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Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder congratulates Mike Cameron after Cameron hit a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, May 31, 2009, in Milwaukee.  Cincinnati Reds catcher Cincinnati Reds' Ryan Hanigan looks on at right. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

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5 months ago: Milwaukee Brewers' Prince Fielder congratulates Mike Cameron after Cameron hit a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, May 31, 2009, in Milwaukee. Cincinnati Reds catcher Cincinnati Reds' Ryan Hanigan looks on at right. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

W: Yovani Gallardo (5-2)
L: Micah Owings (3-6)
S: Trevor Hoffman (13)

HR: Brandon Phillips (9), Mike Hammerin (11)

MVP: Mike Cameron (+.185)
LVP: Prince Fielder (-.052)

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I didn't see this game thanks to my sister's high school graduation. Apparently the Brewers scored, then scored again, gave up a run, scored some more, gave up a home run later and then Hells Bells'd their way to victory. The usual. -- TheJay

Gallardo started out by striking out the ballpark in the first part of the game, racking up 8 Ks in the first three innings. The Brewers got 2 in the first on a sustained rally involving Counsell, Hardy, Braun, Cameron, and Gamel, and then Cameron's 2-run homer added to the advantage. Gallardo began to struggle and was taken out with a pitch count closing in on 100 in the sixth inning. Mitch Stetter and Mark DiFelice combined to get the game to Hoffman, who struck out the side in the ninth around his first walk of the year on his bobblehead day. -- Jordan

Practically every one of the Top 40 records being played on every radio station in the United States is a communication to the children to take a trip, to drop out, to groove. The psychedelic jackets on the record albums have their own hidden symbols and messages as well as all the lyrics of all the top rock songs, and they all sing the same refrain: "It's fun to take take a trip, put acid in your veins." -- battlekow

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Hooray for May Sweeps!

except when the Twins are doing the sweeping

Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, ""That’s all they need is another home run hitter".

by tcyoung on May 31, 2009 4:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Added stuff next to the pretty picture

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

by TheJay on May 31, 2009 6:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks, Jay

I don't hate Kendall like everybody else, I'm a non-conformist like that.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 31, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, no he di'int!
Despite all that, the Reds’ Brandon Phillips still insisted that Cincinnati was the superior team.

"I feel like we’re a better team than the Brewers," he said. "But today, they executed better than we did. They did the little things. We didn’t do the little things the last two games. That’s why they won the game."

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by TheJay on May 31, 2009 7:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Tell you what Brandon...

… that we’ll agree to say they’re the better team as long as they promise to let us stomp the shit out of them all season.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 31, 2009 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep

they are the best team in baseball that just got their asses swept

"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 31, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It must really suck to have been swept by the worse team and be 3.5 games behind the worse team. And we even went through their top 3 pitchers doing it too

by Saberilliterate on May 31, 2009 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It does

A lot. And Micah Owings is our fifth starter, not one of our “top 3,” but yes, it still sucks.

by Brendanukkah on May 31, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

keep in mind that means that we were only up half a game on them going into the series

As we were recently tied with the cards heading into 2 series with them.

in other words, they’ve been doing pretty okay so far. even though the cubs are on everyone’s mind, there are a few other players for this division.

by PagsBrewCrew on Jun 1, 2009 3:23 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes – they have been doing well. yes they will do well throughout the season. I am not saying that they are the Pirates. But the best team in the NL central they aint

by Saberilliterate on Jun 1, 2009 5:34 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The little things?

Like what, hit more home runs? commit three more errors? Seriously?

Brewers fan lost in South Carolina.

by SCBrewer on May 31, 2009 8:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh wait

The REDS hit more home runs and committed fewer errors. They MUST be the better team.

Brewers fan lost in South Carolina.

by SCBrewer on May 31, 2009 8:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cubs down 8-0...

… what a day this has been…
… what a rare mood I’m in…
… why it’s, almost like being…
… all alone in first place on June 1st!

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on May 31, 2009 8:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The first of two

"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 31, 2009 8:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The second of two

"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 31, 2009 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lookin' good, Billy Ray!

I don't hate Kendall like everybody else, I'm a non-conformist like that.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on May 31, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Feelin' good, Louis!

"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 31, 2009 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

battlekow

I agree completely with your summary of the game. I was in attendance with my lovely spouse and two children. The gentleman behind me kept insisting that I “smoke it…get high!” Later, an usher suggested that heroin was his wife and his life. I cannot recall the order in which he positioned that short couplet. Keep up the drug-related commentary.

by One-Flap Down on Jun 1, 2009 10:11 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice Velvet Underground reference

battlekow: Bill is having an oppo-gasm

by Michael M on Jun 1, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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