in him, I gotta think
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it was Sparky. He figured 1 or 2 runs in 7 innings.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 1, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
When I listen to sports talk radio in Milwaukee
I wonder how they decide who to hire. What a crappy bunch.
I enjoy Gary & Cliff
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 1, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think that problem's unique to Milwaukee
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
I don't think those were intentional
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Aug 1, 2008 8:49 PM CDT up reply actions
because we 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!"
Braves announcers
I am listening to the local broadcast her in Atlanta. Pete Van Wieren is falling all over himself saying how good the Brewers are and in particular Cameron ” I always thought he make a great Brave” (he grew up in McDonough, GA), Weeks and Suppan (“what a great guy Jeff is, just an awesome person”). We also know of Pete’s love of Nedly. This is really hard to listen too!! Maybe we can send all 4 to Atlanta for Brian McCann!!
The Bambi's Bombers won because they played the game like kids! Let's do that again!!!
McDowell's mound visit
Notice they have an armed, uniform police officer step onto the field and watch the crowd during a mound visit? How paranoid is Atlanta? Wow.
Use the brown eye, ump!
Due a little luck this week.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions
wow
when was the last time mota pitched? ned must have 0 confidence in him if he doesn’t even use him in a 9-0 blowout.
On cue
Ready for the 9th
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
3 up, 3 down...what are the odds?
go brewers
pitching staff and batters wake up on the same day, I guess.
Phils/Cards
Jenkins was just pinch hit for, despite being down by 2 with a runner on. Not exactly a vote of confidence in a former power hitter.
5-3 cards in the top of 8th.
Well, the pitcher on the mound was a lefty so it's no surprise Jenkins would be PH for
The Cardinals waited for the pinch hitter to be announced and then brought in Izzy.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
I credit this victory
to the fact that I recently found a 1982 Robin Yount All Star Sticker and have placed it on my macbook.
by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Aug 2, 2008 12:18 PM CDT reply actions
but don't do anything with them until after we lose
because you don’t want to jinx the one you already have….
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