Game Thread #125: Brewers (71-53) at Dodgers (63-60)
by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 12:30 PM CDT
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PrintToday it's the so-boring-this-is-the-last-I'm-going-to-mention-him Jeff Suppan against the personification of hype, Clayton Kershaw.
If you haven't seen Kershaw's minor league numbers, check them out--they're pretty ridiculous. Usually players who are the youngest in the game are up for a reason (think Robin Yount), and Kershaw is the real deal. He and Billingsley are going to form a scary good two-headed ace monster at the top of the Dodgers' rotation next year; between the two of them in LA and the Cain/Lincecum/Sanchez troika in San Francisco, there's some amazing young pitching in the NL West. Throw in Brandon Webb, Dan Haren, Randy Johnson, Jake Peavy, and Chris Young, and, well, let's just say I'm really glad we're in a division with the Pirates and Astros instead.
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Cubs & Cards are already underway, though the Cubs are in a rain delay
Lohse is already in trouble in the first inning.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
Javier Valentin, of all people, beats out a double play for an RBI FC
2-0 Reds.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
Dear God
It’s actually Faith Day, brought to you by the Creation Museum, in Cincinnati. I’m speechless.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
I listened to about an hour interview with the guy who runs that thing. My favorite was the explanation for the number of species and how they only took two of each “type” of creature on the Ark. In the following few thousand years was when all the differentiation happened.
well...
with all the inbreeding happening, some choice recessive traits were bound to be expressed
which somehow resulted in mass speciation
magic I tell you, magic. err…God.
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 17, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
You'll like this
That’s actually from UW-Madison’s Botany site. Nothing like one of the major state university’s biology programs propagating the fallacy that evolution is somehow progression and that some things are "more evolved’ than others, not to mention the misconception that humans are the descendants of today’s extant monkeys and apes.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
I think I'm devolving
I’ve developed a strange liking of mustard over the past couple years and as everyone knows, chimps love mustard!
well...
i don’t know if that’s supposed to be a “walk of man” sort of thing. Speaking of which, Darwin never agreed to that artwork.
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 17, 2008 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
just breaking up the solo run
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 12:50 PM CDT reply actions
Maybe TheJay can find the BCB record for consecutive posts in a thread by one person
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
I had 77 straight in the Lordz Of Vengeance commenting tournament, AKA TCS.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
They're testing the instant replay system in Cincinnati today
There’s a video box in the tunnel off the visitor’s dugout with a phone that connects them to Big Brother in New York, where they can choose video angles a la carte.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
do they have a signal in the creation museum
and if so, is it picking up anything?
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 17, 2008 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I doubt they'll answer
They’re still waiting for a pretty important call-back.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
What is a home run in the Florida stadium?
Marlins seem like they’re banging off that scoreboard, above the blue line.
Wow, Glavine needs Tommy John surgery
That’s gotta be it, right?
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
Killing time
Archie Manning was drafted four times, three in top 3 rounds. That latter fact is a record, I bet.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
Holy Crap NO CC
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.
Thanks to whichever mod realized I screwed up the game time
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
Thanks for screwing it up
I probably shouldn’t rely on these In-Game thread posts for gametimes…
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
OK, what's the hype all about?
Haven’t seen Kershaw yet. Nice curve there on J.J. But Rickie double was nice. Anyway, let’s see what he’s got.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 3:12 PM CDT reply actions
Dang
Thought for sure Braunie would do something good there.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 3:14 PM CDT reply actions
Ugh
Waiter, there’s a (big) fly in my Soup.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why the hell
does Prince wear sleeves no matter the weather?
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 3:23 PM CDT reply actions
At least he'll be able to leave early and go to his L.A.-area restaurant
Everything is right over the middle of the plate and right where they want it.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 3:25 PM CDT reply actions
glad we had the "second half pitcher" hype
before the game. I wonder if the game is on over at Supp’s Grill or whatever it is called.
Don't worry guys
if the Crew makes the playoffs for the first time in 26 years Ned has arranged the starters so that Soup will be on the mound for the first playoff game!
What happened?
I go to the bathroom and now Kershaw might be hurt? Something weird trying to throw out Corey?
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 3:33 PM CDT reply actions
Soup!
Nice work. Setting us up for a bigger heartbreak?
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
Saw it coming ...
… as soon as Martin set up inside. Oh well.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
What?
Kemp is from Midwest City, Oklahoma. Midwest City? That’s a real place? Does he play for West Coast Metropolis Baseball Team? Does he drive an Expensive Luxury Automobile?
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 3:51 PM CDT reply actions
www.midwestcityok.org
When “Tornado Safety Tips” is the top link on a city’s Web site, well, that can’t be the safest place in the world.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
J.J. Clemente?
Or would it be J.J. Guerrero? Nice bad-ball hit.
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 3:53 PM CDT reply actions
It's bad luck when the Crew
gets the first batter in the inning on base. Just look at the stats. (Stats validating “bad luck” – think about it.)
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 3:57 PM CDT reply actions
Jim Powell is reporting that Jeff Kent
has been bad-mouthing demigod Vin Scully in the LA media. lol
Jeff Kent may be available to the Brewers any day now.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 3:59 PM CDT reply actions
Rock steals from L.A. Times
T.J. Simers column in the L.A. Times about the Kent-Vin Scully thing makes a crack that next week Kent will start bad-mouthing the pope. Rock on the broadcast says saying Vin Scully talks too much is like saying the pope prays too much.
Yeah, not the biggest deal in the world, but c’mon. Pope jokes, Rock?
Use the brown eye, ump!
by Bay View Brewer on Aug 17, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Weeks had 3 on and whiffed
Then Cameron gets a solo four bagger knock. This is the FIRST inning the Crew didn’t get the leadoff batter on base. So, NATURALLY this would be the inning for the BIG HIT. AAARG!
There is a distressing pattern here and we all know it.
Is there such a thing as team RISP? The Crew can’t be high up on THAT list.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, and I recommended him this week in my article
Whoops.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
Manager Cito Gaston is learning the Yosting
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Rickie Weeks
you suck, I hate you
"I think this decision could go either way," Baseball Tonight legal analyst John Kruk said.
by ZTK Always on Vacation on Aug 17, 2008 4:22 PM CDT reply actions
Upcoming interviews
After the game, I’ll put up a short one I did with unsigned 32nd-round pick Colt Farrar, a HS righty from Texas, and tomorrow afternoon you’ll get Rookie-ball pitcher Nick Tyson, who has what BA called the best curveball in the system coming into the season.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
Eh, that's pretty much my acme of funniness
Out of like 25 interviews, one funny question is not a very good batting average. I better work on my material.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
you're forgetting
your stolen joke about “Escobar breaks Hand” or whatever that was;)
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 17, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Note: BA being Baseball America, not our announcer
Did our BA play minor league ball? I feel like I remember him talking about being a catcher.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
I don't think so
He played one season (1993) at St. Mary’s University in Texas. He’s seventh in career fielding percentage, ninth in career putouts, and tied for third in season putouts in their record book. I suspect he was either a first baseman or a catcher. He’s mentioned catching guys in the bullpen back when he was a minor league announcer a few times.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
Which wrist did Rickie hurt?
Did you see the way he held his left wrist after he swung? It was probably the pain of being struck out though.
You're like the official BCB caveman
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The August swoon
is arriving a little late this year?
How many ways are their to kill a rally?
Why is Weeks not on the DL (for ANY reason!).
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 4:36 PM CDT reply actions
"there," not
“their.” (I’m so upset, I can’t spell!)
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd love to see Weeks take a stint on the mound
Can you imagine that arm unleashed on the enemy? Is there a paramedic in the house?
With Suppoff on the DL.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Soup is fucking awful. Seriously, just waive him.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm so thankful Yost is protecting our bullpen
so they are fresh for the “Brewers in the (county) Park” program this week.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 4:46 PM CDT reply actions
Nooooooo
bad idear.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
So how do you propose the Brewers remedy this situation?
Try really really extra hard when there are runners on base?
"I think this decision could go either way," Baseball Tonight legal analyst John Kruk said.
by ZTK Always on Vacation on Aug 17, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
give 110%? Perhaps they could want it more than the other guy?
"I think this decision could go either way," Baseball Tonight legal analyst John Kruk said.
by ZTK Always on Vacation on Aug 17, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't "propose"
unless I get paid. I’m a fan so I just need to bitch. It’s the American way.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Cricket bats.
Duh.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket!
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
I’m assuming that’s a TMNT picture.
its not showing.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
when anyone's default assumption is that something is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference
something is seriously wrong with their neural connections
Regardless if the assumption was correct or not.
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 17, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Dude, I love that movie. Saw it in the theater & snapped it up on DVD a few months ago.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
When I was young, & we used to play “TMNT” in the neighborhood, I would load up my dad’s old golf bag with random sports “sticks” and pretend I was Casey Jones.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I also rocked the Jason Voorhies hockey mask.
Good times. I miss 63rd & Marion.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions
SOLO homers are our specialty
nothing is easy for this team
unless killing rallies is considered, of course
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry I'm late getting back to you
I was getting my second from the fridge…..
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Seth sighting - the gray uni is not slimming
There isn’t a buffet out there in the bullpen is there?
Maybe Jamie(sp?) is tossing ’em handfuls of those god awful Dodger Dogs.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I’ve heard only horrible things about them from people other than LAers that have had them.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Shit. I called it
a “foot or two” back in the thread.
If it’s on his throwing hand, he won’t be available for spot starts – when Suppan’s ass is fired.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Don’t go blaspheming Claude Vargas like that.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Part of the Yosting process
It can get confusing, I suppose.
Suppan must have promised the home plate ump a steak at Suppan’s Grille today. Of course, the ump can’t stop Suppan from throwing go ’fers.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Ugh.
I hate political commercials. All of ’em.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:13 PM CDT reply actions
Put the radio on
no political shit and the game is not as ugly
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I don’t have the antenna hooked up on my stereo. And the delay is awful.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
that help the fact that I don’t have my antenna hooked up.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
*doesn’t help
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
nono...you misunderstood
you’re supposed to find an actual RABBIT and do unspeakable things with it.
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 17, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Sounds good
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Aug 17, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's funny
because we had a discussion about the hottest cartoon character at the bar last night. I was the only one fighting for Jess.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Which reminds me
The Crew just got “johnson-ed” in two straight innings.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not bad
I’m just drawn that way
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
Can a burrito be involved?
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Up here in Door County
the FSN cable transmission is delayed about four seconds from the radio broadcast. The broadcast gets me off my ass and closer to accomplishing something on my wife’s to-do list. I can wait four seconds for “the news” about my team.
And I don’t have political shit from the corporate campaigns of McSame and Mr. Hope to put up with…..
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Just one more sign
of the Yosting process.
Players can be Yosted.
The whole team can be Yosted.
All of Brewer fandom can be Yosted.
The long nightmare is not yet over.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 5:41 PM CDT reply actions
Singles were needed
a few innings back there. The Crew’s “timing” is off today.
by heybatterbatter on Aug 17, 2008 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
great time to come back to the game
just in time to see Braun hit a home:)
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 17, 2008 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions
who are you?
go away
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Notre Dame will win 7 games this year. Tops.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck the Domers for wasting BCS bids on good teams.
Well, that and fuck ’em for being horrid.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions
all this
and the stands are empty.
I hate LA
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 6:13 PM CDT reply actions
FUCK
Fuck you, Andre Eithier
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 17, 2008 6:13 PM CDT reply actions
.500 road trip
It almost feels like a disappointment, but 3-3 isn’t a horrible trip out west. Hopefully the aces start the homestand off the right way.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
Bingo.
It’s hard after the 9th inning today, but you have to focus on the big picture, or at least the slightly bigger picture. The Brewers are 11-5 this month with 11 games left to play before September. If they go 6-5 the rest of the month, they only need to play .500 ball in September to hit 90 wins, which probably gets them the wildcard. A 4-2 trip would have been nice, but I didn’t really expect to take 2 of 3 against the Dodgers with the back half of our rotation going in all 3 games. And now we get to run Sabathia/Sheets/Parra at Houston in our home park.
FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 17, 2008 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Ryan Braun celebrates another misspelling of his nickname. It’s Braunt-o-saurus, people.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
That is an awesome picture :)
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
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