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Game Thread #112: Brewers (62-49) at Braves (50-60)

Milwaukee Brewers @ Atlanta Braves


The Brewers are going for the sweep, but it isn't an easy task, with Crew-killer Jorge Campillo on the hill for the Braves.

Game time is 12:30 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview.

Go Brewers!

 

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Durham 2B
Counsell SS
Braun LF
Fielder 1B
Hart RF
Branyan 3B
Kapler CF
Kendall C
Sheets P

link for Atlanta.

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by TheJay on Aug 3, 2008 11:06 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like

Seems like Kendall could have used a day off though.

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 11:22 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh my God...

Mike Cameron is actually on the bench. Kapler will probably get 3 hits and then be on the bench tomorrow.

by brewfan2 on Aug 3, 2008 11:27 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kapler's AB's so far today

were some of the worst AB’s of the season, on a team that includes Hall & Weeks. Tough to do…..

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

by Adam P on Aug 3, 2008 2:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

True enough.....

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

by Adam P on Aug 3, 2008 8:25 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sucks we couldn't have used this lineup with CC ...

... and had our first lefty-dominant nine of the year. I guess four ain’t bad, for us.

Proudly rock your Tararrel in public.

by MooseHaas on Aug 3, 2008 11:15 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Talking of CC

A slightly different interview with him here

by Saltire on Aug 3, 2008 12:14 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Prince over the last week...

... according to FSN, is batting .429 with 5HRs and 6 RBI.

It’s got to be tough to hit 5 HR in a week and only end up with 6RBI out of the deal. I knew that teams were pitching around Fielder with guys on base, but that stat puts it in pretty stark terms.

FDR can suck it. - Jeff Sackmann

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Aug 3, 2008 12:34 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He dominates right handed ones as well.

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 12:51 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Last time they faced, Campillo- Weeks had two hits, Rivera one, Cam one. While CC and Branyan went hitless. Throw in Kendall with an o’fer. Just saying.

by Flag Up on Aug 3, 2008 1:00 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yipes

eleven pitch first at bat

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 12:49 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Walk on the 11 pitch, double on the 9 pitch

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 12:54 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what is this, craps?

speaking of which, excuse me for a few minutes…

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 4, 2008 4:40 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   1 recs

steambath on the field says Brian

but Ned is dressed for Fall weather. Does he have a metabolic disorder

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 12:53 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sheet will not be going deep into this ball game

If they keep having at bats that last this long…

by Saltire on Aug 3, 2008 12:54 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He’s probably sweated off that last ’s’ by now anyway

by behnke411 on Aug 3, 2008 12:55 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I need to stop flipping between games

I got up to get something from the kitchen, forgot I had the Red Sox game on, and came back and wondered why Craig Counsell was batting righty.

It was Jed Lowrie.

They do look a great deal alike, so that’s my excuse.

by morineko on Aug 3, 2008 1:21 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ha

Yankees just had bases loaded with 1 out. Nady hit a fly ball to left for the sac fly, but abreu tried taking 3rd and Jeter didn’t hustle home resulting in no runs when abreu got tagged out at 3rd for out 3 before Jeter crossed the plate.

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

by MadJimiBrewha on Aug 3, 2008 1:30 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

awesome play

can’t wait to see that picture of prince

I untuck my shirt!

by Michael M on Aug 3, 2008 2:00 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

gameday already has a highlight

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 2:03 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

come on dudes...

"I wore 37 in Tampa... my brother Marcus wore 37... my brother Sam wore 73... my nieces and nephews wear 37... It's a family thing." McClung

by Jamie in LA on Aug 3, 2008 2:18 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Muscly Kapler

Nice! Way to flex for base runners.

by SgtClueLs on Aug 3, 2008 2:19 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

gritty strikeout, looking. yuck.

"I wore 37 in Tampa... my brother Marcus wore 37... my brother Sam wore 73... my nieces and nephews wear 37... It's a family thing." McClung

by Jamie in LA on Aug 3, 2008 2:29 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nice pitch

finishes 7 painful innings

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 2:26 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sigh

I think they just have to call Campillo their daddy.

by Et tu Brewte on Aug 3, 2008 2:28 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

come on seth

don’t overthrow

I untuck my shirt!

by Michael M on Aug 3, 2008 2:30 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ditto

It definitely wasn’t Mike Rivera or a current Brewer. I have to assume it was a bat boy or another clubhouse employee.

by Et tu Brewte on Aug 3, 2008 2:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

so it's a good thing I missed that inning then?

I think I need to add a new data acquisition point to my pursuit of finding out where and when McClung should not pitch. (adds “above 30 degrees C” to the list

(Hey, they’re playing “Blue Monday”—is that the cover, not New Order, though?)

by morineko on Aug 3, 2008 2:42 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He wasn’t sharp, but the velocity is back.

Can’t hear Blue Monday.

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 2:45 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The velocity is always back in his relief appearances because he tends to throw as fast as he can. He performs better when he’s being a pitcher, not a thrower. But that’s good to know that at least his arm isn’t “dead” any longer (heh)

by morineko on Aug 3, 2008 2:50 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I wonder if his weight hurts him at all. Has your mom sent him a note on that?

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 2:51 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not yet, because she hasn’t figured out the fan mail address for the Brewers.

I wish I was kidding.

by morineko on Aug 3, 2008 2:52 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fan Mail Address:

Milwaukee Brewers
Miller Park
One Brewers Way
Milwaukee, WI 53214

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 2:56 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I knew it XD
I was trying to avoid telling her

by morineko on Aug 3, 2008 2:57 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Can we clone Counsell?

Or is second base a sucking black hole of defense for ever and ever?

(Apparently McClung left his control in St. Louis, too.)

by morineko on Aug 3, 2008 2:55 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yuck.

"I wore 37 in Tampa... my brother Marcus wore 37... my brother Sam wore 73... my nieces and nephews wear 37... It's a family thing." McClung

by Jamie in LA on Aug 3, 2008 2:58 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

starting pitcher platoon

Can’t really say how much it is responsible, but players involved were pretty good before and not so much after. I wonder who thought it was a good idea and who didn’t.

by ol Pete on Aug 3, 2008 3:05 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oh, what the hell...

I thought this game was tonight. Looks like I didn’t miss much though.

In other news, Pirates just tied the Cubs in the 8th.

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Aug 3, 2008 3:51 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A sweep would've been nice

But a series win on the road is always okay. Hopefully the back end of the rotation can win the series in Cincy.

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

by TheJay on Aug 3, 2008 9:24 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Thankfully no WC ground lost

St. Louis, New York, Florida all lose.

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Aug 3, 2008 10:07 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not that I'm counting or anything...

But Sheets has had exactly 1 win since June 23.

"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 4, 2008 1:13 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Insert Fail picture

Yankees will eat him up like Gyro.

by Flag Up on Aug 4, 2008 3:16 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

A 4.50 ERA for Ben over that seven-game stretch

Three quality (or mediocre, if you’re Jim Powell) starts, an outing 1/3 of an inning short of another QS, two bad starts, and the San Francisco game after the All-Star Break. Not great, but worth more than one win over the span.

Manny Parra only has one win since June 28 in a string of similar starts. It helps when the offense scores most of their runs before the starters leave the game.

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

by TheJay on Aug 4, 2008 3:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was at the San Fran game

Perhaps he used up the last of his “good” trying to impress me.

by PagsBrewCrew on Aug 4, 2008 4:44 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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