From McCalvy:

Brewers starter Jeff Suppan and reliever Jorge Julio tied a modern Major League record tonight by combining to issue four bases-loaded walks in the fourth inning against the Cubs. Since divisional play began in 1969 that’s only happened nine times, including twice in the past five days. The Braves gifted the Phillies four runs via walks on Wednesday.

he might as well do it in record fashion

FTW tomorrow. I wish the bucks didn’t suck so bad. I would be golden for a few more games.

Not watching games where he’s pitching anymore, I’ll just turn it on in the 5th and assume we’ll be down by 6- runs. How much slack does he get til we start looking for someone else?

The whole complexion of the game would have been different. Being Easter Sunday, I coudln’t hear much of the announcers at my house, so I had no clue he was in for an injured Milton. I was kind of curious, though, as to why I didn’t see him earlier in the game.

The Cubs will still choke in the playoffs

A very weird, long (3:23) game. Suppan didn’t pitch well at all, but neither did Dempster @ 110 pitches. As somebody above said, Fielder’s grand slam would have completely changed the dimension of the game. Mad respect for Prince’s hat tip to Reed. We thought Reed was hit on purpose for his injury-inducing slide into 1B last year, and the slide into 2B by Joey was very, very close.

It’s quite clear our bullpen sucks and Lou has no confidence in anyone not named Carlos Marmol. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Heilman’s role moved to more of a closer/late-inning reliever rather than long sub. Hart had a great series against us. And I’m deathly afraid of Ryan Braun when he gets hot. I still think the Brewers have the inkling to get another arm in the rotation; there’s obviously money that could have been used on CC available to buy a decent starter. See you guys in May.

But Suppan’s skid extends much further than that. Going back to the beginning of last September and including the loss that eliminated the Brewers from the playoffs, the veteran right-hander is 0-6 with a 10.13 ERA in eight starts.

Over that span, Suppan has allowed 48 hits, including 12 home runs, and 20 walks in 32 innings.

What do you guys think it’d take to get Peavy?

Is Salome hurt?

He couldn’t possibly be worse

Otherwise I’m sure there might have been just a few boo birds. Hell, he might even some cheers on the road if he pitches like he has been.

Rebuilding yr to get those bats going. Staff pitching is a total cluster fook.. In two yrs the crew will be ready to make another splash.. I can totally live with that.

The Brewers never play well on the west coast because of their huge stadiums. Their next series was against one of the best teams in the NL. So they started the season 2-4. Would anyone have thought that too terribly unlikely before the season? I think we’d all assumed Gallardo had a great chance to win, Suppan would likely cost the Brewers his first 2 starts. That leaves the Brewers 1-2 over the remaining 3 starts and would anyone think that impossible? Get a little perspective, people.

The Crew could very well take 2 of the next 3 against the Reds and then they’re 4-5 having played 6 road games and 3 games against the Cubs. Don’t forget away series at the Mets and the Phillies later this month.

An 11-11 April record would be at least begrudgingly accepted by everyone on BCB before the start of the season. They’re still plenty capable of that with series against the Reds, Astros and Pirates. April never had a good chance to be a banner month. The Brewers record after May 31 should be much more telling.

It’s worth noting Suppan had a few decent, if not good, outings near the end of Spring Training so he’s not always going to be this useless. He’s likely to end up at or just under replacement level by season end. Any players the Brewers can bring in to his spot will be at the same level. Is Chase Wright going to mow down everyone? Hardly.

Chill out, people.

but the Reds series is at Miller Park.