Brewers 8, Cubs 6
by Kyle Lobner on Apr 15, 2010 4:52 PM CDT
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W: Chris Narveson (1-0)
L: Jeff Samardzija (0-1)
S: Trevor Hoffman (3)
HR: Casey McGehee (3), Ryan Braun (3), Derrek Lee (2), Marlon Byrd (3), Aramis Ramirez (3)
MVP: Ryan Braun (+.322)
LVP: Jeff Suppan (-.174)
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It was close throughout, it wasn't exceptionally well managed and it was enfuriating at times, but the Brewers managed to overcome a Jeff Suppan start and avoid the sweep today in Chicago.
If you expected better from Jeff Suppan today, you were probably deluding yourself: He allowed four runs on six hits in five innings, walking just one and striking out four. He allowed two home runs, but threw just 81 pitches and actually left with a 5-4 lead before Chris Narveson allowed a solo home run to Aramis Ramirez to lead off the sixth.
Narveson allowed four baserunners but managed to escape the sixth without further damage. Carlos Villanueva was dominant in the seventh and eighth, allowing just one walk and striking out four.
With a three run lead, Trevor Hoffman recorded his first save in a week, getting a strikeout before Corey Hart lost a ball in the sun that led to a double for Ryan Theriot. Hoffman got Kosuke Fukudome to ground out, then Hart lost another ball in the sun leading to a double for Chad Tracy (his first hit of 2010), scoring Fukudome. Finally, Aramis Ramirez flew out to Jim Edmonds in deep center to end it.
At the plate, Edmonds (three hits, three runs scored), Ryan Braun (four hits, a walk and a homer) and Gregg Zaun (three hits, including a double) combined for ten of the Brewers' 14 hits. Casey McGehee was also on base three times, going 1-for-2 with a home run, a sac fly and two walks.
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Not me.
Then, halfway through the air, I saw Edmonds sprinting and I thought it was gone.
"Probably won't make a decision until after the decision starts"
God
The strike zone was awful, the sun was awful, the management was awful, Jeff Suppan was awful.
Glad we came out with a win.
I'd like to lose Corey Hart in the sun.
What would be the best day of the year for that? One of the solstices?
I thought winter solstice...but nope
perihelion/perigee
“Currently, perihelion occurs about 14 days after the northern hemisphere’s winter solstice of December 21, thus making January 4 the perihelion mean”
so…close enough. in any case, gotta get him to the southern hemisphere.
by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 15, 2010 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions
So Corey Hart F's up twice in the 9th inning.
And he doesn’t get charged with an error either time.
Some how Hoffman gets charged with a run, That doesn’t make any sense to me.
Just the way it is, I'm afraid
Same reason why a pitcher like Narvy can give up the lead, blow a save (technically) and get the win.
by Et tu Brewte on Apr 15, 2010 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions
That's how scorekeeping works in baseball.
Misjudging the ball is not an error, thus the run is considered earned.
You forgot Ken Macha
dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove
As muh as I want to blame Hart,
I have a hard time doing it, at least the first ball. He lost the ball in the sun, it happends. The second miscue looked more like bad defense than bad luck.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on Apr 15, 2010 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
CarGo
Why wasn’t our defensive alignment including the final run to score? Put CarGo in center and move the “Aged Miserly One” to RF. How is a converted 1B a better defensive option than our GG-caliber CF? Was he injured?
Chicks Dig The Long Ball.
Yeah, we discussed this in the thread.
Gomez should have been put in on a double switch for Hart when he pinch hit for the pitcher.
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Okay so we have a shopping list
1) Pillow for Suppan
2) Flip-down sunglasses for Hart
What else? I’ll volunteer to hit Target on the way home from work.
Wow, really?
Excuse me while I go apply at Kohl’s.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on Apr 16, 2010 8:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Help me Jeff Suppan, you're my only hope...
Actually (sort of) worked out for us. Yay for not getting swept!
Hyatt, did you post the broom on evil BCB?
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I stayed away
didn’t do anything stupid, and we won!!! And nope Kevin Ray, didn’t have the chance
"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."
thank you
I think staying away from the gamethreads is good karma, so I’ll stick to the recaps and mugs
"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."
thank you for the support
I will keep the less than highbrow jokes coming.
"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."
When you believe in things that you don't understand
Superstition ain’t the way.
by Cheeseandcorn on Apr 15, 2010 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Like to point out I called an 8-5 win in the first thread
this one could have been a lot worse, but I’m encouraged by our offense. We’ll be ok.
Too close for missiles, I’m switching to Ueck.
8-5...
You forgot to factor in the Corey Hart, “I only wear my sunglasses at night” effect on the final score. Then again, what were the odds we would see Hart as a late inning defensive replacement?
Chicks Dig The Long Ball.
He was put into the game as a PH first
He just happen to stay in the game to play RF. BTW – Losing the ball in the sun isn’t exactly a rare occurrence… even good OFs make mistakes.
Was Corey Hart that brutal in the bottom of the 9th?
I could tell from the descriptions on gameday that something funny was going on with Tracy’s double, but I didn’t realize Hart had blown the play on Theriot too.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 15, 2010 5:22 PM CDT reply actions
I think Hart moved past Suppan on some people's lists...
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by Fatter than Joey on Apr 15, 2010 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Sun was in his eyes, he didn’t drop the ball or anything (Matt Holliday), though I would probably be more angry with him if those runs had ended up scoring.
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
I don't have any data or anything...
… but doesn’t that seem to happen to Hart an awful lot? It does in my opinion.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Apr 15, 2010 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
His eyes have adjusted to nighttime sunglass usage
still too bright for daytime use
by warwick5s on Apr 15, 2010 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Me too
On the one hand, it’s easier to remember screw-ups like that. On the other, there are a lot to remember.
Failure is just success rounded down.
Agreed.
I got into an argument with another poster earlier this season where Hart horribly misplayed the ball that got “caught in the wind”.
One thing I have learned about flyballs from coaching youth baseball, is that the elements just don’t affect the better players as much as they do the poorer players.
I just don’t think Hart has a very solid idea of what he is doing out in the OF.
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by Fatter than Joey on Apr 16, 2010 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Little education
we should find a contact point of the arbitrator who handled Corey’s case this summer and send him some footage of today’s action and suggest he find a new job!
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You're selling Suppan's LVP status short
You didn’t add in the -0.130 WPA he accumulated from batting (also the team worst), yielding -0.304 WPA
dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove
I noticed that, too.
His batting WPA should totally count against him.
by Cheeseandcorn on Apr 15, 2010 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I typically don't include a starting pitcher's batting, unless they made a positive contribution.
I don’t think the fact that he was the team’s worst hitter is really a surprise…most days, the pitcher will be.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
The only reason Hart lost it in the sun twice
…is because he’s so much closer to it than everyone else.
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Apr 15, 2010 10:50 PM CDT reply actions
corey hart
Let’s look at the bright side, hart doesn’t have to deal with wrigley fields sun, wind, and brick wall too often. I’m happy with the fact that he hasn’t looked totally lost at the plate (with a few exceptions) and has put some relatively good swings on the ball this year so far
by BenSheets15 on Apr 15, 2010 11:24 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Not only is this the best picture from the game
It may be the best Trevor Hoffman picture of all time.
"If we want to sign a Type A free agent, we would lose a second-round pick, but we don't have a way to get picks back. Our whole Draft process needs to be redone."
~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Apr 15, 2010 11:59 PM CDT reply actions 10 recs
Seriously...
Can we get that pic put up next to his Save Countdown at home? Or everytime he closes out a game, throw that pic up on the big screen.
He kind of looks like Bernie in “Weekend at Bernie’s 2.”
Chicks Dig The Long Ball.
Hello, ladies.
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by tcyoung on Apr 16, 2010 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not sure if photoshopping a limbo stick into this picture would make it funnier or not.
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A bullet or hurled object
Matrix-style?
by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 16, 2010 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the good luck was
I wore my old skool brewers cap into campus yesterday – and this is Phillies territory.
you're lucky you came out unscathed!
this could’ve happened to you!
by Capt Science on Apr 16, 2010 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Wow
That dude actually purposely vomited on an off-duty cop and his kids. I’m wondering if the beat down came from the cop or the fans.
Best quote of the article:
“He leaned forward, he projectile vomited all over me and my daughter,” Vangelo said with a look of hurt splashed across his face.
I bet that wasn’t the only thing “splashed across his face”.
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