Game Thread #-33: Brewers (0-0) at Giants (1-0)
by Kyle Lobner on Mar 4, 2010 1:00 PM CST
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Finally, baseball.
Put on your Rally Lobster t-shirt and join us in the Game Thread for today's Cactus League opener, as Jeff Suppan takes on Barry Zito in Scottsdale.
Follow the jump for today's pitching matchup, Brewer lineup and conversation on the first Brewer baseball since October!
Jeff Suppan (7-10, 5.29 in 2009) takes the ball in the Cactus League opener needing to prove he can still be a valuable member of the Brewer rotation. He's coming off his first season with less than ten wins, his second with less than 188 innings pitched, and his second with an ERA over 5 in the last eleven years. He'll probably only pitch two innings today, slightly less than the 5.1 innings per start he averaged last season.
Meanwhile, Barry Zito (10-13, 4.03 in 2009) is coming off a nice bounceback season that makes the four remaining seasons on his 7 year/$126 million deal look a little more tolerable. In 33 starts last season, he posted a 100+ ERA+ for the first time since 2007. He's faced the Brewers six times in his career and has not fared well, posting a 6.19 ERA in 32 innings.
Here's today's lineup, as noted in this FanShot:
Weeks 2B
Gomez CF
Hart RF
Fielder 1B
McGehee 3B
Zaun C
Counsell SS
Gerut LF
Suppan P
Also, via klwillis, we have access to today's traveling roster, which shows John Axford, Zach Braddock, Todd Coffey, Tim Dillard, Marco Estrada, A.J. Murray, Cody Scarpetta, Scott Schoeneweis and Chris Smith as the pitchers available out of the bullpen.
Enjoy the game!
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Just tried to get to the feed of this game from the Phillies Yankees game
just to see what would happen. I’m now officially deaf from the high-pitched whine that MLB.com is patching through.
“This’ll teach’em to check for a stream before the posted game time… losers”
Shruggity
I'm trying to open the WTMJ feed.
No luck so far.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
I thought WTMJ didn't broadcast a sporting event feed anyways
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-Molitorfan 12/23/09
Via Gameday Audio at MLB.com, they do.
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Noted.
Any word on when pregame will start?
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Huh
I guess I figured there would be a longer pregame for the first ST game. My mistake.
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This place is gonna get out of hand
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Mar 4, 2010 1:07 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah
I’m curious to see what will happen if Fielder gets hit. I’ve never had to wield the banhammer during a ST game.
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It's great to have baseball back...even in exhibition form
Get out of my dreams and into my Chuckie Carr
-Molitorfan 12/23/09
Twins don't play until tonight
We’ll keep you posted.
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I knew Jenkins was out of baseball.
I didn’t know he’d been made into a cup.
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by Kyle Lobner on Mar 4, 2010 1:10 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
I thi9nk I may become a Twins fan. Why do all the best (looking) players from Wisconsin end up in Minnesota?
And Alcides Escobar should have his braces off soon...
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Damian Miller, three
Jimmy Gantner, four
by BrewCrewBrian on Mar 4, 2010 1:29 PM CST up reply actions
Todd Coffey would like to have a word with you
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Are his grandchildren kind of cute in a To Catch A Predator way?
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
by tcyoung on Mar 4, 2010 1:16 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
and by grandchildren, I'm talking about Craig Counsell
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
OK here's the deal.
I have a class from 2:20-3:15, but will still be reading the gamethread.
As such, I need everyone to be extremely detailed in describing the game for those times. OK? Thanks!
You just opened Pandora's box
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
I don't think even the JSblogs would accept this
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
even the trollers need time to warm up
Get out of my dreams and into my Chuckie Carr
-Molitorfan 12/23/09
I think the clue is in the name
Also the JJ comment was Ditz’s 1st on the site having joined only moments earlier.
Makes me think it's someone pretending to be ditzy.
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Maybe I'm just in a better mood today
But it’s not really bugging me.
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I'm bugged.
But I’m just gonna ignore him/her from now.
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Not to direct you away
But MLB.com’s Gameday kinda provides that service.
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They don't have it for spring training.
Only live boxscores from what I can see. Unless I’m doing it wrong, which I hope I am.
Huh, that's weird.
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I thought it was like that last spring training, too, wasn't it?
Or at least, the games updated poorly.
I hardly remember last spring, to be honest.
I wasn’t married yet, didn’t own a house yet, and still lived in Iowa. It feels like a decade ago.
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IIRC
Someone found them and posted direct links. They weren’t easily available, but they were available somewhere.
Find one from last year. Change the teams and the date.
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Let me know when the audio becomes available, so I can switch off of Pandora
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
aren't you listening???!!
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
The game starts at 2:00
And just a friendly recommendation, but it’s probably best to try to overcome your username. :)
Almost worth a rec...
but I don’t think I want to encourage that type of behavior… even towards a troll. :)
I'm just glad baseball is back so I have something to listen to at work :)
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
I'm just glad baseball is back so I have baseball.
by NoahJ on Mar 4, 2010 1:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
that normally hits me once the regular season starts
don’t get me wrong i like listening to bob talk about butter as much as the next guy, but games that don’t mean anything aren’t very exciting
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
I think it was a game last summer, maybe the summer before.
But Ueck talked about Ichiro Suzuki for a solid 20 minutes. One of those innings with 3 pitching changes, and nothing except how pro Ichiro is.
How far will this one fly?
My favorite was when he was talking about having a barbecue in your neighbor's yard
and using all of their equipment if you don’t have any of your own. It turned into burning their bushes down with a flame thrower.
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
I notice that happens every once in a while
particularly in games where the Brewers are getting blown out… you know, when Suppan starts.
Didn't Jeffress already win that
Never mind, it was lit up…… not to light one up
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-Tex Winter
by stork02 on Mar 4, 2010 1:43 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I think that's what Mykenk was referring to.
Plus I think they were referring to today’s game… not in general.
Rec'd
For a season of good luck!
dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove
by GoGregGo on Mar 4, 2010 1:45 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Good Call.
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Not that it'll help them out.
For some reason, I can just see the Mets finishing at the bottom, underneath the Nationals even.
How far will this one fly?
Wait, Kiko's a dude?
Suddenly, so much of my life has been called into question…
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I'm sure he won't want to do that.
Sure, if he pitches against major leaguers and gets lit up, its understandable, they’re ‘run scorers.’ But against college age kids, its almost like he’s bad…. or something….
How far will this one fly?
Anyone listening to Gameday Audio?
If so, is it working?
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I've got nothing so far.
Works for the other games, so I’m sure it’ll work….
Wagner’s still drolling on and on, so…
Shruggity
Its not playing on the MLB At Bat app yet
by BrewHaHeather on Mar 4, 2010 1:54 PM CST up reply actions
Giants MLB.com feed is working for me.
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LMAO at Wagner
You want to listen because who knows how may more games Suppan will be pitching for the Brewers
Get out of my dreams and into my Chuckie Carr
-Molitorfan 12/23/09
Just saw you last night...
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I love listening to Bob Uecker tell baseball stories! I just wish they would put a decent play by play guy in the booth with him.
i think he/she is saying that uecker isn't a good play by play guy but a good storyteller
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-Molitorfan 12/23/09
If you really want to sell the "ditz" persona
You probably should have misspelled Uecker.
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I was thinking something more extreme.
Maybe Yooker.
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Powell was good and I like Provus as well
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-Molitorfan 12/23/09
mlb.com's feed is working
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
the 620wtmj.com feed is still working, haven't blacked it out yet...
… but it’s about 2 minutes behind, anthem is playing right now.
Shruggity
mine cut out after the anthem
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
And this new agressiveness is working great.
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I love it when Ueck names off like all 50 of the sponsors..I know it's weird but I do
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-Molitorfan 12/23/09
i believe it just got blacked out
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
now for mlb audio to kick in......
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Wait
There’s an android at bat app??
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Holy God, this is going to change my life
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Weeks' wrist is fine
As long as he walks.
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mlb working wtmj not for you too?
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
its there, but no audio is streamed
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
ugh, this is not Uecker!
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Thanks for ruining it for everyone Rickie
That’ll be the end of us stealing bases for the rest of the year.
Huh
No brawl.
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No warnings issued.
See you in the bottom half, Mr. Sandoval.
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I wish, but I doubt it.
Insert “suppan couldn’t hit him if he tried” joke, if desired.
Shruggity
by Mykenk on Mar 4, 2010 2:14 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
So is the audio blacked out for the MLB app?
Or is WTMJ just not working right now? It wasn’t blacked out last year
It's just not working. There's no blackout restrictions on audio.
and if they try that, i’m gonna need my money back.
Shruggity
I blame Jeff Wagner.
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Agreed.
I paid $15 for this damn app so I could listen to games at work.
by BrewHaHeather on Mar 4, 2010 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
Same with me
I’d rather prefer listening to the material which I thought I got when I made a purchase.
How far will this one fly?
From my understanding the MLB app blacks out the team in your area. So if your in SE Wisconsin, the Brewers will be blacked out. I could be wrong though.
by KittenMittons on Mar 4, 2010 2:15 PM CST up reply actions
You are wrong.
Audio has never worked that way in the past.
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Hmm I might consider purchasing it then.
by KittenMittons on Mar 4, 2010 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
well
Right now it doesn’t work for WTMJ.
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From mlb.com
Are there any audio blackouts?
No, there aren’t any blackout restrictions for games on Gameday Audio.
In a way, I guess it makes sense:
if you do it now, you don’t have to drill him during the regular season, when (presumably) more people would be paying attention. But with the way they’ve advertised it, maybe not.
I bet this gets a lot of pub
Sportswriters are probably looking for anything to talk about besides the usual stuff in ST
Get a ife broseph
Hit him in the hip
standard plunking. Not especially hard. Fielder just flipped the ball back to Zito and took his base.
He probably picked it up and flattened it
Then tossed it to Zito as a message.
by sjlee on Mar 4, 2010 2:28 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
WTMJ
so is everyone having the same problem — that the only audio feed available on mlb.com is the giants feed, and not wtmj?
Correct.
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I guess I can cope
but this is usually a mini-holiday for me … I bail on work and just listen to ueck for the afternoon (while drinking). harder to get in the spirit with this giants dude.
Nope. It's been rumored all week.
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
It's possible that it was an accident
but highly doubtful… particularly on the first pitch. Rumors were coming out of the SF clubhouse that they were going to get Fielder back for that.
I’m surprised that they did it during a ST game, but not necessarily surprised that they did it. I think Fielder realized that it might happen, so he wasn’t exactly surprised by it. I think as along as they don’t throw at his head, he’s fine with taking his lumps. The great thing will be if he hits a HR today… wonder if they’ll do the Shockwave again.
Spring Cleaning!!!
No more thoughts of snow!
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by Bush League All Star on Mar 4, 2010 2:18 PM CST up reply actions
Credibility reasons.
Even though I’ve never really made an effort to hide my real name, I’d get occasionally accused of “hiding behind” a username.
Plus, I’m also writing for SBNation’s MLB page now, and they require real names. I’d been considering changing anyway, but that was the nudge I needed to finally do it.
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I was wondering why I was agreeing with you more lately and now I know why :)
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-Molitorfan 12/23/09
Actually
I think I’m just going to copy/paste that response to a notepad file, so I can just repeat it verbatim every time I’m asked.
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lol sorry kyle, I was looking for a while the past few days to find out when you explained it
but I couldn’t find it…but, thanks for the response
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-Molitorfan 12/23/09
No prob.
It was a rather sudden shift. It’s been about a week now.
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Rec'd
Thanks for being the one who noticed.
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anyone got advice ... on how to get ueck?
I’m still failing — every time I switch to WTMJ the thing just dies.
With Gameday Audio last year, sometimes I had to log out, close it and open it again.
Worth a shot.
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thanks
everything I try seems to fail … logouts, quits, different browsers. I’ve tried Safari and Firefox on Mac — anyone using something different?
Suppan got an out
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by Bush League All Star on Mar 4, 2010 2:18 PM CST reply actions
I hope we don't get into a beanball match.
They hit us, it wasn’t hard enough or high enough to make Prince mad, so just suck it up. No need to cause more drama with other teams.
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Uecker's voice
means that spring has arrived, and I am content.
by theBrouhaha on Mar 4, 2010 2:19 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Hooray, Uecker!
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
You should follow the gameday link Mykenk posted above.
It’ll be easier than relying on the game thread for pbp.
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From my understanding,
Weeks walked.
Gomez flew out.
Weeks stole 2nd, tried to get to third on a wild pitch and was tagged out.
Hart singled.
Fielder hit by a pitch.
McGehee struck out to end the inning.
by KittenMittons on Mar 4, 2010 2:24 PM CST up reply actions
No problem
I’m in the same boat as you, no radio, following the gameday thread and MLB Gameday for updates.
by KittenMittons on Mar 4, 2010 2:26 PM CST up reply actions
I feel bittersweet that Suppan did well
Get out of my dreams and into my Chuckie Carr
-Molitorfan 12/23/09
haha, it only counts during the regular season
if anything he’s just toying with us
"Cubs fans boo again – 99% of these people can’t see the plate." -Ueck
I'm happy
When he was rehabbing in the minors last year, he got shelled. At least he’s facing MLB players and getting the job done.
I figure that there is slim to no chance that he’s going to get cut, so I might as well be happy if it looks like he might actually have a decent season.
And a hit!
He’s already almost halfway to Kendall’s total from last year!
How far will this one fly?
I believe he's thinking of 2008
Kendall had a great April ’08, fueled by a BABIP around .400, IIRC
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.294/.365/.388 in April/March ’08
His BABIP was only .321, though, but that’s high for Kendall
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Suppan a clean inning, Zaun a hit
everything is turning up roses
He's just Tweetering.
Last season he said he ’doesn’t do that stuff, fine with other meds.’
How far will this one fly?
It's a platoon situation.
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by Kyle Lobner on Mar 4, 2010 2:39 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
And 90% of them are about trying to get the audio feed.
You’d think people have been starving for baseball for 4+ months or something.
Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.
@jay_jaffe: A Zito/Suppan beanball war would be like watching two elderly men spar with sporks
Shruggity
by Mykenk on Mar 4, 2010 2:29 PM CST reply actions 5 recs
It was a running gag last year
It’s a bit like his PocketDoppler. He talked about twittering and tweeting occasionally, but did not.
Doubtful
He’s been making fun of twitter for years. See: pocket doppler
My gameday is broked
sadness
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Mar 4, 2010 2:32 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
It only updates every half inning.
Unless you’re talking about Gameday Audio…
by KittenMittons on Mar 4, 2010 2:33 PM CST up reply actions
he's confused...
normally he gets out and lets everyone else on when he pitches. it’ll all return to normal soon enough
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RUNS!!!!
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by Bush League All Star on Mar 4, 2010 2:34 PM CST reply actions
Well 1 Run!
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by Bush League All Star on Mar 4, 2010 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
Radio in the Madison Area
Has anyone been able to get the game in the Madison area? The usual stations, 1310 and 1070 AM, are carrying their normal shows. Or is gameday audio only outside of wtmj?
Blow Cubs Blow! Blow Cubs Blow! Hey Milwaukee, what do you say? The Cubs are going to lose today.
I tried to get a signal.
But I forgot where I live is a black hole for signals of all kinds, so I got nothing.
How far will this one fly?
I know the streams aren't working.
But I can’t comment on actual radio broadcasts, as I don’t have an actual radio.
by KittenMittons on Mar 4, 2010 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
WTMJ is working now, via Gameday Audio.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
I think it's just a WTMJ broadcast, not a Brewers Radio Network cast.
Cards Announcers On Gamel's First Career HR, "That’s all they need is another home run hitter".
Way late to the party
but 1310 and 1070 in Madison didn’t carry much last spring training and I don’t expect them to this year. Not when they could air hours of hate talk radio. (1310, anyway.)
It’s what drove me to finally subscribe to gameday audio last year.
You've got a couple screws missin' up in your toolbox, if you think that you'll stop this man from hittin' moonshots.
Pitching change seems like a good time for it.
Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the new thread.
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i've got gameday audio, but its the SF feed
I’m a former, not current, mlb.tv subscriber (2 years ago) and ive got an mlb.com account. i just went to mlb.com homepage and clicked on the audio feed, signed in and the SF feed began. then in the pull-down menu I tried to select WTMJ, but it stays on the SF feed.
Im in WA state, if that means anything.
either way, I’m happy to listen to it, for free.
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57 | 46 | .553 | 0 | Won 2 |
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St. Louis
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56 | 46 | .549 | 0.5 | Lost 1 |
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48 | 55 | .466 | 9 | Lost 2 |
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46 | 56 | .450 | 10.5 | Lost 2 |
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