7/28/07: Brewers (Capuano) @ Cardinals (Reyes) 7:10 p.m. CT

[jwill535]

look at this way, both are going to strike out but at least Dunn gives you some hope for a HR or at least hitting the ball other then in garbage time.

[cruiserx43]

That might be enough. Tough day for the Crew if this holds up. I guess there is still tomorrow.

[DirtyFranksBrewCrew]

Great decision Ned, challenge Pujols....he's such a terrible game manager. The collapse continues......

[JET15]

But Jenkins is great with the gl... er, forget it

[mastershake76]

Aargh. This is not fun. I'm going to go play in traffic or something.

[MoneyballMan]

I don't agree with Schroeder often, but he's right about not pitching to Pujols.

[dlk9s]

Oy vey.

[MoneyballMan]

Well, I guess if they're going to come back this evening, I'll read about it in the morning. I don't think I can watch anymore.

[Mass Haas]

Maybe two managers in all of baseball pitch to Pujols in that situation -- and Ned, Wise's changeup is death to lefties...

[Mass Haas]

And like MBM, I'm outta here, off to bed, a reasonable consideration here on the east coast.

[MoneyballMan]

Man, 1 1/2 game lead and tied in the loss column. And just think, about 6 or 6 1/2 hours ago I had dreams of ending today at 4 1/2 games.

[pebadger]

Is Shouse the only member of the bullpen who hasn't been at least figuratively kicked square in the nuts over the past 10 days?

[mastershake76]

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Maybe two managers in all of baseball pitch to Pujols in that situation

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In the unlikely event that he gets called out on that one by a member of the local media, maybe he'll give us that "it's just a game" line again. I don't mind if the local Little League coach pulls out that line, but Ned... don't ever say that again.

[MoneyballMan]

And when we take the field at MP Tuesday, it could be all tied up. Zambrano goes for them tomorrow, so that's probably a win. Hopefully Yo can stay hot for us.

[JohnA17]

What's funny is none of us think there is a prayer the crew can come back. Yet if we were up by 3 runs we would be sweating bullets and rightfully so.

 

 

Early in the year it seemed we were never out of it. Just when was the last time we came from behind after say the 5th inning and won?

[brewers255]

2 hits on a guy who was 0-10 with a 6.00 era, could you see the brewers making a trade for a bat in the outfiled before the deadline?

[MoneyballMan]

In the unlikely event that he gets called out on that one by a member of the local media, maybe he'll give us that "it's just a game" line. I don't mind if the local Little League coach pulls out that line, but Ned... don't ever say that again.

 

Or as he said yesterday - the fans just don't understand. I really appreciated that one too.

 

I think I understand that today REALLY SUCKED, Ned!

[Marc Newfield of Dreams]

I can't wait to hear Ned justify pitching to Pujols. This trip is turning into a nightmare in a hurry.

[mastershake76]

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I can't wait to hear Ned justify pitching to Pujols. This trip is turning into a nightmare in a hurry.

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He won't! He never will. His voice will get really high, he'll screw up his face like a kid does when his dad asks him to clean out the garage, and he'll say something profound like "guys, guys, come on. It's just a game. It's our guys against their guys, and that's part of baseball." And that will be that.

[jlau20]

We have two (2) hits in 8 innings.

 

For the most part, against a guy who is 0-10 with a 6.4 whatever ERA.

 

You don't get to 0-10 by pure bad luck. It takes some reasonable lack of skill to earn that impressive stat.

 

I would say we've hit rock bottom for as bad as we are playing on the road but the last time I did that we got no-hit a few days later so I'd prefer not to jinx it.

[jlau20]

His voice will get really high, he'll screw up his face like a kid does when his dad asks him to clean out the garage, and he'll say something profound like "guys, guys, come on. It's just a game. It's our guys against their guys, and that's part of baseball." And that will be that.

 

That's nailing it on the head to say the least, I'm only going to watch the post-game so I can see it actually happen, because it will.

[MoneyballMan]

Mench and Yost had an opportunity to do a big Pinella meltdown there ofter the balls/strikes. Just go nuts, throw stuff around, get kicked out - ANYTHING to show some emotion! But I guess Mench must have did the "serenity now" before getting tossed. I guess it's just another game....

[uwbufu24]

I'm not that mad about pitching to Pujols. Wise had a good track record against him; he just grooved a fat pitch down the middle that any MLB hitter could have swatted for a hit.

[uwisfan]

I had similar thoughts.. consider earlier today:

 

-Brewers were coming off a huge victory with tons of hits

-Brewers had eaten into the Cards bullpen last night, facing a doubleheader

-Brewers bullpen was fresh

-Brewers had a 3 game lead in the standings

-Brewers had a 6-run lead

-Parra had a low pitch count well into the game with a big lead

-Cards starter got pulled in the fourth, in spite of their lack of relief help

-LaRussa got ejected

-Game 2 Crew would face an 0-10 pitcher

-Game 2 starts Cappy, who has started to pitch well lately

-Cubs had to fact red-hot Reds

-Cubs had to face red-hot Harang

 

This had all the makings of a phenomenal Saturday

[mastershake76]

Well, game over. When is the last time a team scored three runs in the 9th inning with the opposing team's ace closer on the hill?

 

Wait, check that... when is the last time the BREWERS scored three runs in the 9th inning with the opposing team's ace closer on the hill?