6/4/07 Cubs (Marquis) @ Brewers (Bush): 7:05 PM CDT

[And That]

That's funny, the ChiSox and Cubs fans arguing. In Miller Park. Booooooo.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

You think the Cubs/Sox rivalry arguments could be kept SOUTH of the border............. or at least keep the FSN WISCONSIN cameras off of the pair of them.

[lumberrule]

It won't be long until we start hearing the "we're battling and scrapping" tune from our idiot manager, like we did pretty much all of last year, as this streak of crappy play continues....

[crewcrazy]

Just a gut feeling that one of Hardy, Braun, or Fielder will hit a solo home run in the 9th.

[geothite]

There are several vets on this team and they make more money than the kids ;

Mench, Estrada, Cousell and Graffanino need to start pulling their weight.

[Trowekamp]

Yeah.. I don't think Spurling's ERA will be seeing the 2's anytime soon.

[bucksman4]

I saw the first few innings at a sports bar and realized that was enough misery to put myself through (seeing those bases loaded DPs kill us).

 

Thank God I'm in Indiana and in the Cubs, Sox and Reds blackout zone. I know my laptop would be out my hotel window if my eyes had to witness this display tonight. Against the Cubs of all teams!!

[PeaveyFury]

That was only at your hairline JJ, don't feel bad for swinging.

 

Ugh.

[Trowekamp]

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Hardy, Braun, or Fielder will hit a solo home run in the 9th.

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At least they give you a reason to watch.. better than having to sit through Miller, Graffy, Counsell.

[cruiserx43]

I know this probably sounds hypocritical, because I was loving it when Hardy was crushing the ball, but now that he is getting pitched away I wouldn't mind seeing him take a few more pitches, but then again maybe that's the trade off for the power he now has.

[crewcrazy]

Well...dust yourselves off and go get them tomorrow, I guess.

[pebadger]

If the Brewers hadn't gone and won the Marlins series, they'd still be on track to be back to .500 at around 37-37. Instead, I'm now dreading (again) the Pirates series in early July. Eerily, it again falls after a Cubs road series. Same order as teh "sweep suits"debacle. And if the Brewers continue to lose every series without getting swept, they'll be at 40-41 going into Pittsburgh.

 

They probably won't lose every series, but it looks like there is a not improbable chance the Crew will be again be going into Pittsburgh's house of horrors with .500 on the line.

[cruiserx43]

I think this game may qualify to receive the "big bowl of crap" label.

[And That]

Booooooooooooooooo.

 

 

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[rotoherb]

Since the start of the Phillies series, the Brewers are averaging 3.4 runs per game and allowing 4.9 rpg. Yikes. Hardy is hitting .234 during that time, which is still better than Estrada (.203), Jenkins (.208) and Hall (.203). Thank goodness for Prince and Sheets.

[rluzinski]

I don't see that much difference from last year's team to this year's team.

 

It's probably going to be at least a 10 win difference so that sounds like a big difference to me.

[owbc]

Can't win them all, I guess. I think Yost made all the correct decisions tonight so I can't really fault anyone. Go get them tomorrow.

[TheCrew07]

My only complaint really about the game is letting Bush pitch the 7th. It just seems like he's 5-6 inning pitcher this year, eventually he's going to blow up and it's best not to push it. I just don't have a good feeling going into the 6th or 7th if Bush is still on the mound this year. I'm sure stats won't back me up, but that's my impression from watching the games.

[Oldcity]

I'm not buying the "Bush is a six-inning pitcher" stuff. What about the game in Houston against Oswalt where he had a shutout after eight innings?

 

He had 77 pitches after six innings. I was thinking eight innings or complete game for him. Yet some people are acting like it was obvious that he shouldn't have gone out after the sixth.

[mikerollins]

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This one is on Yost.

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Dave Bush was cruising. He had thrown 77 pitches through 6 innings. At that point I was thinking CG out of him. He had retired 13 out of his last 14 hitters. He was flat out dealing.

 

He gave up a very tough 10 pitch walk to Barrett. Then he gave up a couple of singles.

 

I'll go so far as to say I would have rather let Bush work out of the 7th than bring in Shouse.

[rluzinski]

It's funny that everyone thinks Bush was left in too long, yet his replacements let all his runners score and then some.

[brewmann04]

The Brewers continue the most frustrating team in baseball.

[brewmann04]

The bats have really let down this team during this stretch as well as a few blow games by the Bull Pen.

 

This is not good for this team right now and they better hope the Cards or Cubs don"t get hot.

[davemakovec]

I agree with everybody who says Bush can go 7+, and if he'd finished the 7th tonight, it couldn't have been much worse than what the pen coughed up.

 

I remember Barrett's foul tip with two strikes and being angry at Estrada. I thought at that moment that not getting that strikeout might come back to hurt us, and sure enough it did.

[Fatter than Joey]

This was a great situation where I'd love to see Yost have his best reliever pitcher. Small lead and in a major jam. Some day.

 

Yeah - I am not going to say Bush was left in to long, however I think a manager needs to have a quick(er) hook with the score 2-1 and your offense looking pretty dull. I certainly would have been thrilled to see CoCo come in after the walk and single.

 

What grinds me I guess, is that in the post-game Yost made a comment to the effect "Soriano is a great low-off-speed hitter", and then he shrugged if it is Matt Wise's fault for being an off-speed pitcher. If you know a batter is a great low-off-speed pitcher, that doesn't scream to me to be a favorable match-up for Matt Wise. Turnbow may have been a better solution. -- Now if Ned opted for Wise over Tbow because he thought Wise stood a better chance of getting Soriano out, I am OK with that. If Ned went to Wise only because it was inning 7, I think that was a pretty foolish move.