4/22/08 Cardinals (Lohse) at Brewers (Yost): 12:05 PM CDT

[Menotti80]

i am just going to assume that the cardinals were meant to get that run so the brewers could score 9+ runs, making my prediction from yesterday come true... http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

[JohnBriggs12]

Com'n Prince

[GormanHarvey]

I love how all the umpires on this site proclaim strike outs and then stick by them as if they were official.

 

Did you see the pitch in question?

[Raw Biz]

It'd be nice to get that 2B eligibility for fantasy from Pujols. Only 14 more games to go.

[jhart05]

Wow Pujols at second base.

 

Wonder what people would say if it was Ned doing that.

[samwise]

Should be an E-4, but won't - "because you can't assume a double play". Why not? I can!

And this isn't the first time Rickie's spiked one of those DP throws this year, but it won't show up in the stats. Gagne gets a blown save and an earned run, but Rickie gets no mention in the record books. Any chance MLB would entertain a review of that guideline, and let scorers assume a double play... they make a lot of other assumptions on bad hops?

 

Evidence that ERA is a flawed stat.

 

LaRussa and Cox always find interesting ways to use their players. Pujols has a bum shoulder, but it should not affect him at 2nd.

[NievesNoNO]

This is a freaking joke. How much does it take to throw a strike. How many walks in this game?? There is absolutely no excuse or reason to be in this situation. I can handle a few walks to a tough batter in a difficult situation but to be up by five and have seemingly all your pitchers not able to make the other team hit the ball is ridiculous.

[True CryM]

Pujols playing 2nd, this should be interesting.

[bthurley19]

Pujols at 2nd,?

 

Edit - my bad

[BrewCrewForever]

We were up 8-3. Turnbow should have been in pitching.

[JrDave2304]

I'm watching on Gameday, so I can't judge what's going on, but Gagne' was used 4 days in a row, heated up yesterday and is out there today...I was defending Yost for putting him out there Sunday, but 6 days in a row is nuts.

Gagne warming up doesn't matter. Gagne told Bill that it doesn't take him very long to get loose and that he doesn't start throwing hard until he knows he's going in, which he didn't yesterday. Also, Gagne has said the last two days that he feels absolutely fine to go.

The fact of the matter remains that he shouldn't have even had to pitch today if the rest of our bullpen does their job and he should've already gotten the save today.

[Raw Biz]

Prince should've dug out that throw yes but it's still a tough pick. Rickie had all day to get a good throw off.

[samwise]

At a way Prince. Here we go guys.

[NievesNoNO]

Please let us win this game now so I can forget this and move on with my day.

[logan82]

Bad throw by Weeks, but Fielder still has to dig that out. I refuse to give our crappy fielding 1B a pass on that one.

[pretendastronaut]

As our hitting finally starts coming around, our bullpen disappears. You just can't have it all can you?

 

And the balls and strikes have killed us this year. Umps are all over the place.

[bucks2281]

Ugh, what a waste.

[BrewCrewForever]

Well I had a feeling lighting couldn't strike twice with Suppan batting. Would be nice to have more POSITION players Ned.

[JrDave2304]

You gotta hit that hangin' slider Billy

[sargennm]

Well I had a feeling lighting couldn't strike twice with Suppan batting. Would be nice to have more POSITION players Ned.

That's not Ned's call, it's more Melvin's, isn't it?

 

[SeriesFinale]

That was on Suppan, not Ned--we just needed a sac bunt, a starting pitcher in the NL should be able to do that

[jimmyjeromehardy7]

Can someone call me when this is a real team again. I have seen it all now with a pitcher needing to pitch hit in the 10th. I don't even think they had this problem with the 22 inning game last week.

[BrewCrewForever]

The fact of the matter remains that he shouldn't have even had to pitch today if the rest of our bullpen does their job and he should've already gotten the save today.

 

That is exactly my thoughts. Riske and Shouse didn't quite get the job done today. And that sucks but it happened.

[olliegjw]

We were up 8-3. Turnbow should have been in pitching.

For three innings??

[tristarscoop]

The thing I think you have to give Gagne is that he doesn't freak when he gets into a jam. I have yet to see a reliever with the kind of composure he has. I think that's the most impressive thing about him. Imagine Turnbow at his peak in that position. The second he puts a guy on third, he's a wreck.