Pirates 15, Brewers 3
by Kyle Lobner on Jul 21, 2010 8:54 PM CDT
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PrintW: Zach Duke (4-9)
L: Randy Wolf (7-9)
HR: George Kottaras (8), Delwyn Young (4), Pedro Alvarez 2 (7)
MVP: George Kottaras (+.085)
LVP: Randy Wolf (-.597)
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If you watched tonight's game I hope you enjoyed the small taste of history. Randy Wolf allowed twelve earned runs tonight, on 13 hits and two walks, in 5.2 innings of work. Now, I know what you're thinking: "12 earned runs. That's pretty bad, right?"*
Yeah, that's pretty bad. Actually, it's historically bad:
- Wolf is just the second pitcher in franchise history to allow 12 earned runs. Bill Travers was the other: He allowed 14 earned runs in game two of a doubleheader on August 14, 1977.
- Wolf is only the second pitcher in all of baseball this season to do it: Scott Kazmir allowed 13 on July 10.
- Brian Anderson mentioned that the Brewers are the first team to have three starting pitchers allow ten runs in a four game stretch since the 1937 St. Louis Browns.
- Tonight's 15 runs was a season-high for the Pirates. It's only the sixth time all year they reached double digits.
- Prince Fielder was hit by another pitch tonight, his fourth in six games.
- Rickie Weeks went 0-for-4 with a walk, ending his hitting streak at seven games.
- Lorenzo Cain went 1-for-2. He's likely headed back to the minors tomorrow after going 3-for-5 in limited playing time with the team.
- Carlos Gomez went 1-for-3 and probably isn't going anywhere.
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I chose to not watch this game
I make good decisions.
or choose not to
he’s making good decisions afterall
no sense ruining that streak
by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 21, 2010 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions
indeed
I’m watching the Nats and the Reds do sort of meh on ESPN. I get this feeling that if Stephen Strasburg pitched for the Brewers his ERA would be over 9 and he’d walk about 5 guys a game. (He’s got the inclination in that direction, so any more bad luck would totally screw it up for him.)
hey, remember when we used to get excited about playing the pirates?
i'm fighting all the french people i can find. happy cinco de mayo!
Kyle why must your 'logic' be the urine in my Cheeriohs?
Can I not dream?
"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
Those were your cheerios?
My bad. I thought I was in Chris’s house. I must’ve gotten lost after putting the screws in Mykenk’s oatmeal.
Now that's great tasting chicken!
by Kyle Lobner on Jul 21, 2010 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
The Brewers only need one more 10+ run start to tie the Browns' record for a single month
Ryan Braun: He loves it.
Those historically bad outings essentially mean
Macha doesn’t want a repeat of last year, when the bullpen was absolutely fried by August. So he’s leaving starters in to get hammered – can’t say I blame him.
i vote to change the header of the BCB
because it is getting pretty bad.
i'm fighting all the french people i can find. happy cinco de mayo!
agreed
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 21, 2010 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Since DM seconded the motion
I make the motion we bring it to the floor for a vote
"It's a joke. It's all a joke.
BrewCrewBall-
Where its gotten so bad, we’re letting Dikembe talk about the Bucks and pinkeye.
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 21, 2010 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
September
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 21, 2010 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Who said anything about a good time?
RIF
Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 21, 2010 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Brew Crew Ball -
Where the brews and the Crew are both ice cold.
by Cheeseandcorn on Jul 21, 2010 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
unfortunately
to maintain our search engine rank, Milwaukee Brewers needs to be in the title
by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 22, 2010 6:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Brew Crew Ball
Where at least we pee in urinals like human beings.
by Zorakathura on Jul 21, 2010 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
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Yeah, well, sometimes I drink.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Jul 21, 2010 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually, tied...
"The Milwaukee Brewers' line score is starting to resemble an international phone number" - Pittsburgh Pirates Radio during 20-0 shutout - 4-22-10
Brew Crew Ball
Because a bad day at the office is better than a bad day of Milwaukee Brewers baseball.
Where we are the face and the Milwaukee Brewers are the palm.
Because even when the Milwaukee Brewers are failures, nullacct is awesome.
Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.
Brewers season in a nut shell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EM0hDchVlY
"It's a joke. It's all a joke.
The music for that video
Is altogether too upbeat.
by Cheeseandcorn on Jul 21, 2010 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
But the smoking hole in the woods is a perfect metaphor for this season
Actually it is a perfect metaphor for most Brewers seasons ;)
"It's a joke. It's all a joke.
Is it just me, or is this the most boring trade season ever?
by Cheeseandcorn on Jul 21, 2010 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Looking at Fangraphs, this is utter garbage
Wolf will solidify his spot as having the 2nd worst xFIP of all NL pitchers with at least 60 IP. Dave Bush currently sits at 6th worst. Jeff Suppan who admittedly got a quick hook in Milwaukee will now move ahead of Wolf to be the 3rd worst pitcher in the NL with at least 60 IP. I think they’ll all have to work to catch John Lannan currently the worst pitcher who’s since be demoted to AA.
I’m glad Capuano is back in the bullpen. He might, you know, be better than the 2nd worst pitcher in the NL. We wouldn’t want that. Maybe it’s all a conspiracy to keep his value low so they can sign him in the offseason to start in 2011.
Given that Macha and DM are extremely likely to lose their jobs this offseason at this point, why can’t they just say “f*ck it” and move Wolf to the bullpen?
Random DL stint for wolf?
“elbow tightness” or something, so they can simultaneously use that as the reason for suckage and give him a break.
As a follow-up, I express my ignorance as to xFIP
Wolf’s xFIP, in fact, went down from 5.22 to 5.20 after last night’s debacle. My only explanation is that PNC must be a really, really homer-friendly park.
This actually makes some sense, because the move was so tiny. When a pitcher is that bad, it’s pretty hard to quantify anything worse. When he’s already at 5.22, it’s already predicting a potential catastrophic start to even just keep that level. Did the general consensus on Wolf being a bad pitcher change last night? We knew he was giving up a metric f*cktonne of HRs and last night … he gave up a metric f*cktonne of HRs.
The difference between a 13.50 ERA and a 14.00 ERA is practically meaningless. They’re both terrible.
Brew Crew Ball -
Where the unit of measure for Milwaukee Brewers’ HRA is metric f*cktonnes.
by CoreySLC on Jul 22, 2010 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, it's official, gang
We are 100% on the sellers market.
by Vee Sanford's Next-door Neighbor on Jul 21, 2010 10:45 PM CDT reply actions
I think we have been for a week or two
We’re just being a very picky seller.
by Cheeseandcorn on Jul 21, 2010 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe during the offseason
doug has plans to talk to another small-market GM and say “look, you help us win the world series this year by trading us your best players. Then we’ll give you all of our good players in the offseason.”
It’s like a band supergroup
by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 22, 2010 6:32 AM CDT up reply actions
I just want to say that, as a fan since I was little (late 80s), I’m starting to settle back into the old Brewers fan routine of expecting little, receiving less. It holds off the depression.
Bettman's Nightmare: Until Recently, the Biggest C**block in the NHL
http://bettmansnightmare.blogspot.com/
by Bettman's Nightmare on Jul 21, 2010 11:57 PM CDT reply actions
you became a Brewer fan....
in the Sal Bando era? Ouch.
Blame it on the police…they handed out Brewers cards at school.
Bettman's Nightmare: Until Recently, the Biggest C**block in the NHL
http://bettmansnightmare.blogspot.com/
by Bettman's Nightmare on Jul 22, 2010 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions
I blame everything on the police
Sting has a really high pitched whine.
by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 22, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
As I have stated before
I use drugs to stave off the depression lots and lots of drugs ;)
"It's a joke. It's all a joke.
The more games I watch
It’s getting hard to justify firing Macha to me. I mean, what can the guy do when every pitcher he sends out gets hammered? I feel bad for the guy.
Doug Melvin on the other hand….
Goooooo-mez!
by Drew C on Jul 22, 2010 12:14 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
My response to this:
Why not fire Macha? He isn’t going to be there next year. Why not let the next year guy get used to the players when there is no pressure to win.
by BrewCrewBrian on Jul 22, 2010 7:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Have they even identified who the "next guy" is going to be?
It makes sense to do what you’ve stated only if they know who’s going to take over.
Pujols is the Barack Obama of baseball.
I agree
Which is why they need to figure out who is going to take over next year…
Are they counting on grabbing someone who just got fired?
by BrewCrewBrian on Jul 22, 2010 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Normally I'd say that what we really need about now....
Is a four game series against the Pirates. Its a sad day when your personal punching bag beats the crap out of you.
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