Brewers 8, Cardinals 2
by Kyle Lobner on May 17, 2009 4:15 PM CDT
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PrintW: Manny Parra (3-4)
L: Todd Wellemeyer (3-4)
HR: Prince Fielder (9)
MVP: J.J. Hardy (+.150)
LVP: Bill Hall (-.058)
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The Brewers scored eight runs in the game despite getting just seven hits, and jumped out to an early lead, scoring four runs in the first. All told, the Brewers had 18 baserunners on seven hits, eight walks and three HBP.
Manny Parra got into trouble a couple of times but wiggled off the hook, and finished with two earned runs allowed on five hits and four walks in six innings. He had a close call in the sixth when he allowed two runs to make the score 4-2, but Prince Fielder's three-run home run created a 7-2 lead the Brewers would not relinquish.
J.J. Hardy went just 1-for-4, but that one single was a two-run single in the first that turned out to be the most important play of the game.
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Come on, Astros
Jesus Christ.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
I like how Sampson
got Lee 0-2, then decided to throw a meatball down the middle of the plate
So...
How many times can Prince say ‘kinda’ and ‘you know’ in a post-game interview?
Is their closer still on the DL?
I forgot his name, lol
This simutax makes me feel like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain!
valvoline
"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!"
Quit, you'll give KL nightmares
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
How so?
Certainly not the entrance video with the electric screwdriver, old faithful gushing, Val popping out of a bush with a helmet, loading the hotdog buns or all those budding flowers, right? I mean, the man was in Right to Censor after all! =(
Did you see
that some guys peed in Old Faithful recently?
"If lovin’ Braun is wrong, I want to be a repeat offender!"
RIP Nick Adenhart: Stop Drunk Driving
dammit
how am i supposed to get a clean thermophilic archaebacteria sample from there now? oh, wait, there are probably already cans of pepsi and McDonalds wrappers in the spring. Thanks jackass tourists.
by PagsBrewCrew on May 18, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Brewers have a .621 winning percentage
on pace for 101 wins.
It’s a shame we’re only finishing 5th in the NL Central.
"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!"
Backtocali says that, adjusted for luck, the Cardinals have outscored the Brewers 10-2 and won both games
"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 17, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wellemeyer handed the game to the Brewers by allowing Hardy that two-strike hit
That was it, right there.
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Non-"Braun is a hotdogging dickhead" airtime?
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
yes
surprise teams. Talked about how good the starting pitching has been lately after no one expected it.
In the grand tradition of getting mad about what other blogs are saying:
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
my fave is the Braun HBP comments...
At least it was Braun
Douche
by jd is legend on May 17, 2009 1:22 PM PDT
barely knicked him, if we are gonna hit him, we need to smoke him
by The_teague on May 17, 2009 1:23 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions 0 recs
I’d rather we just get him out
by Alxfritz on May 17, 2009 1:23 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions 0 recs
Some actual sanity from Alxfritz. Good job there.
"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
This is pretty great too
Back-to-back comments:
It annoys me that a team like the Brewers that does nothing but swings for the fences will be at the top of the division.
It’s such a lame way to set up a baseball team.by TheBirds on May 17, 2009 3:38 PM CDT
sure would be nice if Tony would bat some guys that could get on base
in front of this Pujols guyby nota bene on May 17, 2009 3:40 PM CDT
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
WTF
BA and the Rock had earlier discussed that you can’t judge how good a Gold Glove fielder is based on the number of errors. On Viva El Birdos, that was interpreted as:
Brewers announcers just hinted Pujols only won his GG because of his offense and that it was a joke that a GG 1B like Pujols has 5 errors already while Fielder and Howard have none.
Morans.
"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!"
I turned on the Sox game instead
Someone named Vargas is pitching for the M’s. I had to check for a second. (It’s a Jason Vargas, who isn’t exactly a prospect here.)
Houston tried really hard to lose that one
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
"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 17, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions 8 recs
Nothing prettier than "In Play Outs" on Gameday when it's not your team
This simutax makes me feel like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain!
Just curious
has there been any word lately on Chris Capuano??
This simutax makes me feel like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain!
Yeah, that's the last I heard as well
“I’ll shoot for (pitching in) May.”
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
I think he meant a minor league rehab stint
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
I hear flare is fashionable
"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
BTW
did BA really say that Pujols won his gold glove because of his offense?
Really?
"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
That was mentioned on the VEB thread
I didn’t get that impression, though maybe I missed something.
"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!"
They said it contributed, yes
Which is absolutely true.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
Perhaps
but it’s not a Derek Jeter situation here. Pujols is legitimately a very good defensive 1B. Just to suggest that he won it because of his offense…
And to bring it up saying fielder had no errors last year… Prince may have no errors, but his range is terrible. I have no problem with the Pujols gold glove. Really, his only competition is Adrian Gonzalez.
"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
There's no need to go to extremes
Nobody said he won it “because of his offense”. Yes, he is a legitimately excellent defensive first baseman. Yes, the fact that he’s a terror at the plate probably helps him in the GG voting. The two are not mutually exclusive.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
alright
I just read Jimmy’s comments above
"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
They were talking about how offense plays a role
Bill brought up Duane Kuiper not winning one. It was a grande olde tyme.
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It's official
I am Proconsul
And yes, now that you mention it, I DO have a slightly larger brain size to body size ratio relative to the average primate and also lack a tail.
speaking of tail
you are going to be lacking some of that as well calling yourself a proconsul.
BTW, what province are you now ruling?
"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
by Hyatt on May 17, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
my wife's an evolutionary anthropologist
to her it would just be endearing
by PagsBrewCrew on May 17, 2009 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
my gf is as well
i made her a birthday card this year with skulls of australopithecus robustus on it. needless to say she was pleased.
by sowingwildoats on May 17, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Every team has its ups and downs
I love it that the Brewers are playing hot right now. I’m going to store away some of this warm fuzzy feeling for when they have a 2-7 road trip sometime later this year as every team is wont to do. Let’s see how long they can keep this bus rolling!
curious
Does that make 6 wins in a row against the Cardinals? I can’t remember if the 4 game sweep at Busch last year were the last we played them last year.
No, they lost the last game @StL last year
They won seven in row against the Cardinals before it, though, five on the road.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
McCalvrey
has been making errors in his articles lately. he forgot what year it was in a recent article on Riske. Apparently Riske only pitched one time in 2008.
Cards announcer on Wellemeyer before the game started:
The hits per innings pitched—notice 56 hits in 40 innings, that’s way too many. The walks haven’t been bad—it hasn’t been a control issue.
Ha.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
Reds lost
Overall a good day to be a Brewer fan. Just need Mark A. to win a $200 million lottery and decide to use that all to finance a Peavy trade with a 4 year contract extension.
Peavy's current contract goes for the rest of 2009, plus 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
And, before I’m sure he can be an elite pitcher away from Petco, that’s more than I’d be comfortable with without having to deal with an extension.
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
um, I can't be the first to say this but
Via El Birdos? I went to Spanish class like 25% of the time and even I know that’s wrong, in two places. Morans.
I am such a dirtbag
I went for a bike ride after the game with my shirt untucked. For 25 miles I was disrespecting people. I’m surprised I wasn’t accosted at some point by irate witnesses to my audacity.
by Getting Yosted on May 17, 2009 9:17 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
How brash of you
"You have no honor!" - McClung to Fukudome
by zsxander567 on May 17, 2009 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Listen to Iron Maiden, baby
With meeeeeee.
"I didn't realize his velocity was that high," said Macha, noting that radar readings aren't flashed during exhibition games.
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