Pitcher With ERA Over 7, Catcher With OPS Under .700 Lead Cubs To 5-2 Win Over Brewers

by Kyle Lobner on Sep 19, 2011 9:43 PM CDT in WPA Game Recaps

CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 19: Jerry Hairston Jr. #15 of the Milwaukee Brewers hits a solo home run against the Chicago Cubs in the third inning on September 19, 2011 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by David Banks/Getty Images)

W: Casey Coleman (3-8)
L: Chris Narveson (10-8)

HR: Jerry Hairston Jr. (5), Casey McGehee (13), Geovany Soto 2 (17)

MVP: Jonathan Lucroy (+.069)
LVP: Chris Narveson (-.136)

Win Expectancy Graph and Star of the Game Voting

Chris Narveson didn't have much tonight. He was probably lucky to escape with just three runs allowed on four hits over four innings. He gave up three walks and two of them were to Carlos Pena, who can't hit lefties at all. The first walk led to a run when Pena scored on Geovany Soto's first homer. Soto later hit another off Marco Estrada.

Meanwhile, Casey Coleman became the latest struggling pitcher to dominate the Brewers, allowing just two hits and one run over six innings. His eight strikeouts were a new season high, and he lowered his ERA from 7.06 to 6.55 with the outing.

Jerry Hairston Jr. made his first start at shortstop as a Brewer tonight and had the first Brewer hit, a home run. He should play there every day. But, in a pretty clear glimpse of what the team thinks of him, Ron Roenicke pinch hit for him with Mark Kotsay in the ninth.

Three consecutive hits with one out in the ninth brought the tying run to the plate, but Taylor Green and Corey Hart struck out to end it.

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Generic negative subject

Mindless negative comment

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra

by mnbrewer on Sep 19, 2011 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs

Don't see why this was necessary.

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 9:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs

Trying to stay ahead of the curve

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra

by mnbrewer on Sep 19, 2011 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions

By trolling?

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 9:50 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

In what way is that trolling?

I was making the point that people will overreact to one loss by posting doom-and-gloom comments. If you disagree, so be it.

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra

by mnbrewer on Sep 19, 2011 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions

By calling any negative thought "mindless"?

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 9:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs

Never said that

Just predicting that many of the negative comments will be

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra

by mnbrewer on Sep 19, 2011 9:57 PM CDT up reply actions

so let me get this right we are not allowed to complain or be upset when they play like shit

Just want to get the ground rules in place I mean this division thing is a slam dunk right MN why even play the game just give us the banner. I mean we only need to win 4 of the last 8 and we are golden nothing to worry about right

oh was that too negative sorry

"It's a joke. It's all a joke.

by WSB Chris on Sep 19, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions

"I mean this division thing is a slam dunk"

Yes, it is.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

...

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 19, 2011 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs

Is this creature from Australia?

. . .or some other place with weird creatures like Australia?

FanGraphs should consider a venue for a Gallery Night... they could even serve a cake with a Win Expectancy Chart of the 7/7/11 Brewers' game etched in the frosting, and 7-up. Oh, yeah - and t-shirts that say "SABR-Friday." I'm totally there.

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I think it's a Madagascan Lemur

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by Yar Nivek on Sep 19, 2011 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes, its just a lemur

Hyatt is the ONLY commenter on Brew Crew Ball that gets to use the Prince Fielder doughnut bat avatar. I will fight you over this.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 19, 2011 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions

And this is why Lemurs should not drink coffee!

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I have no idea if you're referencing Madagascar here.

No clue.

Hyatt is the ONLY commenter on Brew Crew Ball that gets to use the Prince Fielder doughnut bat avatar. I will fight you over this.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 19, 2011 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions

I did not see the Madagascan Lemur comment until after I ...

…joked about Aztec civilization.

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions

All I know is

He’s from a strange, far-off land known as Memegenerator.

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 19, 2011 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Ahhhh...

So that dates back to the Aztec Civilization. Memegenerator!

: )

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions

I think the overreaction that mnbrewer’s comment has gotten might have just proven his (light-hearted) original point.

"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder

by SRB on Sep 19, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs

It really didn't.

But hey I’m sure these kinds of losses reflect really well on the team’s chances in the playoffs. I don’t know about you but I’d feel a lot better if I didn’t have to rely on “hey, anything can happen in the playoffs” as a gauge for success.

by zsxander567 on Sep 20, 2011 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Do you weight the wins the same way you weight the losses?

As far as MLB playoffs go, that’s how they are. The series are so short in the first round that teams that are better can and do lose. They are often determined by one the most frustrating and impossible to predict aspects of baseball, whether or not a team is hot or cold.

by Zorakathura on Sep 20, 2011 1:28 AM CDT up reply actions

I feel a lot better about the playoffs knowing that we have rally lobster and rally squirrel on OUR side.

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by Yar Nivek on Sep 20, 2011 1:34 AM CDT up reply actions

If we only had a rally lobster squirrel.

by Zorakathura on Sep 20, 2011 1:35 AM CDT up reply actions

We have a 5.5 game lead with 8 to play

Accuscore says we have a 99.9% chance of making the playoffs. I’d say that’s more of a slam dunk than an actual slam dunk.

But by all means keep complaining if it makes you happy.

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra

by mnbrewer on Sep 20, 2011 12:46 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Sometimes, there is such a small security for us fans against the void surrounding

this void of negation outside of the event in October… But this doubt really is a positive thing, to me. How often is it that we all have a chance to worry about how the games will ultimately be structured?

We’re in! And the whole thing has been fascinating.
If doubting our depth is enough, or worrying about streakiness and/or nerves playing a role.. even to think of all of the possibly hindrances and limitations the Brewers will have to overcome staring with the first 5 games….
I generally don’t think I am complaining. Winning the division allows us to wonder about these things. And worrying is alright, if it can be transformed into something productive.

Sorry about the length of this post, mnbrewer, but the positives outweigh the negatives. Are you planning to go to a game in Milwaukee?

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 20, 2011 2:01 AM CDT up reply actions

It might've been easier to just say that I want us to

be in the most ideal situation possible going into the play-offs. But maybe a bit of restraint on my part would ultimately be better than trying to think of a perfect structure.
Go Brewers!

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 20, 2011 2:03 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm fairly certain it was a joke.

Hyatt is the ONLY commenter on Brew Crew Ball that gets to use the Prince Fielder doughnut bat avatar. I will fight you over this.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 19, 2011 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Troll!

I kid, I kid.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions

Sometimes when I am alone, I pretend I am an octopus.

That dog just won't hunt.

by Bush League All Star on Sep 19, 2011 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

In the garden, in the shade?

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by Yar Nivek on Sep 19, 2011 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Sometimes when I'm alone, I pretend to be a middle-aged lawyer with insomnia and an unhealthy fascination with a nearby baseball team.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions

You trollin'

That dog just won't hunt.

by Bush League All Star on Sep 19, 2011 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions

my Segway

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by Yar Nivek on Sep 19, 2011 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions

TSMRTH

That dog just won't hunt.

by Bush League All Star on Sep 19, 2011 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Sliders away all night

Why Casey Coleman took till his third start against the Brewers to figure that out, I’m not exactly sure.

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 19, 2011 9:46 PM CDT reply actions

Friendly reminder...

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by Yar Nivek on Sep 19, 2011 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs

I think the Braves are screwed.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but if the Cards are the wild card, they get the Phillies regardless of whether we finish in front of or behind the DBacks, right?

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:03 PM CDT reply actions

Yeah

We can’t play another team from the NL Central, and the Phillies get the worst team

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra

by mnbrewer on Sep 19, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, then I can't think of a rational reason not to root for the Cards anymore.

They aren’t catching the Brewers (yeah, I used we in the earlier post, sorry), and they’re a lot more likely to take the Phillies deep into a divisional series than anyone else.

Rational thought aside, screw the Cards.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

I agree with you in general

But a slumping Braves team with a wiped-out pitching staff would be a pretty nice first-round draw.

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 19, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm not sure I wouldn't take the Phillies right now, if given the choice.

That offense is a lot worse than it appears, on close inspection.

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

This is true

I’d say things are looking good either way. I would have no problem playing the D-Backs at home

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra

by mnbrewer on Sep 19, 2011 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

It would...

… and I’d take that over the other choices too, but I think that ship has sailed. The Braves are done. They just imploded about 10 days earlier than we’d have liked.

Back in 2008 roguejim pretty much nailed it when he said the Brewers made the playoffs the same way the Blues Brothers made it to the courthouse in time: they got there, but the car fell apart as soon as they did. Your 2011 Braves broke down on the Kennedy Expressway.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Rec'd for Blues Brothers.

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by Yar Nivek on Sep 19, 2011 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions

So in other words, while fleeing the Illisnois Nazis, the Braves failed to hit the brakes in time.

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by Yar Nivek on Sep 19, 2011 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd agree with you if the race were within a game

But the Braves still have a 2 1/2 game lead to blow (plus a playoff, if it came to that), and only eight games to blow it. They may stumble to the finish line, but I’m not sure the Cards can maintain their current dead sprint long enough to catch them.

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 19, 2011 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions

That's what I thought going into the weekend.

I don’t think that anymore, and the upside is we don’t have to worry about the DBacks final record under that scenario.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions

Ooh, that would be nice.

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 19, 2011 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions

I'd still like to finish ahead of the Diamondbacks

…because I do not like the rattle-snake on their LED board.

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions

Hanson's on his way back and could pitch again in the regular season

E: George 4 (5, throw, throw, throw, throw).

by Jordan M on Sep 19, 2011 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Well... I'll tell him Ryan Braun says "hi!"

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions

I really wish...

the Crew would just stop dickin around and win the division already. I also really don’t want to see the Cards in the playoffs, I’d really rather take the Braves.

by shooter33 on Sep 19, 2011 10:19 PM CDT reply actions

They've won five of their last seven

No worries, man.

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 19, 2011 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Thats two losses to many!!! This team isn't allowed to lose!!!

Streak Breakers.com

by Flanyboy on Sep 19, 2011 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions

We can never lose more than a few at a time, because of Greinke...

“Times where you lose a lot, you go home mad a lot more. You just get in a bad mood, and a lot of times, when the fifth inning comes around and you’re down by one, you think you’re going to lose. It just sucks. "

I would not want to make that guy mad. We win, he doesn’t get as mad, and then we sign him for preventing losses based on making him happy we’re winning…and guacamole.
*It was time for a Greinke quote, too. This was fairly recent.

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions

It's like your posts are written by an autistic kid on shrooms

and I love it every time. There’s something about your posts that just transfix me. To spend an hour in the mind of another….

(this whole post is a compliment, as strange as it may sound)

by Archibaldcrane on Sep 20, 2011 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs

I am autistic (high-functioning!)

Not meant to be an insult toward those afflicted with the more severe cases, but life for them is a whole lot more difficult!
I am not offended in the least. You are a very positive person, by the way! Shrooms… Haven’t wanted to try, but I’ve stayed with friends who have eaten them to provide some company. For the most part, they are pretty fun to talk to.

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 20, 2011 1:02 AM CDT up reply actions

OT:

Cormac McCarthy owns me.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:19 PM CDT reply actions

Clearly, we need Yuni B. back!

"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder

by SRB on Sep 19, 2011 10:20 PM CDT reply actions

Well, I've got some good news for you.

RR’s got a Yostian ability to try the same thing for 100 out of 101 days (i.e., play Yuni and wait for McGehee to “break out”), then try the alternative on day 101, immediately concluding “well that didn’t work” and then going back to the same stuff he was doing before.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Sounds faintly negative, TSSC.

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 10:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Yes it does.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions

But this is the team we have.

It’s not going to change. It probably should have, but it didn’t, and I still feel pretty good about things. I’m not remotely worried about the Cardinals, and I won’t be until the NLCS or 2012, whenever we play them next.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions

Wasn't trying to argue with you.

Just wondering if your (completely valid) criticism was going to be lumped in with the “mindless” negative comments predicted at the outset.

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 10:38 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

There's a little truth in everything.

I don’t blame you for reacting the way you did to that comment, but looking at the gamethreads during losses the last couple weeks, I don’t really blame him for making it either.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I suppose.

Game threads, IMO, are a different beast since people are commenting as things happen instead of reacting after the game is done.

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 10:45 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Gamethreads

have seriously devolved(?) this season. They used to be fun/funny. Notsomuch now.

Hyatt is the ONLY commenter on Brew Crew Ball that gets to use the Prince Fielder doughnut bat avatar. I will fight you over this.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 19, 2011 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

My favorite part about gamethreads used to be the OT conversations and random non sequiturs

They’ve kind of disappeared this year.

by Cheeseandcorn on Sep 19, 2011 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions

I've resisted typing this all year, but

I miss the olden days.

Now get off my lawn, n00bs.

Hyatt is the ONLY commenter on Brew Crew Ball that gets to use the Prince Fielder doughnut bat avatar. I will fight you over this.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 19, 2011 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm right there with ya.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I've already submitted a request to SBN

to have your screen name changed to Old Man Meiztombo.

No need to thank me. Just doing my job.

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 11:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

There's a reason to care about the games

Just like Uek is pulling out old stories in a blowout, the OT topics tend to come up when there isn’t much meaningful baseball going on. Roenicke’s managing style heavily favors close games. There have been few Brewers blowouts this year which means few opportunities to just hang out and enjoy the view. What blowouts there have been are usually on the other end and then there isn’t much positivity to be had by anyone.

I’m sure e the gamethreads have changed a bit, but I think it’s the team that’s really chnaged

by ecocd on Sep 19, 2011 11:05 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

The sign said 'fine for parking here', and since it was just fine,

…I parked there.

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Reply fail!

non sequitur fail!

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm not criticizing anyone...

.. who hangs out in the gamethreads these days, but it’s a different crowd than it used to be. In previous years there were a half-dozen to a dozen folks who had been around a while and, while they might have only been a small percentage of the people who stopped by in any given month of gamethreads, they kept the gamethread culture relatively constant. Not intentionally, or in a heavy handed way, but just by talking to each other they way they did.

But real life intervenes, I suppose, or people get bored, and a lot of the people who used to be around regularly during gamethreads aren’t anymore, so the conversation shifted to fit what the people who are here all the time now want. It’s not worse necessarily, just different.

Take a look at the modlist, for instance, and ask yourself when the last time was you saw roguejim, TheJay, Jordan, Kirbir or FatterthanJoey in a gamethread, and they’re just the mods.

Like I said, it’s not necessarily worse, just different.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Again, not a criticism of anyone.

It’s all just personal preference. Best way to make the gamethread the way you want it to make it that way, but life intervenes sometimes…

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 19, 2011 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Life's a B that way.

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 11:07 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Betancourt?

"We’re here to win, man. All that fighting stuff, that’s for the birds." - Prince Fielder

by SRB on Sep 19, 2011 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Same thing.

by Noah Jarosh on Sep 19, 2011 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

All female dogs are offended

Brewers:
5.5 games ahead of the Uptight Citizens Brigade
3 games ahead of the Braves for the Wild Card Safety Net
1 game ahead of Arizona to avoid the Phils in the 1st round

by molitorfan on Sep 20, 2011 6:01 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I'd become a regular if I did not have game-thread anxiety (disorder)

I do log in, but I have a lot of trouble joining in. I get what you guys are saying, though. Still, I want to make it clear that I don’t just stop by because I’m bored!

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Usually have to work or be the family man during games

so particpating in the gamethreads are a rare occasion for me, made even more rare by a lot of the agression during the losses. So I have decided to stay away pretty much all together during the gamethreads, I can filter through most of the negativity myself and dont feel the need to call others on it any more. Just different points of view and I have come to respect that.

He’s actually underrated, but that’s another can of worms…

by jarlbartar on Sep 20, 2011 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions

I totally had a good reply to this

But then I forgot what it was.

Dammit

Hyatt is the ONLY commenter on Brew Crew Ball that gets to use the Prince Fielder doughnut bat avatar. I will fight you over this.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 19, 2011 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Short term memory loss?

I’m going to sign the Old Man Meiztombo petition as well.

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by Yar Nivek on Sep 20, 2011 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

It's never fun being the one left behind

I appreciate the new faces, but you’re right that there seems to be a few missing faces these days for whatever reason. Imagine what Tim Meadows must’ve felt like on SNL.

by ecocd on Sep 19, 2011 11:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Gainfully employed?

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 11:09 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

well played

"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 Sep 20, 2011 12:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh sure, I know I'm not good enough for you all.

Then again, I haven’t made it to a gamethread in a while.

by Noah Jarosh on Sep 19, 2011 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

Aren't a lot of people here in school?

That’ll do it…

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 20, 2011 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't know about a lot.

by Noah Jarosh on Sep 20, 2011 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions

TSSC (and you)

Have been providing good insight on this site for a long time. I was responding to the mindless comments from people suspiciously absent from winning gamethreads who come out of the woodwork to shit on the greatest season in franchise history.

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra

by mnbrewer on Sep 19, 2011 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I apologize for misinterpreting your comment.

I thought you might’ve been looking to start an argument with anyone who was disappointed that the Crew got handcuffed by a very bad pitcher. But I read too much into it. My bad.

We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.

by Rubie Q on Sep 19, 2011 10:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

No worries

Losing makes us all a little tense

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." - Yogi Berra

by mnbrewer on Sep 19, 2011 10:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Rubie's a linguist by trade

Easier to straighten him up with a swift open hand to the soup coolers.

Hyatt is the ONLY commenter on Brew Crew Ball that gets to use the Prince Fielder doughnut bat avatar. I will fight you over this.

by Dikembe Meiztombo on Sep 19, 2011 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions

I know an Iranian Linguist who always looks for someone

to talk to. . . not specifically a fellow linguist, but just anyone who likes strange sounds. He’s the best cook, too.

I always learn something from that guy! Sometimes, though, I wonder if he’s grumpy due to the fact that he’s got to teach everybody…

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 20, 2011 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions

I can't be sure if you're trying to implicate me in your little comment

but I work odd hours, so many times I’m not able to make it to the game thread until either late in the game or not at all.

But, if I’m able to watch the game, I’ll chip in my two cents afterward. I know I’m not supposed to criticize RRR, though. But I just can’t help it when I disagree with one of his decisions.

I didn’t watch much of the game tonight, though. I would question why RRR pinch hit for JHJ, though.

"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 Sep 20, 2011 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions

It was working

So that’s not Yostian. Yost simply wouldn’t give things a chance to settle down and play out if it started rocky. Roenicke isn’t even giving JHJ chance. Could he do anything more than a HR, slick play to his left and flawlessly turn a double play?

When Melvin resigns Yuni to a $2.5 million contract for 2012, there’s going to be more than a little groaning. At this point I see at least 2.5 million as a distinct possibility. One could certainly justify upwards of $3 or $4 million for a SS that’s started something like 150 games. Heck, now I think it’s likely Melvin with re-sign Yuni.

by ecocd on Sep 19, 2011 11:17 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Hey now

we don’t get to crap on RRR for not replacing Yuni on the one day he …replaces Yuni. If Yuni starts tomorrow, feel free to recommence.

by Archibaldcrane on Sep 20, 2011 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions

That's fair enough

although I’m not holding my breath.

"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 Sep 20, 2011 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Oh, you're on the Waiting to Exhale waiting list too?

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by Yar Nivek on Sep 20, 2011 1:35 AM CDT up reply actions

I hope no one was holding their breath, what with Yuni starting again tonight.

"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 Sep 20, 2011 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Will not happen.

by nullacct on Sep 20, 2011 5:59 AM CDT up reply actions

You're right...

… the “Yostian” part will be when concludes it didn’t work because they only scored 2 runs and he doesn’t try it against for a week or more.

"fortunate, but also lucky"

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Sep 20, 2011 6:18 AM CDT up reply actions

I've been watching Ian Kennedy, and thinking "who cares about the Cy Young?"

Kennedy’s going to be a good one for a long time. At least, from what I’ve seen today!

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 10:45 PM CDT reply actions

Elvis Presley triple, 1 out in the 9th!

and… Neil walker is Putz’d. Arghhh…

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 10:49 PM CDT reply actions

Crap.

by Jess'HittheBall on Sep 19, 2011 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions

frowny faces and stuff

The Brewers at Miller Park: "ALL WE DO IS WIN, WIN, WIN NO MATTER WHAT"

The Brewers on the road: See above

by Tepo6688 on Sep 19, 2011 10:51 PM CDT via iPhone app reply actions

Confused by the indictment

But, in a pretty clear glimpse of what the team thinks of him, Ron Roenicke pinch hit for him with Mark Kotsay in the ninth.

Facing RHP Marmol, they went with the lefty to PH (Kotsay), and he got a hit. I don’t think that’s any judgement of JHJ. I’d wager he’s going to see more time at SS.

by nullacct on Sep 20, 2011 5:58 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

I hope you're right.

But I don’t think RRR would’ve pinch hit for Yuni there.

Now that's great tasting chicken!

by Kyle Lobner on Sep 20, 2011 6:51 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

That would've been like making RRR pick his favorite child.

by Archibaldcrane on Sep 20, 2011 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions

This is the most important point.

"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 Sep 20, 2011 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions

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