Game Thread #126: Astros (63-61) at Brewers (71-54)
Houston Astros @ Milwaukee Brewers
It's a bit of a surprise, but for a middling NL team, the Astros match up pretty well with Sabathia. Erstad, Loretta (I had forgotten about his year with the Red Sox), and Tejada have all spent some time in the AL, and all have 790+ OPS's in their time against him. Of course, Erstad was better then.
This is a slightly different Astros team than we last saw--Wolf was newly acquired before our last series, but since then, Carlos Lee was lost for the season, meaning that Erstad, Blum, or both are fixtures in the starting lineup. Those guys are pesky, sure, but it's definitely a blow to the offense.
Matchup is Wolf and Sabathia, game time is 7:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.
Go Brewers!
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The Mets already lost
Note to Yahoo: Abbreviating the Pirates’ home run hitter as “A. LaRoche” isn’t going to cut it anymore.
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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 4:53 PM CDT 0 recs
Only three NL games today
Weeks isn’t starting, Hall is in against the lefty, and the rest of the lineup is as usual.
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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 4:57 PM CDT 0 recs
I'm still resisting putting Counsell in the starting lineup on the sidebar
It just seems so absurd.
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 4:59 PM CDT
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Look on the bright side
He’s not Chris Woodward. I can’t wait for that utiliterrific September call-up.
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by TheJay on
Aug 18, 2008 6:07 PM CDT
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Yeah.
Not to mention the sheer joy of Ned’s indignant response to those who question why there’s plenty of opportunities for some AAAA infielder to get playing time but Rivera still can’t get a sniff of the field more than once every two weeks.
I still can’t believe Ned’s comment that it’s easy to hit .300 in 50 at bats off the bench. Gee. Wonder why you never pulled that off then Nedly?
FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on
Aug 18, 2008 6:37 PM CDT
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Ned
He did it in 79 at bats until his bat took September 1982 off. I wonder if Yost’s point was that it’s easier to hit .300 in 50 at bats than it is in, say, 200 at bats. A few hits falling in over 50 at bats can be the difference between .260 and .320. Somehow I doubt it, but maybe.
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by TheJay on
Aug 18, 2008 6:57 PM CDT
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i dunno
i still say you give him the opportunity to prove himself good or just middle-of-the-road pinch hitting option. Perhaps he hasn’t proven himself to be elite, but he certainly hasn’t shown any woeful deficiencies.
He’s above Nyx on my personal depth chart though.
by PagsBrewCrew on
Aug 18, 2008 7:11 PM CDT
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He's not wrong if that's what he meant...
…. but considering the question that prompted the comment was an inquiry about how impressive it was that Rivera could be productive after all that off time, I think the blindingly obvious fact that it’s easier to hit .300 in 50 at bats instead of 200 was kind of beside the point.
Ned might be a decent manager. I don’t think so, but I’m not qualified to judge so I could be wrong. But good manager or not, he’s an ass who treats anyone who questions him with a contempt that suggests a profound insecurity and/or a lack of sufficient intelligence to consider for a moment that he might be wrong on something. I don’t need to be a stat guy to be dead certain about that.
FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on
Aug 18, 2008 7:51 PM CDT
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I am still haunted by memories of Chris Barnwell
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
by jihad on
Aug 18, 2008 7:51 PM CDT
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I'm haunted by the fact that calling him up was the right choice
When Chris Barnwell is your best available option, it’s time to pass your turn and exchange your tiles for new ones.
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:54 PM CDT
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Board game metaphors
Yet you still lose at Boggle? Inconceivable!
"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 18, 2008 10:20 PM CDT
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Yeah, because Kyle/KL only feels like updating you when HE wins

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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 10:44 PM CDT
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CC breathing fire out of the gate
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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:12 PM CDT 0 recs
Jeffress’ second AA start is just getting underway.
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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:13 PM CDT 0 recs
Laynce Berkman is hitting .331?
yikes. I didn’t see that coming this season. Can we have Prince bat .331 also?
by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 7:13 PM CDT 0 recs
Berkman was a career .300 hitter on the nose coming into the year
It’s not that surprising, is it? I think he’s demonstrated over time that he’s a significantly better hitter for average than Fielder.
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:19 PM CDT
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I wouldn't be shocked
If that error got changed to an infield hit later on tonight.
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by TheJay on
Aug 18, 2008 7:18 PM CDT
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Ding ding ding
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:36 PM CDT
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It's not hard
1. Is Tim O’Driscoll the official scorer? Yes
2. Is it a questionable decision? Yes
3. It will be changed later.
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by TheJay on
Aug 18, 2008 7:38 PM CDT
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as in his girlfriend/wife won't find out about it when Kirbir finds him?
by PagsBrewCrew on
Aug 18, 2008 7:19 PM CDT
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Ohhh
Torres is totally not hot
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 7:58 PM CDT
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I believe the phrase you're looking for
is hotsy-notsy.
:)
"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 18, 2008 10:21 PM CDT
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That is far too much like Rosie O'Donnell to be something I'd say
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 10:31 PM CDT
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Heh
It sounds like a Dancy Nancy thing, coming from roguejim.
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by TheJay on
Aug 18, 2008 11:11 PM CDT
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You know you like Dancy Nancy
Admit it
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 11:31 PM CDT
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Who doesn't? Other than the Kow, I mean.
"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 19, 2008 12:23 AM CDT
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...but it's Tennis that they're Pro at?
why is that any better than Pro Basketball, etc?
I happen to agree though…Anna K was hot, but “competitive success” wasn’t exactly in her vocabulary.
by PagsBrewCrew on
Aug 18, 2008 7:56 PM CDT
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What are you trying to implicate about Salomon Torres?
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
by jihad on
Aug 18, 2008 7:57 PM CDT
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weird
I knew this thing was buggy. it posted at the wrong spot. I had to reload the page.
sorry about that…
by PagsBrewCrew on
Aug 18, 2008 8:01 PM CDT
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I completely agree
Wait, what?
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:59 PM CDT
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We belong to the blank generation
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:20 PM CDT
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well, blank you
okay…that was funnier in my mind
by PagsBrewCrew on
Aug 18, 2008 7:21 PM CDT
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Ummm
it’d have to be. :)
"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 18, 2008 10:21 PM CDT
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What's up with that? Can only ESPN use the green screen tonight
Its driving me nuts
by Scooter82 on
Aug 18, 2008 7:21 PM CDT
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Some FSN employee is having trouble working the doo-dads
by ol Pete on
Aug 18, 2008 7:23 PM CDT
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I knew that Dan Iassongna was kinda dumb
…but to call him blank is a little rude.
by PagsBrewCrew on
Aug 18, 2008 7:23 PM CDT
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That one was also funnier in your mind
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:23 PM CDT
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Look at his season last year compared to his season so far this year; they’re freakishly similar.
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:26 PM CDT
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he's just not a run scorer this year
is prince that far off from last season? or is there some other deficiency we have further down the order?
by PagsBrewCrew on
Aug 18, 2008 7:30 PM CDT
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I was just going to say Wolf is looking good
but walking Braun isn’t easy
by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 7:26 PM CDT 0 recs
Gotta have it!
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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 7:27 PM CDT 0 recs
talking of Braun as MVP
anyone else think about this? I never gave it much consideration… but a possibility if the Brewers make the playoffs
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Aug 18, 2008 7:28 PM CDT 0 recs
I thought people were getting smarter after Andruw Jones didn't win a couple years ago, but then Jimmy Rollins happened, so you never know
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:28 PM CDT
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Either him or Sabathia
but given the fact that C.C. hasn’t been with them all year (and hence only played in a few games), that kinda would rule him out I suppose.
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM CDT
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I hope he does
I don’t think he should. His OBP is .341, that’s fine and his slugging is fantastic, but there are better options.
And neck size to baby eating ratio.
by jihad on
Aug 18, 2008 7:54 PM CDT
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Ty Wigginton hasn't played left much
But then again, would Carlos Lee get that at his full-speed jog?
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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 7:28 PM CDT 0 recs
That was great back-up work by Erstad on the play
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM CDT
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He seems like a guy who isn’t as bad as he looks, meaning I don’t know.
by ol Pete on
Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM CDT
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Was Prince not running on that?
Braun was going, at that point don’t you go too, and get home… i know i am talking about fielder running, but he can move
The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.
by Kyguy922 on Aug 18, 2008 7:29 PM CDT 0 recs
Braun was stealing
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:30 PM CDT
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I found my new crush.
Lolo Jones. Consider me smitten.
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 7:31 PM CDT 0 recs
Oh no!
But she’s so anorexic in the face!
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 7:32 PM CDT
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if by face you mean her upper body, then yes
her face doesn’t look skinny/gaunt from the online pics I found.
by PagsBrewCrew on
Aug 18, 2008 7:34 PM CDT
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I guess it's not so bad if it's not a thumbnail image
But still, she’s no looker.

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 7:36 PM CDT
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I think she looks refreshingly un-made up
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:37 PM CDT
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that reeks of jealousy
Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.
I am anti-Suppan.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on
Aug 18, 2008 7:37 PM CDT
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Oh please

Does it look like I really need to be that jealous?
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 7:42 PM CDT
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Very myspace chic
Just need to either make it a little darker or more washed out.
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:45 PM CDT
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I was thinking negative
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 7:47 PM CDT
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You do have a vest on
You could go sepia.
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:48 PM CDT
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Ewww
Sepia isn’t a bad idea though
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 7:53 PM CDT
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Sepia is, in my opinion, the best way to tell your audience that you're a total hack of a photographer.
FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on
Aug 18, 2008 7:54 PM CDT
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Or that you're going for that late-19th Century hooker look
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:54 PM CDT
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I love that look
as long as it doesn’t lead to this
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 7:56 PM CDT
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Ah... another link I'm afraid to click on.
FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on
Aug 18, 2008 7:56 PM CDT
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You’d better hope the Brewers don’t hire this guy then.
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:58 PM CDT
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First image hit on google for 19th century hooker
by behnke411 on
Aug 18, 2008 7:57 PM CDT
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Hot
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker
by kirbir on
Aug 18, 2008 7:59 PM CDT
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Caveat emptor, I guess
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by battlekow on
Aug 18, 2008 7:59 PM CDT
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sign i'm a little too interested in 19th-century history
I know who that is.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on
Aug 18, 2008 8:00 PM CDT
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Dish.
FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on
Aug 18, 2008 8:01 PM CDT
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Probably
"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker


