5/28/07 Braves (James) @ Brewers (Capuano): 1:05 CDT

[adambr2]

Can we have a "cuss word" day at Brewerfan.Net?

[Bucky]

Braun shouldn't be hitting in the 3 hole.

[Oldcity]

Ugh. Frustrating. Hardy crushed that ball.

[augie46]

It is so hard to score right now, it is as if we have to go around the bases twice.

[tyguy20204]

Hardy has been having some TERRIBLE luck the past few games.

[1992casey]

I remember seeing Renee, the FSN stage manager they just showed on TV, at Miller Park in 2001. Matt Vasgersian and the crew were out in left field setting up for the broadcast. They were goofing around, throwing things at each other. All of a sudden, Matt's yelling, "I got Renee in the ass! I got Renee in the ass!"

[Oldcity]

Braun won't be hitting third anymore. He shouldn't have been anyways.

[SlideBernieSlide]

hmm... can you win a division on solo hrs?

[DHonks]

Hardy doesn't strike out (he's been doing it a lot lately), yet hits into some bad luck.

 

As for Braun...come on kid...you can't do anything with those high pitches. That's 3 or 4 K's on that same pitch now

[1992casey]

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Braun won't be hitting third anymore. He shouldn't have been anyways.

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¿Porque? (Why?)

[Fike85]

I don't know what Hardy has to do to get a hit. He's ben hitting the ball very well, but just been unlucky.

 

On the bright side, the Cubs are down 2-0 and the Bucco's lost, so the Brewers may have an opportunity to pick up a game.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Just plain unacceptable offense for a 1st-place team. (Not that any of us could do better.) This is becoming more than pitiful; it's nearly laughable: no team can be this bad at getting runners home when they are on base.

 

Emphasis: This lack of execution is not Yost's fault. But I do wonder if a revised lineup should be in order. Over this slide/plummet, we constantly seem to have the "wrong" batters up at critical times. Hardy and Fielder need to be in the heart of the order, with a batter in-between (e.g. Jenkins).

[brewmann04]

but no worry the cubs are losing that seems to be the most important part here

[crewcrazy]

At this point, I wouldn't be against moving Jenkins back into the 3-hole in between JJ and Prince. Anything to get someone, anyone, on base for Prince. What's been killing me is the fact that Prince seems to be leading off every time he comes up to the plate.

[brewizard]

I don't know why we are content that the NL Central is losing. Think of the lead we could have gotten if we had just been playing .500 ball during this stretch. This is horrifying baseball - through and through. Wasted opportunities. Lack of focus. Not making the play, the swing, the pitch when it counts. Terrible terrible luck.

 

UGH.

[hawing]

I just thought I'd share with everyone that I had a dream last night of Bill Hall hitting a late inning homerun after getting no hits in his previous at bats.

 

Schlitz001's dream is still plausible. Just saying.

[moofnelson]

Wow, is Bill Hall on drugs or something. Maybe he needs glasses. He is useless right now.

[MadisonBrewerBlue]

Hall can start sitting soon....He can't even catch up to a major league fastball. He is trying to pull everything in sight.

[thablingster]

I want the 2005-2006 Bill Hall back.

 

Gross, Hart, and Gwynn for the 9th would be my guess. I hope we can get a run.

[bobskube]

I know it has been noted many times by me, but something has been wrong with Hall's approach since mid-April. He quite simply cannot square on the ball.

[crewcrazy]

Hey, we have a CoCo sighting!

[adambr2]

Hall is just awful right now. It's Wynegar's fault.

 

Wait....

[Bernman23]

Could Bill take a bigger swing?

 

We're playing like losers. Any time we get runners in scoring position we pee our pants. Any time a situation calls for a certain approach, we do the opposite. This is truly pathetic. You can't win many games with solo home runs. We need a more diverse offense. The next time I see a solo home run, it will be received with apathy, unless it ties the game late or wins it. We will have turned it around when we scored a couple runs in a game with little ball and timely hitting. As much as we were overacheiving early in the season, we are underacheiving even more right now.

[brewmann04]

weeks and Hall have been a major concern.How much Longer will people use the Excuse of Hall learning CF as his cause for the struggles at the plate.

[bobskube]

Hall needs a benching similar to what happened to Jenks last year. A week off may be in order to get things sorted out.