Astros 6, Brewers 3
by Kyle Lobner on Aug 7, 2009 9:45 PM CDT
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PrintW: Bud Norris (2-0)
L: Carlos Villanueva (2-9)
S: Jose Valverde (14)
HR: Jason Kendall (!!), Jason Michaels 2 (3), Miguel Tejada (10)
MVP: Jason Kendall (+.189)
LVP: Carlos Villanueva (-.202)
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Yes, you read that right. Jason Kendall hit a home run tonight, prompting Tom Haudricourt to tweet this:
Jason Kendall and I are no longer tied for number of HRs. He just hit No. 1 in his 368th plate appearance.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the only unlikely event tonight, as Jason Michaels, who has hit a home run roughly once every 42.3 at bats in his career, took Carlos Villanueva and Mark DiFelice deep tonight. In fact, the Astros entered tonight's game with two hitters in their lineup (Darin Erstad and Jason Michaels) batting under .200, and the Brewers gave up three extra base hits to them in the first six innings. All told, Villanueva allowed four runs on six hits and a walk in 5.1 innings of work for his ninth loss. He hasn't won since May 25, and has now lost six straight decisions.
He was followed to the mound by Mark DiFelice, who allowed one inherited runner and two others to score on Michaels' second home run. After a scoreless inning from Claudio Vargas, the crowd in Houston was treated to the Brewer debut of Jesus Colome, who allowed a leadoff single to Carlos Lee (who was promptly thrown out trying to take second), a pop up that fell into short left for Geoff Blum, then got Ivan Rodriguez to ground into a double play in his only inning of work.
The Brewers managed just three runs despite having 14 men on base including six walks, two each for Craig Counsell (who was on base three times), Prince Fielder and Mike Cameron. Frank Catalanotto went 0-for-4 and struck out three times.
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Brad Fischer impacts another game
by Zorakathura on Aug 7, 2009 9:57 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Maybe...
Counsell should take Fischer aside and tell him that he’s not as fast as he thinks he is. How many times has Counsell been thrown out at the plate this season?
well...
In Fischer’s defense, Counsell was safe in that Dodger game. And who really expected Carlos Lee to actually make a good throw?
Don’t get me wrong though- I’m not a fan of Brad Fischer
"my goodness"
by BrewHaHeather on Aug 7, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Macha in post game
Was asked if that play was a result of bad decision making or a good relay, and answered, “Yes.”
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
Well, it is true...
If Fischer had held him up, he would have been safe.
If the relay was bad, he would have been safe.
I guess Fischer must expect relays to be mostly bad.
BTW – I met Fischer shortly after he joined the Brewers… he was a really nice guy. Reminded me of the old neighbor who’s always willing to give you a hand or chit-chat over a hedge. Too bad he isn’t much of a third base coach.
Macha should go old-school
Coach third himself.
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Doesn't every fan hate their 3rd base coach
by Zorakathura on Aug 7, 2009 10:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
At most...
Baseball-Reference keeps a “Out On Bases” stat that they define as “out while making a base running play…not including pickoffs, caught stealing or force plays”.
Including Friday night’s game, Counsell has been throw out on the bases three times this year. And I thing we all remember two of them, so…
How dare you say anything Negative about Cammy
it is not his fault if he went Oh for the game and had 3 strikeouts. Man I am so glad we did not trade Cammy to the Yankees where would we be without him in Centerfield
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
Trade him I want to sign him to a multi year contract
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
It can only help your rant to actually target the guy who had 3 strikeouts
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my bad mr perfect
miss read the line I thought that all three had 3 k
but I am not ranting about anything I love Cammy I am a proud member of the blind sheep that are the cult of Cameron
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
Yeah, blind hatred can be a bitch
Cameron’s not perfect, he’s just not the useless POS you think he is.
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by TheJay on Aug 8, 2009 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That adage about knives and gunfights comes to mind...
Although it’s more like a loaf of stale bread in this case.
all the hate just for having a different opinion
You guys are all a pretty close mined bunch.
God forbid someone has a different opinion about one of your beloved players
You guys make Cameron out to be Robin Yount
What ever I am going to keep on ripping Cammy and being a troll as Mykenk puts it but I will behave just enough so I do not get blacklisted.
well looks like I have a hobby for the rest of the season :)
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
Then come out and *say* your opinion...
Your attempts at disguising it with clever verbal jousting were, unfortunately, uniformly woeful. But I guess you’ve managed to distract everyone into complaining about the presentation rather than the lack of substance as was the case before, so I guess it worked out for you.
wow lots of big words Zeyes whats it like being smart
Tell me all about it. Do you get that rush every time you enter a room and realize you are the smartest person in that room.
what is that like I will most likely never know that rush so I will have to live vicariously through you and smarts
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
contradiction there my friend
if by your definition it is the most annoying trolling effort it therefore cannot be the weakest trolling effort ever.
come on man make up your damn mind you bunch of no humor sucks
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
What does petulant mean?
make sure you talk slow I aint all that bright
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
I am sorry I did not know there were rules for being a "troll"
But as long as I am bugging you Mykenk and Zeyes I am happy.
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
I am really glad this kind of shit doesn't happen more often around here
I’ve always enjoyed this place because it’s been somewhere we can enjoy intelligent conversation about our favorite baseball team. In my time here people have always been respectful of other’s opinions, even if they don’t necessarily agree. Why is this? Because for the most part when a person expresses an opinion they do it in an adult manner.
Trolling is immature at best, downright rude at worst.
It is what it is.
You guys only give respect
If people agree with you funny how that works around here
The Cult of Cameron Live it Love it never question your love for our Center Fielder.
Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
by WSB Chris on Aug 8, 2009 6:19 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You should go back on vacation
to the tool shed.
by Flag Up on Aug 8, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
come on
lotsa immaturity going around in this thread. It’s ok to drop it, and just about everybody on both sides of this discussion should’ve dropped it a long time ago.
Also, cheese.
too late I think I am about to get banned oops lol
And I did not even call anyone an old pete name
Oh well shat happens
Mike Cameron is god and don’t you forget it
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Greatest Brewers to ever lace them up.
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