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Game Thread #110: Brewers (60-49) at Braves (50-58)

The 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

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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

by SgtClueLs on Aug 1, 2008 4:37 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well.

thanks a lot, Adam McCalvy!

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 1, 2008 4:39 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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

by zsxander567 on Aug 1, 2008 6:06 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Weeks

Here’s hoping he learned something from last night:

Hence my decision to call it "screwing around" as opposed to "in-depth study."

by KLSnow on Aug 1, 2008 4:45 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can't fall behind..

Good news is Cubs got shut out at home. So we can’t fall any further back.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 1, 2008 4:54 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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.

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 5:13 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Game 3

Campillo and Sheets go at it.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 1, 2008 5:47 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!

by captainmurphey on Aug 1, 2008 5:55 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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.

by Jordan M on Aug 1, 2008 6:09 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nice start so far

Let’s bring that RISP AVG up!

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Aug 1, 2008 6:39 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

c'mon debbie

don’t even think like that

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 1, 2008 6:43 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A little skipping now and then.. nothing to horrible.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 1, 2008 6:46 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Mine's bad

I feel like BA and Rock are in a wind tunnel. Im getting ready to mute them

by brewfan2 on Aug 1, 2008 6:47 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

for a sec there...

i thought hart had a hit
...
oh, well…take what we can get

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 1, 2008 6:45 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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”

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 1, 2008 6:46 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 6:50 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whoa

It was like a REO Speedwagon video there for a second.

Use the brown eye, ump!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 6:55 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!

What a punchout call!!!!! Oh man, wish we had CC or Sheetsie going tonight!

Use the brown eye, ump!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 6:56 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

your sig should be

Oh man, wish we had CC or Sheetsie going tonight!

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 6:58 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Have we scored more runs tonight

than we did in the Cubs series? (Only half kidding).

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 6:59 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rickie

passed Cameron in batting average. It is now Rickie .227 to Cam .226

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 7:03 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and Rickie

is still behind a little league girl in defense.

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 7:07 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

who will be the 1st to .240?

or will neither of them reach such dizzy heights

by Saltire on Aug 1, 2008 7:06 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions 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!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:07 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

another FSN hidden moment

baseball plays that aren’t shown in the broadcast

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 7:09 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:13 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This James guy

is pitching BP. And this is just what the Crew needed. Take out some frustration on the little white ball

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 7:18 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:20 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Buddy Carlyle. Sounds like a race car driver.

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 7:21 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Awesome

What’s it gunna be, Rickie? Cameron is running up your back!!!

Use the brown eye, ump!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:22 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:25 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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

by Saltire on Aug 1, 2008 7:27 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:27 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

We had for another game or two this year.

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 7:32 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Awesome play by Hall!

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Aug 1, 2008 7:31 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

translating Bill

Suppan has stunk lately

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 7:35 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

My hero

Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Tom Hallion

Use the brown eye, ump!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:38 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:53 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please ...

Look at one on the corner here, dude.

Use the brown eye, ump!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 7:54 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Would've been different ...

... if Terry Pendleton was up there.

Anyway, whew … I’ll take it.

Use the brown eye, ump!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:00 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh man ...

... I just dropped the remote and broke it. This game better stay interesting.

Use the brown eye, ump!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:01 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Now pitching for the Braves

Freddy Krueger. He has a good cutter.

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 8:03 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

are you sure

that terror from the 90’s wasn’t Freddy?

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 8:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions 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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:09 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

HR by Mather

AAA guy I think – 5th HR in 64 at bats.

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 8:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He got lit up last time only went 3.2 too.. .guess he hasn’t shaken it off yet.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 1, 2008 8:12 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

falling futher behind

Cameron .229
Hall .228
Weeks .226

by Saltire on Aug 1, 2008 8:24 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

but

Kendall is at .247 so he is getting close to the neighborhood

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 8:33 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Crawford...

UMP is out due to back issues. Was he the ump that left a series earlier this year with chest pains?

by SgtClueLs on Aug 1, 2008 8:32 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

When I listen to sports talk radio in Milwaukee

I wonder how they decide who to hire. What a crappy bunch.

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 8:36 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sometimes… but they can be hugely biased morons other times and what is up with the endless discussions of Gary’s family problems? They are remarkably unimaginative at coming up with topics.

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 8:48 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

K-Rod

on to save a 1-0 game in Yankee Stadium

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 8:38 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Beanball?

I bet the Crew retaliates in the bottom of the 8th.

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 8:48 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

agreed

but it doesn’t matter what we think

by molitorfan on Aug 1, 2008 8:53 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!"

by roguejim on Aug 1, 2008 10:50 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!!!

by 80badger on Aug 1, 2008 8:49 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Seems like every time I drift over to an Atlanta blog or forum, someone is talking about getting Ned as Cox’s replacement.

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 8:52 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:56 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Man, this pitcher's body language is painful

He has no clue out there.

Use the brown eye, ump!

by Bay View Brewer on Aug 1, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 1, 2008 9:06 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Have a hunch that Gagne’s on double-secret probation after yesterday

by 54438Crew on Aug 1, 2008 9:12 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 1, 2008 9:31 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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.

by TheJay on Aug 1, 2008 11:47 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fish lose
Mets lose
Phils lose
Cards win though

by ol Pete on Aug 1, 2008 10:06 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply actions actions   0 recs

Find more stickers!

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

by TheJay on Aug 2, 2008 12:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

but don't do anything with them until after we lose

because you don’t want to jinx the one you already have….

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 2, 2008 5:36 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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