4/17/08 Brewers (Parra) at Cardinals (Lohse): 12:15 PM CDT

[moofnelson]

Watching the Brewers right now is about as much fun as. . .

[SeriesFinale]

OK Prince, pick him up here

 

4th inning already, sheesh

[trwi7]

I hate this ump. No way that should've been called a strike on Hart after Parra has been getting squeezed on the outside corner.

 

Edit: And a second horrible called strike. The umps we've had this year have been horrid.

[moofnelson]

This umpire sure picked a nice time to widen his strike zone.

[SeriesFinale]

I hate this ump. No way that should've been called a strike on Hart after Parra has been getting squeezed on the outside corner.

That whole AB looked awful on the ump's part--extremely inconsistent.

[Schlitz001]

Cardinals Aflac Trivia:

 

Q: The last player to hit 50 home runs and then go homerless to start the next season for as long as Prince?

 

A: Ceceil Fielder 1991

[Fear The Chorizo]

Great Aflac trivia question:

 

who was the last 50 hr hitter to start the following season without hitting a HR in his first 14 games?

 

answer - Cecil Fielder

 

by the way, Lohse isn't exactly pitching to a tight strike zone

[BrewCrewForever]

I know this can't last forever. But man it just really makes watching or listening to a ball game boring when they have no offense. Kind of makes you feel depressed.

[sheethead]

Watching the Brewers right now is about as much fun as. . .

Working

[Gobias Industries]

Yeah would it kill the ump to at least keep his ridiculous strike zone consistent? That second called strike to Corey was a joke.

[moofnelson]

Here we go again.

[PrinceFielder28]

Manny is not looking sharp...4 walks already

[PrinceFielder28]

why do we always have to hope for a double play?

[Yeti73]

Prince loves breaking his dad's records...

 

This is so depressing...I have no confidence in us getting any hits with men on. Excluding Sunday, we haven't had any clutch hits with two outs for over a week.

[Ennder]

I really wouldn't read all that much into the 4 BB with the strike zone he is getting. He does need to adjust to it better but with a different ump Parra would be throwing a great game.

[trwi7]

That ball 1 to Miles was in exactly the same spot as the called strike 2 to Hart. Looks like I'm going to need to visit the cussin' corner today.

[GormanHarvey]

I've been a Brewer fan for a long time and I don't ever remember feeling this hopeless when being down only 1 run

[PrinceFielder28]

sweet base jammed and now there pitcher will burn us just like last night

[rluzinski]

IS there an email available for Jim Powell?

[Fear The Chorizo]

I feel bad for Parra, and any Brewers starter right now - they practically have to throw a no-hitter in order to look good compared to the opposing pitcher.

 

does aaron miles have a strike zone in this ump's eyes?

[sheethead]

5 walks in 4.1 innings. How can you win pitching like that?

[Yeti73]

Tejada is celebrating his 31st, 32nd and 33rd birthday today with a solo shot.

 

Why can't we throw strikes?

[PrinceFielder28]

No starter yet annouced for Saturday... Grrrrrrrrrrr

[RyDogg66]

Yeah their pitchers can hit better than our team!

[tristarscoop]

It's always nice when we let the opposing pitchers get hits and HR