Sabathia has wood. - Brew Crew Ball

...he was reading our blog today

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 9:54 PM CDT 0 recs

Eldred 92

I read the other day that Garner had Eldred throw 140 pitches more than once in 1992. I never realized that.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 9:54 PM CDT 0 recs

I just posted about that in the game thread

It was 1993, a year that was truly murderous for Eldred’s arm. Jesus.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up 0 recs

Well, he did have one 140+ game in 1992

But 1993 really pithed his arm.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

That's just to taunt me, isn't 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 9:55 PM CDT 0 recs

I'd figure you more of a Kendall gal

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by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 9:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

I don’t think Grit is very luby..

by SgtClueLs on Aug 18, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up 0 recs

Ick

CC is cool, but I meant more the phrasing with the picture

"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 10:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

I got it

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

I've got to say...

That was the greatest game thread ever. Hands down.

And I’m patting myself on the back for causing the bedlam.

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 9:55 PM CDT 0 recs

Hands down?

…and where are those hands?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

=D

"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 9:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

If your hands are down...

how do you pat yourself on the back?

It is dangerous for an athlete to believe his own publicity, good or bad - Bob Uecker, 1982.

by Adam P on Aug 18, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

i know what kirbir's thinking...

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 18, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up 0 recs

With my gian….

Aw fuck it. I’m banned. Sorry guys. TTYL, kirb..

Lordz Of Vengeance....If I'm not drunk, I'm at work.

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 18, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

Nooo!

I’ll never let go

"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 10:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

Kung fu grip

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

Waaah

"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 10:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

too bad

we weren’t playing the Reds or there would have been a lot more pictures.

by molitorfan on Aug 18, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up 0 recs

No way!

Did you not read the game thread?! Red is the safe-word!

"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 10:33 PM CDT up 0 recs

The complete games are awesome,

and Jay’s right that the way CC’s arm feels in what’s important. But the high count tonight just seemed like an unnecesarry risk in my opinion.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 9:55 PM CDT 0 recs

That was battlekow, by the way

But I do agree with you.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

TSCC is still mad at me for punking Vin Scully

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

I want a current player to rip on Russ Hodges

Not only did he also have one of the most memorable calls in the history of the game, but he’s been dead for almost forty years. That’s a double whammy.

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

by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

So...

… was the US/China baseball game on TV? LaPorta apparently got drilled in the head and suffered a concussion, and ejections followed.

Clearly, someone on the China team said “Vin Scully’s just a dude.”

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 18, 2008 9:57 PM CDT 0 recs

Team China Manager

Jim Lefebvre

Always a Milwaukee connection folks.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up 0 recs

The fact you can do a “former Brewer” game with the Chinese national baseball team is ridiculous, but also completely not surprising.

by morineko on Aug 18, 2008 11:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

…of course, I think I just confused him with Rene Lachemann….

by morineko on Aug 18, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

That 14 year old punk

by dickie_thon on Aug 18, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up 0 recs

ESPN 2

interviewing CC right now

by molitorfan on Aug 18, 2008 10:00 PM CDT 0 recs

Same time as Trenni

Hmmmm

;)

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by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

We got the Trenni version

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

you guys suck

I haven’t seen Trenni in a while since they had the home announcers on the road trip and I watched the worldwide leader tonight.

by molitorfan on Aug 18, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

She's still looking nice

Ah there she is again. I’ve got the sound down so I can listen to Ned evade questions and mince words.

News flash: Ryan never strained his intercostal muscle or some other nitpick.

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

Such a likeable, affable gent that Ned

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up 0 recs

I'm beginning to think he's stupid.

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

beginning to?

What changed your mind now?

"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 11:42 PM CDT up 0 recs

I just noticed this, but Josh Hamilton was intentionally walked with the bases loaded and 2 out in the 9th in a 7-3 game yesterday. The Rays got Marlon Byrd to strike out to end the game, but that’s still amusing.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 10:04 PM CDT 0 recs

Yeah, David Pinto seemed to think that it happened to Jim Rice in addition to Barry Bonds

Maybe I was just missing the joke or something.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up 0 recs

Apparently it’s a common misconception.

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

by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

Pinto did just contribute a good Sabathia line, though

You can’t spell “Sabathia” without B-A-T.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:12 PM CDT up 0 recs

Giving Pinto more credit

He updated his Hamilton/Rice post.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up 0 recs

"Capable of"

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up 0 recs

Unusually good pitching for two of our young arms in Arizona, in stark contrast to the usual BRRROK-fest

Stosh threw 3 scoreless innings with a hit, a walk, and 3 K’s, and Odorizzi has contributed 2 more scoreless with a hit, a walk, and two K’s.

box score

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:16 PM CDT 0 recs

And in Helena...

Komo homered again.

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

by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up 0 recs

3 for 4

and Dykstra hitting well along with the tall Ankiel guy with the Nordic name.

I wonder what happened to Mike Marseco? The guy never plays but he is on the roster.

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up 0 recs

Marseco broke his face; he’s out for the year. He’s kind of an interesting guy I’d like to follow, as apparently he’s rather glovely and was hitting pretty well before his injury. He’s also microscopic, at 5’9", 145.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

My ex boyfriend from high school

got that same injury not riding his bike fast enough over a speed bump

"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 10:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

is that code for something?

did you injure him?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 19, 2008 1:18 PM CDT up 0 recs

Hah!

Nope. He’s just a dumbass…

Put it this way, he repeated his senior year and the only reason he graduated is that I did more than half of his homework

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 19, 2008 4:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

How dumb could he possibly be?

He got you to do over half of his homework for him.

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by battlekow on Aug 19, 2008 5:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

Only because they were gonna hold him back ANOTHER year

And being a 20 year old in high school is probably an embarrassing thing

"Brett Favre looks like a man in a parking lot playing with boys." - John Madden
"Pujols just unloaded." - Bob Uecker

by kirbir on Aug 19, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

ouch

Yeah, I remember reading a story about him where he talks about how he can’t keep weight on. Maybe a future second baseman?

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 11:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

Stupid is as stupid does

Ned had CC bunt because he didn’t want him to run the bases.

Could have just had a pinch runner come in.

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 10:32 PM CDT 0 recs

You have no concept

"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 10:34 PM CDT up 0 recs

If you knew anything about baseball...

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

Three strikes is an out right?

"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 10:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

I wish I could remember his whole answer to your boy's condition

He doesn’t want to mess around with it. That after taking him to California for a game rather than having him rest and rehab to get healthy for the stretch run.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhh…

by ol Pete on Aug 18, 2008 10:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

D'oh!

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 18, 2008 11:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

well...

he’d have to make it to first by running and, if it was a hit to the wall they’d still have him try for a 2 bagger…

…and if they substituted a pinch runner for him, why not use a pinch batter in the first time? I admire his hitting prowess, but we’ve got a couple of suitable batters on the bench.

I actually agree with the smallball call there (assuming you desired to leave him in the game).

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 19, 2008 1:21 PM CDT up 0 recs

Kevin Goldstein on Jeffress from a BP chat last week:

Olinkapo (Brevard County): What are your feelings on Jeremy Jeffress? Specifically: He’s not allowing many homers or hits at all, striking out a ton of guys, and generally getting groundballs. Do you look past the walks in light of all that, or is the wildness too discouraging? [Pitching wildness, I mean…not the puff puff pass stuff.]
Kevin Goldstein: Obviously, the walks are a concern, but it’s not like he has a case of the yips or anything. In the low minors, on a statstical level, I focus primarily on ip, h, k; and I’m still very high on Jeffress because those numbers are good and he has monster stuff.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 10:50 PM CDT 0 recs

More Brewers comments from the same chat

Langster (Dublin, Ireland): Kevin, why did Ryan Braun do a Ryan Braun, and Alex Gordon do an Alex Gordon? In light of their recent history, have you determined why their early performances have been so different?
Kevin Goldstein: Because Braun was better. I know that sounds like a crap answer, but hear me out. I don’t see any huge differences in their numbers or scouting reports coming out of college (if anything, Gordon was a touch better), nor any discrepencies in one area or another that we can glean anything from. It’s just one of those things, and frankly, it happens all the time. If you figure out why one guy is a massive stud and one guys isn’t, and how that can accurately apply to consistently finding future massive studs, there are plenty of teams that would like to talk to you . . . about 30 of them, in fact.

HuntsvilleFan (‘bama): Mat Gamel’s recent slump – nothing to be concerned about or was his first half more of a fluke?
Kevin Goldstein: I wouldn’t be too concerned, but at the same time, I do think Gamel was over his head in the first half, and I think he’s a very good, but not elite prospect.

TomG (Salem): What’s the deal with Lorenzo Cain? He seems to be hitting a lot better now that he’s out of Brevard County; is he a legit sleeper at this point or will his K rate doom him?
Kevin Goldstein: The guy is a pretty crazy athlete, so that allows for a little more optimism. I’m certainly keeping an eye on him and he’s more than a ligit sleeper, he’s a prospect.

Ben Franklin (Philly): Tell me something I have not heard about A Escobar? Everyone says his glove is great, is it? How great? Or is it just good?
Kevin Goldstein: It’s great. Makes the easy plays consistently, and makes the spectacular plays others can’t dream of making. One of the best defenders in the minors.

Steve (MN): I won’t defend Jeremy Brown, but I’ll defend Prince Fielder, CC Sabathia, et. al
Kevin Goldstein: You mean guys loaded with tools who every scout saw as a sure-fire first round pick? Look, people can keep pulling out the jeans quote, but athleticism matters.

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by battlekow on Aug 18, 2008 11:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

Ok, so help me out:

What does very good but not elite mean? Bill Hall? Corey Hart? Dammit, I want guarantees!

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 19, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up 0 recs

Corey Hart sounds about right

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by battlekow on Aug 19, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up 0 recs

Teddy Higuera's Top Comps

Pet Baseball-Reference:

1. C.C. Sabathia (963)

I'll warm up with you anytime

by ufoboy90 on Aug 18, 2008 11:42 PM CDT 0 recs

So...

How does Ben Sheets avoid his career-high-tying 12th win of the season tomorrow night?

A. Get shelled (ten runs in 3 innings or something similar)
B. Throw a good game, only to blow up in the seventh and surrender the lead.
C. Throw a great game, only to have the offense not score for him.
D. Bite his nails too short and hurt his fingers, forcing McClung into an emergency start.

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by TheJay on Aug 18, 2008 11:50 PM CDT 0 recs