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Game Thread #119: Nats (44-74) at Brewers (67-51)

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Washington Nationals @ Milwaukee Brewers


Today's matchup is Garrett Mock and Dave Bush.  Mock, you may remember, joined the Nats organization a couple years ago when Washington sent Livan Hernandez to the D-Backs.  Mock is a decent prospect, and had a great year at Triple-A, posting an equivalent FIP of 4.12.

Game time is 1:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.

Go Brewers!

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Braun still out, Counsell at third, Kendall starting

The usual batting order applies.

Ronnie Belliard’s not playing first for the Nationals today. Too bad.

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 12:19 PM CDT   0 recs

I'm not sure Kory Casto's any better

alarming that, for quite a while, Casto and Michael Hinckley were the Nats top prospects.

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 11, 2008 12:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Belliard

is one of my (if not the one) least favorite Brewers of all time. Say what you want about grit, and I will agree, but that jerk had a complete inability to keep his head in the game.

by Braunstalker on Aug 11, 2008 12:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Four words

Alex Sanchez: Basepath Commando

BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"

by battlekow on Aug 11, 2008 3:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Counsell

Maybe Ned is concerned with defense? Other than Russell pissing him off somehow what other reason could there be?

by ol Pete on Aug 11, 2008 12:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Like ususal, it's all about grit

Gabe Kapler is no Jason Kendall, and with Rivera’s obscene offensive performance we had a negative KUG yesterday. So it’s grit catch-up day.

by Getting Yosted on Aug 11, 2008 12:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I've had a terrible day so far, a Brewers win would help a little

"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck

by dux2bux on Aug 11, 2008 1:09 PM CDT   0 recs

Rickie!

Wow.. maybe he’s starting to turn it around.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 11, 2008 1:18 PM CDT   0 recs

dreamer

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

by 80badger on Aug 11, 2008 1:19 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I’ve been dabbling in the Blue Koolaid a bit.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 11, 2008 1:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Rickie

That’s his first home run in Miller Park all season, isn’t it?

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 1:18 PM CDT   0 recs

walking Kendall to get to Bush

that’s not a lot of confidence in your pitcher.

by ol Pete on Aug 11, 2008 1:38 PM CDT   0 recs

I know no one has suggested that Braun is out for the season, but if he was, would you sign Barry Bonds?

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Aug 11, 2008 1:44 PM CDT   0 recs

yes!

Also, cheese.

by Jeff Sackmann on Aug 11, 2008 1:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Could a young team like the Brewers

Handle a circus that would make the Favre thing look like a tea party coming too town every night.

That is what would worry me this team seems to have pretty good chemistry(for what that is worth) When Prince is not assaulting our pitchers could having ESPN camped in their locker room every day upset things?

If Loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right

by WSB Chris on Aug 11, 2008 1:47 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

All the Reds wanted was Matt Wise.

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Aug 11, 2008 1:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

This sucks.

We should be jumping all over this Mock guy.

"Get up, get up, get outta' here, GONE!!!"

by BrewerLover on Aug 11, 2008 1:54 PM CDT   0 recs

he's fake?

kinda like marissa miller, braun’s new girlfriend

I read an article that said that he strained his back “swinging” in the first inning. Ryan: aren’t you aware you have a baseball game to play?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 11, 2008 1:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

a game to play tangent

This morning I heard a clip of Piniella saying that he doesn’t usually address the team but when they go down to Florida he was going to remind them of why they were there followed by a clip of DeRosa talking about spending time on the beach and how you can forget that you have batting practice coming up.

by ol Pete on Aug 11, 2008 2:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

They only chose her for the commercial because.....

......her last name is “Miller.”

"Get up, get up, get outta' here, GONE!!!"

by BrewerLover on Aug 11, 2008 2:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

mock yeah ing yeah

"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck

by dux2bux on Aug 11, 2008 1:58 PM CDT   0 recs

Hart is on fire right now.

"Get up, get up, get outta' here, GONE!!!"

by BrewerLover on Aug 11, 2008 2:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hart vs Counsell

Hart: Efficiently pounds the first fastball over-the-plate that he sees over the fence.

Counsell: Grittilly fouls off half-a-dozen consecutive fastballs over-the-plate before striking out.

I’d bet dollars-to-donuts that most “baseball men” would call Counsell’s the “better at-bat”. No?

It's called "playing the percentages."

by hilbelink on Aug 11, 2008 2:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Was that a HR with a runner on base?

I had forgotten what those looked like!

by Brew Angel on Aug 11, 2008 2:07 PM CDT   0 recs

well...

the runner was on first, not in “scoring position”

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 11, 2008 2:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Its scoring position when Hart is batting!

"Get up, get up, get outta' here, GONE!!!"

by BrewerLover on Aug 11, 2008 2:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, they must be running low on stuff to talk about.

"Get up, get up, get outta' here, GONE!!!"

by BrewerLover on Aug 11, 2008 2:12 PM CDT   0 recs

Good job by Kendall to get on

So we can clear the pitcher and start next inning fresh.

by Brew Angel on Aug 11, 2008 2:13 PM CDT   0 recs

-2.0 KUG but if he gets out of a bases loaded, no outs jam that is plus 2.5 KUG otherwise known as a Vargas.

by ol Pete on Aug 11, 2008 2:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

So just how many KUG were generated that inning?

I mean, the unassisted force out at home has to be worth a few KUG, right?

by Brew Angel on Aug 11, 2008 2:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah...

what’s with that? unassisted force? not an unassisted tag out? Kendall actually ran BACK to the plate?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 11, 2008 2:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Just listening on the radio

But I don’t think it was hit very far from the plate. Last year, a play like that would’ve involved stepping on the plate, then throwing the ball to first for an impossible double play only to have the ball hit the runner and the guy from second coming around to score.

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 2:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Huge K!

1 more baby

by Flag Up on Aug 11, 2008 2:24 PM CDT   0 recs

Nicely Done

Tip of the hat to Bushy.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 11, 2008 2:27 PM CDT   0 recs

Man, Nats fans have to be mad right now

I’d be frustrated if the Brewers had the bases loaded with no one out and couldn’t score.

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 2:27 PM CDT   0 recs

Yes, but

when you’re 30 games under .500, you’ve probably become desensitized.

by Brew Angel on Aug 11, 2008 2:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Same old Nationals.

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Aug 11, 2008 2:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Is there such a thing as Nats fans

I mean I have heard of them but have you ever really seen one ;)

Just teasing I actually feel for the Nats fans because we lived that life for quite awhile here.

If Loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right

by WSB Chris on Aug 11, 2008 2:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

and it would have been compounded by yesterday having a big lead late and having the bullpen give it up.

by ol Pete on Aug 11, 2008 2:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

With Griffy and Dunn gone

How much money have the Reds freed up for next year?

If Loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right

by WSB Chris on Aug 11, 2008 2:38 PM CDT   0 recs

LOL

why one would want to do that is a discussion for another day lol

If Loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right

by WSB Chris on Aug 11, 2008 2:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

They paid Dunn 13 Million and Griffey 12.5 according to Cots.

They’ll still owe a bunch to CoCo though.

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Aug 11, 2008 2:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I had to chuckle at a Reds guy who renamed him Soso Cordero

by ol Pete on Aug 11, 2008 2:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

$23.5 million

$25.5 million in salary would’ve been freed up anyway when both were free agents at the end of the season, but they only have to pay half of Griffey’s $4M buyout now.

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 2:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oops, 21.5 million

Drezdn’s right about the salaries above. I can add most of the time, I swear.

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 2:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Err, wait...

I give up. I’m tired of looking at numbers today. :(

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 2:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

just say beaucoup bucks

by ol Pete on Aug 11, 2008 2:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

you sure?

I get $25.5. minus half of $4 = 23.5, so you were right to begin with?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 11, 2008 2:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah, I was right to begin with

Like I said, I’m tired of looking at numbers.

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 2:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hopefully they will spend it as wisely as they did last off season

I was in Cincinnati last week for the Wednesday game boy the Reds fans are in an ugly mood about that team and I do not blame them

If Loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right

by WSB Chris on Aug 11, 2008 2:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

If they dump Baker, I think they could have a good team. They’ve got some decent pitchers to build off of.

Coffee is for closers

by drezdn on Aug 11, 2008 2:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I thought they should have kept the interm guy they had last year

The Reds were playing good ball towards the end of last season.

Harang came back off the DL and got lit up yesterday But they do have Bruce to build around and the two young pitchers

If Loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right

by WSB Chris on Aug 11, 2008 2:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yay Prince

Crazy legs in 4-1

by Flag Up on Aug 11, 2008 2:40 PM CDT   0 recs

Nice slice on that one

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 11, 2008 2:40 PM CDT   0 recs

Single to 1B

pitcher not cover in time?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 11, 2008 2:45 PM CDT   0 recs

Pitching Change

They’re bringing in a righty to face Counsell? Oh, wait, it’s Counsell.

by Brew Angel on Aug 11, 2008 2:46 PM CDT   0 recs

Craig

just pretend there’s still a runner on first (too)

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 11, 2008 2:46 PM CDT   0 recs

apparently grant balfour is doing quite well in TB

"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck

by dux2bux on Aug 11, 2008 2:47 PM CDT   0 recs

yep

i noticed that about a month ago. but yep, there’s a MLB article up about it now.
man…did he ever suck for the Brewers!

almost like he’s a Pena – he needs the pressure of closing to actually do good.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 11, 2008 2:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i say almost

because he’s done well as a non-closer too.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 11, 2008 2:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Gabe Gross is doing well down there also

MLB and Fox nightmare a Milwaukee vs. Tampa WS but no rainouts or cold weather games lol

If Loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right

by WSB Chris on Aug 11, 2008 2:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Gabe

I swear I turn on Baseball Tonight once week and hear he drove in the winning run again.

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

by MadJimiBrewha on Aug 11, 2008 2:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

or hit a walk off HR or walked and ended up scoring the winning run…

by ol Pete on Aug 11, 2008 2:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

His line in Tampa would make Rickie proud

.232/.322/.446

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 2:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yep

McClung turned out to be alright for us, so it was a pretty good deal on both sides.

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by TheJay on Aug 11, 2008 2:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

and the way he was talked about by their fans would make a sailor blush

by ol Pete on Aug 11, 2008 2:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Pirates coming back on Mets

Already playing the Wild Card Division race

If Loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right

by WSB Chris on Aug 11, 2008 2:48 PM CDT   0 recs

At least Hall or Branyan provide the threat of a HR to go along with 3 Ks.

by Getting Yosted on Aug 11, 2008 2:57 PM CDT   0 recs

So should Ned let Bush bat in the bottom of the 6th?

Pro: Still under 100 pitches, 8 – 9 – 1 batters coming up, bullpen had to throw extra innings yesterday

Con: It’s Ned

by Brew Angel on Aug 11, 2008 2:58 PM CDT