Game Thread #53: Brewers (21-31) at Marlins (27-26)
by Kyle Lobner on Jun 2, 2010 5:00 PM CDT
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Current Series
Marlins lead the series 2-0
| Mon 05/31 | WP: Jorge Sosa (1 - 0) LP: Chris Narveson (4 - 3) |
5 - 13 loss |
| Tue 06/01 | WP: Ricky Nolasco (5 - 4) SV: Leo Nunez LP: Trevor Hoffman (1 - 4) |
4 - 6 loss |
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Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, Jun 2, 2010, 6:10 PM CDT Yovani Gallardo vs Chris Volstad Partly cloudy,rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. |
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| Thu 06/03 | 6:10 PM CDT | |
Follow the jump for tonight's pitching matchup, lineup and more!
Chris Volstad (3-6, 4.31) is pretty much a league average pitcher. He's got a 98 ERA+, he doesn't strike out many (5.7 per nine innings), and he walks 3.3 batters per nine innings. He made four quality starts in six attempts in May, and allowed three runs on seven hits and three walks in 6.1 innings against the Phillies on Friday.
Volstad is throwing a slider for the first time this season to go with his 91.5 mph fastball, curve and change. The fastball (+0.42 runs per 100) and change (+0.94/100) are above average, while the curve and slider are below. George Kottaras is the only Brewer who's seen him before: He went 1-for-2 with an RBI against Volstad last June.
He'll face off against Yovani Gallardo (5-2, 2.78), coming off one of the best starts of his career. Gallardo pitched his first career shutout last time out, limiting the Mets to eight hits and a walk while striking out seven. He also threw 121 pitches, becoming just the third major leaguer to throw 120 pitches in three games this season. All three instances came in May.
After getting off to an 0-2 start, Gallardo has won each of his last five decisions, posting a 1.80 ERA over that stretch. Ronny Paulino is the only Marlin with 10 PAs against Gallardo: He's 2-for-9 with a double.
Ken Macha is trying out Ryan Braun in the #2 hole again tonight (via Tyler Barnes):
Rickie Weeks 2B
Ryan Braun LF
Prince Fielder 1B
Casey McGehee 3B
Corey Hart RF
Carlos Gomez CF
George Kottaras C
Yovani Gallardo P
Alcides Escobar SS
And in the bullpen:
Trevor Hoffman pitched 1 inning (26 pitches) yesterday.
Kameron Loe pitched 1 inning (13 pitches) yesterday.
Jeff Suppan pitched 1 innings (11 pitches) Monday.
Carlos Villanueva pitched .1 innings (18 pitches) Monday.
Zach Braddock pitched 1 inning (37 pitches) Sunday.
Todd Coffey pitched 2.1 innings (29 pitches) Saturday.
John Axford pitched 1 inning (14 pitches) Saturday.
Enjoy the game!
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The Crew starting five in the order
today are all legitimate cleanup hitters. And we can’t get a decent starting pitcher for one of them? Maybe Oswalt for Fiedler? Oh, never mind. Enjoy the game….!
"When you really, really break it down the only numbers that count is how many runs you help (produce) and how many runs you save. There’s really not a number for that." --Casey McGehee
Maybe they could, but is it worth it at this point?
Is a Fielder/Oswalt swap going to get the team into the playoffs this your or the next?
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I, like 'stache,' have
no idea. If any of this kind of talk was a sure thing, these threads would be damn short….
I’d love to trade Oswalt for Fielder on a one month trial basis and see what happens. Talk about FAN interest!
"When you really, really break it down the only numbers that count is how many runs you help (produce) and how many runs you save. There’s really not a number for that." --Casey McGehee
by heybatterbatter on Jun 2, 2010 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions
The baseball version of an Exchange student.
That’d be one heck of a hit on the food budget for whatever family houses Prince
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Don't know where else to ask this, but:
The Cardinals have come to an agreement on a $1.5MM deal with 18-year-old Dominican righthander Carlos Matias, reports Ben Badler of Baseball America. Matias was one of the best pitchers available on the international market this year.
Matias had previously reached an agreement with the Red Sox for $160K, but he was suspended for a year after failing an MLB investigation. The suspension may turn out to be a blessing in disguise, because the righty added velocity to his fastball during the layoff and now routinely sits at 97-99 mph, which has drastically improved his stock.
How come the Brewers are never involved in international guys like this? Seems like, with the lack of arms in the system, grabbing a few international guys for ~2mil a piece would be a cost effective way to rebuild things?
They do from time to time, but they don't generally go after the big guns.
They’re too risky, I guess. Escobar’s an international signing. Gomez is too, although he obviously wasn’t raised in our system. We signed somebody this year. Was it an infielder?
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I understand they’re risky, but isn’t that the exact kind of risk they need to take to get ahead of the guys who can spend megabux for top flight starting pitching? Seems like spending $1mil on an 18 year old Dominican kid is less risky than signing mid-level older pitchers at $10mil a year.
Gagne, Hoffman, Suppan
I could hire an entire Dominican team for that money – but we probably couldn’t play in AZ.
by nullacct on Jun 2, 2010 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
At 18 years this guy is older than the typical Dominican signing...
and not just by the one suspended year, if I’m not mistaken. Dropping $1 million on 16-year-olds is the exact opposite of a “less risky” move.
Well, It's a fair sight better than dropping the money on Japanese contract purchases.
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I wish I had mlb network.
But at least the Reds Cards game is on ESPN tonight
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Shame
Would have easily become the greatest player ever without injuries.
Yep.
And doubly unfortunate because he would have eclipsed Bonds HR mark as well if he’d have stayed healthy. But I guess that’s part of what Aaron so special: he never lost the kind of time and power Griffey did.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Aaron was consistent without any BIG years
To think, the two leading HR hitters of all time will probably end up being A-Rod and Barry Bonds. God, help us all.
Cheers.
But I’m not holding my breath. He juiced, but he’s also a freak.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions
It's sad
Almost all the players I watched as a kid are retired. When Chipper and Moyer are done, I’ll know I’m getting too old.
One man's garbage is another man-person's good ungarbage.
by Captain Howdy on Jun 2, 2010 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Time to put you out to pasture old feller
Yer stud days are done.
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions
So are these losers putting a roof on their new stadium when they get one?
What kind of idiot builds an open air stadium in Florida?
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 6:55 PM CDT reply actions
I love grilling in the rain.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 6:57 PM CDT reply actions
I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
Oily, greasy, fleecy, shining
Gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka-dotted; Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghettied!
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Better to take a third now,
than later or with men on base
by PlusorMinusThree on Jun 2, 2010 7:05 PM CDT reply actions
I'm assuming there have been bad calls that have gone the Brewers way this series...
… but I sure as hell can’t remember any.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 7:11 PM CDT reply actions
Another garbage call
Or so it seems, no TV here, just radio. Did McGehee catch the ball?
by PlusorMinusThree on Jun 2, 2010 7:11 PM CDT reply actions
Actually, super slow mo leaves me wondering now.
Too hard to tell.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions
barely
it hit in the thin webbing in the front of his glove so it looked like it bounced
Get well soon Ueck
I'm pretty sure...
Macha always goes out there and says “Now I know you made the right call, but I just needed the exercise.”
on the second look
it bounced in front of his glove
Rock's making up words
Rickie made a “galliant” effort
not gallant
not valiant
“galliant”
by Nicole Haase on Jun 2, 2010 7:15 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Hey guys, thanks for the defensive help!
Love,
Yo.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 7:16 PM CDT reply actions
Is there any rhyme or reason
To when Macha decides to put Braun at 2 and bat this lineup?…I realize it’s only been twice now, but just wondering if anyone has a legitimate reason why.
from what Rock said
it has to do with the opposing starting pitcher and whether or not we feel its a big deal to get to the pitcher early and score in the first inning
Wish we had this lineup every day.
A guy hitting in the .320s followed by Prince Fielder (scary even if hes not hitting well) followed by the NL leader in RBI followed by the NL leader in HR…and it gives them ALL more at-bats
I actually like it as well
It just seems like Macha is making up reasons to change the order now…Soon we’ll have a different order for every pitcher in our division.
His question isn't "why would you ever do it", it's "why do it on Monday, not on Tuesday, then again on Wednesday".
But then again, “Logic is in the eye of the Logician”, and in this case, we’ll never understand Macha’s logic.
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especially since it was used originally against a knuckler
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
Check out this Fanshot from Sunday
The numbers get broken down here: Sunday’s Line-up
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
actually, I think he pulled a hammy just watching it
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
by MadtownTim on Jun 2, 2010 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He just looked on, stone-faced.
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Lost it
Single with two out in the ninth
by PlusorMinusThree on Jun 2, 2010 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Why would you say that?
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 2, 2010 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
OOPS
because I’m a moron. I was watching it on Gameday and was wrong about who was batting. Apologies
by PlusorMinusThree on Jun 2, 2010 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions
only 75 pitches through 8
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
And a bad call in the ninth takes it away.
Jim Joyce blew a call at first.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Unbelievable
It was pretty clear. And you think he’d get the benefit of the doubt there.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
FSN better ask Bruce Froemming what he thinks
Please please please. Bring up Milt Pappas for bonus points.
Failure is just success rounded down.
I doubt he was intentionally hitting the other team's pitcher who throws mid 90s
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Right but he could have been trying to brush him back.
Either way, I doubt there will be retaliation.
Rick Peterson
sans coat
"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
I vote that the next time suppan gets called in a close game, Braddock just walkds up there and pitches instead.
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He'd have to pitch right handed to sell the gag.
Couldn’t be worse, right?
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When Suppan pitches, nobody wants to look.
So, I don’t think we’d have any problems.
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Opposing players want to look.
Then swing. Then look some more. Then make public statements about how unsportsmanlike it is to watch your home runs.
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He's like a frat boy
"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 Jun 2, 2010 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
too far?
"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 Jun 2, 2010 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
Deep fly ball on the first pitch of the 9th.
Jackson makes an over the shoulder catch.
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and that's "the moment" when it actually happens...
there’s always one in perfectos/no-nos
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
Hitter hit to the gap between 1st and Second. First baseman tosses it to pitcher who just beats the runner, but the runner is called safe.
WTF is with the perfect (and near) perfect games this season
Yikes
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Jun 2, 2010 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Ground ball to first.
Galarraga covers 1st, gets the out. Jim Joyce calls the runner safe. Clearly a bad call.
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Must have thought he was pitching for the Brewers
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
Oh. MY. GOD!
that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. Detroit announcers calling it a travesty.
Is it just me?
Or are umps shooting themselves in the foot an awful lot this year?
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 7:52 PM CDT reply actions
brewers are staying above the fray
if their games mattered worth shit, then if the umps blew a call, they’d have a reason to go off in a tizzy. this way, our championship season won’t be tainted.
And they won't allow other networks to do it right.
I love the MLB network too, but for all the comparisons to Baseball Tonight, it’s not even on the same playing field. ESPN doesn’t have the ability to do live look-ins. Otherwise they would. They do something similar with their NBA nightly programming.
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Gallaraga is a better man than I am...
… did you see that smile as he stood on first base when the ump called the guy safe?
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 7:52 PM CDT reply actions
That was his
“Are you f-ing kidding me dude?!?!!!!!!!!!!111??” smirk
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
Why didn't the Deroit manager appeal it
or can they only do that on home runs?
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Jun 2, 2010 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
They performed admirably.
For me to poop on!
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Y'know, I'll give the ump a free pass there.
They’re going to make mistakes. They’re human. If he had blown the call and then ejected the pitcher for smirking, that’d be the kind of umpire confrontationalism I’ve been railing against.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
No
It wasn’t a tie
"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 Jun 2, 2010 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Right
"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 Jun 2, 2010 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
"if it's close"
I don’t like that at all. It’s still baseball (and a relatively close game, no less). The “benefit of the doubt” shouldn’t come into play.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Ummmmm
Please see: plays, double
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 2, 2010 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions
just sayin'
The "benefit of the doubt" shouldn’t come into play.
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 2, 2010 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Right
But my point was that the rules of the game shouldn’t be amended in the late innings of a potential milestone performance. It’d be like moving third base ten feet closer when a guy needs a triple for the cycle.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
I'd be all for that
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jun 2, 2010 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess I wasn't sure they were being amended
He was obviously out by a goodly distance.
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't disagree
I was just arguing with the “if it’s close, you have to give it to him” logic.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
On the other hand
What if he’s pissed that two perfect games have been thrown this year within 3 weeks of one another, and to preserve the ‘sanctity of the game’, he calls the runner safe on some bullshit pretense?
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
If he sees a bang-bang play and makes a conscious decision to screw it up to preserve history
Then he thinks faster than I do.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Watch him make the call again
He literally looks like he hesitates.
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Exactly. He was obviously guessing. Or at least second guessing himself.
And maybe I should have said, “If you’re not sure in that situation, you have to call him out.”
I will agree though, we can’t group it in with the other umpire problems this year. It’s not like he was getting in the pitcher’s face. I think he realized after the fact that he should have called it the other way. He looked like he was kicking himself when Cabrera was arguing with him.
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I don't know
That was a full four feet of space between the bag and the runner’s foot.
Everything I hear says that on ‘bang-bang plays’, the umps listen for the foot and the ball in the glove. There’s NO WAY I can imagine he thought it was close. Maybe he closed his eyes and guessed. They call that “Bill Hall Umpiring.”
"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 Jun 2, 2010 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Rapuano would have ejected him for pitching too well and showing up the umpire
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by SRB on Jun 2, 2010 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't blame the ump
Blame the fact that baseball is too “traditionalist” to employ the use of technology that could easily make these calls correctly.
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
How about both?
It’s still his job to get it right, and he didn’t. And the umps aren’t exactly advocating for change.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I feel bad for the umpire in that situation
It wasn’t him being a jerk like Rapuano, he just made a bad call at a really unfortunate moment
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by SRB on Jun 2, 2010 7:54 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
But his job is to make good calls in moments like that.
That’s why he is paid the decent money. No excuses. None.
Umpires get like 98% of those calls right, he just made an error at a bad time
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by SRB on Jun 2, 2010 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions
If only we had a way to almost instantly determine safe or out without possibility of error
E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).
by Jordan M on Jun 2, 2010 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I guess
That’s what they’re saying on MLB Network.
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I still want someone to get Bruce Froemming on the phone
He has experience in that situation.
Failure is just success rounded down.
That's a crock of shit.
The ball moved in his glove, but only after he had his foot on the bag.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
If that is the case,
a bobble could constitute an amendment to the hit. Consolation: No-hitter. Still that is a bad call.
by Bush League All Star on Jun 2, 2010 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
agreed
i didn’t care for the Leyland and who ever the other guy was going after the ump
time for another team meeting
I loved it.
That’s Leyland’s job. He’s got players going after those umps, and with good reason, so Leyland’s acting like a gigantic ass to make sure the umps are focused on him and none of his guys end up bumping an umpire and getting suspended.
Plus, he blew a huge call, and this is what happens when you blow a huge call.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
you make
a good point about making sure the players don’t do anything stupid
time for another team meeting
Why?
No one is perfect. But that wasn’t even remotely close. To err on a close play is human, to make that call is BP style failure.
by SgtClueLs on Jun 2, 2010 7:59 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm about "this" close
to advocating the use of instant replay in all areas of major league baseball. It’s been said that human error is an element of the game. But this is getting ridiculous. The umpires are NOT doing their job.
One man's garbage is another man-person's good ungarbage.
I've been for Robot Umpires for a long time
and this seals it.
keep balls and strikes human if you wish, but give each manager a challenge per game at anything involving whether bases were touched.
Hey look...
… a manager who actually gives a shit about something.
I love Leland.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 7:56 PM CDT reply actions
Sorry Armando
"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
So much for discussing the Brewers no matter how bad it gets.
Let’s talk Detroit and umpiring!
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He better have an alternate route out of Detroit
I don’t think it’s safe to travel with the rest of the crew
Touche
But this is ridiculous! It’s nice to have something else to bitch about other than how bad the Brewers are playing.
One man's garbage is another man-person's good ungarbage.
by Captain Howdy on Jun 2, 2010 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Just a theory...
… but if you look at how Galarraga caught that ball, he kind of snow coned it in his glove. I’ve always heard that 1st base umps look at the feet and listen for the pop of the ball hitting the glove. The problem with that practice is that when you’ve got a pitcher running away from the ball and catching it in the top of the netting on his glove, there is no popping sound.
That’s my guess as to why he missed it. He didn’t hear the sound before runner hit the base, so he called him safe.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 7:59 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
My guess is the ump saw him put his weight on his right foot after he made the catch.
He probably thought that he didn’t have his foot on the bag, and that’s why he had to shift his weight after catching the ball.
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Times two.
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by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Just farting around
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions
He probably saw his reflection somewhere
and paused to admire himself.
One man's garbage is another man-person's good ungarbage.
by Captain Howdy on Jun 2, 2010 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
Maybe Braun was watching a replay of the blown call on the jumbotron and forgot to run home?
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 8:04 PM CDT reply actions
anyone have faith in Go-Go here?
or is it the team as a whole that I assume will fail in these spots?
I have very little faith in Carlos Gomez when he's standing at the plate.
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't blame them...
… I remember how hacked off I was when they screwed Sabathia on his no no, and that was a much closer call and it didn’t come in the 9th.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions
that was bad
and it could have been really bad if there was a bigger crowd and more beer consumed on a weekend night.
Get well soon Ueck
I dont even care about the Tigers really
and I’m legitimately pissed as a baseball fan
Any Chance
MLB replays the end of that game like they did the pine tar game?
"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra
any chance
Prince and Braun go back to little league and learn how to run the ^%$ bases?
Get well soon Ueck
Prince
watched his “double” off the wall thinking it was gone and ended up with a single. Next play Braun on 3rd and doesn’t score on a potential double play ground play that Casey beat out at 1st.
Get well soon Ueck
What are the odds Joyce is behind the plate for tomorrow's game?
Failure is just success rounded down.
I wouldn't bet against it
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~Doug Melvin
by Charlie Marlow on Jun 2, 2010 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions
He's actually scheduled to work the plate tomorrow.
Yikes.
One man's garbage is another man-person's good ungarbage.
by Captain Howdy on Jun 2, 2010 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I hope nobody blows any call in Gallardo's perfect game later in the season.
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Trivia
I’ve got five:
Joe Robbie Stadium
Pro Player Stadium
Dolphins Stadium
Land Shark Stadium
Sun Life Stadium
Anyone know the other two?
Now that's great tasting chicken!
How about:
It’s-Like-A-Sauna-In-Here Park and Where-Is-Everyone-Yards?
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Argh.
and should be at.
I suck.
What begins in fear usually ends in folly.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jun 2, 2010 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Dolphin Stadium
Pro Player Park
One man's garbage is another man-person's good ungarbage.
by Captain Howdy on Jun 2, 2010 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh yeah, Griffey retired
I think a version of that adage about never flying with anyone more famous than you applies.
Failure is just success rounded down.
That is, until Melvin coaxes him out of retirement to play CF for the Brewers next year
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
by SRB on Jun 2, 2010 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm glad, as an internet baseball fan
That I can go back to remembering how great Griffey was instead of seeing how terrible he was this year.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Geo steals a base and gets thrown out at third.
Baserunning error #215.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
Neither is Brad Fischer.
But I don’t think either of those were their fault. The runners were just taking off.
When Braun took off for home and then turned around, I’m sure Fischer was like what in the MF’er are you doing? Probably the same reaction when Kottaras started running.
http://www.mlbsoup.com
my softball game got rained out again tonight
and the baserunning skills of my team seem to have permeated the brewers
mine too, I was pissed.
They told us it was still on at 5:20.
By 5:40, when it was absolutely pouring, they cancelled it.
http://www.mlbsoup.com
What is Kottaras' caught stealing percentage? Defensively I mean.
It can’t be good. It seems like half the time he doesn’t even make a throw.
One man's garbage is another man-person's good ungarbage.
Ouch
One man's garbage is another man-person's good ungarbage.
by Captain Howdy on Jun 2, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
You're going to get a ticket from the Small Sample Size Police
if you keep that up
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I wasn't being serious
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah I've been striking out today
Had like 5 people misinterpret shit. Maybe its a sign.
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, true
"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 Jun 2, 2010 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions