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Game Thread #133: Brewers (77-55) at Cardinals (73-60)

Mordecai_brown_tiny by Jeff Sackmann on in Game Threads Comment 594 comments

Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals, Aug 27, 2008 7:15 PM CDT


Fun fact: The Brewers have the fourth best record in baseball right now.  Only the Cubs, Rays, and Angels are better, and one could make a case that the Angels play in a weaker division.  (They get to play the Mariners...a lot.)

Great matchup of young pitchers tonight: Manny Parra against Adam Wainwright.  Parra is coming off of two out of three nice outings, while Wainwright has had one solid start since returning from injury.  My only prediction is that neither team will score 12 runs tonight.

Game time is 7:15 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.

Go Brewers!

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Thanks Jeff,

now it’s going to be a 30 run slug fest. Now, I’m worried, because frankly, Albert Pujols scares the hell out of me, having a no doubt MVP caliber season.

by Rendezvous on Aug 27, 2008 5:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

any room on the bandwagon?

Tigers fan, been living in Wisconsin the last 5 years, so I’m already a Brewers follower, if only by proximity. I’m a cubs hater, does that help get me in good standing around here?

Been reading some of the stuff on BCB during the summer, but haven’t jumped aboard yet….the way the Tigers just imploded in late July just about killed the Bless You Boys SB Nation blog where I was hanging out, but I’ve taken a couple weeks off from caring about baseball, and find that I want to be in on a playoff race in September.

So, if you’ll let me tag along for the ride….

by ahtrap on Aug 27, 2008 5:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Always plenty of room on the Brewers bandwagon!

Can we be sure you’re not classified as a type A free agent? We don’t want to be sending Bless You Boys any comp picks now. We value those around here.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

call me a pennant chase rental….speaking of which, what are the odds around here that CC sticks around? or is that a verboten topic?

by ahtrap on Aug 27, 2008 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’d say the dominant opinion is that he will cost too much.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well........

………. I can’t speak for everybody here, but a Cubs hater is always cool with me. Especially sense you are a Tigers fan, and we Brewers fans can all relate with blown expectations after last season’s roller coaster ride, and who blew ’em more than the Tigers this year? Not trying to be offensive, just sympathetic.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

no offense taken….for a team that was slated to be the greatest offensive juggernaut the major leagues have ever been seen to be shut out double digit times is embarrassing. To have multiple versions of Derrick Turnbow trying to close out games, starting with the original Roller Coaster man, Todd Jones, that’s just painful. And then the starting pitching failing to live up to any hype, too?

It’s not even a season that Tiger fans will be able to look back and say coulda shoulda about, our team just stunk from the start….and now, we’re just hoping to finish at .500….

by ahtrap on Aug 27, 2008 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure thing

Here’s a quick rundown on how to get around down BCB way:

Oh yeah, this is BCB. The SBN blog supporting the Cubs can be referred to by any number of names (I prefer “Bleed Cubbie Bleed” myself), but it can never be abbreviated “BCB”.

Kirbir sounds fun, and it’ll be exciting for awhile, especially if your previous bedroom experience has been limited to this kingdom of life, but then one night you’ll come home early and find her licking maple syrup out of your dad’s belly button, so don’t say you weren’t forewarned.

Prince Fielder vegetarianism jokes are so overdone. Don’t go there.

Carlos Zambrano baby-eating jokes never get old. Go there, you know you want to.

The last rule, and this cannot be emphasized enough, is that Tony Gwynn is not the center fielder of the future.

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

Of course not...

“center fielder of the future” would imply he’s not ready to lead the team to victory right now!

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Aug 27, 2008 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't forget to tell him that...

… if he uses a small sample size to make an argument, Jeff will knee his balls through the roof of his mouth.

Metaphorically speaking, of course.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

there's a joke

about kirbir in there somewhere, but I don’t have the courage to make it.

by sheeter on Aug 27, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

Thank you

I’m scared of exactly what the joke would be

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tony Gwynn is not the center fielder of the future

Well, duh. Tony Gwynn Jr., however, is the centerfielder of the future. :)

Other tips:

- Don’t say “FIRST!!” in any thread, at any time

- Be all arrogant, unfunny, and jerk-like, just like the rest of us

- Reference KUGS often

- Carlos Zambrano baby-eating jokes never get old.
Also, Fukudome Asian jokes.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Putting recent Brewers/Tigers history behind us...

Sure, welcome aboard. :)

"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 27, 2008 6:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The only recent tigers/brewers history I recall is going to Miller Park and seeing….who was it….Rickie weeks, maybe, hiting a Joel Zumaya fastball over the center field wall a couple of years ago….

Of course, when I was in Cooperstown over the summer, I did take a picture of a certain Justin Verlander memento, so strike the first thought.

appreciate the welcome

by ahtrap on Aug 27, 2008 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Joe Bateman

Where does he rate on the Bradford/Shouse/Ziegler/Marmol/Randy Johnson spectrum of arm angles? I’m assuming someone here has seen him pitch. I think I’ve read that he tops out in the mid-80s, but that’s not a concern so much, Ziegler does too.

I’m officially on the Bateman Bandwagon, feel free to join. He’s put up a minor league FIP of 3.80 and has given up 4 homers and only 6 doubles this year in 73 innings! His splits obviously favor righthanders, but we’ll have Shouse and Stetter to use if Batman gets in a jam and has to face a lefty.

50% GB rate on the season is very solid. It’s not quite Ziegler’s 68 percent that he had in about 30 minor league innings this year, but it’s encouraging and fits with what Josh has said about sidearmers getting more drop and movement on their pitches. And unlike Ziegler, he’s struck out a total of 8.76 per 9, that’s almost 2 better than Ziegler did in the minors.

So I’m hoping they call him and Gamel up.

Also, he could be a pinch-hitter! His wikipedia page says that he hit a homer in his only at-bat in A ball with the Giants. And they better play a the batman theme song when he comes in.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 6:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Mr. Karabell, is that you?

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, actually

(after taking me 5 minutes to figure out what the hell that was referencing)

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It looks like it could potentially cause seizures.

If I were them, I would show a disclaimer at the beginning of Brewers Live so that they don’t get sued.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

even the scale seems wrong

its the kid’s set they’re at

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like someone was watching Blade Runner too much

by dickie_thon on Aug 27, 2008 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm 100% sure

that its all green-screened CGI.

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

As long as we're introducing ourselves...

I’ve been visiting BCB daily since April and lurking on most every game thread since the All-Star Break, so I suppose now’s as good a time as any to jump in. You all seem like a fun group of people to listen to games with.

I’m a Brewers fan from my childhood days of Yount and Molitor, quit following the team when I moved to Nebraska in the mid-90s (hence the way-too-obvious username) and picked ’em back up before this year. And not a moment too soon, either.

I’m not quite sure I understand yet what KUGs are, but I’ll try to refer to them whenever possible.

by Cheeseandcorn on Aug 27, 2008 7:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

hey

KUG is a Kendall Unit of Grit. Really just something gritty. Kendall is very gritty so that’s how that started.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whoops

Not so good at the whole ‘reply’ thing

by Cheeseandcorn on Aug 27, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It has a Formula!

1000(SH/PA + HBP/PA + CS/PA) / 100(HR/PA + IBB/PA + GIDP/PA + SO/PA + SB/PA) * 1- (H/XBH) * (GB rate) * 1.05 if age=30+ * 1.05 if height=<72" * (3)

No, actually, that’s the formula. I bet everyone thinks it’s a joke; that actually is the KUG formula. Kendall’s first on the team with 37.8 KUGs.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Remember this?
They weren’t made for Bo Ryan, but Wisconsin fans didn’t care.

The Badger backers stumbled upon the Nebraska Clothing Co. in the Old Market and bought all of the “I’m a BOLIEVER” T-shirts. The shirts, referencing Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini and not Ryan, the Wisconsin basketball head coach, were all sold as of Saturday.

“I would say there was probably around 30 of them,” said Debbie Meyer, owner of the store. “Two gals came in right when I opened on Friday and asked why we had the shirts. When I told them, they called friends back in Wisconsin and bought some for them, too.”

Steve Spriester came up with the idea through a text-messaging conversation with a friend about who would be the next NU football coach. He said the demand for the men’s (red shirt, white lettering) and women’s (white shirt, red lettering) shirts are just a lucky bounce of sorts.

“We’ve got an unintentionally hot item on our hands,” Spriester said. “We’re just Nebraska fans who wanted Bo Pelini four years ago and wanted to show our support. It kind of steamrolled into something bigger this weekend.”

Spriester said the shirts can be purchased at spreenjab.com. He said there were no immediate plans to start saturating the Madison, Wis., market just yet.

“It’s kind of just a hobby,” he said of the T-shirt business. “But it definitely was a pretty funny story.”

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, yeah.

Somebody explain the about grit to the new guy.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 7:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

I know what it stands for, but I thought at first it was legitimate praise, though now I’m realizing it seems to be something of a backhanded compliment.

by Cheeseandcorn on Aug 27, 2008 7:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

In my book, grit is a genuine compliment.

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey new guys

Grit/KUGs >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> actual talent.

There. Good enuff?

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 7:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Is that

a longer bat for Rickie? And did he not pop it up?

pats self on back

by Wayfaerer on Aug 27, 2008 7:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey, did anybody else notice?

With their recent success our bullpen has now passed the Cubs in Reliever ERA and sits fourth in the National League?

Guess nobody told the talking heads and our “bullpen weaknesses”

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Aug 27, 2008 7:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I love how the media doesn't let facts get in the way of a good story

SI ran an article last week about the Cubs dominant bullpen and how that’s the difference between this year and last year for them, and that’s why they’ll easily win the Central.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and compared them

to the Nasty Boys on the Reds. That piece could have been in the Cubs program it was so slanted.

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

there was a nice article on CNNSI.com

about how everyone in the Midwest hates the Cubs. It was the more enjoyable Cubs’ articles I’ve ever read.

by keephopealive on Aug 27, 2008 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They missed the point.

It should have been about how we all hate Cubs FANS. I’m indifferent to the Cubs players, with the exception of Zambrano.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

true

but they did mention White Sox fans thinking they are a bunch of spoiled Ferris Buellers… which I appreciated

by keephopealive on Aug 27, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Which is always a scary thought

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

big discussion on Cards blogs and forums

Which Brewers to plunk and when. One guy says “Cameron is a punk.”

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 7:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yes, and Billy and “fatty” get their votes as well.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And these

are the best fans in baseball??? give me a f*&$ing break

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They're great

When their team is winning (especially at home) and they don’t have to complain about anyone else’s post-game celebrations…

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

by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

fortunately by the same logic

we’re downright pleasant to deal with around now.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Phil Kuzzi?

Is he calling ball and strikes?

by SgtClueLs on Aug 27, 2008 7:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

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

by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and as I say that he throws a beautiful strike for a K

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Effectively Wild

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

by Adam P on Aug 27, 2008 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice sig.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quick two outs

Up to Counsell to grittily give Manny time to rest.

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

by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh well

Saw twice as many pitches as Hart & Cameron combined.

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

by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is that

…accounted for in the KUG formula?

by andrew_p on Aug 27, 2008 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Read my mind

pitches/ab modifier, anyone?

by Wayfaerer on Aug 27, 2008 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Possible

The grittiness of it will have to be gauged. Guys like Weeks and Fielder take a lot of pitches/AB, too, and Weeks is already second in the KUG rankings.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still think it should be swing contact percentage

Seeing a lot of pitches isn’t necessarily gritty. Fouling a lot of pitches off sounds gritty though.

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

by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

howbout

fouls w/ 2 strikes (f2s/ab?)

by Wayfaerer on Aug 27, 2008 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If only that were a category in baseball reference

I don’t think that data is readily available :)

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

sure it is

isn’t final count available? then you take pitches minus count

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unfortunately

that would require me going through each players splits and doing a lot of additional work, when contact % would accomplish pretty much the same thing.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

I’ll add that in the GB rate * Inefficiency part of the formula. This thing is still a work in progress.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

in the ironic gritty part of the formula

if you insist on rewarding CS and punishing SB for some unknown reason, then you should reward fouls-on-pitches-down-the-middle. I don’t know if that data is readily available though.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that has to get changed

I don’t want to reward SBs- because then guys like Joey Gathright get a higher KUG than Kendall because they’re really fast. Really fast guys aren’t gritty (maybe because they’re black?). If anyone has suggestions, let me know.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmm

SB-(2*CS)-(10 – 40meter dash time)

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep

i know we’re thinking of the same picture.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha!

the first part could work. I want to reward being like 10/14 in SBs and penalize being 50/50 or 0/0.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You could subtract the absolute value of the standard deviations from the mean in raw SB and SB%. That way anyone who steals a lot or a little and too well or too poorly will be penalized. Or maybe set your SB total target at one std dev above the mean and do the subtractions from there. That sounds like a gritty fulcrum.

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was a waste of an inning.....

Crap.

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

by Adam P on Aug 27, 2008 7:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Trenni

Gotta love her talking about owning the Cardinals surrounded by glum fans in red.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 7:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey

Matt LeCroy’s lost weight…oh wait, it’s that Stavinoha guy.

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

by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Young Suppan?

by SgtClueLs on Aug 27, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe

with a big ol’ wad of dip in each cheek

by Wayfaerer on Aug 27, 2008 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Way to drop the ball Rickie

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 7:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Lots of potential though

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tools

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Too bad

he leaves them in the bag all the time

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's got 30/30 potential

and all of the tools to have a breakout season. Just copy that and reprint it 500 times at the beginning of ’09.

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

by Adam P on Aug 27, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is potential the opposite of grit?

by dickie_thon on Aug 27, 2008 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No

it’s a euphemism for it.

by Wayfaerer on Aug 27, 2008 7:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nah.. only if the potential stops being potential.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 27, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

plus effort, preferably with dirt on uniform.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think Weeks should be permanently DQ'd- or at least penalizied- from the KUG rankings

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pointless Rickie factoid

Did you know he leads all NL players in “Extra Bases Taken as Runner?” Notably absent is first-to-third guru (or so the FO said when they signed him) Mike Cameron.

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

by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That’s cuz Cameron trotted on 23 of his PAs.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Plus doubles

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

GRIT!

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 7:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Gritty!

Jasons so gritty he got a free base.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 27, 2008 7:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

How about

a reached on error modifier?

by Wayfaerer on Aug 27, 2008 7:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

definitely:)

have that count for 2 hits:P

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've updated the KUG formula

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by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

although grit travels at the speed of light

and baserunners go in a circle if they make a run, I somehow doubt that’s quite right either;)

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Clearly I've been spending too much time with math geeks

I semi understand that

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

c'mon

admit it your sis explained it to you!

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pffft

She doesn’t even know what the subscripts are all about

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully not for a while :-P

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe never..

Seeing as we both were pretty crazy kids when we were younger (;

by kelseysawrrr on Aug 28, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of procreate

Wasn’t there something the other day about wanting to see me in a bikini?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

half a picture

is better than none i guess

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is that the urban dictionary reference image for myspace angle?

by MillerParkSouth on Aug 27, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

No

It’s called my ex can’t take pictures with distractions such as bikini-clad women :-P

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Awesome fielding for Wainwright so far this inning

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 7:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow

more fuckin’ grit.

This is awesome

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 7:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

YOU

can be gritty!

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Depends

I would consider side-armers/submariners gritty, just because they’re weird.

by andrew_p on Aug 27, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

WHIP * Strand Rate

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ha!

you’ll fit in just fine around here. That’s exactly who made that stat famous.

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Super baserunning grit

Dead meat at 3B, but the KUG factor intimidates Wainwright

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 7:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Then again...

So would a K

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of wild pitches

Manny Parra is one away from setting a record for the most by a Brewers pitcher in one season.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks, Debbie Downer

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is said record held by a certain Mr. Turnbow?

I think that would’ve been too easy

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh no

It’s currently a three-way tie at 14 between Parra, Chris Bosio (1987) and Jim Slaton (1974). Jaime Cocanower had 13 twice to round out the top five.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I bet he has the best WP/Inning pitched ratio

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 27, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Probably

Turnbow: 22 WP in 198 innings as a Brewer.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He had some special ones though

When he sailed those rifle shots over everybody’s heads…

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Somehow that doesn't surprise me

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

gameday frozen

i guess it’s time for me to check out cbs’s feed. <shudder>

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 7:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Manny

steals second? Cmonnnn…

by Wayfaerer on Aug 27, 2008 7:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Is there a way

to measure a pitchers susceptability to KUG?

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 7:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

so awesome

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 7:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

YES

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 7:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That drunk bastard needs to get off the damn field

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pot... kettle...

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m not interrupting a Major League baseball game. Ass.

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mr. Ass, my ass.

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lighten up, Francis.

;)

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I feel cheated

that they cut away

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was quite a while ago, but Tony was bitching to Layne.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

For about 5 seconds.

It really wasn’t that bad.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If it was only 5 seconds

it can’t have been that good

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think Rickie should have his name changed to Pop Up.

It would save BA some time during his at bats.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 7:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

In Rickie's defense

He doesn’t get cheated with his infield pop ups. He hits some pretty majestic pop flys. He’s got a lot of pop (fly) in his bat.

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

by Adam P on Aug 27, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

such a sweet sound

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Plunk Hardy

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

MLB.tv feed

Did it just take a dump for anyone else?

by andrew_p on Aug 27, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

We even get a Sorvino/Lane shot at 1B

Hominy Grits

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 7:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Really

getting that low strike call

by Wayfaerer on Aug 27, 2008 7:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Off to non-American Football

Gah.. hate playing soccer when HD is on! Hopefully I’ll have good news to come home too.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 27, 2008 8:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

BA Analysis

“The tough part was getting it in his glove. After that, it was a routine out.”

Turning outs into outs…

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I love that they’re just tossing the gum thru the fence.

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

any mac user recommendations for a browser

Other than Safari, since Safari stopped working with gameday, that also works with the SBNation (BCB) software?

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 8:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Use firefox

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes. Firefox.

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

giggity?

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

^^^^^^^^^Lohan ^^^^^^^^

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

(Lindsay)

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who loves ya baby?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

both

“gent” and “lady” are quite the stretch;)

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Victor/Victoria anyone?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about the bullpen having fun.

Im sure that was not gum.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Then what was it?

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know, but they sure did have a lot of it.

On second thought, it could have been unwrapped double bubbles, because then I could understand throwing it away. That stuff is nasty.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

An affront to baseball

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me, or DubbleBubble?

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll take two

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Here's your hypen

“-”

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kobe

tell me how my hyphen tastes

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

No 1st to 3rd for Cam here

File it

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Geez

The team sure does like the third base line tonight.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Counsell

He is so good at pulling those ground balls.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I love these BS runs

This is so awesome

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That's SB runs...

… small ball…

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why take

When you can feebly pull.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is gameday screwed up?

It has to be.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why?

Does it have Counsell hitting a homer?

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

More importantly

What are the gameday people on? And where can I get some?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess it was just behind.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

uh oh

high and tight to the Latin Dance Instructor – that’s what started Tony’s beaning last year

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 8:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

High split there?

That kinda looked funny.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

looked like dead center

but since I don’t have gameday…

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was a bad pitch

He got away with it. Seems like that happens to unexpectedly bad splitters a lot—they get taken for strikes.

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good save Corey

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Whew.........

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Good play Corey.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huge catch

Thank god you didn’t miss it, Corey.

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

No kidding.

Wow.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hah.......

I’m just thinking about how pissed off Cardinal fans are right now…. its hilarious!!!

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm

Is it better to tease and deny than to mow down 1, 2, 3.

Cardinal rage rising.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Way to go Manny

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Manny did well

didn’t get rattled – hung tough

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Salome has another HR for Huntsville

He’s 2-3, now hitting .357. The pocket magnum!

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

'Ello 'ello

How did you escape from my chest o’ treasures?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Diddy says, "The Brewers are gonna win."

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Is it just me

Or did Fruit of the Loom still a pseudo-patriotic truck song for their commercial?

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

*steal

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That “blue” song is even weirder

by dickie_thon on Aug 27, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Very experimental-Beatles-esque

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thats what I thought, Beatles-like.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love that song

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

“a royal xanadu”?

by dickie_thon on Aug 27, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

full video

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm gettin' a bad feeling.

Have we had a brawl this year? I don’t think so. Big Ton’s frustration is building.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Can't hear

All I hear from them lately is whining over “admiring”

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If there was a prediction

I missed it, but when he did swing and miss, he said it was a heaping load of dejection.

by andrew_p on Aug 27, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are we still talking about Lou Piniella's pants?

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They were actually going on about that today on Chicago radio.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What did they say?

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

how awful it looked

many different adjectives mixed with commentary on old timers and alcohol et cetera

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and Marriotti quitting the Chicago Sun Times

Is Jeff’s job open, he says the internet is the future after his trip to China… maybe he could take his first job at BCB

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 27, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

OH MY!!!!!!!!!

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ho-ho........ now its gettin good.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

here we go

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

And here…we…go!

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

There it is.

and here we go.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

And it begins

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Best part

Was Braun smiling about it.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Mota bomb him during a brawl

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Somehow that doesn't look very violent

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Powerbombs are the better

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

that leg could just no longer support that haircut

by dickie_thon on Aug 27, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

Does everyone here...

have some odd obsession with posting pictures of people’s body parts getting completely screwed over?

That video from the Olympics made me want to scream. It looked so painful…

by kelseysawrrr on Aug 28, 2008 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty sure it's just me

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

by battlekow on Aug 28, 2008 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If, by "everyone here", you mean

Tues: George (34, throw) Mon: George 3 E (33, throwing, throwing, throwing)

by Jordan M on Aug 28, 2008 6:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

um...

I’m not comfortable with that…ah…pose

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're just saying it because there are two guys ;)

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know everyone likes to think the Cubs are our biggest rival

but is it possible in 3-5 years the Cards are?

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 27, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

are the Cards

getting sold for $1 Billion?

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah. That's what made me ask.

I didn’t see him gesture to the dugouts, but that appeared to be a purposeful conversation.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

pre-warning warning?

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crappy ending

please don’t retaliate Manny

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 8:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Last game of the year

LaRussa may retire. I’d wait till late in the game and if it doesn’t affect the outcome, I’d drill his precious poopsie Pujols, but Ned probably won’t.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Going back to Fruit of the Loom...........

……….. What is that one guy? An artichoke?

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Buffett's cash?

Berkshire Hathaway owns FofL

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yup
These leaves look the most like tobacco leaves in real life, but some assert that they are fig leaves, which traditionally cover the same area of the body as Fruit of the Loom products do. The company only says that they are leaves.

link

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That makes sense.............

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Random useless trivia

They filmed part of that new commercial across from my office in SF. I looked down on the street and saw giant fruit walking down the sidewalk. While they were filming, an explosion happened in the underground electrical system a few blocks away, and everything was a little confusing for a while.

Then I went to lunch.

by andrew_p on Aug 27, 2008 8:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where exactly?

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you get fruit cocktail as a side?

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That could be the plot of Will Ferrell's next film

Undercover anti-terrorism specialists masquerading as fruit mascots.

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

whenever i hear artichokes i think of this

http://www.cartalk.com/content/read-on/2002/11.02.html

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 27, 2008 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah...thought it looked familiar

If it were the t-loin, they’d be reaching for their pockets every two seconds…

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hah

Just as I’m about to catch my bus through the TL…

by andrew_p on Aug 27, 2008 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, you Cards

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Wait, is that Kendall?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

nope

Kendall doesn’t smile

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BA says the Brewers players are "always talking" in the dugout...

… as they show a view of Prince, Rickie, and Corey sitting there with their mouths closed.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 8:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

On commercials again...

I really hate this Miller commercial with the deaf guy and the motorcycles. I hate it a lot.

by dickie_thon on Aug 27, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Big Time

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's not as annoying as Head-On

but definitely close

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like his Ray-Bans, though.

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

by BrewerLover on Aug 27, 2008 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Met and Phils tied at 3 in the 8th

I have a feeling one of these two teams will give the brewers a better run than the Cards… our new scoreboard watching habits should be to see which of these two teams wins… either we will be playing one in the first round and perhaps get challenged for the wild card by the other

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 27, 2008 8:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

make that 4-3 mets

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Aug 27, 2008 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope the Phils win

so I can root against the Mets

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damnit, I wanted to shut the Cards out both games

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 8:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Darn

we can’t shut them out for the series

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 8:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

hehe

We’re so impoverished these days…

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

FSN Midwest

Hardee’s Prime Cut of the game. Because when I think of a prime cut, I think of Hardee’s.

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 9:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The “Better Put that Paper on the Toilet Seat so I Don’t Catch Something” of the Game wasn’t as catchy.

by dickie_thon on Aug 27, 2008 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We are full-service posters tonight.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

they should use them both

“Time for the Hardees prime cut of the game- and while you’re having that, get your seat protector ready. You will be needing it soon.”

by sheeter on Aug 27, 2008 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

slammed his helmet down

and was bitching away with his head bobbing and Cuzzi just looked at him and walked over.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What the hell is Ned doing

Parra is over his pitch count effectiveness

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by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Don’t push your luck.

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

I am anti-Suppan and pro-Durham.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Aug 27, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

on the ESPN gamecast

I couldn’t find Parra’s pitch count which shows when he is pitching.

It does have photos from the game and there are some nice ones.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What?

An error on a Cardinal at Busch Stadium?

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 9:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

C'mon Tofurkey

Show up here please

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why?

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love letting Manny hit

And then taking him out after the first batter.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I am sure that is what it was

But if that ever is the plan just pinch hit right away.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

But then you have to burn a member of the overunderworked bullpen! The other way has the potential to save an arm!

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Off day again tomorrow

Burn them all.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ned doesn't think about tomorrow

It’s all about the here and now. :)

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

First see if they float in water though

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

(or weigh more than a duck)

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wonder

why Maddux appears to sit idly by and watch this pitcher managment insanity go on and on and on!!!

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by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m sensing the evolution of a Ned “rule.” Pitchers with high pitch counts get to go back out until they give up a baserunner.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

look on the bright side

Manny hits about as well as Hall and Nix have been hitting anyway… not sure how that is the bright side

by keephopealive on Aug 27, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will say I like Villy here

Villy’s change is good against lefties and expect a lot of lefty pinch hitters.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That was a wicked changeup

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah it was

I think his change has gotten even better since the move to the pen.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Incidentally, dixie, because I know you like talking about changeups...

I’m halfway done interviewing Efrain Nieves, and he said that he tries to pitch like Tom Glavine, but hasn’t mastered the art of the lefty-to-lefty changeup.

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well John Curtis mentioned he didn't like that pitch

Down and in is kind of the happy zone for a lot of left handed batters. Straight change then I assume?

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Circle actually

Can you elaborate on why a straight change is better for facing same-handed hitters?

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well the circle moves more down and in

So lefty-lefty it isn’t great. The straight moves like the fastball so I think that would be better in that situation. Glavine throws the straight change for instance and he basically only throws a fastball and a change.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks

When I talk to him again to finish up, I’ll bring that up. Great question material.

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah well the circle is probably better lefty-righty

So I encourage him to stick with it, just not against lefties.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He already has way better numbers against lefties anyway

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

better get this guy now...

pujols on deck

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by preachermancubsfan on Aug 27, 2008 9:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

'Mon Villy

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 9:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Phew

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 9:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Carlos and Pujols in a fight

Pujols is the Moral Authority and Rock is pissed about it.

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh was that pujols

Only got a glimpse.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I saw Carlos getting salty and then the camera showed Pujols saying something, but I don’t really know who Carlos was goin at.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

MONEY quote from Rock

Cuntinals need some vagina cream

(no offense kir)

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

None taken, seeing as I'm not a Cuntinal

Interesting lil nickname there 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 27, 2008 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

um....

i’m guessing he really didn’t say that on the air…

otherwise, count on him not being in the booth tomorrow

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cards feed

Showed Villy and Mather jawing. I wonder what that was about?

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Carlos pumped his fist and yelled about getting the out

Pujols seemed to be in the yellfest too. Rock is right, wondering who made the Cardinals the “keeper of the gate for attitude.”

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Brewers feed showed Pujols being restrained by other Cards

BA & Rock didn’t mention Mather.

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you see pujols

pretty much run to the mound after the inning was over?? boy thats classy

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by preachermancubsfan on Aug 27, 2008 9:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

the last act

of a desperate man and team

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Get McClung warm

and show Pujols some leather love next inning!!!

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

Drill him

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, no

Just laugh at him

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So...

The Brewers should remain emotionless automatons, just like the…Cardinals? No, wait, that can’t be right…

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 9:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll have to watch some more Cards highlights the rest of the year

Make sure Albert doesn’t do any celebrating. That was a tiny celebration, has he watch Zambrano?

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Whatever,

Just beat these guys and let them enjoy the rest of their season. They were the ones that proclaimed this a big series, and they get mad when the Brewers react as such? Christ, who cares……JUST BEAT THIS CRAPPY TEAM!

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

by Adam P on Aug 27, 2008 9:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Author, author!

hehe

How do you pronounce “cuntinal” in Flemish?

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah

Whatever will they bitch about for the rest of the season?

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

good job by those two guys

yelling lets go cardinals

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 9:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

So all this losing by the snakes and the dodgers has opened the door

Anyone notice the rockies are only 5.5 games out? I mean the rockies are very terrible but maybe they still have a shot.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I'm in Rockies country

My Rockies friends have been talking playoffs almost nonstop since the end of June. I’ve always thought they were delusional, but you’ve got a point.

by Cheeseandcorn on Aug 27, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They are up 1-0 tonight

Could cut it to 5. Again, they are not a good baseball team in any way but in the terrible West they have a shot now.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe MLB should make a new rule

Get swept by the padres and you can’t go to the playoffs.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So who do you go to the in 8th

Give Villy another inning?

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 9:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Riske was warming earlier.....

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by Adam P on Aug 27, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Turns out they should have plunked him

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

YESS!!!!

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why does Pujols always point to the sky after a hit?

Every fan of 90’s Disney movies knows the angels are in the outfield, not in the sky.

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Aug 27, 2008 9:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Or celebrate vocally

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

his shirt tails are tied to his garter

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by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude...

you know, there are some players you can do it to… well… mostly all of them.

But Pujols has garnered just about universal respect. The guy is playing with half an elbow, and still is in the running for the MVP.

Save that stuff for the cub fans to say.

The Chubber Lang Report is back!!!

by Hyatt on Aug 27, 2008 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I seem to recall Gagne trying to get away with that

and the other team wanted him suspended or something.

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Aug 27, 2008 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

3-0?

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:51 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sigh

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Damnit Ryan

Both of them

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 9:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Riske...

that’s 2 bad outings this week, once for your pal CC

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 9:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Jesus they're punting this inning

What the hell, Riske?

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Crap

Crap, crap, crap

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 9:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Gonna blow this

Riske, wtf?

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

This inning

reminds me of the 2007 Brewers post June.

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I hear

they need some pitching in Brevard County

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by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

He can always go back

to being CC’s wetnurse

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I.E., France-like.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 27, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

non-"historically dominant"

i.e. a guy like Mariano Rivera. You don’t sign middle relievers to three-year deals.

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heck Turnbow

could have done that and at least it would have been more fun to watch!!

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by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 9:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

f yost for not taking him out

After 2 straight doubles, I think we could assume he’s not doing well. After 3, there is no way. We need this game so bad.
he is sing the bed so badly

by Rawiswar on Aug 27, 2008 9:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

60th app. for Shouse

Why do I feel like I haven’t really seem him this season?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 9:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Because he always wears pants?

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh that must be 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 27, 2008 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

was schmacher a leftie

or what’s the logic here?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 10:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why isn't McClung

working????

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by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 10:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

No way

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ugh, safe at home

Crappy throw. Come on.

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Can we just get out of this inning please?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sigh

Get out of the inning here and the top of the order is up for a comeback.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 10:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Chris Perez

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, he doesn't look like I thought he would

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by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chris Perez now, I think

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmm.

i’m ignorant
what are his numbers this season?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

regardless of the outcome at least www.firenedyost.com will have some fresh material for tomorrow.

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

by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 10:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I think Marty

has been on sabbatical

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The comeback

just got a little tougher

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Bastards

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't deny it

but Ned seems to be responsible everytime our bullpen blows a lead.

by keephopealive on Aug 27, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the fact is

we simply don’t have a reliable 8th inning guy

by keephopealive on Aug 27, 2008 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't blame ned too much....

For putting riske in.. but this is an important game. Once he starts sucking up the joint, you have to pull quick, not sit on your hands. Riske should not have come in to begin with, but he should have been pulled earlier even if that is forgivable.

by Rawiswar on Aug 27, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

especially

with TLR watching.

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

but the point is Mota, Riske and Gagne are all questionable… so maybe we simply got Melvined

by keephopealive on Aug 27, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, but...

If one question mark is s-ing the bed, let another come in to give it a try. Riske couldn’t get anyone out, I think we learned that pretty quick. Did we really need to let him try to work out his problems tonight?

by Rawiswar on Aug 27, 2008 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bullpen

bad command or file name

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:07 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

There's still hope

Mota’s here

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Fielder

blue screen of death

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

he'll make a heck of

a DH somewhere

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by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Parra got screwed tonight

he pitched a pretty good game.

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by 80badger on Aug 27, 2008 10:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

yes

he did pitch well

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

FINALLY

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

…I’m done with defending Yost. I’ve never been against him or said a negative thing about him until now, but I’m done with defending him and am now indifferent towards him being fired. His lineups have been awful and tonight’s bullpen work has turned me.

Also, whoever is responsible for Braun and Hart’s refusal to walk and Rickie Weeks’ swing having deteriorated so much can just outright go. If that’s Yost I go from indifference to a strong loathing.

Maddox can stay. Maybe. Indifferent.

by HRF on Aug 27, 2008 10:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Breathe

The Brewers still have 21 more wins than losses. In fact, they still have the 2nd best record in the NL. And what if Braun and Hart are responsible for their tendencies to avoid BBs? Should we cast them off? Too many games remain to react irrationally to each loss.

I have too much time to get anything done

by mschroeder on Aug 28, 2008 1:20 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the amount of homers that Hart and Braun hit makes up for their inability to take balls

Weeks and Hall, however, need some more work in that area.

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

by kirbir on Aug 28, 2008 7:28 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Scoring

Mota gets a pickoff, but the runner is safe? is that correct?

or is it just an “assist”?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 10:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I believe it goes down as a pickoff/caught stealing

And Prince got an error on his throw to Hardy, allowing Lopez to reach second safely.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've missed this half-inning

According to Gamecast, the Cardinals had four outs—Molina’s groundout, Miles’ FC, Looper’s sacrifice, Izturis’ flyout.

What’d they get wrong?

by Cheeseandcorn on Aug 27, 2008 10:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

err...that didn't completely qualify

no outs on the basepaths. the throw was home and the runner was safe there
could have had the out at 1B, hence the FC.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

C'mon boys

It’s time for some homers

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i'm here

and i believe in the brewers

does that qualify?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Always does :)

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

JJ!

Tying run up

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

C'mon Brauny

Time to “love it”

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

first pitch

got a lot of the plate

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Someone be my gamecast?

my espn is total jerry-time right now.

by Rawiswar on Aug 27, 2008 10:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

damn squiggly

fine time for it to go awol

help us out

what happened to weeks, jj, braun and co?

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

JJ is on 2B

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Weeks struck out, JJ doubled and Braun is ab

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

JJ doubled

Weeks and Braun K’d

by Cheeseandcorn on Aug 27, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

2-2

Here come a HR… please?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

3-2 count

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

GAH!

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

thank you

sadly, I think that means a so

by Rawiswar on Aug 27, 2008 10:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

rally capz!!!

get those shirts ready to untuck!

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 10:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

"The Final Countdown" is fitting

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:19 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

oh well

can’t win ’em all

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh well

At least we wooped ’em hard last night

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Not now

we’re busy

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

so...then you're this guy

“he is my dream man. He’s everything that I’ve read and dreamed about since I was a little girl, and sometimes I forget that I went for so long without him. I love him more than he’ll ever know”

P.S. that was sweet:)

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey!

You’re making me blush!

And thank you :)

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey Waukesha

Lakey’s got some fine…er…lake water for you.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

Take the red pill, and go on an adventure with me, find out the truth about Yost and his crazy ideas, and learn about the real world.

Take the blue pill, and you’ll wake up in the morning, maybe with a hangover, but confident in the life you lead.

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did I mention the red pill is part vicodin?

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll take

them both and then untuck my shirt

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

which is part viagra?

not that I would need it, but it would indicate which type of “adventure” you had in mind.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 27, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That'd be the other half of the red pill

The blue pill is part ex-lax….

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

by kirbir on Aug 27, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It really is just one game

We still have an easier schedule, more home games, the 3 1/2 game lead, and a better team. We will win the WC. Al wondering as they go to break how long this loss will last with the Brewers? Maybe he didn’t see what we did after the Cubs sweep. Oh yeah, we get three games against the Pirates next.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 10:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It wasn’t really all that bad of a loss.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

Playing the Pirates in Pittsburgh is always worrying, but two of three is definitely doable.

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hrabosky?

Is he admiring his win?

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

When they were down 3-2 he was downplaying the importance of the win. When they came back then obviously the importance changed. Whatever.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really lost respect for him

Sanctimony not playing well at Lake World HQ

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well said

this one doesn’t bother me too much.

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blah note

“Prince Fielder made the last out of an inning 5 times. That’s pretty difficult to do in a nine inning game.”

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by TheJay on Aug 27, 2008 10:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That kinda sucks really

Can I show that at the arby hearing?

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well then

he owes us a couple of taters in Pittsburgh

by molitorfan on Aug 27, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nothing else to say. That’s just a bad loss.

by HRF on Aug 27, 2008 10:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

One other note

We ended up 10-5 against the Cards with 6 at home and 9 on the road.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 10:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That’s pretty remarkable.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ok I meant one other one other thing

For much of this year I kind of had a hard time rooting against the Cards. I mean I respect the job TRL does managing the team and Duncan their pitching coach. Really getting everything they can out of the players.

Now though I think I won’t have as much trouble rooting against them.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 10:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

TLR

and his endless whining irritates me no end.

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah he whines

But he squeezes every last drop of winning percentage from his team. Isn’t that what a manager is supposed to do?

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

sure

but being an asshole doesn’t contribute to that

by ol Pete on Aug 27, 2008 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Headline: Yost traded for LaRussa

You’d like it.

It's all entertainment

by Lake County on Aug 27, 2008 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Looking ahead

A ton of lefties coming up as well. Gorzelanny and Maholm in the pirates series and Johan and Perez in the Mets series. We did a number on Johan earlier in the year.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 10:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Rickie hit his first ML homer off Johan

That was a great game.

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was at that game

Prince first dinger too.

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by dixieflatline on Aug 27, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I was there too

“Young guns find range”

Check it out.

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

by battlekow on Aug 27, 2008 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just thought of something kinda funny

Pujols called Villanueva a POS…

…in English.

It's all entertainment

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