Diamondbacks 5, Brewers 2

by battlekow on May 1, 2009 10:06 PM CDT in Game Threads

MVP: Craig Counsell (+.184)
LVP: Todd Coffey (-.652)

I didn't see the beginning of the game, so I can't comment on how Parra threw, but I have to think the eight strikeouts are encouraging, despite the four walks, one of which (naturally) came with the bases loaded.

Parra's walks ultimately weren't the problem, as Carlos Villanueva and Todd Coffey turned a 2-1 lead with two outs and nobody on in the 8th into a 5-2 deficit. Yes, there was a blown call on Tony Clark's two-RBI double, and yes Justin Upton's game-tying single was hit about as poorly as one can hit a baseball, but Villanueva did walk Conor Jackson to set the carnage in motion.

Prior to that series of unfortunate events, the Brewers, as they did yesterday, rallied to take the lead in the 7th inning. Jason Kendall drove in a run with a groundout (how else?), and Chris Duffy had what appeared to be a lock to be the most softly-hit RBI single of the game until Upton's pièce de résistance. An inning earlier, the Brewers squandered a chance to score some runs when Jon Garland somehow struck out Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder, and Mike Cameron with two on and nobody out.

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I like reading AL'S

loosing post game threads better

by Flag Up on May 1, 2009 10:08 PM CDT reply actions

Nice call, blue.
I really don’t know how those guys can sleep at night. The lack of effort is simply off-the-charts, and getting worse every single day.
We wonder why it’s so bad, and then a simple question needs to be asked…what penalty is there for being a complete and utter failure? A huge paycheck and sliding over to the next base tomorrow. Utterly absurd. That buffoon should be fired on the spot. A fair/foul call? Please.
The umpiring was so bad last year, they were forced to implement instant replay on home runs, because they missed a dozen calls in a few weeks, after the game was played for a hundred years with hardly a peep.
Good to see they’ve picked it up a notch, standing lazily at the exact same spot where he was when the pitch was thrown. Just keep walkin’, all the way home, you incompetent moron.

"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.

by battlekow on May 1, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions

80k-300k/year

ultimate authority figure + boys club + high salary = fail

by sowingwildoats on May 1, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions

How can he say it's getting worse if it's already off the charts?

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by TheJay on May 1, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

We're gonna need a bigger chart

"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.

by battlekow on May 1, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Also

…they were forced to implement instant replay on home runs, because they missed a dozen calls in a few weeks…

Doesn’t making such a major decision because of just a few weeks reek of casuals?

…after the game was played for a hundred years with hardly a peep…

I was never sure, but I think this confirms that ripping on the umpires is a modern-day concept, unheard in the golden ages of baseball before 2002.

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by TheJay on May 1, 2009 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions

Hyperbole is an art form...

… pointing out its contradictions means you hate puppies.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 2, 2009 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions

funny

Nice call, blue.

I really don’t know how those guys can sleep at night. The lack of effort is simply off-the-charts, and getting worse every single day.

We wonder why it’s so bad, and then a simple question needs to be asked…what penalty is there for being a complete and utter failure? A huge paycheck and sliding over to the next base tomorrow. Utterly absurd. That buffoon should be fired on the spot. A fair/foul call? Please.

It isn’t actually until the third paragraph of this that I realized he wasn’t talking about Braun and Fielder.

by Marty McSuperFly on May 2, 2009 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions

You think its an effort issue?

by Supertramp on May 2, 2009 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions

The Senator, while insisting he was not drunk, could not explain his nudity.

by trippingandy on May 2, 2009 7:38 AM CDT up reply actions

by Kyle Lobner on May 2, 2009 6:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Simple Answer to last night

Stupid Retro Uniform Curse.

Burn the Retro Uniforms and start winning on Fridays again

;)

Let me spell it for you Cub fans O N E H U N D R E D A N D O N E Y E A R S

by WSB Chris on May 2, 2009 9:37 AM CDT reply actions

It may not be a curse...

… but they still need to get rid of them.

Badly.

by Mykenk on May 2, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions

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