Pirates 11, Brewers 9
by TheJay on Jul 20, 2010 10:01 PM CDT
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PrintW: DJ Carrasco (2-2)
L: Dave Bush (4-8)
S: Octavio Dotel (20)
MVP: Jim Edmonds (+.145)
LVP: Dave Bush (-.443)
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Dave Bush and the Brewers were awful early, spotting the Pirates nine runs (five earned) in the first inning. After that, the pitching staff settled down, allowing just two runs the rest of the way. Meanwhile, the Brewers offense continually chipped away at the lead but fell just short. Exciting as the near-comeback was, this was the type of game someone new to baseball should avoid at all costs. Terrible defense, terrible pitching, and slow pace won't win over any fans, win or lose.
Notables:
- Jim Edmonds had four hits and finished a triple shy of the cycle. He hit a ball hard into the left center field gap in the ninth but didn't test one of his many sore parts.
- Every Brewers starter had a hit except Dave Bush. Alcides Escobar, Jonathan Lucroy, and Rickie Weeks joined Edmonds in the multi-hit club. Each had two base knocks.
- Trevor Hoffman pitched a scoreless inning, giving him an ERA of 2.08 in his last 13 games (13 IP) and a 7.50 ERA on the season.
- Neil Walker had five hits, the first Pirates rookie to do that since John Wehner in 1991.
- The Pirates scored 9 runs in the first inning for the first time since 1892. The Brewers are Milwaukee's third major league club since 1892.
- Pirates skipper John Russell was ejected because he didn't like the umpire power dynamic. Apparently he objected to first base umpire DJ Reyburn making a call that properly belonged to home plate umpire (and crew chief) Derryl Cousins.
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Re: Russell getting ejected
You could clearly hear him utter “BULLSH*T!” on the live TV feed right before he got tossed. Whether this is what actually got him ejected is anyone’s guess, but it was pretty funny to hear.
Anyways, it was a disappointing loss for sure, but it was much better than watching them lie down and give up after going down 9-0 right away.
That typically won't get a manager tossed
Umpires will pretty much let you say whatever you want as long as you’re talking about the call (e.g. That’s a bullshit call). But once a manager starts questioning the umpire’s integrity (e.g. Telling Reyburn he didn’t do his job properly by taking that call instead of Cousins) he will be gone in a hurry. Russell was wrong though. The call was obvious, and it was perfectly fine for any umpire to call it.
"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra
So, anyone have any thoughts on the ESPN show tonight?
I thought it was interesting that even though most everyone here thinks Edmonds is getting far too much playing time, he’s obviously really frustrated with not being able to play every day.
Also, I thought it was a little weird that Macha was barely in it at all. They can do a lot with editing (Braun barely showed up, either), but it kind of felt like the team just sort of operates on its own, with Macha somewhere off in the distance making the baseball decisions.
I thought it was a fantastic show
A great insight into all the working of the club. But yeah, a little weird that they didn’t talk at all to Braun or Macha. Macha is boring, so I can understand it. But Braun seems like like a guy who likes attention and does stuff like run several business in addition to playing baseball, you’d think they would talk to him about that.
A couple other thoughts…
-Carlos Gomez’s kid is absolutely adorable.
-I’m still disappointed that Mark A didn’t know who Nick Bucci was (He probably had around a 1.80ish ERA when this was filmed. Seriously Mark, the name should at least ring a bell).
-Great use of slow motion. I was really overly-amused by it.
-Anyone see the Ax way at the end of the show? He looked slick in his traveling suit and sunglasses.
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on Jul 20, 2010 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Ax was a talker
Every time they showed the bullpen, there was the rookie, talking to whoever was next to him.
And I thought it was fascinating how the players (especially Prince) shut down as soon as they were in front of the media. Away from the media, Prince looked like the ideal teammate – goofing around, giving his teammates crap, treating everyone around him like a friend. Then as soon as the microphones are on him, that personality disappeared and he was just looking mildly annoyed and giving as bland of an answer as he could. He’s obviously been carefully taught in the art of media relations.
by Cheeseandcorn on Jul 21, 2010 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions
At least until his next contract
Once that baby is signed he could talk all he wants. I doubt he will, but the big FA contract in hand gives quite a license to open again.
Sounds like Werth might be headed to Tampa Bay
Guess we can cross them off the Hart/Fielder lists (pending an actual trade).
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
So was yesterday Bushy getting his revenge for on run support
Ok you bitches see if you can over come a 9 spot lol
Weird last nights game and falling short in the comeback is not bugging me like some other losses. I guess when you go down 9 in the first, you mentally accept you might not win that game and can move on ;)
"It's a joke. It's all a joke.
Got home last night
And watched the game highlights…. I thought they looked familiar… Kind of reminded me of how my slow pitch softball team plays, minus all the runs…
The espn special was great… It made me like some of our pitchers… As people..
Goooooo-mez!
by Drew C on Jul 21, 2010 8:30 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
...but not the position players?
My goodness.
by BrewHaHeather on Jul 21, 2010 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions
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